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Date Time Funding to improve access Applications for the 2021 Building Disability Inclusive Businesses and Community Organisations Grant Program will open on Monday, 17 May. Through this Program, Bass Coast Shire Council is offering grants of up to $1000 to increase the accessibility of local businesses or community organisations for customers, visitors, members or employees with disability. To be eligible for this funding, a business or community organisations must: be located in Bass Coast develop a simple plan of intended actions to improve access and inclusion for people with a disability...

Last April, Vicki Leaper’s husband Mark was struggling with his mental health so she set a goal to spend one day of the weekend doing an outdoor activity, regardless of the weather. After outdoor activities became a part of their regular routine, Mark’s mental health greatly improved, Vicki said, board member at the Disability Action Center “A lot of people don’t realize how outdoor exercise can help mental health,” Vicki said. The DAC is a center that provides resources to people with any sort of disability, Vicki said. Most people on the board of the DAC have disabilities, so they...

Cardinia Shire Council is currently seeking community feedback for the new Disability Action Plan. The new Disability Action Plan will set out what Council will do to make our workplace, services, programs and community more accessible to people with disability. Cardinia Shire Council Mayor Councillor Brett Owen is encouraging the community to take part in the survey to enable the Council to create a strong and considered disability action plan. “To create a strong disability action plan, we need people who live, work, study and visit Cardinia Shire to tell us what Council can do to support...

Date Time Disability Advisory Committee applications close soon Expressions of interest to join Bayside’s new Disability Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee close on Sunday 1 January 2021. We’re forming a committee of people with lived experience of disability to advise Council on how we can improve access and inclusion and make Bayside better for everyone. We’re looking for a broad representation of people to take part in the Committee. If you experience a disability, or you care for or support a person with a disability in some way, please consider joining. We’ve got a lot to le...

Journalism trainee Ellie Spigel with her carers - Credit: J.Spigel A disability charity is providing journalism training to empower marginalised people to tell their stories and effect change. Camden Disability Action (CDA), based at the Greenwood Centre in Kentish Town, has launched a community journalism scheme which allows participants to publish their articles in press and campaign around issues such as street access.   The first course is being delivered this month, with further programmes scheduled for February and March.   Robert Spigel, father of trainee Ellie, 30, who has multiple ...