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    <title>Autism Valued Inc upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://autismvalued.org.au/Groups</link>
    <description>Autism Valued Inc upcoming events</description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:35:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: August - In-Person Meeting (20 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Adults%20in%2030s%20social%20groups%20page.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="341" height="199"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Being your True Self and Keeping Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Community&lt;/font&gt; Guide&lt;font&gt;: How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have further questions about the event, about AV, or need assistance with registering, please contact our AV admin team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Call &lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt; or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email us&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Parents &amp; Carers Group: August - Online Meeting (20 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Stock%20Photos/Parents%20and%20Carers%20-%20Online%20Email%20Topper.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group: August&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Are you a parent/carer of someone who is Autistic or similarly Neurodivergent? Do you want to meet people who share similar experiences with you?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;The group meets monthly, acting as an opportunity to chat, share advice, and discuss among people with similar-lived experience.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This is an online peer support meeting &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;open to all parents and carers &lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;(including Autistic parents/carers)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;of Autistic children, teens and adults to meet, chat, exchange ideas and find support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Peer Support Groups are volunteer led by those with lived experience who are peers of the groups they lead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group Leaders are Toni, Sue and Adriana.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you will need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NB:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Unregist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;ered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Adults Group: August - Online Meeting (25 Aug 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(146, 39, 143); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20carers%20Online%20Zoom%20meeting.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="548" height="147"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Being Your True Self and Keeping Friends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Call&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;email our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The AV phone is switched on from 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Privacy-Policy" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Privacy Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Young Adults Group: August - Online Meeting (27 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 166, 81); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Stock%20Photos/Young%20Adults%20Group%20-%20Online%20Meeting%20Topper.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" color="#941B80"&gt;Young Adults Group: August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A651"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our Young Adults Group is a great place for Autistic and other similar Neurodivergent profile adults aged 18 years - 35 years to meet, chat, and play games with no social pressure. As this is a parent/carer-free zone, we invite any parents or carers to attend our separate&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Groups"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The session is facilitated by the Young Adult team:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Matthew - &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/55917591" target="_blank"&gt;YA Group Leader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Cal, Brooklyn, Tim, Todd, Corey, Lyndel, Alex - YA Mentors&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV volunteers have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#941B80"&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for AV members,&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-members. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/join-us" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, attendees must register to receive a Zoom meeting link.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Teens Group: August - In-Person Meeting (28 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 1em !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Teens_Blackburn_2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="400" height="242"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Our Teens group is for teens with Autistic teens, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;those with a similar Neurodivergent profile to meet and hang out to play games or chat while their parents / carers meet in another room at the same venue to chat, provide support and share ideas and advice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;In another room at the same venue, parents will be met by our Parents Contact to chat and exchange experiences.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for volunteers aged 18 and older to help out as Teens Mentors so we can continue to run in-person activities. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV volunteers have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Each teen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;must&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;be accompanied by &lt;u&gt;one&lt;/u&gt; parent or carer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A parent or carer &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;attend with their teen and &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; remain on site for the duration of the activity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;We understand that another parent or family member may wish to join the activity, however we can only accommodate &lt;strong&gt;one adult per registered teen&lt;/strong&gt;, and we are unable to accommodate additional adults on the night.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;- In the first section, enter the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;details of the teen attending&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Partners Group: September - In-Person Meeting (New Location) (3 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/PSG%20-%20Partners%20Group%20In-Person%20Email%20Topper.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Partners Gr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;oup: September&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;(New Location - Ashburton Community Centre)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Partners Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Partners Peer Support&amp;nbsp;Group to meet other adults who are in a relationship with someone who is Autistic, or has a similar Neurodivergent profile. Sharing experiences within the safe environment of our peer support meetings can be a lifeline, and sharing with people who have similar lived experience is validating and often educational. Your partner may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis, and you may share a household or live separately. We are an inclusive group and welcome partners of all genders and relationship types.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This session is&lt;/span&gt; facilitated by our &lt;a href="mailto:partners@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;Partners Group Leaders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Registration is &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for holders of a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;and for&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access a free first-time attendee ticket for regular peer support groups.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the wonderful work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTFovbWRMcRqu8wc2cOO08DRp1_DjwXUENGu_OBe0VTpMZrw/viewform" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;Ashburton Community Centre - &lt;a href="https://ashburtoncc.org.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Ashburton Community Centre Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ashburton+Community+Centre/@-37.8633884,145.0747839,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x6ad641db8f43fd63:0xced22e048fdea!8m2!3d-37.8633927!4d145.0773588!16s%252Fg%252F1tj_5cqm?entry=ttu&amp;amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank"&gt;Ashburton Community Centre on Google Maps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Public Transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Route 734 Bus stop: 100m, Ashburton Train Station: 500m, Alamein Train Station: 850m&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Parking: Car park available opposite centre on Highgate Grove.