Access For All

eheadspace - Online telephone and Counselling Service

Public Toilet Map

The National Public Toilet Map (the Toilet Map) shows the location of more than 14,000 public and private public toilet facilities across Australia. Details of toilet facilities can also be found along major travel routes and for shorter journeys as well. Useful information is provided about each toilet, such as location, opening hours, availability of baby change rooms, accessibility for people with disabilities and the details of other nearby toilets.
www.toiletmap.gov.au

Tell Someone

The 'Tell Someone' Website is aimed at educating people with a mild intellectual disability and their family and community about family violence. It clearly articulates that families come in all shapes, sizes, and types including people living in residential settings with carers. It includes plain English information and a series of videos with very clear messages from people with disability sharing their experiences.  
The Tell Someone website is located at:

School Holiday Activities in Banyule!

Youth Festival
Sun 3rd April 2011 1 - 5pm @ Macleod Park, Birdwood Ave (right next to Macleod train station) Free rides, live music including 'Mantra' and 'DJ Wasabi', street art display, skate ramps and much, much more. Fully supervised, all age, smoke, drug & alcohol free event. Call Cam for more info on 9467 7152

Get Loud

Grants to run an activity on International Day of People with a Disability

Applications are now open for International Day of People with a Disability MetroAccess mini-grant.
Community groups and organisations are encouraged to apply for a grant to assist them to fund an inclusive community activity during the week of 29th November - 5th December 2010.
Activities should engage the broader Banyule community rather than just targeting the existing membership and should celebrate inclusive communities: including disability, cultural and linguistic diversity, gender, religious diversity and more.

Information forum: "16+ What now? - work transition for young people with disabilities"

The Cerebral Palsy Support Network is holding an Information Forum - 16+, What Now?   on Wednesday, 12 May, 2010 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at the Northcote Town Hall, 189 High St, Northcote.    
This invitation to anyone interested in the issues surrounding young people with disabilities who are beginning to plan their career and transition from school to work and/or further education, and especially the following groups of people: