Inclusion With Grace

16/09/2025

Canberra makers who are disabled – let’s grow Inclusion With Markets together. Limited spots for the 14th and 15th of November, register your interest now! Let’s show Canberra we are here to stay.
This is a shared market stall opportunity for artists and creators who are just starting out or who face barriers to running a market stall on their own. We’d love for you to attend, but understand sometimes that feels hard—so we can still help get your name out and give you the opportunity to earn an income. We organise the market stall; you bring your passion, talent and enthusiasm for creating.
📩 Send us a message or email InclusionWithGrace@gmail.com. Register early to secure your spot. Help us keep Inclusion With Markets a viable initiative.

31/08/2025

Inclusion With Grace is so excited to announce that we will be hosting an Inclusion With Market Stall at the Florey Fair this year. If you are interested in helping make this a success by selling your hand crafted items with us or volunteering to help our artists with disabilities please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Yes Florey, we are gearing up for our next Florey Fair. And what a celebration it will be!! So if you are part of a group; be it music, art/craft, sport and rec, special interest; OR you’d like to promote a small business please talk to us about having a presence at the Fair. You can contact – 6142 2730 or maureen.howe@ed.act.edu.au, or email floreyfair@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you.

25/08/2025

Expressions of Interest – Inclusion With Markets

As the warmer weather rolls in, we’re getting ready for another season of Inclusion With Markets.

We’re offering spaces in our shared stall for makers, crafters, and creatives with disabilities who’d like the opportunity to showcase and sell their work in a supportive, inclusive market setting.

We’re also looking for volunteers to help make these markets possible. The more hands we have, the more markets we can attend and the more opportunities we can create for our community.

If you’d like to be involved, fill out our quick form here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuw5oG_s-f0Z4uPQmPHUFiY8OxRsZECNVUR3nERV351lXsIw/viewform?usp=dialog

If you would like further information or to talk further about this exciting opportunity don’t hesitate to contact us via our socials, or email us at InclusionWithGrace@gmail.com

16/08/2025

ATTENTION: We are gearing up for another season of Inclusion With Markets, If you are a artist with a disability and want to be a part of an inclusive market stall please get in contact we hope to run a few stalls over the warmer months and we would like to give as many people the opportunity to be involved as possible. If you would also like to volunteer at one of our stalls we would love to hear from you.

15/08/2025

Volunteers Wanted – Help Us Make Markets More Inclusive

As warmer weather arrives in Canberra, we’re gearing up for a new season of Inclusion with Markets.

We’re looking for volunteers to help us attend more markets and create

05/06/2025

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/gracewest517019/the-push-up-challenge
Day Two – Push-Up Challenge (My Way)

Today I went for a 30-minute walk at sunset.

I was both mentally and physically fatigued after a fortnight of unpredictable changes to my routine. As someone with autism, routine is a vital part of how I function. When it gets disrupted—by sickness, weather, or others cancelling—it slowly chips away at my ability to cope. Over time, this can lead to meltdowns or shutdowns.

So today, managing a 30-minute walk was an achievement I’m genuinely proud of.

I hope this is the start of settling back into a routine again—maybe even one that includes a daily walk.

04/06/2025

Day One – Push-Up Challenge

Today was the starting day of the Push-Up Challenge. The target was 120 push-ups. I did 0.

My brain just refused to do the push-ups today. And that’s okay. I need to give myself that slack and focus on the positives.

Today, I went back and started participating in an indoor sports group. I stayed for 90 minutes. That’s a huge achievement.

I haven’t been successful in joining group activities for about two years. In 2023, my life was turned upside down. My grandfather passed away, I was in a constant fight to access the disability support I needed, and my long-term provider suddenly closed, which completely disrupted my routine and support team. Everything changed quickly—and my ability to cope took a hit. I began having meltdowns instead of shutdowns. The world outside my house became overwhelming, and I slowly withdrew from the activities I used to participate in regularly.

Since then, I’ve had a few false starts. I’ve tried to rejoin groups and sports, but haven’t been able to complete a full session without becoming overwhelmed—until today.

To make the Push-Up Challenge more achievable for myself, I’ll be substituting the push-ups with something active outside the house. By doing something active outside each day and leaving the house to do so, I’ll still be meeting the spirit of the challenge in a way that works for me.

I’m going to try and post my progress daily to help keep myself accountable.


Donate:
www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/gracewest517019/the-push-up-challenge

11/05/2025

This Mother’s Day, you are seen.
No matter how your journey as a mother looks—we see you. We celebrate you. You hold a significant role in someone’s life, whether or not you share blood.

You are seen through your challenges and triumphs.
You are seen when you put others first—whether that means being fully present, or taking a step back to breathe so you can come back stronger.
You are seen, no matter if you have someone parenting beside you or you’re doing it solo.
A mum can’t always be there in every moment—and that’s okay.
A mum carries their children in their heart and mind, always.

Mums are versatile, resilient, and take on many different roles.
A mum won’t be the same “mum” to each of their children—and that’s not a flaw. That’s love in action.
A mum changes and adapts to meet the needs of each child.

My mum was an advocate for me—the one with the folder of reports, the regular appointments, the therapies—so I could grow into the independent woman I am today.
For my brother, she was a playmate, a tutor, a homework companion—someone who helped him thrive in education and become the freakishly smart man he is now.

She didn’t parent us the same.
She gave us what we needed to grow, to become independent, to thrive in the world we were put into.
As a kid, “you’re not the same as your sibling” felt unfair—but now I see it was exactly what we both needed.

A mum does the best they can with the information they have.
You—and your children—deserve to be seen, supported, and held by those who can.
From all of us at Inclusion With Grace: Happy Mother’s Day.
There aren’t enough words in the world to describe the experience and journey of being a mum.

05/05/2025

We’re taking on The Push-Up Challenge!

This June, Inclusion With Grace is joining thousands of Australians to raise awareness for mental health through The Push-Up Challenge.

We’ll be completing up to 3,214 push-ups across 23 days, representing the number of lives lost to su***de in Australia in 2023.

We’d love for you to join our community — whether you smash out push-ups, do alternatives, or just track your progress your way!

Sign up and be part of the movement here:
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/InclusionWithPush-Ups8158

Every push-up counts. Every conversation matters.
Let’s move for better mental health together.

04/05/2025

What an amazing launch weekend! Thank you to everyone who made it so successful

Kiri Dog Shop
Britt’s Creations Australia
cupsbymia.

03/05/2025

What an amazing launch day for the Inclusion With Market’s initiative. So awesome to meet the amazing Grace from Kiri Dog Shop. Thank you so much Isabella Plains Early Childhood School P&C; the GEMS for hosting us! It was truely amazing to see everyone enjoying the lovely autumn weather.
If you missed Grace from Kiri Dog Shop today she will be at the Coombs community markets tomorrow.

If you would like to come to say hi to the Inclusion With Grace team tomorrow we will be set up at Vikings Park enjoying some classic EJ-EH Holden cars and selling more tie-dye-tee’s from Inclusion With Grace founder Grace West. Some amazing Mother’s Day gifts made by Britt’s Creations Australia. As well as being joined by the lovely Mia from cupsbymia

02/05/2025

Cups By Mia
Get ready to sip in style! Cups By Mia is all about bold, fun, and totally unique drinkware—think glittery snow globe tumblers, custom jars, and epic pop culture drink bottles that scream personality. Whether you’re into Billie Eilish, cows in bows, or a bit of sparkle with your hydration, Mia’s got a cup for that.

Catch her this Sunday (May 4th) at the EJ-EH Holden Car Show Day at Vikings Park, Erindale. Trust us, you’ll want to take one home!