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to register for, cancel or view registration details of an AV activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to make a payment for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Women &amp; Non-Binary Folk Group: September - Online Meeting (5 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Our Women &amp;amp; Non-Binary Folk Group is a great place to connect with other&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Autistic women (cis and trans) and&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;non-binary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;folk to chat about your experiences&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;, share ideas, exchange advice, and support each other. You are also welcome to attend our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18133"&gt;Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Rainbow_Spectrum_Group" target="_blank"&gt;Rainbow Spectrum Group&lt;/a&gt;, or our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18132"&gt;Young Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;, or all of them!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Parents &amp; Carers Group: September - Online Meeting (10 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Are you a parent/carer of someone who is Autistic or similarly Neurodivergent? Do you want to meet people who share similar experiences with you?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;The group meets monthly, acting as an opportunity to chat, share advice, and discuss among people with similar-lived experience.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This is an online peer support meeting &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;open to all parents and carers &lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;(including Autistic parents/carers)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;of Autistic children, teens and adults to meet, chat, exchange ideas and find support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Peer Support Groups are volunteer led by those with lived experience who are peers of the groups they lead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group Leaders are Toni, Sue and Adriana.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you will need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NB:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Unregist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;ered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Adults Group: September - In-Person Meeting (17 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: September&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Exploring Your Understanding of 'Autism'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;Community Guide: How to register for an AV activity, view details of an existing registration, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Teens Group: September - In-Person Meeting (18 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 1em !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Teens_Blackburn_2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="400" height="242"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Teens Group: September&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Our Teens group is for teens with Autistic teens, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;those with a similar Neurodivergent profile to meet and hang out to play games or chat while their parents / carers meet in another room at the same venue to chat, provide support and share ideas and advice.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;In another room at the same venue, parents will be met by our Parents Contact to chat and exchange experiences.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;The Teens Team:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for volunteers aged 18 and older to help out as Teens Mentors so we can continue to run in-person activities. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV volunteers have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Each teen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;must&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;be accompanied by &lt;u&gt;one&lt;/u&gt; parent or carer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A parent or carer &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;attend with their teen and &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; remain on site for the duration of the activity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;We understand that another parent or family member may wish to join the activity, however we can only accommodate &lt;strong&gt;one adult per registered teen&lt;/strong&gt;, and we are unable to accommodate additional adults on the night.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for +Groups membership holders and first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Venue Information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.powernh.org.au/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nVSUj3Sm9G13ZGRX9"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House on Google Maps&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;Public transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Holmesglen Station (700m). 624 bus (stops outside). On-street parking.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Accessibility: Ramp access at front and rear, accessible bathroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;In the event that the activity is cancelled or transferred to an online meeting, we will only be able to let you know if you have registered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;How to register&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;- In the first section, enter the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;details of the teen attending&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Adults Group: September - Online Meeting (22 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Exploring your Understanding of 'Autism'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s&lt;span&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and first-time attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team does for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Partners Group: October - Online Meeting (1 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Partners%20Image.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="255" height="170"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="252" height="170"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Partners Gr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;oup: October&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Partners Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Join our Partners Peer Support&amp;nbsp;Group to meet other adults who are in a relationship with someone who is Autistic or has a similar Neurodivergent profile. Sharing experiences within the safe environment of our peer support meetings can be a lifeline, and sharing with people who have similar lived experience is validating and often educational. Your partner may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis, and you may share a household or live separately. We are an inclusive group and welcome partners of all genders and relationship types.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for AV members,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for non-members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Registration is &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;for holders of a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;and for&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access a free first-time attendee ticket for regular peer support groups.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the wonderful work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;or fill out our &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTFovbWRMcRqu8wc2cOO08DRp1_DjwXUENGu_OBe0VTpMZrw/viewform" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you will need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;How to register for, cancel or view registration details of an AV activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to make a payment for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For assistance or more information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The AV phone is switched on from 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Women &amp; Non-Binary Folk Group: October - Online Meeting (3 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20carers%20Online%20Zoom%20meeting.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Pictures/W%20and%20NB%20Email%20Topper.