Welcome to the SBH Queensland website
SBH Queensland has been supporting children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus since 1970. In 2011 over 700 adults and children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and their families will receive information, support and therapy from SBH Queensland.
Appeal to help Babies at Home
We are currently running a telephone appeal for donations for our Babies at Home Program. This program receives no government funding but the work we do is vitally important for new babies with spina bifida and their families. Please give generously if you are called. For more information about our Babies at Home program download our brochure.
SSKB Wheel & Walk – 28 August 2011
The Wheel & Walk was hugely successful. It was an enjoyable day for the hundreds of people who walked, ran or wheeled their way along the Brisbane River and raised over $20,000 which will enable SBH Queensland to provide therapy and programs to help children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocepalus.
This year we were very pleased to have Stewart Silver King and Burns as the major sponsor for the SBH Queensland Wheel & Walk. Stewart Silver King and Burns aims to be the market leader in body corporate administration as well as providing subdivision, strata title and community title services.
Thank you to everyone who supported us.
Southern Cross Association Poker Run
Again this year the Southern Cross Association raised over $35,ooo for SBH Queensland. Over 400 motorcyclists rode 3,000 kilometres through outback Queensland from Emerald in Central Queensland through the Gulf and up to the Palmer River to raise the funds. Thank you to all who participated and helped raise the funds to help children with spina bifida.
Newsletter – Spinet
If you usually receive our newsletter, Spinet, by post and would prefer to download it from the website instead, please Contact Us and let us know. If you send us your email address we can advise you when new issues are ready for download. The latest issue (Summer 2011-12) can be downloaded here.
Minimise the risk of your baby having spina bifida
A simple vitamin called folic acid taken daily can make a huge difference to the risks of your baby developing spina bifida. Download a copy of the Food Standards ANZ brochure here.
If you are in a high risk group (have any family history of spina bifida or other neural tube defect, have type 1 diabetes or take some anti-epileptic medication) then please download and read our You and Your Pregnancy brochure.
National
Disability Insurance Scheme
SBH Queensland has joined the growing list of organisations supporting calls for a National Disability Insurance Scheme. This scheme would provide assistance to all people with a significant disability, no matter how it was acquired. To find out more about the scheme visit the NDIS website.
Fundraising incentive
We are really excited to launch our new Fundraising Incentive that which allows you to fundraise for SBH Queensland and make some extra money for yourself at the same time. See the Fundraising Incentive page for more info.
SBH Queensland21 Tillot Street
Dutton Park
Queensland PO Box 8022
Woolloongabba QLD 4102
Australia
Phone: (07) 3844 4600
Fax: (07) 3844 4601 SBH Queensland Townsville branch
PO Box 787
AITKENVALE 4814
Phone: (07) 4723 4980
This site is maintained by Bill Shead, the Information Officer & Manager of SBH Queensland. To ask a question or make a comment or let me know about problems with this website please email me at enquiries at spinabifida.org
