Transitioning from school to the next stage of your life when you are living with disability often comes with unique challenges and sometimes unexpected opportunities. The Hunter and Central Coast Future Choices Expos are the only events of their kind in the region, attracting over 120 exhibitors with a focus on connecting young people living with disability to employment services, employers, education providers, disability providers and government services to help them make informed decisions about their future and the support available in the move to adult life.
Presented by Career Links, the events are also run in conjunction with the National Disability Coordination Officer Program and the NSW Department of Education Support Teachers. Operating since the year 2000, the event is a critical information resource and important date on the calendar for school leavers and their parents or carers who face the day-to-day challenges of living with a disability and are seeking to explore opportunities and pathways open to them.
Our Expos are attended by over 1500 senior students with disability from Hunter and Central Coast secondary schools. They are accompanied by their support teachers, Careers Advisors, parents and guardians or support people.
The events attract over 120 exhibitors across both expos from a range of organisations including:
Future Choices Central Coast Expo is held on Wednesday 28th August 2024, 9am – 1pm at Mingara Recreation Club, Mingara Drive, Tumbi Umbi.
Central Coast Information Sessions run from 9.30am to 12.50pm. Download the 2024 Information Session Program – Future Choices Expo Central Coast.
Sessions include:
**Hints & Tips for Going to Uni at 9.30am
**Planning for Life After School at 10am
**NDIS at 10.30am
**Finding a Disability Service Provider at 11am
**Steps to Getting a Job at 11.30am
**Finding an Apprenticeship or Traineeship at 12pm
**Going to TAFE / RTOs at 12.30pm
Don’t miss the live entertainment on the day with Bold Ability Arts, who run performing arts and sports programs for people with all abilities. They’ll be on stage at 11.30am. Headspace Gosford are manning the chill out zones, CoastFM will be on hand to interview people and Regional Youth Support Services are running a Captured Moments Photo Booth which will be loads of fun
Download the Central Coast Future Choices Transition Expo Guide here. The guide contains a full list of exhibitors and a map as well as a useful list of resources and links.
“Career Links connects our young people, no matter who they are, to the next stage of their lives through education, jobs and information. Some young people want tertiary education, some want vocational training and/or apprenticeships, some need special needs support services and others are just looking for a job. Those who come to our Future Choices Expos are looking for that extra support, they want to know what opportunities are out there for them and we like to think that we are helping their dreams come true, aiding them on the path to the next stage of their young lives.”
Please email FutureChoices@careerlinks.nsw.edu.au
