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  • Looking for a lovely way to celebrate or get together? Join us for High Tea with Blending Our Futures! Enjoy sweet treats, savoury bites and beautiful vintage-style table settings while spending time with your favourite people. Our high teas are perfect for: Birthdays and family celebrations Baby showers and bridal showers Social groups and club…

  • Hello! With Term 4 just around the corner, we wanted to share an update on what’s happening at Ascend by Blending Our Futures! We’ve been busy developing and expanding our programs to create more opportunities for people with disability to build confidence, develop skills, connect with others and work towards their individual goals. Here’s what’s…

  • Healthier Relationships – Bringing the Shark Cage Metaphor to Gawler 🦈

    🦈 Why use the Shark Cage Metaphor? The Shark Cage Metaphor is a practical and visual way to explore personal safety, healthy relationships, boundaries and individual rights. It can be especially helpful for people with trauma, neurodivergence or disability who may have experienced difficulties recognising unsafe behaviour, understanding social expectations, communicating boundaries or trusting their…

  • Looking for something fun, creative and confidence-building these school holidays? Ascend has a great range of hands-on sessions available! 🎨 Creative Program — ages 10–17, with or without disability 🏺 Pottery & ClayTuesday 29 September | 9.30am–11.30am 📿 Jewellery MakingThursday 1 October | 9am–11am 🧁 CookingTuesday 6 October | 9.30am–11.30am ✂️ Mixed ArtsThursday 8 October…

  • Some of the best learning doesn’t happen in a classroom—it happens by getting your hands dirty, working alongside others and taking pride in a job well done. That’s exactly what Ascend Garden Crew is all about. Whether it’s seeing the difference you’ve made to a freshly mown lawn, learning to work as part of a…

  • If you follow our socials, you already know that we released the first set of our ascend programs this morning! Our programs are designed to support personal growth, build confidence and develop practical, transferable skills that can be used in all areas of life—whatever your interests or goals may be. Based in Gawler, South Australia,…

  • We know you have all been waiting for this announcement… Our much loved Barista Basics course is up and running again at our new location in Gawler from 13th August. REGISTER HERE if you don’t want to miss out! Don’t look away for too long though, as we are about to launch the first of…

  • Our Ascend Programs are going live 🎉 We received news today that our council development application for our newest project has been approved. We’ve been waiting, not so patiently, for a while now, to be able to introduce you all properly to ‘Ascend‘. Still located in Gawler and with excellent proximity to public transport and…

  • Firstly, if you haven’t already seen the news……….. Kingfisher Inclusive Cafe is OPEN! Kingfisher Inclusive Cafe is our new, second location, at the Hewett Centre – just on the northern edge of Gawler. Kingfisher, is currently open Mondays and Fridays and will be our new training cafe. This will provide a fantastic environment with a…

  • Thank you to all of you who have RSVP’d to our drop in information session that is on today from 2pm – 4pm We are excited to meet you all and share what we are doing and what future opportunities we have coming up! We will have FREE hot drinks and a selection of yummy…