COTA Victoria

Financial Wellness Workshop (in-person event)

11:00am, 5 May 2023, Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre (251 Faraday Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053)

The City of Melbourne Ageing and Inclusion team have partnered with WIRE to deliver two Financial Wellness workshops. One is a face to face event to be held in Carlton on 5 May.

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Financial Wellness Workshop (online event)

11:00am, 21 April 2023, Online, via Zoom (registration to be completed)

The City of Melbourne Ageing and Inclusion team have partnered with WIRE to deliver two Financial Wellness workshops. One is online on 21 April.

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COTA Victoria Strategic Plan 2023-2025

15 February 2023, COTA Publication

Our COTA Victoria Strategic Plan 2023-2025 will ensure we can continue to support older Victorians over the next three years and beyond. The Strategic Plan clearly defines our pathway for the future, and is based on our positive and pragmatic perspective of ageing in Victoria. It is based around fo

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CEO’s message

22 November 2021

Spring is well and truly here, and in true Victorian fashion we’re regularly having all seasons in one day. I hope you’re emerging from lockdown and have caught up with loved ones, or made plans to.

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Carers Victoria LGBTIQA+ consultations

12 September 2019

Do you provide unpaid care and support to family members and/or friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic health issue and/or age-related condition? Are you a member of the LGBTIQA+ community or care for someone who is?

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Safeguarding the end of the Rainbow

1 April 2019, COTA Publication

This free, tailored guide for older LGBTI community members looks at how to plan for your future care and medical needs, finances and estate, and funeral and burial wishes.

death, end of life care, financial information, information, older LGBTI Victorians, Safeguarding the end of the Rainbow

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Victorian LGBTI older person’s service promised life-line

11 March 2019

Switchboard’s Out & About, an LGBTI Community Visitor service, lost most of its funding just before Christmas. The free service brings friendship and connection to older LGBTI people who are socially isolated.

Government funding, LGBTI rights, older LGBTI Victorians, out & About, Switchboard

LGBTI advocate wins COTA Senior Achiever Award

15 October 2018

Transgender Victoria volunteer Brenda Appleton, 67, was one of the COTA Senior Achiever Award recipients at the 2018 Victorian Seniors of the Year awards.

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