Community Support Sydney

Bankstown Support Group

Beautiful Minds Market Stall

Hornsby Under-39s & Families/Carers - Cafe, Walk, Talk

Adult ADHD Support Group

Join us for an insightful and exciting event specifically focused on individuals with ADHD under NDIS. This event aims to create a fun and supportive environment where participants can enjoy a variety of activities, connect with others, and gain valuable insights from real-life experiences. **Variety of Activities:** Enjoy a selection of board games, and card games suitable for all skill levels. **Team Activities:** Participate in team-based games that encourage collaboration and communication. **Personal Stories:** Hear inspiring stories from individuals with ADHD and their families. **Supportive Environment:** Engage in a safe and supportive setting where everyone feels welcome and included. Who Should Attend: * Individuals with ADHD. * Parents and family members of individuals with ADHD. * Designed for LAC, Case Workers and support coordinator. This event is free to attend, but registration is required to ensure we can accommodate all participants.

Community of Practice 🗣️ - Human Hearted Sydney 🌻

Join our monthly Community of Practice (COP) where we discuss the ideas of Human Heartedness: a secular approach to life that promotes empathy and social connection based on cultivating our human social potential. Each meeting we discuss these concepts and how they can help us in practical ways to live better, happier, and more fulfilling lives. The meeting is followed by an optional lunch together nearby. This is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and find your local community! ⏰ **When:** Sunday October 11th at 11:00am 📍 **Where:** Darling Square Library, Level 1 - Ideas Space 2 (see directions) 🎟️ **Cost:** Free 🧑‍🦱 **Who should come:** anyone looking to meet new people and build connections with like-minded Sydneysiders. We’re queer-friendly and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds :) **About Human Heartedness:** The modern world’s focus on competition and materialism makes it easy to feel isolated and overwhelmed. The collapse of traditional sources of meaning like religion and local community intensify this so that we’re often left with a lack of meaning and purpose. We can try to fill the void with money and success—or to numb it with drugs and technology— but nothing seems to work. Human heartedness reminds us that the path to living well doesn’t come from money and power, but from building on the best in our own human hearts. Our human social potential. It points to a better way: to build in-person communities that build on our innate social potential and inherent value as humans. By building good relationships and social connections, we can live a more fruitful and fulfilling life (and help others to do the same). We can move from struggling alone to flourishing together. Following the human hearted way offers a secular, inclusive, forward looking solution to the meaning crisis of our times. [Learn more about Human Heartedness and our other events here!](https://linktr.ee/humanheartedsydney) **About the Community of Practice (COP):** Our human hearted community of practice (COP) offers a friendly welcoming environment in which we support and encourage each other to live more human hearted lives. Our goal is to build a community that supports us all to live more meaningful and fulfilling lives. We welcome you to join us in exploring together how to live better lives. *Human Hearted Sydney is sponsored by Humanists Australia which kindly funds our activities and keeps events like this free. Consider donating to Humanists Australia to show your support for community-building in Sydney and beyond. All our events are governed by [Humanist Australia's Code of Conduct](https://bit.ly/ha-conduct-pdf).*

Make New Friends with Coffee

**NDIS Participants:** Join us to Make new friends and have a coffee. Or just get out and get some fresh air and socialize. We have put together a conversation starter guide for you. This guide provides proven social skills and ice-breaking tips to help you make lasting connections and feel more confident in any social setting. If this is your very first meetup and a bit unsure, 2 simple steps you need to follow: 1. Reach the location at the time specified. 2. Walk up to the group and say 'Hi', everyone in the group is here to make friends... so you can be sure to have a good time. Looking forward to meeting you all! Disclaimer: Photos taken at any of the events may be shared on Meetup and other social media platforms. The organizer of this group cannot accept any liability for any loss, damage, injury, or accident to participants or their property at this event. By participating in this event, you're taking responsibility for your own safety and well-being., injury, or accidents to participants or their property on this event. By participating in this event, you're taking responsibility for your own safety and well-being.

