Events and Activities
Get in touch for up to date information, or to volunteer. You can email us and follow the DBV Facebook page. Events are at Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne. The DBV office is on level 3.
Wednesdays:
- First Wednesday each month (12-4pm): DBV committee meeting (committee members only)
- Second Wednesday each month (11-3pm): Craft group – deafblind arts and crafts, skill sharing and outings
- Third Wednesday each month (12-4pm): Deafblind Café, a DBV monthly deafblind social group with guest presenters.
- No Wednesday activities in Dec and Jan
Thursdays:
- Every Thursday 10am to 4pm: DBV Connect, a Deafblind drop-in program with accessible technology and skill-sharing. Come and try new devices, get support and information, share skills and social connection. Closed 15 Dec to 15 Jan.
Irregular activities:
- Deafblind recreation program, mail dbvalexs@gmail.com for more information
- DBV newsletters
- DeafBlind World workshops
- Special events
Coming in 2023:
- 8th Feb, 11am: Craft group visit Joe Monteleone’s exhibition at Fed Square
- 15th Feb, 11:30am: Deafblind Café at Ross House
DBV Recreation Program 2023:
- Thursday January 19th St Kilda beach optional swim/chat/lunch
- Thursday Feb 23rd Royal Botanical Gardens
- Thursday March 23rd Melbourne Zoo
- Thursday April 27th Collingwood farm
- Thursday May 25th Melbourne Museum
- Thursday June 22nd Able on the bay
- Thursday July 27th National Gallery
- Thursday August 24th Brunswick Baths
- Thursday September 28th Cranbourne Botanical Gardens
- Thursday October 26th TBC
- Thursday November 23rd Jells Park
- Thursday December 21st Xmas event
Past activities:
2022
DBV Connect
- Every Thursday 10am to 4pm
Deafblind Café
- 20 April – Forum about commguide shortage
- 18 May – Mental health workshop with relaxation activities
- 15 June – Deafblind Awareness Week celebration with SEDB (Indian Deafblind group)
- 20 July – Public Transport reforms & Christmas in July
- 17 Aug – Improving hospital access with Rusty Benson (Alfred hospital SPEAK project)
- 21 Sep – Charles Bonet Syndrome (Scot Muirden) and footy outfit/hat competition
- 19 Oct – Relationships, gender and the Rainbow project (Sherrie Beaver) with Michelle Stevens
- 30 Nov – AGM and end-of-year party at Richmond Rowing Club
Craft Group
- 9 March – Visit Southbank and National Gallery of Victoria
- 13 April – Ross House. Card making with Debra
- 11 May – Visit Art Vo (Docklands)
- 8 June – Visit Toorak Village sculpture park
- 13 July – Ross House. Peer craft skill sharing
- 10 Aug – Ross House. Crafts and tactile games
- 14 Sep – Ross House
- 12 Oct – Ross House
- 9 Nov – Visit Southbank and NGV
Recreation Program
- 18 Feb – Time Out at Fed Square, 12pm-3pm
- 26 March – Luna Park
- 29 April – MCG tour
- 28 May – Royal Hotel FTG (farewell for Sarah Fitzgerald)
- 27 July – Ten pin bowling at Melbourne Central
- 26 Aug – Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone (12pm for lunch)
- 14 Sep – CERES, 11am (joint event with DBV craft group)
- 9 Nov – visit Southbank and NGV (joint activity with DBV craft group)
- 14 Dec – Christmas lunch at Duke of Wellington hotel and visit Myer xmas window display
Special events
- 23 June – Covid safety workshop
- 30 June & 1 July – National Deafblind Conference, Melbourne Hub
Deafblind World workshops and Deafblind awareness presentations
- 7 April – Victoria University early childhood education students
- 27 April – Auslan students at Melbourne Polytechnic (TAFE)
- 5 May – Heritage College Knox (secondary school)
- 25 May – LendLease (construction company)
- 1 July – National Deafblind Conference presentation
- 6 Aug – ASLIA Vic/Tas interpreter training
- 30 Aug – Able Australia commguide training
- 28 Sep – City of Melbourne and Travellers Aid
- 15 Oct – “Train the trainer” for deafblind presenters
- 28 Oct – Melbourne Polytechnic (Auslan students – Cert IV and Diploma)
- 24 Nov – DDA 30-year anniversary commemoration
Deafblind Victoria 
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