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Carers Week 2016 – Meet Alex & Emma
This week is National Carers Week. A time to join together to recognise the outstanding contributions of Australia’s 2.7 million carers and the difference they make to their families and communities. Today we’d like you to...
Carers Week 2016 – Meet Carly & Charlotte
National Carers Week 2016 is here! This week is all about joining together to recognise the outstanding contributions of Australia’s 2.7 million carers and the difference they make to their families and communities. Like Carly...
Our Harry honoured for community contribution
A big congratulations to our ambassador and Geelong Cats player Harry Taylor, who was awarded with the Tom Hafey Heart of Football Award, at the Variety AFL Great Grand Final Luncheon at Crown Palladium last...
Gateways Family Resource Library
Did you know that Gateways has a library at our Geelong West office that is open to families? The books cover a range of disability topics and conditions including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Down syndrome, ADHD, Epilepsy, as well as language and social skill development. There are also a range...
Free ‘Understanding Autism’ seminar supports families
Today more than 40 Geelong parents, carers, grandparents and other family members joined us at our free ‘Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder’ seminar to learn more to help them better support a person with autism spectrum...
Meet our newest volunteer!
This week is National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation’s volunteers. Over the weekend we shared the story of Lyn, one of our longest serving Interchange host program volunteers, so today we thought we’d introduce Ben, one of our newest volunteers who has...
Extra special Mother’s Day present for an extra special Mum!
As well as celebrating Mother’s Day this Sunday, National Volunteer Week begins on Monday 9 May until 15 May 2016. With both of these very important dates upon us, we wanted to take the opportunity...
Geelong Cats fan’s dream comes true!
Tonight’s Geelong Cats game is going to be extra special for one of our Gateways families. During our recent footy clinic which we held to celebrate Autism awareness month, one of the parents Samantha, told the Cats...
Geelong Cats help kick off Autism Awareness celebrations
More than 60 children and adults from Gateways Support Services had a ball down at Simonds Stadium on Tuesday 5 April with the Geelong Cats as part of our Autism Awareness month celebrations. Geelong Cats star...
Autism Success Story…Jayke’s Journey
When Jayke was around 15 months old, his mum Diana started having some concerns about his development, when he wasn’t babbling like other babies his age. After seeing their Maternal and Child Health Nurse, GP and then a paediatrician, Jayke was referred to Gateways for an Autism assessment where he...