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Seahorse Playgroup - Canberra/Ngunnawal Land, 2024

Seahorse Playgroup is a social gathering for LGBTQIA+ parents, carers and their children aged 0-3 run on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land. We also organise casual weekend get-togethers for Queer families with children of any age.
Jon the insta page below.
@seahorseplaygroup
Our fortnightly playgroup provides sensory activities for children as well as connection and belonging for parents and carers. We aim to create a community space where Queer families are celebrated and normalised.
Coming up: 


💕Just lewk at all the cute stuff our rainbow families have on:

🧘🏽Fri Oct 4th Parent/baby Pilates

🎶Fri Oct 18th Music class

🌳Sat Oct 26th John Knight Memorial Park outing

💃🏻Fri Nov 1st Parent/child dance class

🧺Fri Nov15th Seahorse Picnic at Glebe park

🤿Sat Nov 23rd Pool day!

🕺🏼Fri Dec 6th Our final parent/child dance class and our last catch up for the year!

 
Sessions start with a baby acknowledgement of country and rhyme time. We then do ‘parent circle’, a 15-minute chat where we each share how we’ve been going that week. Most sessions also have a featured planned activity run by our facilitator.
Direct/breast/chestfeeding or pumping is welcome. Children's toilets, change mats, and kettle for formula water/bottle sterilisation are available.
Details

Registration required

Held at CIT, Bruce. Full address provided on registration. 
1st and 3rd Friday of the month.
9am - 11am.
Free to attend.

 
 

Accessibility 

Seating, water, heating/cooling available.

Internal/external doors and flooring are wheelchair accessible, single level, no steps.

Toilet is ‘90s style’ accessible (manual door, tiles, rails on either side of toilet). More modern disability toilets in same building.

Disability parking immediately outside the space.

Quiet space available.

Organiser has conversational Auslan (VIC dialect).

Illness outbreak protocol in place.

On request, a tour of the site can be arranged.

Guide dogs and support animals are welcome.

350m from the bus stop on Vowels Cres (number 901 bus).

Contact

Frankie (he/him) [email protected]

Instagram @seahorseplaygroup