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    <title>Autism Valued Inc upcoming events</title>
    <link>https://aspergersvictoriainc.wildapricot.org/parents-and-carers-group</link>
    <description>Autism Valued Inc upcoming events</description>
    <dc:creator>Autism Valued Inc</dc:creator>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:52:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Parents &amp; Carers Group: April - Online Meeting (28 Apr 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="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://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20and%20Carers.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="200" height="200" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="297" height="200"&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 !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: April&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&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Online Meeting&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;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&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;" 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, Lucy, Adriana and Karen.&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://aspergersvic.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://aspergersvic.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 color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.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: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aspergersvic.org.au/Peer_Support_Groups_FAQs/" style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Peer Support Groups - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;(includes answers to the most common questions about AV peer support groups).&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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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Parents &amp; Carers Group: May - Online Meeting (28 May 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="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://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Parents%20and%20Carers.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="200" height="200" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://aspergersvic.org.au/resources/Pictures/Zoom%20Meeting.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="297" height="200"&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 !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: May&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&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Online Meeting&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;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Helvetica;"&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;" 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, Lucy, Adriana and Karen.&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;

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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://aspergersvic.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://aspergersvic.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: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&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;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;/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 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://aspergersvic.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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