lifestart.org.au Lifestart charity helping early childhood intervention and school age services

July, 2009

Lifestart - Helping special kids. An early childhood intervention program for children with Down Syndrome, Autism, delays in development, or at risk of delay. Based in Sydney, Lifestart is a parent co-operative providing a family-centred approach to the needs of children with disabilities and their families. It is based on the concept of partnerships between parents and professionals.

Lifestart Eastwood hosts friends from Dubbo

Janelle Burke and her team from Orana Early Intervention (Dubbo) visited the Eastwood branch on Monday 27th July as part of their staff development program. The team were able to observe small groups in action, chat to staff about their roles within Lifestart and meet the families attending preschool and transition to school programs. Janelle commented it was great to visit other early childhood intervention programs to see first hand the similarities between services and get new ideas for running groups and activities. Staff at Lifestart were able to discuss programs Lifestart is running regularly within the centre and across branches e.g. Behaviour and Sleep programs. Lifestart was first stop on a busy schedule of visits for the team, who were also visiting the Spastic Centre, Giant Steps, Pathways and the Shephard Centre during their stay in Sydney.

Family Service Coordinator / Case Manager

Locum Position 12 month contract full time

Please download the position description here.

accepting applications

Lifestart Winter Ball on 15th August

The annual Lifestart Winter Ball is being held on Saturday 15th August at Le Montage in Lilyfield. It is hosted by former Olympian and world kayaking champion Shelley Oates-Wilding, who is now in high demand on the celebrity speaking circuit. Entertainment is by the sensational ‘Oh Boy - the Buddy Holly Show’, one of Australia’s premier show bands. Featuring appearances by a host of singers ranging from Dion (’They Call Me The Wanderer’) to Richie Valens to Roy Orbison, this show will have you laughing and dancing till midnight. Auction and raffle items for the evening will range from a signed AC/DC guitar to several short-stay resort holidays around Sydney to a NSW SpeedBlitz Blues cricket bat signed by the 2007/08 Pura Cup Champions. There will also be a wine tasting courtesy of the Charity Wine Shop and Molly’s Cradle Wines. The evening features a three course meal and aperitifs and tickets are $190.
For bookings go to Showbiz or visit our Events page for more details.