2 October 2024
At OC Connections, we celebrate growth, empowerment, and the joy that comes from new opportunities and achieving goals! One of our most recent success stories is Peter, a long-standing participant in our Day Support program, who decided to expand his horizons by joining the supported employment team at OC Connections Enterprises (OCCE). In May this […]
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16 September 2024
When did you know what you wanted to do for a career?
Phil, a Supported Employee at OCC Enterprises, is still figuring that out.
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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1 August 2024
OCCE is excited to announce its partnership with Jaybro, Australia’s premier supplier to infrastructure workers.
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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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7 May 2024
Lights twinkled, cameras flashed, and the stars aligned for a spectacular evening at Merrimu Receptions on Friday, 2 May 2024. Our Hollywood-themed dinner dance event was an unforgettable journey into the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown, where guests stepped into the spotlight and danced the night away.
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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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OC Connections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners of this nation. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past, present and future.
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.
