VALID

11/09/2025

VALID is proud to be friends with AMIDA 💜 They’re recruiting for two exciting roles in Melbourne:

📑 Policy & Compliance Manager 👉 https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/AMIDA/policy-compliance-manager

🌟 Self-Advocacy Group Projects Manager (SARU) 👉 https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/ppp2019/self-advocacy-group-projects-manager?keywords=saru

If you’re passionate about disability rights, leadership and inclusion, check them out!

The Self Advocacy Group Projects Manager is a dynamic role with responsibility to deliver projects supporting self advocacy groups in Victoria.

11/09/2025

Today at VALID’s Open Day, former CEO Kevin Stone shared how VALID began in the 1980s — when families and self advocates knew disability services had to change.
Kevin reminded us that advocacy is born from necessity and sustained by community. Around 100 people packed the room to listen, reflect, and carry the mission forward. 💜

10/09/2025

🌟 Welcome to VALID’s 2025 Open Day! 🌟

Today we’re opening our doors to celebrate, connect, and share the work of VALID.

💜 Explore our teams in action
🎤 Hear from self-advocates and staff with lived experience
🎬 Watch films and live performances
🍴 Enjoy lunch and community

Check out the full program here 👉 https://valid.org.au/valid-open-day-2025/

We’re so excited to share this day with you! ✨

10/09/2025

🌟 VALID Connect now delivers VALID’s Training & Consultations services.
Same trusted team. Same high-quality, tailored support — delivered quickly and with care.

Services
• Training: Staying Safe, Keys to Success, Succession Planning, and TEAM (The Empowering Advocacy Method)
• Consultations: Fast, facilitated feedback from people with intellectual disability via VALID’s networks
• Easy Read: Clear, accurate translations of complex info

We’re expanding our offer and growing roles for people with lived experience.

📧 info@validconnect.org.au | 📞 (03) 9416 4003
https://valid.org.au/validconnect/

09/09/2025

HaS News: The Barbara Donovan & Sarah Guilfoil Art Competition is now open.
Entry form has all the details. Thanks to the competition sponsor Victorian Senior Practitioner.
https://valid.org.au/having-a-say-competitions/ %20Competition

ID: Two people standing on a stage holding a certificate at the Having a Say Conference with VALID banners in the background.

08/09/2025

🧠❤️ Easy Read resource: How to choose my contraception

This Easy Read guide explains:

✅What contraception is
✅Different types of contraception
✅Possible side effects
✅STIs (sexually transmitted infections)
✅How to choose what’s right for you
✅Questions to ask your doctor

👉 Read it on the Council for Intellectual Disability website:

Contraception is something that can stop you from getting pregnant. Read our Easy Read guide to learn about different types of contraception.

08/09/2025

The Right Direction ✨

This project supports behaviour support practitioners to make sure people with intellectual disability are more involved in their positive behaviour support planning.

🤝 VALID Connect worked with the Communication Information Resource Centre (CIRC) at Scope to co-design and create over 100 practical resources to make planning more inclusive.

🔗 Explore: https://therightdirectionpbs.com/



ID: A person seated in a manual wheelchair with a metallic purple frame and large black wheels. They are wearing black leather pants, lace-up heeled boots, and a black long-sleeved top. Their gloved hand rests on one wheel, showing control of the chair. The photo is taken outdoors on a concrete surface, with a blurred background of a fence and buildings.

05/09/2025

🌟 VALID Open Day 2025 — RSVP now!
📅 Thu 11 Sep, 10.30am–3.30pm | 📍 Collingwood
Team presentations, guest speakers, performances, videos + shared lunch.
👉 https://lnkd.in/g8emqrHM

💜 We’d love to see you there!

04/09/2025

🌏 Accessibility & Inclusion for Tourism & Hospitality
📅 Wednesday 10 Sept 2025 | 🕑 2–3.30pm | 💜 Free

Join us for an intro session on making tourism more accessible and inclusive.
🎤 Hear from VALID & GenU about regional inclusion.
📊 GORRT will share Tourism Research Australia data + resources.
🚗 Plus learn about the Great Accessible Road Trip campaign and how it can benefit your business.

👉 Register: https://share.hsforms.com/1SgeRQ9T_SZKSO9pB5pB6KA5bm1i

04/09/2025

Our Choice Expo (Exhibitors)
🧭 Our Choice Expo @ HaS 2026 — Registrations now open!
Showcase your organisation at the Expo held during the Having a Say Conference (27–29 Jan 2026, Deakin Waterfront Geelong).

✔️ Information Sheet with costs available on our website.
✔️ Connect with the HaS community and share what you offer.

Questions or ready to register?
📩 havingasay@valid.org.au
📞 0475 698 884

ID: Indoor community fair with multiple booths and people browsing informational tables in a spacious hall with wooden floors.

03/09/2025

🎉 25 years of Having a Say! 🎉
Help us make sure everyone can join the celebration 💜

Ways to support:
✨ Sponsor a self advocate
✨ Run a Come & Try activity
✨ Book an Expo table

More info 👉 https://valid.org.au/having-a-say-sponsorship/
ID: Seven adults pose in a row against a plain white wall at a conference, wearing lanyards and name badges; one person uses a wheelchair at front-centre. They’re smiling and casually dressed, conveying a friendly, inclusive group setting.