Alison Watson Memorial Award provides educational assistance for young people in NSW with arthritis. (Not yet released but normally closes around May)

Deafness Forum Post-Secondary Educational Scholarship is a scholarships to facilitate the participation of people who are Deaf or people who have a hearing impairmentin post secondary education. Applications open 19 to 25 August 2012.

The ParaQuad NSW Scholarships-  established to assist NSW and ACT people with a spinal cord injury in education costs up to $5,000.  Applications close Friday, 17 February 2012.

Golden Stave Educational Fellowship is for people in NSW and the ACT with spinal injuryand is to be used for mobility, speech, computer equipment, fees, books etc. Applications close 17 February 2012

Gregory and Dolores Farrell Scholarship is to assist undergraduate and postgraduate students in NSWwho are wheelchair userswith the costs entailed in tertiary education, including textbooks, equipment to assist study, scribes and tutors etc. Further information and application forms can be obtained by contacting Elizabeth Mead at SpineCare Foundation on (02) 9890 0135 or spinecare@northcott.com.au Applications close 10 February 2012.

Kenneth W. Tribe Fellowship Fund is for NSW people who are deaf or hearing impaired, for study that will lead to improved employment outcomes.  The grants of up to $5000 close 30 June and 31 December 2012.

The Justice Disability Scholarship Scheme has three scholarships for justice-related courses for students withdisabilityresiding in Victoria. These two-year scholarships will assist the successful applicants to gain tertiary qualifications in a justice-related field and to enhance their employment opportunities either within the Victorian public service or any other area of interest to them. Applications close in February (Not yet released)

The NDCO, Disability Advocacy and Information Service (DAIS), Wodonga TAFE and Rural Access have partnered to create an exciting new leadership development short course for people with a disability.

TAKE PART- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP TRAINING

This one day a week short course, beginning in April, aims to build the skills of individuals with a disability to have a say in their community.

‘Take Part- Committee Membership Training’ is the first in a four part series which make up a Certificate I in Leadership Development. 

Lunch is included as part of the training.

Click here for the PDF Flyer

Click here for the Word version Text only Flyer 

Click here for the application form

Places are limited.

Applications close Friday 19 March.

For further information or to apply please contact DAIS on 02 6056 2420 or trainer@dais.org.au

Student mental health wiki is a resource for those working in the area of tertiary student mental health. Click here to view the Student Mental Health Wiki flyer.

It offers an opportunity for sharing of mental health promotion materials between institutions.

If you are working in an institution and looking to develop health promotion resources but don't have the time or money to do it from scratch,

then studentmentalhealthwiki.org is here to help!

If you have mental health promotion materials - posters, flyers etc., reports or any other material that you would like to contribute to assist other institutions, please create a page and post them on the site!

Following a successful call-in day on December 3, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission is extending their phone-in to weekday working hours to parents, students and educators to provide their views about what works and what could be improved when it comes to the education of students with disability in Victoria.

The survey remains online and phone lines will now be open throughout working hours for those who would prefer to speak to someone about their story.

More than 700 educators and more than 300 parents and students with a disability have responded to the on-line survey so far.

There are several ways you can still have your say:

Online

Complete our confidential survey at humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/disabilityinschools

Ring

Call 1300 292 153 or (03) 9032 3583. Lines are open on weekdays from 9am to 5pm.

If you need an interpreter, you can call the Commission using the interpreter service on 1300 152 494 or TTY (hearing impaired) on 1300 289 621.

Email

If you work in a community organisation or otherwise provide support to families, children and young people with disability, you can share your views by sending an email to research@veohrc.vic.gov.au. We will treat this as a written submission to our research.

All information is held confidentially. You do not need to provide your name, no person will be identified in this research.

Careers Industry Council of Australia has engaged Miles Morgan to develop guidelines for effective career development services for young people (15-24) with disability.

As part of this process, they are requesting that stakeholders operating in the disability services sector provide input via a survey.

It would be appreciated if you could take 10 minutes at this busy time of year to complete the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XBJ592Q.

Your feedback will assit in developing guidelines that provide practical support for others service providers. The survey will be closing on Friday the 6th of January, 2012. 

If you would like more information about this survey, or the project in general, please don't hesitate to contact Rob Allen, either by phone on (08) 9228 8089, or by email: robert@milesmorgan.com.au

Below is a link to an information flyer about eheadspace for young people.

This is a national online and telephone counselling service for young people and their families.

eheadspace is a confidential, free and secure space where a young person or their family can web chat, email or speak on the phone with a qualified youth mental health professional.

eheadspace flyer

Please view the link below for information about an Art course in Sydney, NSW, specifically for Deaf Aboriginal students.

It is designed for Aboriginal students from across Australia to participate.

If the student is ABSTUDY approved all costs are covered- including flights, accommodation, food, course fees etc.

The course covers topics such as:

• Aboriginal culture, history and identity
• Deaf culture, history and identity
• Painting, art, excursions
• Theatre, performing and video editing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVeJ7Uu9XA&feature=player_embedded

For further information contact angela.santoro@tafensw.edu.au or joanna.agius1@tafensw.edu.au