Building Community

Celebrate International Day of People with the Victorian Inclusive Community Development Network Pieces in the Jigsaw: Building Community through Collaboration Wednesday, December 1st 2021 9.30am – 1.00pm https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpc-2orz0vEtXM88QAja7NH2O8lcqF-vQss As a lead up to International Day Celebrations, VALID and the Victorian Inclusive Community Development Network invites you to the Pieces in the Jigsaw Online Forum. If ... Read more

After the great success from Stories from Home, the Community Development team has formed an online writing group. The group is a great opportunity for you to talk about your writing ideas, why you write, how you go about your writing, your favourite writers and why you love writing.  It should be a lot of fun. ... Read more

Do you fancy a boogie? Community Development Team Leader Ann Hutchinson and volunteers are working on the Kurki kurki Friendship Project and running dance classes. They would love for you to come along.  The classes are on Fridays and start at 2pm. Each class costs $5 and includes afternoon tea. You can find out more ... Read more

Once a month VALID runs an online writers group. It is a great opportunity for people to get creative and share their stories with other writers. Each month group members get to choose their own themes and share their pieces the following month. We will share the Zoom link the day before the month! Share ... Read more

The Kurki Kurki Friendship Project team and Casey Council are holding a Come and Try Dance Session. Come along on Friday 18 November for the FREE session at the Factory Rehearsal Centre for the Arts - Room 1. For more information contact Ann at [email protected] or on 0410 479 545.  

The Performing Arts Peer Action Group are proud to be part of the Memory Go Round Exhibition Five disabled artists share their intimate memories through installations at Memory-Go-Round (MGR). This installation celebrates diversity and the arts for the International Day of People with Disabilities. MGR warmly invites the audience to an immersive installation. You will ... Read more

Ballarat Working Together Group invites you to come along and enjoy morning tea and music as we celebrate people with disability and their amazing contributions to our community. The Matt Mattson Accessible Venue and Shane Everard Sport and Recreation Leadership Awards will also be presented. VALID CEO, Fionn Skiotis, will be speaking at the event ... Read more

Join a special guest guest panel of authors as they share stories from the acclaimed anthology , "Growing up Disabled in Australia", and discuss issues around inclusion, identity and belonging. There will be light refreshments and Questions and Answers with the authors. Email David Hansen to book - [email protected]

Celebrate International Day of People with a Disability with a screening of Fantastic Flicks at Moe Library. The screening of these films is made possible by our filmmakers and producers from City of Port Phillip, Arts Access Victoria, the Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU) and MOJO Films. You can register to attend the event by ... Read more

To celebrate Neighbourhood House Week 2023 “Locals Connecting Locals”, join us for Fantastic Flicks Film Festival – a collection of short films made by and about people with disability. Presented by the Banyule Darebin Peer Action Group in partnership with Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, VALID and Watsonia Neighbourhood House. The event is on ... Read more