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Join Us at Our First Bunnings Sausage Sizzle!
DBV is excited to announce our very first Bunnings sausage sizzle! Come along, enjoy a sausage, and say hello. Bring your family, friends, and even your pets. Everyone is welcome! Date: Saturday 1 AugustTime: 8:00 am – 5:00 pmLocation: Bunnings Chadstone, 675–685 Warrigal Road, Chadstone Money raised will go towards DBV’s regional support and outreach.…
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Deafblind Victoria Retreat in Torquay
Deafblind Victoria is planning a three-day trip to Torquay from Monday 30 November to Wednesday 2 December. Accommodation and breakfast will be provided for Deafblind members. One special group dinner is also included during the trip. The cost of the trip is $100 per person. The group will meet at Southern Cross Station on Monday…
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Deafblind Awareness Week highlights
Golly, what a huge week! Deafblind Awareness Week has just passed. We started with a special DBV café event, and a fabulous art show and sale. Deafblind people from all over Australia donated wonderful artworks that were sold, raising money for DBV. Thank you to all the artists who contributed. The art sale proved to…
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QAT – queer, trans and deafblind Auslan!
Finding a community where you feel understood can make a big difference. But people with more than one identity can sometimes face barriers in every community they belong to. Trans and gender-diverse deafblind people face many barriers. Information and trans-inclusive services may not be available in accessible formats. Communication support can be difficult to arrange.…
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Shepparton Deafblind World workshop
In country towns, community connections can be strong – but for people with disability, support services can still be hard to reach. For deafblind people, barriers like transport, communication access and social isolation can make it even harder to stay connected. That is why regional outreach is an important part of DBV’s work. On 24…
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Celebrating Our Volunteers at DBV
We are so excited to be celebrating National Volunteer Week and recognising the wonderful volunteers who help make Deafblind Victoria a welcoming and supportive community. Volunteers have always been an important part of DBV. They support events and activities, assist in the office, and help with guiding and communication. Many volunteers come to DBV to…
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New member Paul Tatt shares about joining DBV
G’day everybody! My name’s Paul. I live in country western Victoria and I’m one of the newest members of Deafblind Victoria. I first learned about the organisation from one of the O&Ms at Vision Australia. Thank you very much! I’ve loved being there ever since. So, if you’re looking for somewhere for yourself or someone you know, they’ve got plenty of activities. They do Braille and signing lessons, just to name a couple. There’s stacks to do, stacks…
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Picnic in the Gardens
This month the Recreation Program was an outing with a picnic and the people involved took a walk over to the Janet Lady Clarke Rotunda (in the park opposite the National Gallery of Victoria) and enjoyed the beautiful Autumn weather. It really was a beautiful and relaxing day for all involved. Thanks Robert Lokmer for the…
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Cafe with Deafblind Camp stories
Cafe this month was a slow and relaxed event with no formal presenters and just a great old fashioned catch up. The Dearblind Victoria members really enjoyed the time to just chat and be together and reflect on the big week that went by where a lot of DBV members went to Able Australia Deafblind…
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Walk for International Guide Dog Day
Yesterday the 29th of April, Paul and Jael from DBV joined in on the International Guide Dogs Day walk that started at Federation Square and trundled on down the river through Melbourne. The walk was organised by Seeing Eye Dogs Australia. Here are some photos and video from the morning.
