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LET INTERCHANGE BE INTERCHANGE – EAT SAUSAGES!

March 7, 2018 in /by

The NDIS is here and it’s a revolution in the way support to people with disabilities is provided. Everything has changed from processes and systems to thinking like a business. Choice and control has been wrestled away from institutions and given to the individual. Welfare is over and everybody with a disability shall be a […]

IOE MONTHLY DISCO

March 7, 2018 in , /by

Dance to the latest grooves at IOE’s Funk It Up Friday monthly disco. Fun, accessible, supervised, drug and alcohol free, all ages and all abilities. Don’t forget to contact IOE at ioedisco@ioe.org.au or call 9758 5522 to let us know you will be coming!

CONGRATULATIONS GEORGIA

March 7, 2018 in /by

It’s not surprising that so many young people who volunteer with IOE receive well deserved community recognition for their work. The most recent to receive an accolade is Georgia Read who became Maroondah’s Young Citizen of the Year in early February. Georgia first started volunteering with IOE in 2015 and has been a regular on […]

Meet Jackson

March 7, 2018 in /by

Jackson has always been a young man who has been determined to follow his own path and passions. IOE has been there to help him on the way. Shortly after leaving school, Jackson began attending IOE’s Balance day program and adult recreation programs. Although he enjoyed the programs, group activities were not really his thing […]

MAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

March 6, 2018 in /by

IOE’s Myrtleford Rural Intensive Program has gone from strength to strength since its inception in early 2017, and has already reached new heights  in 2018. The team, consisting of one support worker and eight young adults with disability, has made incredible connections within communities in north eastern Victoria over the past year. They’ve worked hand-in-hand […]

SET SAIL FOR NEW ZEALAND

February 26, 2018 in , /by

It’s 2018 and another program of fantastic IOE trips and holidays is now underway, so we thought we would share our recent adventure to New Zealand with you. We set foot on the Golden Princess on 29th of January and our first impression was how HUGE the ship was! Immediately we started exploring, finding out […]

Isaac’s story

February 21, 2018 in , /by

The extra support that 9 year old Isaac has had funded through his plan has made a huge difference to life for his whole family. As they have been using IOE programs for some time now and have been very happy with the agency it seemed natural to have IOE help them with support coordination. […]