VALID’s summary position on mandatory provider registration
Summary of VALID’s position on Recommendation 17: ‘Develop and deliver a risk-proportionate model for the visibility and regulation of all providers and workers’
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YDAS ‘Rights to Reality’ project survey
Closing date: May 17, 2024
YDAS are looking for disabled young people to complete a quick survey. You’ll go in the draw to win a $100 gift voucher. As part of their Right to Reality Project with the City of Melbourne, they want to help disabled young people understand their rights in different situations. That’s where your feedback comes in!
Calling for Expressions of Interest to participate in GenWest Sunrise Community Consultations
28May
Do you live in Melbourne’s west? Are you a woman, non-binary or gender diverse person with: a disability chronic health issues, and/or mental health challenges GenWest want to hear from you! GenWest facilitates health and social disability groups in the Melbournes’ West – known as the Sunrise Program. For information about the Sunrise Program, please … Continued
What does communication mean to you?
Closing date: June 1, 2024
ACCAN, Deakin University and the Victorian University of Wellington are inviting you to participate in a focus group about digital communication.. This research aims to understand how ‘communication’ is understood by diverse consumers, with the view to better inform the regulation of digital communications technologies. We are seeking participants from various backgrounds, including those who … Continued
Community Health Survey
Closing date: June 3, 2024
University of Melbourne are working to make health communication better for everyone. They are asking people from Melbourne’s western suburbs to tell them all about their experiences with health research and health communication. They want to know where you get your health information from, what you think about biomedical research, and what sort of health … Continued
Make Australia’s Beaches Accessible!
Out of almost 12,000 beaches nationwide, less than 2% are currently accessible. This leaves many of the 4.4 million Australians living with a disability excluded from participating in our most iconic summer activities. Accessible Beaches Australia (ABA) is calling on the federal government to increase funding and support to Councils and Surf Live Saving Clubs … Continued
MCM want to hear from people who have experience in the justice system and/or have a disability.
Closing date: May 15, 2024
The Allied Health team from Melbourne City Mission (MCM). MCM and Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) are working together on 2 projects. These projects have been funded by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services and the Department of Justice and Community and Safety. They want to hear from people who have experience in the justice … Continued
School Can’t Australia has launched a Crowdfunding Campaign.
School Can’t Australia has launched a Crowdfunding Campaign. This will enable our organisation to continue growing, supporting those impacted by School Can’t. We would love your support! If you are in a position to do so, please consider making a donation, even $1 is helpful, and/or please consider sharing this with your own networks. The more sharing, the … Continued
Joint Media Statement: Co-design and foundations essential to get NDIS right
A group of National Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) believe the changes announced in Federal Parliament to amend the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, can only work if people with disability and our families, supporters, communities and organisations are front and centre in their design, with the appropriate foundations in place.
Seeking your views – VDWC annual disability sector survey
Closing date: April 23, 2024
The Victorian Disability Worker Commission (VDWC) is conducting a survey about disability sector safeguards and the disability workforce. There are no right or wrong answers. They just want to know what you think. Participants will go into a prize draw to win one of ten $100 vouchers. If you want to do the survey, click … Continued
Healthy Discussions project
Healthy Discussions: Supporting people with disability to make and communicate health decisions aims to improve the way that health practitioners communicate with people with disability and to improve their understanding of disability The voice of people with lived experience of disability is at the heart of the Healthy Discussions project. Everyone has the right to … Continued
Give your feedback on the draft National Autism Strategy
The Government want your feedback on the draft National Autism Strategy. This is a draft Strategy which has not yet been agreed by Government. Following feedback through the public consultation process the draft Strategy will be further refined and it is expected the final Strategy will be presented to Government by the end of 2024. … Continued
Golden Plains Shire Disability Action Plan – Have Your Say
Council invites Golden Plains Shire community members to share their thoughts and have their say on the updated Disability Action Plan 2025-2029 (the Plan). Designed as a blueprint for fostering a more inclusive and accessible environment for living, working, and recreation, the Plan outlines key actions aimed at breaking down barriers faced by people with … Continued