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Experiential training builds disability awareness
Inclusion comes from awareness. And one of the best ways to build awareness is to give people a taste of the lived experience of those with disability. Travelers Aid’s experiential disability awareness training helps event organisers, tourism and hospitality venues,...
Volunteer Week 15–21 May
We love celebrating our volunteers. And with your generous support, we have recruited and trained more volunteers to provide access and inclusion services at events. Ensuring our volunteers have the skills and experience needed to best assist you takes time and money....
Mobility hire gives flight to travel plans
“If I hadn’t discovered Travellers Aid, I would not have been coming to Melbourne or to the Avalon Airshow at all,’ says Queanbeyan plane spotter, Annette. When her initial idea of coming to Melbourne with a supported travel company did not work out, Annette began...
Events Season 2022-2023 Wrap up
Our busy and successful summer event season has come to a close. In February, we supported patrons at the St Kilda Festival with buggy and minibus connection services. Travellers Aid assisted almost 400 people at the festival, including older people, families with...
Travellers Voice Winter Edition 2023
Journeys made possible.A message from Travellers Aid CEO, Elias Lebbos. As another successful summer event season comes to a close, our staff and volunteers have loved receiving feedback from people like you who have used our access and inclusion services over this...
Event season recap
It has been an exciting summer for Travellers Aid staff and volunteers. Event season is in full swing and we have loved helping to make it as accessible and inclusive as we can! Catch up on what we've been up to. In January we provided access and inclusion services...
Empowering female leaders
Seat at The Table with MaryJane Amos Quite a few years ago, MaryJane was passing through Southern Cross Station on her way to university, when an older woman asked her for directions to Travellers Aid. Having never heard of Travellers Aid, MaryJane asked station...
30th Anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), City of Melbourne hosted a forum as an opportunity to hear and share how the DDA has enabled greater access and inclusion for people with disability. Travellers Aid Operations Manager, Maria...
Travellers Aid Reconciliation Action Plan
Our commitment to reconciliation, learning and truth telling continues with our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan. Our service hubs at Flinders Street and Southern Cross Stations and our head office in Naarm (Mellbourne CBD) operate on Wurundjeri Country. Our other...
Service hub update
Do you know about all of the services Travellers Aid provide? It's an extensive list! Learn more about how we can assist you at our service hubs at Flinders Street, Southern Cross, Seymour and Ballarat Stations. Southern Cross Station• Connection Assistance (buggy,...