Topics: disabled sailing, disability services, disabilities, charity, fundraising, yachting, sydney harbour, volunteer, sailing australia, sailing, disability sports
Read More...Topics: volunteer youth, volunteer, volunteer australia, mentor, trade, skills, sailing australia, sailing, boatbuilding
Read More...03 January 2018
Renee Smith has always been a land lover so her new found passion for sailing surprised her friends and family surprised.
Topics: disabled sailing, sailing, sailing australia, volunteer, paraplegic, wheelchair sports, sydney harbour
Read More...Topics: vision impaired, volunteer, sailing australia, sailing, disabled sailing, paraplegic, paralysis, blind, cerebral palsy, oceansofhope
Read More...Topics: disabled sailing, sailing, sailing australia, disability, disability sports, volunteer
Read More...Topics: disabled sailing, sailing, sailing australia, volunteers, ndis, sydney harbour, disabilities
Read More...Topics: youth program, tradie, trade, apprenticeship, apprentice, boat building, ship wright, disengaged, sailing australia, sailing, opportunity, juvenile justice
Read More...Topics: youth program, opportunity, sailing, sailing australia, disengaged, ship wright, boat building
Read More...We are grateful to Women Who Sail Australia for choosing SWD as one of the charities for funds raised at the April Gathering on the Bay conference in Port Stephens. We chatted to Women Who Sail Australia (WWSA) spokeswoman Caitlin Harris who said, "WWSA's mission is to connect women on the water. Our goal is to create communities, empower women, and encourage a love of sailing and respect for the ocean environment. Supporting SWD is part of our vision to create inclusive communities and make sailing accessible and welcoming to everyone."
Topics: female volunteer, wwsa, sydney, fundraising, charity, donation, australia, sailing australia, sailing, inclusion, disabled sailing, women who sail
Read More...The 2017 Australian of the Year (centre) is an incredible individual whose scientific research has helped restore mobility in a quadriplegic man in Australia. Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, a biomecular scientist, was named Australian of the Year on January 25 at an event at Parliament House in Canberra for his life work researching stem cells. His research has led to world-first treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Topics: sailing australia, social media volunteer, australia
Read More...In our August news you'll read about volunteer awards shortlist nominees, interviews with volunteers, Sydney to Gold Coast Yacht Race story, ASX Thomson Reuters Charity Foundation partnership and winning NSW Minister's Volunteer Management Award for a state sporting organisation.
Topics: volunteer, volunteering, volunteer nsw, sydney yacht race, gold coast yacht race, volunteer sydney, volunteer youth, sailing australia, social media volunteer
Read More...Topics: disability, sail, win, prizes, sailing australia
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