We’re back on deck at COTA Victoria (COTA Vic) and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV), with a true sense of purpose, focus, and intent. I hope you all had a safe and fabulous festive season, and that your new year has started with renewed passion and desire to continue putting the spotlight on the matters that […]
Download media release as PDF AusNet has awarded Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria a $30,000 Vulnerability Research Grant to investigate the impact of the energy transition on customers aged 65+, and to help inform AusNet’s plans to improve energy outcomes for older Victorians. This is the second year AusNet has funded the Vulnerability Research
Older Men New Ideas (OM:NI) is a program of COTA Victoria. OM:NI are men’s discussion groups in place for all men aged 50 and over to meet each other in an informal, social environment to share their knowledge and experiences. OM:NI men’s discussion groups have been running in Victoria since 2004, and are now found
The offices of COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria will be closed from 3.00 pm AEDT on Thursday, 21 December 2023 through to 10.00 am AEDT on Wednesday, 3 January 2024. Our COTA WISE and Seniors Rights Victoria helplines will not be in operation during this time. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday
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
