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Yooralla Launches New Logo
Yooralla has a brand new logo which will be rolled out gradually over the next couple of years.
This means from 26th February 2010 you will start to see a more modern looking logo appear on our stationery, letters, publications, advertising and signage.
By bringing in the revised logo gradually overtime, we will not need to throw anything out or replace anything prematurely.
Publications and stationery featuring the new logo will be printed when current stock has run out. Signage and other items will be replaced as needed or as part of normal upgrading cycles.
This is a sustainable and cost effective way of upgrading the Yooralla logo.
It is normal for organisations to tweak and modernise their logos over time. Yooralla has been Yooralla for 92 years. It has been Yooralla Free Kindergarten, Yooralla Hospital School, and Yooralla Society of Victoria. In 2010 it is, simply, Yooralla.
Yooralla's vision, mission and values were updated last year and Yooralla's current strategic plan aims for strengthened empowerment, quality and growth, collaboration, leadership and capability. We are striving to achieve this by being steadfast, courageous and resourceful and by giving everyone 'a fair go'. The new logo and associated tagline of 'you can' reflects this approach, while continuing to demonstrate the Yooralla perspective that services should focus on individual abilities.
For more information on Yooralla's revised logo, call Julie Yorke, Communications Coordinator, on 9666 4528 or email julie.yorke@yooralla.com.au.
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Yooralla Christmas Cards
Four designs are available this year and feature artwork by people with disabilities. They are $1.30 each or $10 for 10. They will be available through Yooralla offices. Yooralla Christmas cards are available from 1st November 2009.
Download the Christmas flyer - Click Here
Check back later for more details.
Yooralla's Pandemic Plan
Yooralla has a robust plan in the event of a pandemic occurring in Victoria. Health and safety of clients and staff is our first priority and proactive actions are being taken and monitored constantly.
For more information on the current situation in Victoria, please visit the DHS website link.
For information on specific actions being taken by Yooralla, please be in contact with your service manager.
Yooralla recommends you maintain a high level of personal hygiene, and if you experience flu-like symptoms please seek medical advice.
Please read Yooralla's Pandemic Plan. (Updated Friday 22 May, 2009)
For Yooralla Pandemic Flu Updates - Click Here
Yooralla on ABC National Radio's 'Perspective Program'
A glowing testament to Yooralla's Early Childhood Intervention service was heard on national radio recently.
Fergal Murphy, the father of a young girl who attends Yooralla services at Blackburn was so impressed with the support and service he received that he was motivated to tell Australia on ABC National Radio's "Perspective" program. You can read a transcript of his story on: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/stories/2007/2019368.htm
Yooralla on ABC Television's 7:30 Report
Tracy and Gerard Zappelli are a couple who have had to fight very hard to be together. After meeting at Yooralla's Glenroy school in 1996, their relationship blossomed into romance and they decided to marry ten years later. Despite initial opposition from their families, Tracy and Gerard finally won them round. The next obstacle was the difficulty in finding residential accommodation for them to live together as they have very different carer support needs. Staff at Yooralla helped them to overcome this barrier and now Tracy and Gerard live together in a Yooralla house in Braybrook. Their story was featured on ABC's 7.30 Report in September. The programme and more indepth interviews can be seen on the ABC website by accessing the link http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2042963.htm
Yooralla On You Tube
In an effort to reach new and younger audiences, Yooralla's famous television ad is now on YouTube - twice!
The first is the original, while the second features new images of Yooralla clients and workers.
To see the new look Yooralla ad now, go to www.youtube.com and search for Yooralla.
The new look Yooralla ad hits television screens across Victoria from Sunday 26 August.
An Australian Story
An informative and entertaining DVD that chronicles the achievements, events, issues and happenings at Yooralla over the past year. To get your free copy, contact 1300 Yooralla, or email yooralla@yooralla.com.au
To receive a free copy, please call 1800 666 010.
Victorian Facts and Figures on Disability (as at December 2006)
One in every five Victorians (992,000 people) has a disability and one in every 15 Victorians (6.5% of the population or 322,400 people) has a profound or severe core activity limitation - 277,500 Victorians require assistance with self-care, mobility, communication or coping with the activities of everyday life. (ABS 2003)
The following are the Victorian Government's own data:
4,343 Victorians are on the waiting list for disability services:
- 2,559 people are waiting for accommodation including 1606 people whose need is classified as urgent or high priority.
- 494 people are waiting for day services, including 477 whose need is classified as urgent or high priority.
- 1,290 are waiting for in-home support, including 1,207 whose need is classified as urgent or high priority.
For people classified as being in urgent need of supported accommodation, the average waiting time is nearly three years. Since 2000 there has been a 76% increase in the number of people classified as urgent on the supported accommodation waiting list. Around one in six (17%) of people waiting for accommodation in Victoria are cared for by family members aged 75 years and over