Connect & Grow Day – Empowering CALD Disability Communities

🗓 Saturday, 17th October 2026 | ⏰ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Burwood Park Community Centre, 2B Comer St, Burwood NSW 2134
💻 Hybrid Event (In-person + Online)

Join us for Connect & Grow Day, a vibrant, inclusive event celebrating the voices and strengths of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) individuals living with disabilities, along with their families and carers.

This community event will feature an inspiring lived experience panel, interactive workshop, disability information session, and creative activities designed to foster connection, empowerment, and wellbeing. Enjoy afternoon tea and refreshments, network with others, and engage in supportive and empowering spaces.

Accessibility matters: We will provide accessible parking, ramps, Auslan interpretation, multilingual support, children’s activities, and a designated Chill Out Zone to ensure a welcoming and accessible environment for all attendees.

Let’s connect, grow, and celebrate our community together! Register now!

Event Outline:

12:45 PM Registration Open

1:00 PM Welcoming & Opening

1:30 PM Info Session: Overview of Australia’s Welfare and Support Systems

2:00 PM Break Time

2:15 PM Lived Experience Panel Sharing & Discussion: Cultural Narratives of Disability and Identity

Panelists to be announced closer to date

3:00 PM Afternoon Tea & Free Networking

3:30 PM Taichi & Qigong Workshop

Facilitator: Grandmaster Gary Khor

4:00 PM Closing Ceremony

Throughout the Day:

Disability Information & Professional Support Station
Peer Support Networks & Creative Art-based Activities
Chill-Out Zone & Children's Activity Area
Gourmet Afternoon Tea & Refreshments

📩 If you have any questions regarding the event, please feel free to contact us via email: info@mindspaceconsulting.co. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.mindspaceconsultin...

We are proudly delivering projects for the Peer Support and Capacity Building (PSCB) grant for the NDIS.

English event description ends here; below is the Chinese version. 👉 中文版本请往下滑动查看。

「安心同行」华人家庭社群分享日

🗓 活动日期：2026年10月17日（周六）

⏰ 活动时间：下午1:00 – 下午4:00

📍 活动地点： Burwood Park Community Centre, 2B Comer St, Burwood NSW 2134

💻 活动形式：线下 + 线上直播

欢迎参加「安心同行」，这是一个专为多元文化背景的残障人士及其家人、照护者打造的公益性社区活动，让我们在分享中收获力量，在交流中建立联结！您将在这里聆听残障亲历者的真实故事分享，参与身心疗愈的互动工作坊，探索小型残障支援信息资源展台，还能体验绘画手工等创意活动，现场提供免费下午茶点让您与同伴轻松交流和互助。

我们提供无障碍支持，包括配备坡道的一楼无障碍场地、无障碍停车位，手语翻译服务、多语言协助、以及儿童活动区和静心休憩空间。

活动内容安排：

12:45 PM 开放入场

1:00 PM 活动开始 & 致欢迎词

1:30 PM 给华人家庭的澳洲福利与资源指南讲座

2:00 PM 茶歇休息时间

2:15 PM《残障亲历者经验分享与对谈》：多元文化中的残障故事与认同
分享者信息将在活动近期公布

3:00 PM 下午茶时间 & 自由互动与交流

3:30 PM 太极气功工作坊
导师: 澳大利亚太极学院的大师 Gary Khor

4:00 PM 活动结语

整日开放内容：

残障支援资讯展台 & 专业支持服务站
同伴互助与交流 & 创意绘画与手工角
感官休息区 & 儿童活动区
美味下午茶和咖啡

立即报名，参与到这场温暖有意义的社区聚会中吧！期待与您相见！

📩 如您对活动有任何疑问，欢迎联系我们：
邮件：info@mindspaceconsulting.co
网站：https://www.mindspaceconsultin...

我们很荣幸能获得国家残障保险计划（NDIS）的支持，为您提供此同伴支持与能力建设（PSCB）项目。

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