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2024 Victorian Disability Awards winners
Advocacy for People (including self-advocacy)
Winner: Terry Symonds and Matt Warren - Yooralla
Organisation: Yooralla
Terry and Matt designed a program for leaders with disability.
Disability Pride Champion
Winner: Cameron Bloomfield
Organisation: Rainbow Rights and Advocacy
Cameron has been a positive role model for LGBTIQA+ people with disability.
Leadership in Co-design
Winner: Co-design for better access to mental health services
Organisation: Monash Health
Monash Health co-designed a website with people with disability.
Winner: Together
Organisation: YDAS
YDAS made training that helps people with disability.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Heather Forsyth
Organisation: Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID)
Heather has advanced disability rights for more than 20 years.
2024 Victorian Disability Awards Winners and Finalists (Word)
Award categories
The 2024 Victorian Disability Awards recognised excellence in 4 categories. Many of these categories reflect the ‘Inclusive Victoria: State Disability Plan 2022-2026’. Categories are:
- Advocacy for people (including Self Advocacy)
- Leadership in Co-design
- Disability Pride Champion
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Judging panel
Judges for the Victorian Disability Awards were from Victoria’s disability community. The judges volunteered their time to look at the nominations and make final recommendations.
The judges reviewed the nominations to consider each of the nominee’s contributions to improving the lives of people with disability. The judges made their recommendations to the Minister for Disability.
Contact
Victorian Disability Awards Team
If you have any questions, you can contact the Awards Team:
Phone: (03) 9285 3873
Email: awards@dffh.vic.gov.au
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2022 Victorian Disability Awards:
Winners and inductees by award category
| Award category | Winners and Inductees |
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| Emerging leader award |
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| Excellence in creating inclusive communities |
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| Excellence in employment outcomes | Where is My Coffee? |
| Excellence in promoting health, housing and wellbeing | Jane Tiller |
| Excellence in promoting rights, fairness and safety | Mary Ritchie - Rubix Support |
| Excellence in promoting disability pride | I CAN Network Mentoring Team |
| Volunteer award | Blind Sports & Recreation Victoria Volunteer Ambassadors |
| Lifetime achievement honour roll |
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| Minister’s Award for outstanding leadership | Blind Sports & Recreation Victoria Volunteer Ambassadors |
Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a nomination for the 2022 Victorian Disability Awards.
Finalists
| Award category | Finalists |
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Emerging leader award finalists |
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Excellence in creating inclusive communities finalists |
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Excellence in employment outcomes finalists |
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Excellence in promoting health, housing and wellbeing finalists |
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Excellence in promoting rights, fairness and safety finalists | Mary Ritchie - Rubix Support |
Excellence in promoting disability pride finalists |
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| Volunteer award finalists |
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| Lifetime achievement honour roll finalists |
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a nomination for the 2022 Victorian Disability Awards – all the nominations were fantastic.