About Kidsfest Shellharbour

Celebrating Shellharbour’s Children 9 - 15 May 2010

How can we participate?
Parents & Carers, Grandparents, Families and Friends of Children aged 0 – 12 years are invited to participate in the festival by registering for a free festival passport and map for each child in their care. The passport and map will list all activities, promotions and entertainment on offer Shellharbour City. The treasure map on the program can help to plan your adventure trail with children collecting stamps from participating businesses, agencies and entertainment events throughout the week. Click here to go to the child registration form.

How are businesses involved?
KidsFest Shellharbour offers businesses, services and community organisations in Shellharbour City an opportunity to provide family friendly promotions, activities, entertainment, support or sponsorship throughout the festival. City areas includes the all of the Shellharbour City local government area. We encourage the inclusion of activities or promotions that will be tailored to the needs of families with children aged 0 – 12 years.

This could be as simple as inviting the community to visit and see what you do. KidsFest Shellharbour will also recognise businesses with child-friendly practices through the KidsFest PlaySpot Initiative. If you would like your business to be involved, click here to go to the business registration form.

	KidsFest Shellharbour is organised by Shellharbour and Albion Park Events (SHAPE). This consortium of volunteers represents five organisations across the local community and business sector. SHAPE’s charter is that KidsFest Shellharbour will not only benefit parents and carers of children, but will also enhance Shellharbour as a Child Friendly City.
	Albion Park Chamber of Commerce Inc– established for the past 6 years in 2527 has 53 business and community members and has expertise in its ranks in the early childhood field.
	Albion Park Neighbourhood Association Inc- a community development service based in 2527 with programs aimed at assisting in building relationships within the community. The Chamber and the Neighbourhood Association have partnered on many projects including the Albion Park Spring Festival over the past three years.
	Baptist Community Services/Warilla North Community Centre – located amongst the public housing community in Warilla and has overseen community activities over the past 10 years including supported playgroups. Many of their clients are from the 2527 and 2529 areas.
	The Rotary Club of Shellharbour City Inc is one of over 33,000 Clubs worldwide providing humanitarian service, encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations and helping to build goodwill and peace in the World. The Club has a respected history of providing support to the Shellharbour Community for over 40 years and is proud to be part of SHAPE for Kids further contributing to the advancement of children in our region.