6 September 2024
Meet Maria. Maria is a Supported Employee of OC Connections Enterprises. Over the years, she’s trialled several different areas of OCCE – including packing and assembly, car washing, and administration – until settling comfortably into our document management team. Maria has such an eagerness to learn that when ACCIONA reached out to Nancy at OCCE […]
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28 July 2024
For the second year in a row, Bart spent a weekend in regional Victoria with his footy team, the Mazenod Panthers! On the Saturday, the Mazenod Panthers played a football match against the Bendigo Suns. The Bendigo Suns won the match, but Bart and his team had a great time on the field regardless. Sportsmanship […]
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26 May 2024
Team Leaders in Day Support have been trying out new, adaptable ways of increasing participant engagement in our recreational and educational programs. People living with disabilities have varying communication and information-processing needs, so our Disability Support Workers and Disability Educators implement flexible learning strategies to reach the many different participants at OC Connections. Disability Educators […]
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21 May 2024
In April, a regular participant of our Short Term Accommodation made the huge move into her very own home. Taryn, or Taz as her family and friends call her, spent several years utilising our short term accommodation space, learning how to live independently and developing household skills such as cooking and cleaning. With the encouragement […]
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28 April 2024
In March, Elias participated in his very first marathon! Improving health and fitness has been an ongoing personal goal for Elias, a Team Leader at OCC Enterprises. When he heard that his supervisor, Lilian, planned to run the Good Friday Appeal’s Run for the Kids marathon, he decided it would be an excellent opportunity to […]
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3 April 2024
Adrian, a Supported Employee at OC Connections Enterprises, has recently achieved his long-term goal! With the encouragement of his sister, Support Coordinator, and carers in his Specialist Disability Accommodation, Adrian booked an amazing trip to Illawarra. The holiday program, facilitated by Clubmates, included an incredible opportunity to ride in a helicopter and visit the largest […]
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24 February 2024
For 50 years, Dandenong Christmas Tree Farm has been a loyal supporter of OC Connections. Previous owner Jim Boucher, and his wife Lorna, built the partnership with OC Connections (which at the time was called the Oakleigh Centre) to engage and bolster fundraising efforts in the local community. Neil and Neal (the two Neil’s) purchased […]
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17 November 2023
The opening night of the SASI Art Show was a heartwarming, resounding success. Staff from across OC Connections came to support our participants in exhibiting their beautiful works of art to the community, including OC’s CEO Therese Desmond. I can only urge you to take a drive to Cube 37 in Frankston and see the […]
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19 September 2023
The OC Art Space provides a welcoming, encouraging environment for participants to learn creative forms of self-expression. Living with intellectual and developmental disabilities can feel isolating, especially when your natural type of communication isn’t widely understood. That’s why support staff Renate, Rose, Michelle and Val have worked to build a strong foundation at OC Connections […]
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OC Connections respects Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their contribution to our society.
