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Welcome to the Rainbow Families blog, where we share resources, thoughts, and news about everything going on in the Rainbow Families community!
New Parents Group 2021
17.12.2020
We are excited that our new parents group will be running again in 2021. Facilitated by Sydney Local Health District the group will run like a traditional new parents group for the first four weeks...
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Rainbow Families looking for rainbow families
16.12.2020
Everywhere we look this time of year, advertisers are talking about families. But too often, those photos do not show diverse families. This can be especially difficult for those who live in commun...
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Neurodiverse Families Group
25.11.2020
Rainbow Families is collaborating with Autism Spectrum Australia (ASPECT) to explore ways we can best support Autistic parents and parents of autistic children within the LGBTQ+ community. A number...
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Camp was excellent
19.11.2020
As the sun was fading over the Narrabeen Lake, some 40 children and their families arrived at Narrabeen Sport and Rec Camp Site for our Resilience Camp. The camp program was designed to support chi...
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We want to hear from you
05.11.2020
We do a lot and we are very proud of the community we have created and support we offer LGBTQ+ parents. But we know there is so much more we can do to support our families. We want to hear from you...
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Volunteer Profile Gill
03.11.2020
When someone in our community first becomes a parent, our playgroup is often the first connection to community. And everyone who has been to playgroup over the past couple of years will have been ...
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We want all families to be equal
28.10.2020
Our families experience many forms of discrimination, and we don’t think that is OK. One of the ways Rainbow Families supports LGBTQ+ parents is to work to remove this discrimination for our commun...
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Trans And Gender Diverse Resources
28.10.2020
At Rainbow Families we acknowledge families are created in various ways. We also acknowledge that not all parents identify as “mum” or “dad”, and some parents may be exploring their gender identity...
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Are you our new secretary?
21.10.2020
Do you like dotting your Is and crossing your Ts? Get a kick out of filing things in the right place and making sure everyone turns up to meetings? Do you have 4 hours each month you could voluntee...
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Playgroup is back
08.10.2020
Everyone has been asking when Playgroup will start again. Finally we have a date for playgroup to return in a COVID safe way. We have been in regular contact with the City of Sydney and Playgroup...
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