Adua Gets a Make-Over at Wear For Success
Adua Merola Rosso is so happy with her recent experience at Wear for Success. Here’s what she has to say: I am vision-impaired and, as I was aiming to participate in a Public Speaking program, I was advised to visit W.F.S. to find some appropriate clothing. The friendly staff, especially Sarah and Kerry, […]
Speakers Share at Mental Health Carers Forum
Sheena Mathieson and Eva Sifis represented Speakers Bank at the recently held Mental Health Carer’s Forum on 27th July at the Clock Tower at Moonee Ponds. This is a yearly event organised by CareConnect (www.careconnect.org.au). This year’s theme is “planting the seeds” implying steps to plan forward and prepare for the future of the people […]
Video Filming for Speakers Bank
Speakers Bank with the assistance of annecto Marketing and Communications Team recently completed their location shooting/filming at St Kilda in Melbourne. It was a full-on day with the filming crew on a cold and slightly rainy day but everything went smoothly. Brent Alford, Storm Robbins, Kathryn Beaton, Daniel Giles and Michael Burrowes participated as speaker-representatives, […]
Speakers Bank’s Presence on Local Radio getting Stronger
Speakers Bank’s presence at a local radio station in the Eastern side of Melbourne is growing stronger thanks to the partnership with Rita Hartney, the show’s main presenter. A number of speakers have already been given an opportunity to share their stories on-air, and increasing awareness on disability issues, some even general issues that […]
Having Your Say Conference: Some Reflections
It was Speakers Bank’s first conference to attend as a presenter in one of the parallel sessions of the Having Your Say Conference, held at Deakin University Waterfront Campus in Geelong, Victoria on the 10th of February 2016. Project Officer Mimi Laurilla, speakers Storm Robbins and Kathryn Beaton co-presented. Mimi discussed the work that Speakers […]
What NDIS is and what it means for People with Disabilities
Speakers Bank would like to share some links to useful information about NDIS from the annecto website: a) NDIS State of the Disability Sector Report 2105 Please click here NDIS State of the Disability Sector Report 2015 and b) The annecto NDIS newsletter that contains information on how annecto moves around this space to support its […]
Empowering Women and Rita Hartney: Ties with Speakers Bank
Speakers Bank is privileged to be a part of “Empowering Women.” This is a group of women who are residents of Casey that meet monthly to discuss local and international issues, anything of interest to them. The purpose is to provide opportunities for women members of the community to “have a say”, provide opportunities to […]
Speakers Bank supports Victoria Police Vision Program
Written by Mimi Laurilla [with information from Victoria Police] Speakers Bank supports the VISION program by speaking at some of the learning sessions hoping to inspire young persons to make them realise that they can offer more to the community and their families. ‘VISION’ is a Victoria Police initiative designed to support boys […]
Speakers Bank and Wear for Success Team Up via Clothing Project
Mimi Laurilla The project has finally taken off the ground! Speakers Bank is happy to have found a partner in Wear for Success (WFS) providing quality clothing to member-volunteers of Speakers Bank. A Memorandum of Agreement was confirmed in 2014 and only commenced recently. This is a special arrangement provided by WFS to Speakers Bank […]
Speakers Bank Wows Crowd at Community Pitch Event
Mimi Laurilla Oh what a night of fun! Seddon Community Bank organised a Community Pitch Event held at the Yarraville Club on 21 April 2015, bringing together 18 charities that went through a rigorous process to pitch for their projects and talk about their community groups. Speakers Bank was lucky to be one of those […]