Experience a Fantastic Day Sailing on Sydney Harbour!

Need ideas for a corporate day out in Sydney?

Giant Steps Australia invites companies from all sectors to the annual Charity Sailing Regatta in support of children and adults on the autism spectrum.

What’s included in your registration

• Yacht supplied with skipper and crew (crew will only be supplied on some yachts or upon request)
• Event entry for social, handicapped yacht racing on Sydney Harbour
• An all-inclusive event with picnic lunch and beverages on board
• Post race celebrations, drinks and gourmet BBQ on the foreshore of Middle Harbour Yacht Club
• Photos of your team

We pride ourselves on our professionalism and tailoring the event to meet your needs.

Giant Steps

Giant Steps is a registered charity and receives only partial government funding, relying on corporate and personal donations and the success of parent driven initiatives such as the Sailing Regatta to help raise the more than $4 million dollar annual shortfall.

Giant Steps’ trans-disciplinary approach to education, combining music, occupational and speech therapy delivered across the programs offers a unique learning environment for students, adult participants, staff and professionals alike. Every day at Giant Steps, teachers, therapists and educators work intensively on the children’s individualised goals within a caring and supportive environment. Programs are offered from the age of 3 through to 35 years and services include Early Years, K-6 School, Adult Autism Services, Rob Llewellyn Jones Clinical Centre and Autism Training Hub. The Adult Autism Services Program provides adults with a relevant and engaging learning and recreational post school environment.

Giant Steps is proud of its inclusion program integrating students into mainstream primary schools across Sydney. Providing quality, appropriate education and intervention to as many children with autism as possible is one of the biggest challenges facing Giant Steps. Through the generosity of individuals, corporate donors and community, more and more children on the autism spectrum can be helped to achieve wonderful things.

For more information visit www.giantsteps.net.au

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of developmental disabilities characterised by significant impairments in social interaction, communication and the presence of unusual behaviours and interests.

The majority of people with ASD also have unusual ways of learning, paying attention, or reacting to different sensory information. The thinking and learning abilities of people with ASD vary significantly in the levels of severity. ASD can be present before the age of 2 and lasts throughout a person’s life.

Recent international research suggests an average prevalence of autism in 1 in every 58 children. It occurs in all racial, ethnic, and social groups and is four times more likely to affect boys than girls.