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Birth and Beyond is a com­mu­ni­ty organ­i­sa­tion that pro­vide sup­port, edu­ca­tion and resources for preg­nan­cy, birthing and sup­port in Alice Springs. Coun­cil have endorsed a part­ner­ship with the organ­i­sa­tion for $20,000, allow­ing them to grown their ser­vices mov­ing forward.

“We know that becom­ing a par­ent can be one of the most stress­ful times in anyone’s life and it’s impor­tant that peo­ple have access to reli­able sup­port sys­tems dur­ing this time,” May­or Matt Pater­son said. 

“Coun­cil are extreme­ly proud to help sup­port Birth and Beyond and the incred­i­ble work they do in our com­mu­ni­ty. I encour­age any­one need­ing fam­i­ly sup­port to get in touch with this spe­cial organisation.”

Birth and Beyond Com­mit­tee Chair Antje Chalmers said the organ­i­sa­tion are excit­ed about the part­ner­ship, say­ing they can­not wait to help as many young fam­i­lies as possible. 

“Birth and Beyond are extreme­ly excit­ed about this part­ner­ship with the Alice Springs Town Coun­cil,” she said. 

“We are grate­ful for their sup­port of our vision which is focused on sup­port­ing the fam­i­lies of Alice Springs. With this fund­ing sup­port we look for­ward to extend­ing our ser­vices and pro­vid­ing even more excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for the Alice Springs community. 

“Birth and Beyond have a num­ber of projects in the pipeline aimed at sup­port­ing the par­ent­ing com­mu­ni­ty of Alice Springs. This fund­ing from Alice Springs Town Coun­cil will feed straight into those projects and there­fore the sup­ports avail­able to par­ents in Alice. There are excit­ing times ahead, so watch this space!”