COTA Victoria

The offices of COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria will be closed from 4.00 pm AEDT on Friday, 20 December 2024 through to 10.00 am AEDT on Thursday, 2 January 2025. Our COTA WISE and Seniors Rights Victoria helplines will not be in operation during this time. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season and look forward to the recommencement of normal operating activities from Thursday, 2 January 2025.

📢📢 We've just launched a new professional referral form on our website! 📢📢 This form is for professional referrals only; personal referrals will not be responded to. Professional referrals will receive a response within two business days. Learn more and access the form below.

Meet some of the Victorian Senior of the Year awardees proving age is just a number 🏆. ⭐ Prof. Manjula Datta O’Connor – Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year ⭐ Virginia Mack – Ageing Well Award ⭐ Jack Cooper – COTA (Council on the Ageing) Victoria Senior Achiever Award Congratulations to all this year’s winners! 🎉 To read about the other inspiring awardees, head to: https://lnkd.in/gb4MGp3i Government House is located on the traditional lands of the Bunurong and Wurundjeri people. #VicSeniorOfTheYearAwards COTA Victoria

Well this certainly makes sense! 😁 Regardless of your age, a huge thank you everyone who's listened to COTA Conversations this year, and to Golden Days Radio for hosting such an important program!

Our CEO Ben Rogers recently spoke with The Westsider Newspaper and Online about a lack of affordable housing for those older Victorians who might want to downsize. “We think it’s increasingly important for older Victorians to make sure that their options are sustainable in terms of affordability when downsizing,” Ben said. "[Renting] is a danger as you get older because it puts you in a more financially precarious position," Ben continued. "If you don’t have secure housing, you are not ageing well, and especially in growing communities in the West, we need to make sure that people are financially supported.” Read the full article -- which also includes our friends at Housing for the Aged Action Group -- below.

Missed out on this morning’s #COTAConversations live on Golden Days Radio GDR 95.7fm? No worries -- our podcast has you covered! 📣 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gbPyKCN5 ✅ Download our Annual General Report here: https://lnkd.in/gejfTu3t ✅ Subscribe to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gAQYPQSp COTA Conversations airs fortnightly on ⁠Golden Days Radio 95.7 fm, on Mondays at 10.15 am as part of "Monday Afternoon with Peter Thomas". Need information? Call the COTA WISE Helpline on 1300 135 090. Are you experiencing elder abuse? Call our Seniors Rights Victoria Helpline on 1300 368 821.

Tune into Golden Days Radio GDR 95.7fm at 10.15 am today for another episode of #COTAConversations! Today, host Peter Thomas chats with our Marketing and Communication Manager, Steve Wright, about our upcoming 2024 Annual General Meeting and recaps the year that was 2024. Tune into 95.7fm or use the link below to listen online!

We welcome the opportunity to provide brief input on how General Foundational Supports (GFS) can effectively respond to the needs of older Victorians with a disability – a frequently overlooked demographic in disability policy discussions.

COTA Victoria and SRV are proud to announce their participation in the new Senior Victorians Advisory Committee, and will continue their work to ensure Victoria remains a place where older people can age well.

This #16DaysofActivism, Seniors Rights Victoria remind us that everyone has the right to safety, regardless of age. Today is Day 9 of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Stay tuned for more member voices. COTA Victoria