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Category: Special Events

Crowds at STEPS Garden Centre, with lots of trees and a big green banner welcoming people in.
Posted inSpecial Events

STEPS Garden Centre Harvest Day to open to visitors

by daniellekOctober 20, 2025October 20, 2025

This weekend, STEPS Garden Centre will throw open its doors for its free Harvest Day. From 8.30-4pm this Saturday 25 October, the Harvest Day will bring the Sunshine Coast community together […]

Posted inNews

Keynotes announced for Brain Injury Conference

by Kymberly MartinOctober 8, 2025October 8, 2025

Two international experts on brain injury rehabilitation will present keynotes at the 2026 Brain Injury Conference. Heading the keynotes are Emeritus Professor John Corrigan and Professor Mark Bayley. Dr Corrigan […]

A man outside is swinging a golf club in front of a crowd of people with disability, on a sunny day.
Posted inDisability Sports

Free golf lessons for kids with special needs

by daniellekSeptember 30, 2025October 1, 2025

Ready Steady Golf, supported by Variety WA and the WA Golf Foundation, is offering an expanded free golf lesson and activity program in Western Australia during the October school holidays. […]

Two children playing at a colourful park. One is a girl in a pink dress, the other is a boy in a blue tshirt. We see them from behind.
Posted inSpecial Programs

Day camp gives kids with neuromuscular disabilities a chance to shine

by daniellekSeptember 2, 2025September 10, 2025

Following the success of its much-loved Camp MDA, Muscular Dystrophy Australia (MDA) has announced a brand-new school holiday program designed specifically for primary school-aged children living with neuromuscular disabilities. Connecting […]

Evan Milne, a middle aged man in a white shirt and black pants, on a trike in a field surrounded by birds. He is part of Million Moves.
Posted inHealth & Wellbeing

Take on inactivity with Million Moves

by daniellekSeptember 2, 2025

A three-week physical activity program is taking aim at physical inactivity. Million Moves by peak body AUSactive runs from 1-21 September and gives free access to hundreds of gyms and […]

Two girls with Down syndrome in colourful dresses standing on a stage, smiling brightly
Posted inSpecial Events

STEPS ball brings the winter magic

by daniellekAugust 19, 2025August 20, 2025

The annual STEPS Grand Winter Ball brought the Sunshine Coast community together for a night of generosity that raised $310,000 for STEPS Pathways College to support young people with disability and autism to […]

A line of athletes in power chairs, rolling past people applauding them from the side of the image.
Posted inDisability Sports

2025 Asia Pacific Oceania Powerchair Football Cup: squad announced

by daniellekAugust 12, 2025August 13, 2025

Eight players have been selected to form the Poweroos squad that will contend the upcoming 2025 Asia Pacific Oceania (APO) Cup. The Cup brings together National Powerchair Football teams from Japan, […]

Cast members from Second Echo Ensemble, dressed in their costumes from the Adventures show, look into the camera.
Posted inEntertainment

Tickets on sale for Second Echo’s Sydney and Hobart seasons

by daniellekAugust 12, 2025August 12, 2025

Acclaimed inclusive theatre company Second Echo Ensemble (SEE) – as seen in Link Disability Magazine – will premiere its latest family-friendly production, The Adventures of Peacock, Chicken and the Pony They Rode Upon, […]

Two people in wheelchairs play basketball. They are silhouetted in black against a blue cloudy sky.
Posted inDisability Sports

Wombats set for inaugural World Championships

by daniellekJuly 29, 2025July 30, 2025

Basketball Australia’s squad for the 2025 IWBF 3×3 World Championship has been announced, with all teams ready to take on the world’s best. Hosted by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, […]

A group of people, some with visible disabilities, dressed in purple uniforms and leaning on a fence outside a rustic looking shed.
Posted inSpecial Events

Sunshine Butterflies celebrates 15 years

by daniellekJuly 23, 2025July 23, 2025

Sunshine Butterflies is inviting the community to join them in celebrating 15 years of supporting people with disability. They will hold a special Community Open Day on Wednesday 13 August […]

Four people stand in a room, their arms around each other. One is a teenage boy, one is a tall blonde lady, one is an elderly white haired lady, and one is a young brown haired girl. They are smiling.
Posted inEducation

STEPS names Melissa Doyle as Pathways College Ambassador

by daniellekJuly 15, 2025July 16, 2025

STEPS Pathways College has officially named celebrated journalist, television personality, and advocate Melissa Doyle as its Ambassador. In her role, Doyle will raise national awareness of STEPS Pathways College, an educational […]

Two para dancers, one a young woman in a sparkly navy dress in a wheelchair, and a young man dressed in black who is standing up, dance together while a crowd watches.
Posted inSpecial Events

Para Dance a celebration of inclusion, talent and joy

by daniellekJuly 9, 2025July 9, 2025

This piece has been written by junior Para Dancer, Siria Lochrie On Sunday, 1 June 2025, Para and Ability Dance WA hosted the 2025 Perth Para Dance Sport Competition at […]

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