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National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australia’s largest annual celebration for volunteers. From Monday 17- 23 May 2021, NVW celebrates the significant positive contribution of Australia’s volunteers. Able Australia are so grateful to all our incredible volunteers who give up their time to help vulnerable people within the community. Our volunteers are vital to us and make a huge […]

Karen used to work in Marketing and Communications and was an executive member of her team. She loved her job, as it allowed her to travel the country as she chased the ultimate job. Almost 10 years ago, Karen suffered a severe stroke that paralysed the left side of her body and affected her brain […]

  Are you interested in giving back to the community? Become a volunteer at Able Australia and help support vulnerable people within the community in South East Queensland! We are hosting a Volunteer Open Day Event in Queensland in light of National Volunteer Week coming up soon. If you are interested in volunteering, come along […]

We are so excited about this wonderful article featured in the Kingsborough Chronicle about our client, Paul, and his experience getting back into the community with Able Australia supports! Paul used to live in a nursing home in Tasmania. In the nursing home, Paul was quiet and didn’t get much contact. He also stopped wanting […]

At Able Australia, we have over 600 staff and 200 volunteers who work tirelessly to provide our clients the highest quality of support and continuously seek to improve the consistency of our service delivery. We are so grateful for our amazing staff who embody our values of trust, respect, excellence and kindness, contributing to creating […]

Able Australia’s Board Treasurer, Peter Reilly was awarded an Order of Australia as part of this year’s Australia Day Honours list and received his medal from Victoria’s Governor General The Hon. Linda Dessau AC at Government House last week. Peter’s inclusion in this year’s Australia Day Honours list recognises his service to the community through […]

It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of long-standing Able supporter, Miss Elizabeth Don McConnan. Elizabeth touched the lives of so many, and she will be dearly missed. Elizabeth sadly passed away on 26 August 2018. Passionate about doing her bit to support people with disability to live a life of happiness […]

Even though Christmas 2020 was very different compared to previous years, we still wanted to make sure our clients had a fun festive day filled with joy and gifts! We called out to our donors last year to help us purchase Christmas presents for our clients living in Able supported homes across Australia, as this […]

Able Australia’s Dr Meredith Prain, National Head of Research and Centre of Excellence – Deafblind together with Dr Bronwen Scott, Orientation and Mobility Specialist discuss dual sensory impairment in the aging client in Audiology Now. Deafblindness is “a unique and isolating sensory disability resulting from the combination of both hearing and vision loss or impairment.” […]

While many of us may be familiar with service dogs, a mum in Tasmania has thought outside the square to provide a different array of service animals for her son who is a wheelchair user and other clients in Able’s Tasmanian community and beyond. She started with a cow and has since extended her ‘cow […]