Sunshine Butterflies - Attachment E - 010816-3

                                                                                       FAMILY CARE & SUPPORT SERVICE




Welcome to Sunshine Butterflies                                  Fa mily Care &
Sunshine Butterflies is a registered charity and not for
profit organisation founded to support and improve the           Support Service
lives of people with disabilities and provide families with
                                                                 Need support, information
support, information and individual assistance.
                                                                 or just a understanding
Sunshine Butterflies offers a range of services that include -   ear? Our FREE Family Care
• Family Care Program & Case Management                          & Support Service is here
• Swim and Recreation Clubs                                      for you.
• Siblings Social Club
                                                                 The vision of Sunshine
• Puppet Disability Education & Awareness Performances
                                                                 Butterflies is for individuals
• Have a Chat Support Groups
                                                                 with a disability and their families,
• Respite (in home & community)
                                                                 to be well supported, included and cared for throughout their
• Early Intervention Therapy Programs
                                                                 life and within their community.
• Personal Fundraising webpage Initiatives
• Day Activity Programs eg. Art, Music, Woodwork,                At Sunshine Butterflies, we provide information and resources
  Cooking, Sewing                                                to families and individuals living with disability via our Family
• Our Backyard Hobby Farm - Animal Care, Horticulture,           Care & Support Service so that families can be directed,
  Aquaculture, Campouts, Farm Chores & Activities                informed, educated and supported whenever in need of a
• Hang Out - Evening Social Club                                 bit of assurance, assistance or help. And if we don’t have the
• NDIS Advice & Support                                          answer, we will make sure there is someone else who does.
• Business Services - ‘Allability’ First Aid Training,           Other ways we can help -
  ‘Sunshine Gardens’ Landscape & Garden Maintenance
                                                                 Join the Sunshine Butterflies Facebook page which shares
  plus other social enterprises.
                                                                 news and photos of our activities.
Sunshine Butterflies was founded by Leanne Walsh in 2005.
                                                                 Join our mailing list to receive regular newsletters and
Leanne and her husband have a son with cerebral palsy,
                                                                 updates. Visit our website to join.
and together have faced the challenges that individuals and
families face day to day.                                        Keep up to date by checking our Disability Info Guide
                                                                 Facebook page, where details of available services, programs
Sunshine Butterflies vision of a better future is to empower
                                                                 and projects can be listed by interested parties within the
families and provide the support they need to achieve a
                                                                 community.
happy and fulfilled life for their son or daughter.
                                                                 Sunshine Butterflies provides a library of books on related
Those who use our service are families, individuals, carers,
                                                                 topics, as well as information brochures and a notice board
service providers, NGO’s, medical personnel, schools &
                                                                 at our Centre to keep you informed and updated about
community groups, all for different reasons.
                                                                 resources on the Sunshine Coast.
Sunshine Butterflies “can do” approach is enabled by a small
                                                                 If you want to know how to be linked to other services, join
passionate team.
                                                                 any of our programs or wish to become a member, please
                                                                 contact us.

                                                                 Remember we’re only a phone call away!