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Wednesday April 27 was International Guide Dog Day. A day to recognise and celebrate the important role Guide Dogs play in supporting people all around the world with low vision or blindness to live independently and achieve their goals. Guide Dogs Australia’s 2022 campaign, Rethink Refusal, focuses on educating how Guide Dog refusal can have serious consequences…
As 2021 draws to a close, we would like to thank each person who has directly or indirectly helped us achieve our purpose of changing lives through the power of employment. Whether you provided amazing support to our clients and team, or you helped spread awareness of our services, we thank you. The Edge team…
Yesterday our clients, staff and Board of Directors gathered at our AGM to celebrate and reflect on the year that has been. Thank you to those who attended and contributed to a great evening. A special mention must go to the highlight of the night- one of our clients, Soham. He shared his amazing story…
Edge’s Charged Up for Work (CUFW) program supports high school students to prepare for their upcoming transition from school to work. As an employment pathway for school students with disability or long-term health conditions, CUFW helps students start their journey towards paid employment, work experience, or further education. Our goal is to provide students with…
Whether we like it or not, each time we interact with someone or a situation, our unconscious bias places unintentional preferences on what we are experiencing. This can cause us to place people in certain categories without thinking it through, such as with colleagues, family and friends. Our unconscious bias is triggered automatically, without our…
Our passion for supporting youth with disability at Edge has seen us become a registered NDIS provider. This important partnership gives us the opportunity to expand on our services, including delivering School Leaver Employment Supports. It also enables us to further assist young people with disability to reach their employment goals. As part of the…
Natalie joined Edge six months ago when she was looking for a new and rewarding role for herself. She was excited by the opportunity to support people with disability to find meaningful employment. Now, six months on, her role as an Edge Job Coach has enabled her to make a genuine difference in people’s lives,…
Founded in 2014, FightMND was established to find effective treatments and ultimately a cure for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). This horrible and debilitating disease gradually takes away the patient’s use of their arms and legs, their ability to eat and swallow, their speech and ultimately their ability to breathe…all in an average timeframe of just 27 months. What FightMND…
Join us on our journey as we share how we are changing lives through the power of employment.