COTA Victoria & Seniors Rights Victoria Acting CEO’s message, May 2024
“In my first week as Interim CEO, I just wanted to introduce myself and share the excitement that I feel stepping into this role,” writes Ben Rogers.
COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) welcome the Victorian Budget 2024-25, which focuses on relief for families and enhanced support for victim survivors of family violence. However, as the Victorian population continues to age, more needs to be done to support this vital cohort.
COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria advises that Chris Potaris has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer, effective 3 May 2024. In his place, the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Ben Rogers as Interim CEO while a permanent replacement is found.
Members of COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria today voted to adopt a new COTA Victoria Constitution, one that includes significant changes to the COTA Victoria Membership Framework.
The Victorian Government has recently announced that digital driver licences will begin to be rolled out in May 2024. This post details all the information that older Victorians need to know about digital driver licences.
Thank you so very much to the close to 100 members, supporters, and friends of COTA Victoria (COTA Vic) and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) who took part in a recent survey about our organisation and membership scheme.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) welcome today’s draft decision on the Victorian Default Offer (VDO) by the Essential Services Commission (ESC), and the potential impact of its proposed price decrease for older Victorians. However, while the VDO is not meant to be the best available price to consumers, more needs to be done to ensure older people can access cheaper energy.
A Special General Meeting of the members of the Association will be held at the offices of Council on the Ageing (Victoria) and Seniors Rights Victoria, Level 2, 424 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004 and online via Zoom on 18 April 2024.
The offices of COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria will be closed from 5.00 pm AEDT on Thursday, 28 March 2024 through to 10.00 am AEST on Tuesday, 2 April 2024.
Complete our online survey COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria invite our members and supporters to complete a short survey about us, our programs, and our services. This survey is comprised of 27 total questions, which we estimate will take between 10-15 minutes to finish. Those who complete the survey and live within Victoria can