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Isabella’s List

The Mission of Isabella’s List is….

“As women, and particularly as mothers or mothers to be, we understand that we are the primary nurturing and caring gate-keepers of children’s health and well being and our intent is to ensure that the children and future children of our communities are given the greatest assistance possible to reach their full potential. In joining ‘Isabella’s list’ we join with others in working to have our families and communities free of the scourge of illicit drugs. We are also committed to preventing harm of the legal drugs – alcohol and tobacco, particularly to our children and the young in our community.”

Isabella’s List

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If you are reading this, then you have a wonderful opportunity to be part of a new proactive movement dedicated to helping the next generation get a better start in life. As you are probably aware Isabella’s list birthed out of the pioneering protective spirit of the movement that Isabella Dalgarno committed herself to. It was (and still is) women like Isabella who saw, not just the immediate problem, but long term potential dangers and set about making a difference for her and our generation.


Joining Isabella’s List is a simple yet important action that makes you part of a group of women (particularly mothers, mothers to be, or ‘someday’ mum)  that want to take steps to make our communities safer, healthier and free from the scourge of illicit drugs and the damage of alcohol, and promoting such from life in the womb to adulthood.

We have asked the following questions of hundreds, if not thousands of parents in recent years and not once have we had someone vote in the affirmative.

We have asked…

  • Does anyone here believe their children or grandchildren will be better off on alcohol or other drugs?
  • Does anyone here believe their children or grandchildren will be better off with easier access to alcohol or other drugs?
  • Does anyone here believe that the supply of drugs and drug taking equipment ashould be a higher priority than rehabilitation for your children or grandchildren?
  • Does anyone here believe thier children or grandchildren will be better off having to wait until addiction presents before any steps can be made to intervene?


No functional or caring woman believes that the most precious gift, children, are going to benefit from exposure to or participation with these substances and as such wants to protect them from the physiological, psychological and social harms of these substances, particularly from conception to 21 years of age.

Up to 7% of entire student popluation in the USA are under the burden of FASD

For information regarding F.A.S.D contact The National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders (NOFASARD) on 1300 30 238 or email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

A Trauma Surgeon speaks (Dr. John Crozier)

“What are the emerging generation learning? What are our community, and you, teaching them?”

“Children under alcohol – stolen potential – stolen childhood – stolen lives!”


Unfortunately there is a small but incredibly vocal minority who are backed by some lobbyists that want to unwisely foster further damage on our children by promoting illicit drugs as relatively harmless or at least ‘manageable’. This propaganda is not only patently false, it is seeking to tear down the protective fences on the edge of society’s cliff of dysfunction and thus exposing our most vulnerable – the young – to further relational, personal potential, community and life destroying enterprises.

By being aware and informed you, a ‘gate-keeper’ of health and care, can be a powerful and effective ally in protecting this and future generations from the pernicious harms of substance use and abuse.

In joining ‘Isabella’s list’ you will be part of a growing grass roots movement of the key people in children’s lives that are both protective and proactive. Your voice is amplified significantly when it joins with others in saying to the peddlers of harm, that you will not permit this.

The Mission of Isabella’s List is….

“As women, we understand that we are the primary nurturing and caring gate-keepers of children’s health and well being and our intent is to ensure that the children, and future children, of our communities are given the greatest assistance possible to reach their full potential. In joining ‘Isabella’s list’ we join with others in working to have our families and communities free of the scourge of illicit drugs. We are also committed to preventing harm from the legal drugs – alcohol and tobacco, particularly to our children and the youth in our community.”

As a Member of Isabella’s list I will….

 

  • as a woman and/or mother, I agree to have my name and email address added to a growing list of supporters
  • have opportunities to be part of community action initiatives such as petitions, surveys and sometimes lobbying
  • endeavour to get at least 5 other mums/women to sign onto Isabella’s List in the first year of my participation and continue to promote the list whenever I can.
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