Warm Safe Home campaign launch and exhibition

Name: Warm Safe Home campaign launch and exhibition
Start: 2024-06-13T09:30:00+1000
End: 2024-06-13T12:00:00+1000
Location: Swanston Hall in the Melbourne Town Hall

Thu, 13 Jun, 9:30am - 12pm AEST

Swanston Hall in the Melbourne Town Hall

melbourne, australia

Seniors Rights Victoria

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Seniors Rights Victoria, COTA Victoria, Housing for the Aged Action Group, and the City of Melbourne cordially invite you to the Warm Safe Home project campaign launch and exhibition, taking place as part of our larger World Elder Abuse Awareness Day program.

Opened by The Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nicholas Reece, the event will be hosted by COTA Victoria board member and the former Ambassador for Elder Abuse Prevention, Gerard Mansour.

The Victorian Minister for Ageing, The Honourable Ingrid Stitt, will officially launch the Warm Safe Home program itself, also activating an online exhibition of Warm Safe Homes made all throughout Victoria.

The event will feature further discussion from HAAG CEO Fiona York, Seniors Rights Victoria Acting CEO Ben Rogers, and Homes Melbourne Director Jo Cannington. It concludes with an all-important discussion on elder abuse between Warm Same Home program participants.

We invite you to arrive from 9.30 am for a prompt start at 10.00 am.

To inform us of dietary requirements, please email communications@cotavic.org.au.

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Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) is the key state-wide service dedicated to advancing the rights of older people and the early intervention into, or prevention of, elder abuse in our community.

SRV has a team of experienced advocates, lawyers, and social workers who provide free information, advice, referral, legal advice, legal casework, and support to older people who are either at risk of or are experiencing elder abuse. SRV supports and empowers older people through the provision of legal advice directly to the older person.

Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria is the leading not-for-profit organisation representing the interests and rights of people aged 50+ in Victoria. For more than 70 years, we have led government, corporate and community thinking about the positive aspects of ageing. Today, our focus is on promoting opportunities for, and protecting the rights of, older Victorians.

We are a not-for-profit community organisation and fund our activities with the support of government, members, philanthropic trusts, businesses and the public. We have an experienced Board, highly qualified Melbourne staff, and dedicated community volunteers throughout Victoria. As a member-based organisation we are run by, for and with older Victorians.

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Thu, 13 Jun, 9:30am - 12pm AEST

Swanston Hall in the Melbourne Town Hall

melbourne, australia

Hosted by Seniors Rights Victoria