Shining Bright Abilities

15/10/2026

🎃👻 SPOOKTACULAR FUN AWAITS! 👻🎃

🧙‍♀️🕸️ SBA IS HEADING TO HALLOWEEN FAMILY FEST!🕸️🧙‍♀️

Get ready for a frightfully fun day filled with spooky surprises, laughter and Halloween excitement! 🦇🧡

📅 Saturday 31st October 2026
📍 Griffiths Park, Stockton, Newcastle

🎃 What's waiting for us?
👻 Trick-or-Treat Trail
🎡 Carnival Rides
🎭 Live Shows
🍭 Food & Market Stalls
🧙‍♀️ Spooky Characters
🕷️ Plenty of Halloween Fun!

This isn't just about having fun! It's also a fantastic opportunity to build friendships, develop social skills, boost confidence and enjoy new experiences in a supportive group environment. 💜

🧡 Costumes are encouraged! Whether you're a spooky ghost, wicked witch or friendly pumpkin, we can't wait to see your Halloween outfits!

🎟️ SPOTS ARE LIMITED!

📩 Contact the SBA team to register your interest and secure your spot!

Group support ratios apply. Event entry, activities and support costs will be confirmed.

🎃 Let's make this Halloween one to remember! 👻💜

12/10/2026

🌟✨ WHAT’S NEW AT SHINING BRIGHT ABILITIES?! ✨🌟

🎉 EXCITING NEWS – OUR THURSDAY HUB DAYS ARE COMING! 🎉

Starting the week of 26th October, we are super excited to announce that SBA will be running HUB Days every Thursday during school terms!💜💛

🕘 When:Every Thursday, 9am – 3pm
📍 Where: SBA HUB – Stanford Merthyr

🎨 GET CREATIVE, LEARN NEW SKILLS & HAVE FUN!

Our Thursday HUB Days will be all about getting creative, building independence, developing new skills and making some amazing handmade goodies!

🕯️ Candle Making
💎 Resin Art
📿 Jewellery Making
🏺 Clay Creations
🎨 Plus plenty more exciting projects!

🛍️ BUT WAIT… THERE'S MORE!

We're working towards something BIG!

Our goal is to create enough amazing handmade products to hold our very own SBA MARKET STALL!🎪

Participants will have the opportunity to be involved in the entire process – from creating products and preparing them for sale to helping run the market stall, interacting with customers and handling money.

💰 AND HERE'S THE BEST PART!

ALL PROFITS from our market stall will be put towards a special group outing for everyone who has contributed! 🚌🎉

This is about so much more than arts and crafts! It's an opportunity to build confidence, develop life skills, work as a team, make friendships and experience the reward of working towards a shared goal.

💜 CREATE IT! MAKE IT! SELL IT! CELEBRATE IT!💛

We can't wait to see what our talented SBA crew creates!

📣 Interested in joining our Thursday HUB Days? Get in touch with the SBA team to secure your spot!

🌟 Shining Bright Abilities – Creating opportunities, building skills and making memories! 🌟

05/10/2026

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🐝 Ever wondered how Maitland Factory Direct Food works?

We get plenty of questions about who we are, where our stock comes from and how we manage to keep our prices so low.

So here are the answers to a few of the questions we hear most often!

Have a read 👇 and come check us out at 194A High Street, Maitland — old Rivers store, next to Burson Auto Parts.

Open 7 days — plenty of parking out the back!

03/10/2026

Bring on the social night!

03/10/2026

Competition Time!!!

Check out the flyer below!

03/10/2026

🎳🔫 Day 5 of School Holiday Fun! 🔫🎳

Today we headed out for bowling and laser tag, and what a great day it was! 💙

Bowling gave everyone the chance to practise taking turns, encouraging their friends, staying focused and working on their coordination — all while enjoying a little friendly competition! 🎳👏

Then it was time for laser tag! Everyone was kept active and on the move, working together, communicating with their teammates, thinking on their feet and navigating their way around the course. 🔫🏃‍♂️

Days like today are a great way to build confidence, friendships and independence while learning through fun and shared experiences. 🌟

Another awesome school holiday adventure with the SBA crew! 💙

03/10/2026

🌟 Day 4 of School Holiday Fun! 🌟

Our very own Miss Georgie put together an awesome scavenger hunt for everyone today! 🔎🗺️

There were plenty of laughs, teamwork and excitement as everyone worked their way through the challenges, all while keeping active and on the move! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

The best part was that we were having so much fun, we didn’t even realise how many new skills we were practising along the way! From problem-solving and communication to teamwork, following clues and getting those bodies moving, everyone did an amazing job! 👏🧠💪

Another fantastic day of staying active, building confidence, learning new skills and making memories at SBA! 💙✨

01/10/2026

🌟 Day 3 of the School Holidays! 🌟

FUN DAY HUB DAYS ARE THE BEST! 💛🙌

We kicked off the day with a walk to the park, where we discovered we might just have some soccer superstars in the making! ⚽⭐ There were some seriously impressive skills on display!

Then it was time to let the creativity flow with TIE-DYE! 🌈👕

Everyone did an AMAZING job creating their very own one-of-a-kind tie-dye T-shirts to take home. We absolutely loved seeing all the different colours, patterns and creations come to life!

Plenty of fresh air, movement, creativity, laughs and good times — exactly what our HUB days are all about! 💛

Another awesome school holiday day with the SBA crew! 🌟

01/10/2026

🧁 Day 2 of the School Holidays and the fun continues! 🧁

Today was all about getting creative with our Cupcake Decorating Challenge! 🎨✨

There were plenty of laughs, lots of creativity, some friendly competition and, of course, a few delicious treats along the way! 😋🧁

We absolutely love seeing everyone get involved, show off their creativity and, most importantly, have FUN! 💛

Another fantastic school holiday activity with the SBA crew — and we’re only on Day 2! 🌟