Since 1982, nobody here does multiples alone.
For over forty years, SCMBA has been the village for Sunshine Coast families raising twins, triplets and more — a volunteer-run association built by parents who needed it, for parents who need it now.
Built by parents who needed it.
In 1982, a handful of Sunshine Coast parents — outnumbered by their own babies — started meeting to share what no book could teach them: how to feed two at once, how to survive on broken sleep, and how to laugh about it all anyway.
Four decades on, the association they founded still runs entirely on volunteers. Every playgroup host, every committee member, every expectant-parent speaker is a local mum or dad who remembers exactly how those early days feel.
Today we support families across the Sunshine and Cooloola coasts with education, friendship and social inclusion — because multiples parenting is a team sport, and every family deserves a team.
Three things we give every family.
Education
Multiples-specific knowledge you can actually use — expectant-parent sessions, guest-led events on sleep, nutrition, behaviour and development, and the hard-won wisdom of parents a few years ahead of you.
Friendship
People who don't blink when you say you got ninety minutes of sleep. Weekly playgroups and parent catch-ups where being outnumbered is completely normal — and completely understood.
Social inclusion
Multiples families can find ordinary groups hard to crack — two babies, one set of hands. Our events are designed so every family can actually come, join in and belong.
A registered charity, run by members.
- Legal name
- Sunshine Coast Multiple Birth Association Inc
- ABN
- 13 025 603 530
- Charity status
- Registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). View our public profile.
- Established
- 4 July 1982 — supporting local families for over 40 years
- Postal address
- PO Box 433, Buderim QLD 4556
- Who we serve
- Families of twins, triplets and higher-order multiples — especially in the early childhood years (under 6) — across the Sunshine & Cooloola coasts.
Safe, welcoming, inclusive
Every family shape is welcome here — single parents, same-sex parents, grandparents raising grandkids, families of every background and belief. Multiples don't discriminate, and neither do we.
- Committee members and volunteers working directly with children hold valid Blue Cards
- Playgroup spaces are chosen for safety, pram access and fenced play
- Membership is open to expectant parents from the moment of the first scan
- Every decision is made by a volunteer committee of member families
“Raising multiples takes a village. We are the village.”Sunshine Coast Multiple Birth Association