Learn about how to stay safe while meeting people online and feel more confident exploring online groups and connections
🧰 Resource Kit: Includes a Checklist, Links for further reading, a live workshop and recording with auto captions and transcript and other resource materials as appropriate.
🎥 Live Workshop Online: 18 May 2026 - 18 May 2026, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM ACST (SA Time)
💲 Price: $0.00
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📝 This workshop helps you learn how to stay safe while meeting people online. You’ll explore fun online groups, make connections, and feel more confident online.📍 Where and When
🧭 This is an in-person workshop.
📆 It is on Monday 18 May 2026.
🕤 It starts at 1:30PM.
⌛ It will finish at 3:30PM.
📍 It is held at Mitcham Library.
🏢 The address is 154 Belair Rd, Adelaide SA 5062. 💰How Much Does It Cost 💵 It is free with grant funding.
🧒 Who Is It For 🧑🤝🧑 This workshop is for disabled people.
👨👩👧👦 Family, carers, and supporters are welcome to attend.
💬 What Is It About
🛡️ Learning how to stay safe online. 🎮 Exploring fun online spaces like games, hobbies, and groups. 💬 Building confidence connecting with others online.
🤝 Supports meaningful connection and belonging.
🛡️ Learning how to stay safe online. 🎮 Exploring fun online spaces like games, hobbies, and groups. 💬 Building confidence connecting with others online.
💡 Why It Matters
🧡 Helps people feel safer and more confident online.🤝 Supports meaningful connection and belonging.
❓ What Will You Learn
🔐 How to protect your personal information.
🧠 How to set boundaries and feel comfortable online.
🎮 Where to find online communities that match your interests.
💬 How to make connections safely and respectfully.
🔐 How to protect your personal information.
🧠 How to set boundaries and feel comfortable online.
🎮 Where to find online communities that match your interests.
💬 How to make connections safely and respectfully.
🎥 What Happens In The Workshop
👋 Meet the presenters.
💬 Talk about online friendships and connection.
📽️ Learn through real examples and stories.
🧍 Join group discussions and activities.
📝 Take home simple tips and resources.
🗣️ Time for questions and shared ideas.
👋 Meet the presenters.
💬 Talk about online friendships and connection.
📽️ Learn through real examples and stories.
🧍 Join group discussions and activities.
📝 Take home simple tips and resources.
🗣️ Time for questions and shared ideas.
👨👩👧👦 Who Can Join
🧑🤝🧑 People with disability, family, carers, and support workers can join.
♿ Accessibility
🔊 Please let us know if you need help with access.
📄 We will give you easy-to-read handouts.
📄 We will give you easy-to-read handouts.
👩🏫 Who Are The Presenters?
🎙️James Nicholson is helping lead this session.
🎶 James loves music and studied opera singing. Music helped him feel more confident and able to speak up.
🧠 James has learning and anxiety disabilities and understands what it feels like to struggle but keep going.
📚 He believes everyone should get a fair go and a chance to try new things.
🎥 At The Growing Space, James helps create learning content that feels real, helpful, and kind.
💬 He’s always thinking of new ways to share stories and ideas so everyone can learn.
🏳️🌈 James is part of the LGBT+ community and believes in making the world more inclusive.
🧍♂️ He was diagnosed with Scheuermann’s disease as a teen and knows that disability is different for everyone.
🤝 He loves working in a team and learning from people with all kinds of experiences.
📖 He once read Jane Austen in high school even though it was hard — and loved it!
💡 James believes education and empathy can help change the world for the better.
🎶 James loves music and studied opera singing. Music helped him feel more confident and able to speak up.
🧠 James has learning and anxiety disabilities and understands what it feels like to struggle but keep going.
📚 He believes everyone should get a fair go and a chance to try new things.
🎥 At The Growing Space, James helps create learning content that feels real, helpful, and kind.
💬 He’s always thinking of new ways to share stories and ideas so everyone can learn.
🏳️🌈 James is part of the LGBT+ community and believes in making the world more inclusive.
🧍♂️ He was diagnosed with Scheuermann’s disease as a teen and knows that disability is different for everyone.
🤝 He loves working in a team and learning from people with all kinds of experiences.
📖 He once read Jane Austen in high school even though it was hard — and loved it!
💡 James believes education and empathy can help change the world for the better.
📚 Want Even More Resources?
- 🖥️ Join our website membership at The Growing Space.
- 👍 Like or Follow our busy Facebook Page.
❓ Questions?
🌏 Acknowledgement of Country
🖼️ The Growing Space respects the Traditional Custodians of Country in Australia.
🌊 We honour their connection to land, sea, and community.
🌟 We pay respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.
🌊 We honour their connection to land, sea, and community.
🌟 We pay respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.
🤝 Acknowledgement of our Community
💪 The Growing Space thanks disability advocates who came before us.
🌈 We support inclusion and belonging for everyone in the community.
👫 We celebrate people of all abilities, genders, sexual orientations, and races.
🎉 We value diversity and what each person brings to our lives.
🌈 We support inclusion and belonging for everyone in the community.
👫 We celebrate people of all abilities, genders, sexual orientations, and races.
🎉 We value diversity and what each person brings to our lives.
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