It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached the end of 2023! Time flies when you’re working with an incredibly focussed, talented, strategically, and community-minded group of staff and board members. There’s so much to be proud of from the perspective of COTA Victoria (COTA Vic) and Seniors Rights Victoria’s (SRV) performance and representation of all […]
Our COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022-2023 took place on Wednesday, 22nd November 2023 between 10.00 am and 11.30 am AEDT. You can watch the full meeting below. Original post: We’re pleased to advise that this year’s AGM will be held as a hybrid event, in-person and online on Wednesday,
Complete our online survey As a part of COTA Victoria’s Information and Lifelong Learning Program, funded through the Victorian Government Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, we are seeking to understand and utilise the lived experience of older Victorians to help us develop our education and engagement program. Between December 2023 and June 2024, COTA
Two grade 6 students, Roy Manning and Jake Grimshaw, have come to the aid of an older Victorian in need on Halloween night, prompting COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria to issue the heroes with special commendations. Jake and Roy were trick or treating in Ferntree Gully last Tuesday night, and arrived at the home
We’re fast approaching the end of the year and it’s almost time to take a step back, take a deep breath, and have a measured look back at what has been an incredibly busy, and positive time of change at COTA Victoria (COTA Vic) and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV)! We thanked the outgoing Minister for
Download media release as PDF Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) are pleased to welcome both Gerard Mansour and Ray Cummings to its Board of Directors. For four terms over a period of ten years, Mr Mansour served as the Commissioner for Senior Victorians and acted as a vital conduit
Download media release as PDF Fourteen deserving older Victorians were today bestowed with COTA Victoria Senior Achiever Awards as part of the 2023 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards program. The fourteen COTA Victoria Senior Achievers for 2023 are as follows: Mr Shashi Kochhar OAM, 75 Ms Robbie Rae, 71 Mrs Gwenyth Barbary OAM, 86
Download media release as PDF Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) welcome the new Victorian cabinet under Premier Jacinta Allan. COTA Victoria and SRV offer a special round of congratulations to the Hon Ingrid Stitt MP on her appointment as Minister for Ageing. We look forward to providing the minister
October is certainly a time for change… and celebration. Firstly, I’d like to acknowledge the retirement of Daniel Andrews as the Premier of Victoria and member for Mulgrave and thank him for his years of service to the state of Victoria. I also extend congratulations to Jacinta Allan – formerly the deputy premier and Minister
Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV), the key service dedicated to preventing and responding to elder abuse within Victoria, has today launched a new professional education program that will provide organisations with the tools they need to identify incidences of elder abuse and act appropriately. A three-hour module entitled “Recognising and Responding to Elder Abuse” can be
Download media release as PDF COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) welcome the launch of Victoria’s Housing Statement – The Decade Ahead 2024-2034, which should serve to increase housing availability and affordability in the state. However, successful implementation to deliver on the true potential value of this investment means older Victorians must be put
As we move through the start of the new financial year, my team and I have hit the ground running at COTA Victoria (COTA Vic) and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV). In the blink of an eye, we’re in September already! We are unfortunately continuing to encounter profound challenges with the defunding of specific, state-wide helpline
