Default HubSpot Blog

Clinical Skill Building with Dr. Evelyn Gould

Allambi — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:44:31 GMT

This week Allambi Care have been incredibly fortunate to host the Clinical Application For Act of Behaviour Analysts 3 day intensive course run by Dr. Evelyn Gould. Over 70 participants came to our head office to learn from the international guest speak while also being given the opportunity to work on present case examples and engage in case consultation with peers and the trainer.

Cinema in the Park, 1st of February, 2020

Allambi — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:34:04 GMT

Allambi Care hosted their first Cinema in the Park for 2020 on Saturday, and despite the hot conditions, over 3000 people turned up for an action packed day.

Local band, Sunday's Record, had people signing and dancing all afternoon while the free rides and face painting lines were flat out. It was great to see so many people from a variety of regions come and enjoy what the beautiful Lake Macquarie has to offer.

Cinema in the Park

Allambi — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:38:45 GMT

Come and join Allambi Care in partnership with Lake Macquarie City Council at Speers Point Park, this summer!

Outreach Camp

Allambi — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 03:15:43 GMT

Following last year’s hugely successful Boy’s Camp at Myall Lakes, the Outreach Department again packed their tents and sleeping bags; this time heading to Beulah Ranch in the stunning Yarramalong Valley with the young men and women from our various Outreach Programs. For many of these teenagers this was their first experience of real camping.

Terambamba Woka - Rising Above

Allambi — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:03:37 GMT

On the 17th September, we were presented with an amazing artwork, designed and created by Saretta Fielding, an internationally award-winning Aboriginal artist of the Wonaruah Nation.

Before the unfolding of Terambamba Woka, Saretta took us on a journey to help us understand the artwork design and how each element has a strong and significant meaning.

Spin 4 Kids 2019

SampleHubSpotUser@hubspot.com (Sample HubSpot User) — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 04:27:00 GMT

On Friday 13th September 2019, The Allambi Family were proud to take part in 'Variety Spin 4 Kids'. Variety Spin 4 kids, is a fun, challenging event where each team competes to ride as many kilometres as possible for 6 enduring hours, raising money for Variety - The Children's Charity.

Variety supports kids who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs. Their work allows kids to gain mobility, to get out and about in the community, to communicate, achieve independence and increase their self-esteem.

At Allambi, we believe that every child deserves the chance to be the best they can be, to get the most out of life, regardless of their ability or background. Together with Variety, we want to help to make sure kids who miss out, can always join in.

If you would like to donate, please visit www.variety.org.au/nsw/donate/. Your contribution will help change children's lives in ways you may never have imagined.

Wear it Purple Day 2019

SampleHubSpotUser@hubspot.com (Sample HubSpot User) — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:27:00 GMT

On the 30th August 2019, Allambi Care was proud to host a ‘Wear it Purple’ morning tea, to show our support of LGBTIQ youth within Allambi, and the wider community.

Wear it Purple is a global event that celebrates diversity and inclusivity and aims to ensure that young people feel supported, safe and empowered to be their authentic self.

Wear it Purple was founded in 2010 after stories of young people experiencing harassment and bullying as a result of identifying as Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Intersex, or Queer, became the focus of the international the media.

This is a day celebrated by many organisations and services throughout the country, who like Allambi Care, seek to create a safer world for our children and young people to live in.

Wear it purple day aims to be the largest anti-bullying campaign in the world that seeks to elicit hope and optimism from rainbow young people, and Allambi Care is proud to stand as an ally and show our support of such a worthwhile event.

Allambi care’s philosophy and commitment towards supporting young people reach their full potential sits in line with the vision of Wear it Purple because we to believe, that every young person should feel recognised, loved, supported, acknowledged and proud of themselves.

For more information on how you can help, please visit https://www.wearitpurple.org/.

Partnerships create sustainable community options

SampleHubSpotUser@hubspot.com (Sample HubSpot User) — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 04:24:00 GMT

Partnerships have been at the heart of what Allambi Care does every day since it was established in 1981.

