Diversity South Inc

23/12/2024

📢 Our contact information has been updated! Find more information in our latest news update!

Updated Contact Details: Stay Connected with Us As part of the recent merger between Interchange and Diversity South, we have updated our email addresses to ensure smoother communication and a unified approach moving forward. We value your ongoing connection with us and want to make it easy for you....

02/12/2024

📢 Interchange and Diversity South have merged!

Interchange and Diversity South are both experienced, and values led not for profit organisations with a strong commitment to supporting people with disability and their families in their homes and communities.

Joining together combines the strengths of both organisations, offering more opportunities for people with disability to live a good life. Together we will strive to make each individual feel valued and included. We look forward to a future filled with new opportunities, creating a larger welcoming workplace, powerfully champion the rights of people with disability and continue to foster a community where everyone belongs.

Read more on our Blog. Click here → https://shorturl.at/CYy8L

Image: Julie Waylen (left), outgoing CEO of Diversity South and Justin O’Meara Smith, CEO of Interchange are looking forward to a future filled with exciting opportunities.

18/11/2024

Together we are stronger! 🤝

The merger between Interchange and Diversity South is official and the documents are signed. We are excited about this new chapter of our forces joining together. As a unit we get to combine the strengths of both organisations, offering more opportunities for people with disability to live a good life across the Perth and Peel region.
Read more on our blog: https://www.interchangewa.org.au/articles/

Image: Kathryn Moore, Chair of Diversity South (left) and John Bouffler, Chair of Interchange are shaking hands and are looking forward to a joined future.

21/10/2024

📢 Interchange and Diversity South are joining forces!

We are thrilled to announce some exciting news. Interchange and Diversity South are teaming up, creating opportunities to enhance services for people living with disability in the Perth and Peel region.

Interchange and Diversity South have shared values, with both having over 30 years of experience supporting and empowering people with disability to live the lives they choose.

Although joining Interchange, the service provision in the Peel region will continue as usual and be known as Diversity South, a name recognised and valued by local people.

The merger of organisations will further strengthen our commitment to the people living with disability to live a good life. Bringing opportunities to expand service provision for people to live safe and well in a home of their own and develop community connections. We are continuing to ensure that everyone belongs!

Read more about this exciting transition on our blog:

Interchange and Diversity South are teaming up, creating an exciting opportunity to provide sustainable services across Perth and Peel.

21/11/2023

We are excited to partner with Nesti Housing as they officially unveiled their new Specialist Disability Accommodation Apartments here in Mandurah 🎉

30/10/2023

You are invited to Diversity South Inc for Diversity Day!

Please share this post, we look forward to seeing you there.
Please RSVP sue.bentley@diversitysouth.org.au

09/10/2023

The City of Mandurah is supporting people with a disability to have their say! Looking forward to seeing you at the 'How to Vote Workshop' on Thursday the 12 of October between 10am-12pm at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre.

05/10/2023

The Disability Royal Commission Final Report has been released and it has 222 recommendations please see below an easy read guide to some of the biggest recommendations to come out from the report.

The Disability Royal Commission Final Report was released on Friday 29 September. It has 222 recommendations to make Australia safer and more inclusive for people with disabilities.

We think everyone should be part of the conversation about what happens next, so we made an guide to some of the big recommendations in the report.

You can find it on our website here:
https://www.inclusionaustralia.org.au/understanding-the-disability-royal-commission-recommendations/

13/09/2023

Exciting times here at Diversity South Inc Senior Support Worker Training and collaboration with Senior Management as part Diversity South's 2023-2025 Strategic Plan.

05/09/2023

02/09/2023

You are invited to a free event!

This Tuesday 5/9 at Lakelands Library from 10am-12pm for an ongoing fortnightly collaboration between Live, Laugh, Craft and the Village Morning Tea. Hope to see you there.

*The Live, Laugh, Craft group will now alternate each week between meeting at Diversity South and meeting at the Village Morning tea at Lakelands library. Both are on Tuesdays between 10am-12pm.

Please see exact dates in the comments.