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We provide support for Tasmanian people living with Parkinson’s, their care partners and families.

03/11/2026

🚲 They’re back!
After their epic tandem bike adventure, Phil and Joyce are home and keen to share their story: the highs, the lows, the challenges, the laughs and everything they learned along the way.

They’d love to connect with community groups, clubs and local organisations across Tasmania to talk about their adventure, the impact Parkinson’s is having in our Tasmanian community and what you can do to help.

If your club or community group would like to hear from Phil and Joyce, we’d love to hear from you.
📧 Parkinson’s Tasmania: [email protected]
📞 0428 981 933
Help us keep the conversation about Parkinson’s moving across Tasmania. You can also help by donating to the Shifting Gears project: https://parkinsonstasmaniadonations.au (Ogden Bike Ride) 💙🚲

Thanks to Shifting Gears sponsors Launceston Allied Health and OsteoStrong.

02/11/2026

A wonderful night celebrating Harley Stanton winning the Kieser Hobart Intergenerational Category at the Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards night.

Parkinson’s Tasmania’s Chair Claire Myers was proud to stand with Harley as he accepted his award for his trail blazing work advocating for Parkinson’s ❤️

02/11/2026

Congratulations Harley on winning the Kieser Australia Hobart Intergenerational Award. Thank you for shining a light on Parkinson’s and the impact it has on the person with Parkinson’s, their care partner and family.

🏆 Congratulations to the Winner of the 2026 Kieser Australia Hobart Intergenerational Community Award, Harley Stanton!

Dr Harley Stanton founded Wings for Parkinson’s after his 2019 diagnosis, combining lived experience with more than 40 years in public health, policy and advocacy. He connects people living with Parkinson’s with students, researchers, clinicians, carers and decision-makers, ensuring knowledge moves across generations. Initiatives he supported include a Parkinson’s symposium attended by more than 600 people, a research project with over 4,000 participants and an online course enrolling almost 25,000 people across 160 countries and territories. Harley’s advocacy was the catalyst for forming the National Parkinson’s Alliance and presenting in 2026 to Parliament Australia’s first National Parkinson’s Action Plan.

26/10/2026

Help test a new service for people diagnosed with Parkinson's

• We are inviting people newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s in the past 12 months and their support partners
• Join a pilot program providing tailored education, information, and support for Tasmanians.
• The program has been co-designed by people living with Parkinson’s, support partners, healthcare professionals, and community organisations.

How you can help
• Take part in the Pilot
• Attend 3 sessions (90 minutes each).
• Share feedback to help improve the program
• Dates: Thursdays 12th, 19th, and 26th Nov 2026
• Venue: Clarence Integrated Community Centre
• Time: 10:00am to 11:30am
Participation is voluntary.

Interested in taking part?
Please send your expression of interest by Tuesday 3rd Nov.
We will be selecting participants to reflect a range of people.
Tasmanian Health Service/Next Moves Project:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0424 577 809

21/10/2026

Get onboard and head along to the Burnie Heath Hub!

The Parkinson’s massive open online course (known as a MOOC) has been designed by clinicians and those with lived experience.

An excellent free resource for anyone wanting to learn more about Parkinson’s.

21/10/2026

Following on from our ‘Shifting gears for women with Parkinson’s campaign’ - it was world menopause day this week.

Check out this short video around the overlap of menopause and Parkinson’s.

Katarina Rukavina, MD, PhD, Movement Disorders Hospital, Beelitz, Germany, shares guidance for differentiating between symptoms of menopause and Parkinson’s disease...

19/10/2026

14/10/2026

🧡 A great intergenerational initiative from Launceston Allied Health

12/10/2026

✈️ Travelling with Parkinson’s can be exhausting. Thanks Jimmy Choi for shining a light on this to help the broader community understand the amount of energy it takes to sit still on a flight.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CJNHRYvF9/?mibextid=wwXIfr

11/10/2026

Get creative and head along 🌷🌷🌷

Address

Kingston, TAS
7050

Telephone

+61407314933

Website

https://www.parkinsonstasmania.org.au/

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