It's time to get Messy - for MBAW!

When - Sunday 23rd March 2025, 9:30am-11:30am

Where - Varsity Lakes Community Resource Centre (Outdoor Play Area) -  20 Mattocks Road Varsity Lakes 4227

What - A POP-UP Messy Place event!! Bring your multiples for a morning of creative play and mess... without the clean up! Bertha from The Messy Place will be facilitating this event for GCMBA, with different creative & sensory messy play stations set up, as well as crafts and playdough to keep a range of ages entertained! Plus we will have access to the play equipment and cubby house in this fantastic enclosed outdoor play area at VLCRC. 

We will be celebrating with designer cupcakes and lucky door prizes! Plus VLCRC will be opening their coffee cart to allow parents to get their morning caffeine fix (you can purchase on your way in, or pop out to buy a coffee from the cart while you're there.)

It's going to be an amazingly fun morning for the kids, and a fabulous opportunity to socialise with other Multiple parents!

Cost - Free for current financial members! 
Non Financial members: $40 per family*

*We strongly encourage you to consider purchasing a membership before paying for this event. New memberships are only $60, and there are tonnes of other discounts and free passes you will be able to access for an entire year, as well as attending this event for free if you join as a financial member before booking your tickets. To learn more about membership & join: www.goldcoastmultiplebirth.com/membership

BOOK NOW!
Due to capacity restrictions at VLCRC this event will be capped at 40 children, so please SECURE YOUR FREE TICKETS to confirm your attendance via the Get Tickets button. 

Other info - This is an outdoors event, with some shaded areas. Please bring hats/sunscreen etc for your children along with water bottles. BYO food is permitted, however please be mindful of potential allergens for others attending when packing your little ones' lunchboxes. VLCRC has a change table within the outdoor area and amenities of the centre will be opened for our event, along with coffee cart (buy your own on the day.)

Messy play stations are ideally for children aged 6months+ however we still encourage new parents to bring their babies along - this will be a great chance for you to socialise and network with other parents who get what you're going through! Additional children also welcome, please ensure you provide names and ages when booking so that we can accurately capture numbers. 

IMPORTANT - As we are restricted for numbers, please only book tickets if you are confident you can attend. If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please email admin@goldcoastmultiplebirth.com so that we can remove you from the list and offer your tickets to another family to come along. Once capacity is reached, we will start a waitlist of names for families who are interested, in case we do receive some cancellations.

We can't wait to get Messy for Multiple Birth Awareness Week - see you there! 

WHAT IS MULTIPLE BIRTH AWARENESS WEEK? 

Multiple Birth Awareness Week (MBAW) is a national campaign to raise awareness around, and draw attention to, the unique realities for multiple birth families in Australia - and how advocacy, positive education and engaged communities can contribute to enabling positive health outcomes for families with multiples.

In 2025, the theme for MBAW is: Make it a good start for multiple birth families.
This Multiple Birth Awareness Week we want to highlight that every Australian multiple birth family deserves a good start to their unique journey, ensuring they have the tools, support, and confidence they need to thrive. Because every family deserves a good start.

MBAW 2025: Sunday 16 March to Sunday 23 March.

We hope you can join us to celebrate the amazing community of multiple birth families we have here on the Gold Coast - we can't wait to see you there!