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Services and activities for people with disability

Community supports, services and fun activities for people with disability. 

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Community supports

  • Carers Walk 
    Venue: Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street
    Email: [email protected] 
    Phone: (03) 9205 5555
  • Schizy inc
    Venue: Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street
    Online form

  • Collingwood Basketball Association 
    Venue: Collingwood Stadium, 1/7 McCutcheon Way, Collingwood 
    Phone: (03) 9000 5632 

  • Anglicare Victoria 
    Venue: 103 Hoddle Street, Collingwood 

  • Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID) 
    Venue: Level 1, 144 Langridge Street, Collingwood 
    Email: [email protected] 
    Phone: (03) 9416 4003 

  • Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) 
    Venue: Suite 8/134 Cambridge Street, Collingwood 

  • Headspace Collingwood 
    Venue: 1/16 Lulie Street (Level 1), Abbotsford 

  • Disability Sports and Recreation Centre 
    Venue: 102/341 George Street, Fitzroy 
    Phone: (03) 8652 9722 

  • DSR Victoria Kids Program 
    Venue: 102/341 George Street, Fitzroy 
    Phone: (03) 8652 9722 

Services

Amaze

Amaze is a leading autism organisation driving change so that Autistic people and their families can live their best lives. Amaze builds autism understanding in the community, influences policy change for Autistic people and their families/supporters, and provides independent, credible information and resources.

Travellers Aid

Travellers Aid is about access and inclusion. Across all of their services, they are committed to ensuring that all Victorians can participate in our community. Travellers Aids consists of 75% dedicated volunteers and 25% committed staff who operate from Southern Cross and Flinders Street Stations and Ballarat and Seymour Railways stations.

Angel Next Door

A free community platform has launched to help people help their neighbours. Angel Next Door is designed to assist people with grocery shopping, help around the house, dog walking and other general tasks.

Events and activities

Wild at Heart

Wild At Heart is an organisation led by artists and other contributors with lived experience of disability. Wild At Heart is a vibrant creative community of songwriters, singers, musicians, performers, bands, hip hop crews, film makers, dancers, event makers, project managers, volunteers, staff and directors. Contact Wild at Heart.

Dance and Roll sessions

To register or get more information check the Dance and Roll Facebook page or call Rocca on 0408 523 742.

Weave Movement Theatre

As well as producing new works, Weave present workshops and training days designed to engage people with a disability in the arts and build the capacity of the arts sector to include people of all abilities.

Weave workshops aim to encourage people with and without a disability to explore new ways of moving, to be creative and challenge assumptions about the abilities, ideas and possibilities of working with people who have a disability.

Workshops and training days are available for:

  • organisations which work in disability and/or the arts
  • people with a disability
  • recreation workers
  • dance practitioners.

Podcasts

The future is inclusive

We all want to be an ally for people with disability. But we don't always know how. This ten-part series listens to the perspectives of people with disability. It offers insiders' advice to allies on how to 'tool up' and make the world a better place through supporting inclusion.

Hosted by Cara Matthews with co-hosts Ruth O'Brien and Suzy and Alison Procter and featuring a variety of guests including Senator Jordan Steele-John, Sue Salthouse, Dougie Herd, Yenn Purkis, and Craig Wallace. Funded by the ACT Office for Disability.

Listen to the series on Soundcloud, Spotify or your favourite podcaster.