As a mother of two neurodivergent children the thought of going to a festival is as far fetched as costing the moon. My girl gets overwhelmed and my little guy runs off and I lose him easily. It’s terrifying at times.

Knowing the Nurture Festival 2023 was happening and it was for all abilities, I was keen to check it out and surprisingly so were both kids. My girl had a friend join her so she felt safer and my son was eager to see the activities.

I used the Cérge Visual Story so I could show all kids the live and up to date photos of the event. The sounds and feel of the places and even smells were in the Cérge Visual Story so we had such a good idea of what to expect.

I knew Cérge was at the festival and having used Cérge before I felt super comfortable that I would have support.

I notified Nurture Festival through the Cérge app and that we were on our way.

As soon as I arrived and had to show my tickets my son ran off. I was trying to get through the ticketing, which thankfully was fairly easy as Cérge were there and so they were prepared.

My son ran to the other end of the festival and as a mum and seeing the water at Lake Kawana it was a scary moment.

Being able to notify the Cérge crew that my son runs off meant that they kept eyes on him and knew exactly where he was. The jumping castle!

I could enter and he was watched and I could then catch up.

We had a wonderful day, my daughter needed some time out in the silent theatre at one stage but all in all we had a day at a festival and I truly never thought we would be able to achieve such a thing!

As you can see from our photo my son wasn’t in it! He sure is a runner! Luckily the festival was safe enough for him to do that and he tried absolutely everything which made my mum heart smile

Nurture Festival 24 Audio Guide