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Women &amp;amp; Non-Binary Folk Group: October&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Topic: &lt;strong&gt;Boundaries and Saying No&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;About our Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Our Women &amp;amp; Non-Binary Folk Group is a great place to connect with other&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Autistic women (cis and trans) and&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;non-binary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;folk to chat about your experiences&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;, share ideas, exchange advice, and support each other. You are also welcome to attend our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18133"&gt;Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Rainbow_Spectrum_Group" target="_blank"&gt;Rainbow Spectrum Group&lt;/a&gt;, or our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18132"&gt;Young Adults Group&lt;/a&gt;, or all of them!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This session is facilitated by our&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:wnbemail@aspergersvic.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;Women &amp;amp; NB Group Leaders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5&lt;/strong&gt; for AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt; for non-members. &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Become an AV member today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;to access discounted tickets for activities, members-only programs and interest groups, and to support the work our AV team do for our community.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If cost is a barrier, please&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Anyone wishing to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For online events, you will need to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;First-time attendee tickets must be requested at least 24 hours before the meeting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#941B80"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV6uZuIMIo93OVv1ZVLLkz2pnK30WoWDxQq2X5USXBw/edit#"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to register for an AV activity, view registration details, or cancel a registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbM3wVCxR517blD-4DsD0xIeKzhGfbfkpI0hs8Ck-vE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to pay for an AV activity registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details for PayPal, credit card, and bank transfer options)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LQFha42-t9SJNH-UTLWWwFLPDJ_eEsWk3hX3MeQ9dE/edit#heading=h.7riu72352iau"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;How to access an AV Zoom Activity&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes tips on Zoom etiquette)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/resources/Documents/Zoom_Intro%20Aspergers%20Victoria.pdf"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;AV Zoom Guide&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(includes details of in-Zoom features)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Call &lt;strong&gt;0480 385 710&lt;/strong&gt; or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;email&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;our AV admin team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The AV phone is switched on from 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Adults Group: October - In-Person Meeting (15 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;Adults Group: October&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;- In-Person Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be discussing: &lt;strong&gt;Energy/Capacity for the Task of Daily Life&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - we ask that parents / carers of attendees join our separate &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/parents-and-carers-group"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome to attend independently of the person they care for.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About our Group Leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders share the lived experience of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;for&lt;/font&gt; AV members, &lt;strong&gt;$15&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for non-member&lt;span&gt;s, &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; for holders of a &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18158" target="_blank"&gt;+Groups Membership&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and for first-time attendees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lJuBtSPVUqqx1RjeyPLQso62UFlTkylf70p3IQMvskY/edit#"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#1155CC" face="Helvetica"&gt;Community Guide: About our free* first-time attendee ticket&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/page-18158" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Become an AV member&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;to access discounted tickets for groups and events, members-only programs, and to support the work our volunteers and staff team do for our community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If cost is a barrier, &lt;a href="mailto:admin@autismvalued.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;contact AV Admin&lt;/a&gt; or fill out our &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/MKoowiG9GaVZLrBu9" target="_blank"&gt;Hardship Fund&lt;/a&gt; application.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#212529" face="Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Power Neighbourhood House - 54 Power Avenue, Ashwood, 3145&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone wanting to attend an AV activity must register before attending.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;For in-person events, this allows us to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;ensure that we have enough volunteers attending on the night to support the group, and to ensure that the venue can safely accommodate all attendees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;NB:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Unregistered attendees may incur an admin fee of up to $10. Please note that first-time attendee tickets must be requested before the meeting and are not available at the door.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Guides (step by step information to support our community)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adults Group: October - Online Meeting (20 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Adults Group: October&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;- Online Meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;About the Adults Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our Adults Group is for older members of the Autistic community and those with other similar neurodivergent profiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;It is more suitable for those who are aged 35 years and over, although younger adults are welcome to join in. (Young adults may prefer to attend our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/sys/website/?pageId=18095" target="_blank"&gt;Young Adults group&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;meetings as well as or instead of this group.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This month we will be talking about: &lt;strong&gt;Capacity/Energy for the Daily Tasks of Life&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Adults Group is a parent/carer free zone - parents/carers of attendees are invited to join our separate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/parents-and-carers-group" style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Parents &amp;amp; Carers Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Autistic adults who are also parents or carers are most welcome.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be online via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have included more information about Zoom and how to access the meeting below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#802081"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volunteers needed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;We’re looking for a volunteer Group Assistant to support our Group Leader and help to run the group. If you’re interested, please&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bttr.im/gmwsd"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;complete our online volunteer application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;or&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://autismvalued.org.au/Sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/42020285"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;contact AV admin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212529"&gt;for more information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;All AV volunteer group leaders are peers of their group participants and welcome new attendees. All AV group leaders have a Working with Children Check.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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