Creative Coordination and Plan Training

12/09/2025

🏕 Family Camp Applications – Closing Friday🏕

🛶LICOLA FAMILY CAMP
When: Friday 24- Sunday 26 October, 2025
Where: Licola Wilderness Village, Licola

⛺️PHILLIP ISLAND FAMILY CAMP
When: Friday 7- Sunday 9 November, 2025
Where: C*C – The Island, Phillip Island

🌠Expression of interest now open🌠
https://forms.gle/LjDiWZTGAsUBBNuk6
Applications close: Friday 5 September

12/09/2025

Better Coordination = A Better NDIS.

It takes less than a minute to sign the petition today.

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7619

11/09/2025

11/09/2025

A new crafty group is starting on Thursday 2nd October at 1pm in Bass. Bring a friend or come by yourself and knit, crochet, weave, paint or whatever and chat or just listen and laugh. Devonshire tea/coffee included for just $10.
Contact Carol for any further details 0409 186 597 or send us a message.

26/08/2025

We regulate disability workers who provide services to people with disability in Victoria. Our role is to minimise harm, improve the quality of disability services, and support people with disability to choose safe, high-quality workers.

We do this by:

• Regulating both registered and unregistered disability workers
• Offering and promoting a voluntary registration scheme designed to lift workforce standards and recognise registered disability workers
• Encouraging, assessing, and managing complaints, referrals, and mandatory notifications about disability worker conduct
• Monitoring and enforcing compliance with mandatory standards, registration requirements, and practice standards for workers
• Maintaining and strengthening relationships with co-regulators, regulatory partners, and service users
• Through these activities, we aim to ensure people with disability have confidence in the workers who support them.

To read more visit www.vdwc.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/VDWC%20Regulatory%20approach.pdf

06/08/2025

🔥 Prevent Detect Escape - Home Fire Safety For People At Higher Risk 🔥

The CFA (Country Fire Authority) and Fire Rescue Victoria have seen a recent spike in home fires. 👨‍🚒

62% of people who die in preventable home fires have a disability, and 36% are aged 65 or older. 👵

One of the ways to reduce home fire fatalities and injuries is for disability and aged care service providers of in-home care, carers and individuals to work together.

A free 40-minute e-learning module called ‘Prevent Detect Escape Home Fire Safety For People At Higher Risk’ is designed to help identify home fire risks, and how to manage them.

The free e-learning module has been co-created with people who have a disability, service providers, the Country Fire Authority and Fire Rescue Victoria, and other key partners, and it is available to anyone in the local community.

The referral pathways in the course provide support for behaviours such as hoarding, smoking inside, or the inability to self-evacuate.

The pathways link individuals, service providers and our local fire services to work on shared strategies and solutions together. 🚒

Over 6500 people have completed the course over the past three years, and feedback received from over 2,500 people, show that 91% of people feel confident to apply what they learnt and 90% feel it was worth their time.

People who have done the course have said:
🧑‍🦯 “I love the way the course is simplified for everyone to learn”
🧑‍🦼 “I found the structure easy to follow: Prevent, Detect, Escape – it makes the message memorable.”
🧑‍🦽 “The videos and examples helped me understand real risks and how to act in case of fire.”

🎥 Check out Jeanette’s story, which is a short video explaining why this e-learning module is important for people living with a disability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0OKOJjjLHw

Please jump online yourself, or share with your networks, to find out what you could be doing to improve your home fire safety. 🧯

The e-learning module is available at:
www.cfa.vic.gov.au/atrisk

Did you know that almost two thirds of people who die in house fires have a disability? On average, 18 people die in preventable residential house in Victori...

21/07/2025

21/07/2025

Thinking about what it would be like to work in a cafe? Give us a call and we can talk about training you for that very purpose.

21/07/2025

Understanding and Supporting Neurodivergent Children
📅 13 August 2025 | ⏰ 6:00PM | 💻 Online & Free

Join us for a FREE online session designed for parents seeking extra support and practical strategies to help their child thrive.

This session will focus on:
💛 Emotional regulation & co-regulation
🧒 Responding to big emotions with calm and care
🧠 Understanding brain development
🌿 Caring for yourself as a parent

We’ll provide expert guidance to help you feel more confident in supporting your child’s emotional needs and self-esteem. You’ll also receive helpful resources to continue your journey beyond the session.

🔗 www.windermere.org.au/group-programs/understanding-and-empowering-neurodiverse-children/
📞 Call 1300 946 337
✉️ IFSGroups@windermere.org.au

16/07/2025

💰 Want to feel confident with your money?

Learn simple budgeting and savings strategies to cut costs, reduce debt and build a secure financial future. Perfect for anyone wanting to make smarter money decisions!

Delivered by Centsible, a local company with over 30 years of experience across business, banking, agriculture, real estate, coaching, and finance.

Wed 13 August
9.30am - 2.30pm
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Register by Fri 1 Aug

16/07/2025

🎬 Casting Call!

We're on the lookout to fill x2 lead roles for an upcoming short film in Melbourne/Naarm, shooting in August 2025.

The film follows Constantine, an ageing Greek mechanic and his forthright younger niece Athea, who must work together to fix more than just a faulty radiator when intergenerational differences threaten to erupt inside their family owned motor repair shop in Coburg.

This short film is being developed in collaboration with Bus Stop Film's Accessible Filmmaking Program. As part of the program, our workshop leaders have been guiding 12 emerging filmmakers with intellectual disabilities through the process of script development and production. This film represents their end-of-year project and a culmination of their creative journey.

Characters:
1. Constantine - Greek Australian male, 50s-70s. Stubborn, knowledgable and a self-proclaimed mentor.
*Please note: applicants must be competent Greek speakers.

2. Athea - Greek/Mediterranean background preferred, 17-30, female. Outspoken, resilient and a little impulsive.
*Please note: Athea's character represents a form of non-visible disability. We're aiming for authentic and sensitive casting that reflects lived experience. If you do not have ASD, please refrain from applying.

These are collaborative roles where participants will have the opportunity to work with the director to shape their characters ahead of production. No previous acting experience necessary. Character briefs flexible for the right person. No applicant left unconsidered.

Applications close on the 19th of July 2025.

APPLY HERE:
🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2IpXvJT1lLHCmPUsXvRzb47ubkxZfFkcjIa1ipGAaoL3sQQ/viewform
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22/05/2025

All Abilities netball is running every Saturday morning from 9:00 am! Come on down and have a go!