Author Archives: Able Australia

Meet Eric! Eric is an Able Australia client who has a real interest and flair for design. Eric’s latest creation is this amazing cardboard mock-up of a restaurant with a pool! He started his creation by firstly drawing up a number of blueprints by hand for the restaurant prior to commencing construction. Eric collaborated with […]

We are excited to announce that our Northcote Day Centre is officially back open as of today (12 January)! Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we temporarily closed our state-of-the-art centre to keep our clients safe. We were able to slowly open it back up with a limited capacity. Now we are back open for our clients, […]

In early December 2020, we delivered 48 donated craft packs to our clients living in supported homes across Victoria. Simonne and the amazing volunteer group from NextGen Philanthropy generously made packs that included different craft materials so that our clients can get creative this festive season. This amazing volunteer group also contributed to sewing protective […]

With the end of year fast approaching and as we begin to reflect on the year, we are extremely grateful for the many organisations who supports us. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Logan City Council for their very generous donation of $1,000. Earlier in the month Mayor Darren Power of […]

As an Art Therapist, Victoria’s role is based around working with clients, either in a group or one-on-one setting, with art materials in a therapeutically-minded way. Victoria facilitates group art therapy sessions at our new Northcote Day Centre and is curating 2020 Able Art. Whilst we haven’t been able to run our art therapy sessions […]

Each year Able has a number of projects which our workforce are significantly devoted to. Winner of the 2019 Debbie Prior Award Leslie Barr donated her prize money of $3,000 to the Sensory Garden at the Northcote Day Centre. With the help of Allyson (Ally) (Able Australia Disability Support Worker), Les and Ally generously donated […]

During 2019, participants of the Young Adults program in Tasmania attended many interesting activity sessions at TasTAFE! Once session included using virtual 3D goggles! Clients chose what they would like to see through the goggles, such as an underwater scene where they could touch fish, poke at sea anemone and walk a seabed. Other activities […]

Meet some of our Able volunteers!   We recently asked our Queensland volunteers to share with us their Able Volunteer Story.   We are so grateful for our volunteers who give up their time to support the community. Without them, Able would not be what it is today.   Watch the video below to learn […]

On National Grandparents Day (25th October), we would like congratulate the winners of My Grand Hero Awards, Robert and Moira Christensen!   Our Queensland team held My Grand Hero Awards, which offered seniors an opportunity to share with us what it means to them to be a grandparent.   National Grandparents Day is a time […]

In celebration of Grandparents Day on the 25th of October, we held a contest for grandparents across Australia called My Grand Hero Awards. Our Queensland Community Project Manager, Jessy Byrnes, and the Able Queensland team held this contest to help put a smile on grandparent’s faces by recognising all the Grand Heroes out there. We […]