Victoria
Group Manager: Darin for now
Please keep all topics relevant to the State of Victoria
Welcome to the OzMS Victorian's Group, these state groups are not to divide the community, groups provide an easy way for members of a group to stay up to date with events, local services, get togethers that are relevant to their area. Please only use your state forum to post state specific content that members of the group would be interested in hearing about.
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About Victoria
Capital: Melbourne
Timezone: UTC+10 (+11 DST)
MS Society for VIC: MS Society Victoria
The Victorian 2010 OzMS Meetup (the details)
Thats right its happening
we have a date, time and a venue all decided on, so we all get to see what we look like on the other side of a computer screen
This will all be Happening
Saturday the 20th of March 2010
at
Clocks at Flinder st Melbourne.
(Its pub, bistro TAB thats literally on Flinders st Station any closer it would be on the actual train tracks)
Lifemoves - a peer support program for people with MS
Letter of invitation for Lifemoves (a peer support program) for MS
The rehabilitation department at the Royal Melbourne Hospital is working on a project that looks at the effectiveness of a peer support program called LifeMoves.
Taking Control & Planning Ahead
a program with the Office of the Public Advocate
The law in Victoria gives you a number of ways to help ensure you have maximum control over how decisions are made when you are not in a position to make those decisions yourself, whether that ability is affected by age, accident or disability.
Understanding these options can be quite confusing
Victorian meet up RSVP thread (Autum 2010)
Hi everyone, as you already know, we are having a meet up on Saturday March the 20th (2010) As discussed here http://community.ozms.org/content/victorian-2010-ozms-meetup-details
With around 4 weeks left its time we start getting a show of hands at who and how many we have attending.
The basic details again:
Date: Saturday the 20th of March 2010
Time: 1pm
Melbourne meet chat night.....revisited!
Greetings all Vic members!
There is going to be another chat night for the Melbourne meet which is on this thursday the 18th of Feb at 8pm.
I urge anyone who is intending to come to the meet on March 20th ,to please drop in and say G'day! 
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Reeceo 
Education program - Get Active - Blackburn
A 2 hour information session for people who wish to participate in an exercise program to improve their general health, and want to know how to go about this.
This session will provide advice and strategies on how to get started!
Get Active with MS
Thursday 4 March, 2010
6.00pm – 8.00pm
The Nerve Centre
54 Railway Road
Blackburn Melways reference 48 A10
Fitzroy 24 hour Mega Swim - 2010
The 2010 Fitzroy 24 Hour Mega Swim is fast approaching and we are looking forward to welcoming you at the 10th Anniversary of 24 Hour Mega Swim at the Fitzroy Swimming Pool.
Mark your calendars for 6pm Friday 26th to 6pm Saturday 27th of February 2010.
Please feel free to join the MS Floaties team ( http://events.megaswim.com/?MS+Floaties ), there is still room!!
Victorian Human Rights Commission survey on experience of people with a disability using TAXIS
The Victorian Human Rights Commission is set to undertake research into the experiences of people with disability using taxi services in Victoria. The survey will run 5-26 February 2010.
The Commission wants to hear from individuals with a disability who have used taxis within the last six months.
A survey information sheet is available in braille, large font and
Victorian directory
Pages under this topic will be specific to Victorian members, it will be a directory of services that benefit people with Multiple Sclerosis
MS Society
MS Society Nerve Centre
54 Railway Rd, Blackburn VIC 3130
Australia
(03) 9845 2700
msaustralia.org.au
I just joined ;o)
This is really only a test, you don't have to alert others that you have joined lol, you can if you want to test it out, up to you. I chose to only show this to members, instead of to public or everyone. Oh I just chose the news tag, I will be adding more tags that people can choose later, or as I go I suppose.
Cheers.....Darin ;o)
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