News

19 August 2008
'Spinasaurus’, the big and friendly blue dinosaur, made a visit to children from the John Hunter Children’s Hospital on Friday 15 August, in recognition of Spina Bifida Awareness Week 2008.  

11 June 2008
Thanks to the hard work of five final year students from the University of Western Sydney, Northcott Disability Services will benefit from a recent donation of $12,679.80. 

23 May 2008
Northcott Disability Services is set to benefit from a $35,000 grant from Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation.

12 May 2008
Elizabeth Bloomfield has been volunteering at Northcott Disability Services since February and believes that volunteers are invaluable to any organisation.  

5 May 2008 
A motivated group of four-wheel drive enthusiasts from across Australia recently conquered the remote wilderness of the Victorian High Country to raise $100,000 for Northcott Disability Services.

23 April 2008 
School students with disabilities across Sydney competed at Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre as part of Northcott Disability Services Interschool Swimming Carnivals held in March, 2008.

22 April 2008
The Pirtek Parramatta Eels dedicated their Friday 18 April game at Parramatta Stadium to Northcott Disability Services, enabling the North Parramatta based organisation, which supports children and adults with a disability across NSW and the ACT, to raise $2,000 towards their Recreation services. 

10 April 2008
Many may wonder what waxing has to do with going cycling, including Simon Wilkins - until a few months ago. In a fundraising effort to get himself to Vietnam, the North Parramatta resident underwent a full body wax...

7 April 2008
A motivated group of four-wheel drive enthusiasts from across Australia will conquer the remote wilderness of the Victorian High Country on April 20 – 25, 2008 to raise $100, 000 for Northcott Disability Services. 

2 April 2008
Aboriginal families in South West Sydney with children from birth to 6 years now have access to a supported playgroup run by Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal medical service based in Airds Campbelltown, in conjunction with Northcott Disability Services.

19 March 2008
Patrons of Parramatta Leagues Club continue to support children and adults living with disabilities by throwing their change into the Northcott Wishing Fountain in the foyer of the club. 

18 March 2008
Riding a mountain bike along the highways and byways of Vietnam is an adventure that Liverpool resident Andrew Vargodi will have the opportunity to experience, all in the name of charity.  

The 26-year-old General Manager of Fitness First Auburn will embark on a 1,000km bike ride across Vietnam in June 2008 to support Northcott Disability Services, an organisation that supports children and adults with disabilities across NSW and the ACT.

17 March 2008
Northcott Disability Services opened its doors to the local community for a Family Fun Open Day on Sunday March 16 at their central office in North Parramatta.

25 February 2008
Jo Ragen has been a lecturer and Course Coordinator with the Faculty of Health Science at the University of Sydney for the past five years. Her area of expertise lies in the leisure and play of children. She is also currently undertaking her PHD on a part-time basis, focusing on risk-taking and play for children with disabilities, in particular Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI).

22 February 2008
Civic Park, Warragamba showed its colourful side on Monday February 18 as children laughed at clowns Hot Pot and Aunty Judy, danced the funky chicken and raced toy cars in celebration of Warragamba Play Links 1^st birthday.

21 February 2008
Doodles drawn exclusively for Northcott Disability Services by over 50 Australian celebrities were recently put under the hammer for auction at Northcott’s inaugural Celebrity Doodle Auction, held on Wednesday February 20, 2008 at the Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.

5 February 2008
My Name Is Earl star and American celebrity Jason Lee has lent his support to Australian children and adults with disabilities by donating his time to doodle.

1 February 2008
50 National Rugby League rookies representing all NRL clubs joined children and adults from Northcott Disability Services for a sail across Sydney Harbour as part of the NRL Rookie Sailing Regatta on January 29, 2008.

28 January 2008
Riding a mountain bike along the highways and byways of Vietnam is an adventure that Punchbowl resident Richard Lawrence will have the opportunity to experience, all in the name of charity. The 25-year-old will embark on a 500km bike ride across Vietnam in June 2008 to support Northcott Disability Services. Northcott invited adventurous Australians to take part in its Vietnam by Bike 2008 Charity Cycling Challenge in an effort to raise funds for the organisation, with Richard answering the call. Vietnam by Bike 2008 is the adventure of a lifetime starting in Ho Chi Minh City and finishing in Hanoi. To register for the experience of a lifetime, please click here

27 January 2008
In celebration of May Gibbs’ Australian bush characters, Northcott Disability Services is encouraging the community to support children with disabilities this Australia Day by wearing a Gumnut Baby Badge. May Gibbs, an icon of Australian children’s literature and one of the country’s most loved artists and authors, left copyright of all her works to Northcott Disability Services and The Spastic Centre of NSW.