These partnerships have enabled us to create an organisation that supports about 2,000 people in our region every day through services that include foster care, helping young people connect with their communities and programs that help keep families together.

It is this same philosophy that delivered another partnership that we hope will not only help us reduce our environmental footprint, but will also champion an option for many others in our region to do the same.

A few months ago, we started working with the team in the City of Lake Macquarie about our desire as an organisation to use innovations in renewable energy.

The result was the opportunity for Allambi to tap-into a partnership that Council was establishing with an energy cooperative creating a first for the Hunter region.

Allambi in association with Lake Macquarie City Council and a member-owned solar technology company called Pingala, are now working with around 200 other stakeholders from the local community to co-fund solar panel infrastructure that will ultimately provide an environmentally friendly energy option while an ongoing benefit to investors. Allambi will pay for the electricity the new solar panel system produces and the community investors will receive a dividend for their investment.

As an organisation that exists to support our community we are always looking for opportunities to reduce our costs, but in 2019 that is also about treading a little more carefully within our environment.

The initiative fits well with our commitment to being a modern and sustainable organisation and reducing its energy footprint.

We consider this partnership a good model that demonstrates how our region’s local businesses and residents can partner with local government to contribute to deliver smart and sustainable solutions.

If you would like to find out more, please visit allambicare.org.au/solar.

Simon Walsh, CEO

Howard Bath training for Foster Carers and teaching staff

SampleHubSpotUser@hubspot.com (Sample HubSpot User) — Mon, 01 May 2017 04:22:00 GMT

As an organisation we are extremely lucky to have Clinical Psychologist, Howard Bath, as part of our team. Howard recently ran training for Foster Carers, School Teachers and Staff that looked at how the experiences of abuse, neglect and seeing family violence, affect the way children think, feel and behave.

Howard reviewed what we know about the impact on their developing brains and how their lifetime prospects for learning, connecting with others, and enjoying life differs from their peers.
In particular, Howard explored how these children deal with stress and anxiety, how this can affect their relationships with peers, and how it can affect us as carers.
Using videos, slides and handouts Howard illustrated the research findings and explored how these findings affect the way we understand the children we care for and how we can best help them cope with the legacy of their early experiences. Teaching staff from Beresfield Public School and Edgeworth Public School attended the training.

Children's University at Allambi Care

SampleHubSpotUser@hubspot.com (Sample HubSpot User) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 04:07:00 GMT

Allambi Care recently held the official registration day for the ‘Children’s University’, a program run through Newcastle Uni and local schools. This year the program opened up to five NGOs in the Hunter as a pilot program. Allambi has been lucky enough to be one of the five NGOs selected.

Children's University Newcastle encourages children between the ages of 7 and 14 to be curious learners by participating in validated activities beyond the school curriculum. The program is designed to engage children in learning in its broadest sense and to provide the scaffolding for children to develop self-efficacy, confidence and an appreciation of learning outside of the school classroom. The program aims to promote the fun in learning through hands on activities and interests outside of the classroom and linking community activities to everyday learning. Participants are provided with a Children’s University Passport and are provided with a stamp for every hour they engage in community activities, such as soccer training, visiting the local library, art gallery, museum, music lessons, the list is endless.

The registration day was held on site in the Learning Centre, in which 11 young people from Allambi entered. In addition to this there were young people from the five other NGOs in attendance, with 25 children on site. The participants were provided with 6 activities to rotate through over a period of 2.5 hours. This included the wonderful James from the Allambi Café conducting a cake decorating activity and Scott and Shelley, the LC Teachers, engaging the children in footy skills in the auditorium, three Uni students holding activities on bridge building, computer programming on Ipads, skateboard designs and an OT from Vision Australia who came with a retired Guide Dog to talk about the role of Guide Dogs. The night was a great success. We would like to thank everyone who participated. The director of the Children's University Australia will visit Allambi Care next week to discuss the success of the program.