News Post | Oct 16, 2020 Pilot Program: Supporting Interchange agencies to recruit volunteers with disability Interchange Incorporated currently has a pilot program underway which aims to encourage and support people with disability to volunteer with an Interchange agency.
News Post | Oct 15, 2020 New Interchange video clips are now live Interchange Incorporated is very excited to share a series of video clips that showcase the wonderful volunteers, staff and families that make up the Interchange community.
Opinion Piece | Oct 14, 2020 We are all able! There are so many guidelines on how to communicate about disability: say people with disability rather than disabled people; use the term accessible access not disabled access; put the person first e.g. person with vision impairment, person with physical disability.
Video | Jan 09, 2020 Without Funding, Volunteer Programs Are Likely to Close Groundbreaking research, the summary of which you can read at the link below, has shown the necessity of ongoing funding for the infrastructure to enable volunteers to be recruited, trained, matched and supported to work with people with disability (and their families) as well as the costs associated with delivery of these services.
Video | Jan 09, 2020 Can We Afford NOT To Have Volunteer Programs?… The recent report into Volunteering and Disability has found that foreshadowed changes to funding arrangements have already caused a reduction in volunteer-supported programs in Victoria, and it is forecast that more volunteer-supported programs are likely to close if action on funding guidelines is delayed.