Pip is painting her new future
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- Published: Wednesday, 13 February 2019 15:31
SSI Ability Links participant Pip Smith has won the Blue Mountains City Council Visual Arts Prize, and this opened new opportunities for her.
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Proven, positive impact for Community Hubs in 2018
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- Published: Monday, 11 February 2019 15:19
The National Community Hubs Program 2018 Year in Review is now available.
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Workshops will help make NDIS work for businesses
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- Published: Thursday, 07 February 2019 15:31
With NDIS now providing participants with more choice and control when they purchase the supports and equipment they need to achieve their goals and to live a better life, businesses providing disability services or interested in learning how to provide services for people with disabilities should be alert to the new opportunities this presents.
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From the CEO: Everyone has the right to get home safely
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- Published: Tuesday, 29 January 2019 13:31
One of the precious, and often fleeting, aspects of youth is fearlessness. We’re brave and invincible; we don’t know what we don’t know. And for the lucky few, life has not yet inducted them into its darker, dimmer corners.
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Time to shine for the Daytime Singing Group
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- Published: Friday, 11 January 2019 12:50
Ability Links NSW is always looking for opportunities to organise activities that bring people together, tackling social isolation and celebrating diversity and inclusion. A great example of this is the Daytime Singing Group based in Cooma, NSW who have just had their first opportunity to showcase what they love doing.
Promoting disability inclusion in the workplace and in the community
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- Published: Friday, 21 December 2018 11:43
In line with the principles of social inclusion and with the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) celebrated annually on 3 December, SSI has participated in a number of activities that not only support SSI’s effort towards building a more inclusive workplace, but also contributes to enable grassroots community leaders promoting disability inclusion in their communities.
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From the CEO: Best wishes for a compassionate, fulfilling holiday season
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- Published: Thursday, 20 December 2018 11:15
The holiday season at SSI always brings to the fore the warmth and compassion that exists within our community. In contrast to the commercialism often intertwined with the gift-giving season are the actions of folk like the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group and Ashfield Public School P&C ― just two of the many groups who, in recent weeks, have delivered gifts for the individuals and families SSI supports.
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New data illustrates SSI’s community impact
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- Published: Monday, 17 December 2018 14:31
SSI staff made a positive difference in the lives of nearly 27,000 people who came through the doors of the organisation’s four primary offices during the most recent financial reporting period, SSI CEO Violet Roumeliotis told SSI’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney last week.
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Bright future ahead for new Australian Dana Al Samaan
I was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. Syria is the country where I attended school and university for free, where I enjoyed safety and security, where I learned to communicate and respect others even when we have differences in religion, thought, doctrine or ideology,” she said.
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