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Stand with me at The ‘G
This Sunday 12 August will see the MCG turn a vibrant shade of pink in support of breast cancer awareness. Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) invite you to participate in Field of Women at the MCG on Sunday 12 August. BCNA aim to have men, women and children stand...
Travellers Aid Trivia Night 2018
Tickets are now available for the 2018 TAA Trivia Night. This will be the 8th Annual trivia night hosted yet again by the hilarious Quizmeisters team. Please join us at the new venue, William Angliss Restaurant, for a night of fun, facts and frivolities with some...
Meet Hannah Macdougall an elite Para athlete, Inclusion Advocate and a proud TAA supporter
TAA is proud to count Hannah Macdougal as one of our very good friends having first worked together on our flagship Disability Awareness Training program in 2017. Since then Hannah has continued to share her time with us including attending our 101st AGM as our key...
Meet Luke, one of our many valued volunteers
Luke joined Travellers Aid Australia after seeing an opportunity advertised online, and luckily for us after ten years he's still here as part of our team! Luke takes messages and goods between our sites at Flinders Street Station, Southern Cross Station and our head...
Easing the pain of the daily commute
Every weekday morning, Christine Vann catches the train from Gisborne, in central Victoria, to Melbourne. She gets off the train at Southern Cross station, catches a tram to her office on Bourke St, puts in an eight-hour day, then does it all again in reverse to get...
International Day of People with Disability 3 December
On 3 December 2017 we celebrate International Day of People with Disability. Earlier this year we at Travellers Aid welcomed the release of the Victorian Government's State Disability Plan 2017-2020. The plan tackles the negative attitudes and barriers that more than...
Peers Raised Funds to Access Education
A big THANK YOU to the students from Access Skills Training (Certificate I in Transition Education) for raising funds to support their peers through our Pathways to Education Program, a project that helps disadvantaged students to access school. Access Skills Training...
The 2017 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards
Travellers Aid was honoured to win the 2017 Age-Friendly Victoria Award at an awards ceremony held at Government House in early October. The award was presented by the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria. This award recognises the work of our older...
Welcome to our new TAA Chair Bev Excell
Bev joined the Board of Travellers Aid Australia in October 2014 and has been a member of the People and Services committee since January 2014. Bev was formerly a senior executive at BP Australia, working in Australia, NZ and Europe. She is the principal of her own...
Kyra Bartlett 1964 – 2017
We share with great sadness the news that our client and dear friend Kyra Bartlett passed away suddenly on Sunday 24 September. Kyra was loved by staff and volunteers and we all shared regular jokes and laughs with her. Many of you may have seen Kyra in our lounges or...