Greenups Spring. In The Garden

For the Spring event we’re doing green drinks old-school style. Join us, [Greenups](https://greenups.au/), [Regen Sydney](https://www.regen.sydney/) and the [Pocket City Farms](https://www.pocketcityfarms.com.au/) crews, in the garden (the beer garden & the veggie patch), with the sun on our backs, dirt under the nails, beer in hand, for some casual, low-key, easy 'spring in the air' vibes. Spring is the time to prepare the soil, plant seeds, and tend to the young crops. So let’s get outside, reconnect, tend, nurture ourselves, find strength, and just have some fun! **Why** A lot of people in the broader Greenups community have had their shoulder to the wheel for years now - working on climate, nature, cities, food, energy and systems change - many, now experts in their fields. And a common refrain lately: “It’s hard.”... Frankly, many of the things we’ve fought for are not going the way we’d hoped, and we're all feeling the pressure. ...so it's often followed by “I’m exhausted.” So spring feels like a good moment as any to call a small time-out, to stop and smell the natives. **What to expect** In the spirit of the early Greenups: let’s just turn up, meet some good people, have a drink, swap ideas and see what grows. Old faces, new connections, good music, tasty food, feet on the ground, fun in the sun. And we'll have some facilitated networking activities to help break the ice - for those that want to. Zero “sage on a stage” vibes. Daylight saving will have just started. It’s the last week of the school holidays. It's a kid-friendly venue, and kids eat free at Camperdown Commons on Wednesdays! \* **Who** Pocket City Farms will show us around the farm, including a garden tour, and bring us up to date on their journey so far, and where to next. We’re inviting some of our Regen Sydney and Community Garden friends along too, with hopefully another special guest to announce soon. \* No, this not only for families, not at all. This will be a regular Greenups for grownups, but at a venue that is well suited to kids. So if you want to bring your 'young crops', please do!

Under 39s Social: Take the ferry to Cockatoo Island

"Barrel Below Bar" "Funky Fun Friday's" Happy Hour Drinks! Meetup Party Night!

**WHY SOCIALISE?** 1\. Socializing improves your overall mental\, emotional\, and physical health by reducing stress and boosting longevity\. 2\. Interacting with others releases feel\-good hormones that lower anxiety and depression\. 3\. Regular conversation\, group activities stimulate brain activity\, lowers cognitive decline\. 4\. Belonging to a community or group gives you a sense of purpose and personal value\. **"BARREL BELOW BAR"** 5.30pm-9.30pm. enjoy happy hour all night for our group plus some complimentary food. ***Barrel Below Bar*** *brings a quietly confident polish to Sydney's CBD* . You'll find a menu that favours clean flavours, craft, and a touch of indulgence. **Venue:** **"BARREL BELOW BAR"** **Address:** 115 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD. **Entry Time:** 5.30pm. **Dress Code:** Smart Casual **"Funky Fun Friday's"** the ultimate Drinks Party Night Meetup After Dark !"Bar • Restaurant • Cafe Smart Kitchen • Savvy Bar • Cozy Cafe **Happy Hour:** "Bevs . Bites . Banter Discover ***Barrel Below Bar*** in the heart of the Sydney, where dining meets elegance. **Happy Hour** until **9pm** yippee!! for Beers, Wines, Spirits, and Margaritas $12. Private Group Area. Heaps of dinner choices. **"Events for Singles"** our Friday Drinks Promoter together with Unravel Travel Group! After Work and After Dark Meetup Groups adding extra people support. **Contact:** George 0435 801 602 **Who's Coming:** Members from other meetup groups also join this event!

meditationHQ FREE Meditations - 14 locations (NSW and WA)

Welcome to MeditationHQ We welcome you to join us for a FREE group meditation session in nature every Saturday for sunrise at 6.30am. With 14 locations across NSW and WA, there are lots of choices, and we operate rain, hail or shine :) The sessions are for everyone! including families and kids... You are invited to do your own meditation practice with us if you already have one, or you can just follow the super easy accessible breath-style meditation that we provide instruction on. You don't even have to meditate if you don't want to :) ... you can just appreciate the opportunity to be silent and witness nature doing its thing. All our sessions are facilitated by passionate volunteer leaders who are incredibly friendly and welcoming. It's perfect for first-timers as well as experienced meditators. MeditationHQ is a registered charity that proudly supports LIFELINE. Click here for more details on how to attend a session : [https://meditationhq.com.au/](https://meditationhq.com.au/) If you would like to establish a meditationHQ community near you, please contact me direct : [jason@meditationhq.com.au](mailto:jason@meditationhq.com.au) Jason and the MHQ team

SSP.TUE...OPERA HOUSE TO BOTANICAL GARDENS

Lets get some culture and nature Challenge:People acting up

You've heard of Oktoberfest. Join us for Brooktoberfest!!