News | 13th December 2019
As we round out 2019, we wish to say thank you to all our customers and some specific partner organisations that have provided pro bono and other assistance this year.
We specifically value the time, expertise, grants, advice and consideration given by:
Visitors from organisations looking to potentially partner with Ability Works pictured below on tour during September were…
Ability Works Australia has packed, assembled and distributed approximately, 90,000 testing kits since myDNA became a customer in 2017.
We actively encourage visitors to our facility in Kew to see our 130 employees’ active at a variety of tasks…
We are delighted to partner with our first major infrastructure customer the North Western Program Alliance…
This month’s theme in the Ability Works workplace has been ‘Efficiency for Growth’.
In Oct 2017, I joined a relatively unknown Australian Disability Enterprise, Ability Works in Melbourne, as CEO…
Staff volunteering is an important part of many Corporate Social Responsibility strategies. Our new program…
With over 180,000 ANZAC badges and wrist bands to assemble then pack, our team has been busy…
“Since 2011, Transurban has worked with Ability Works, a not-for-profit organisation…
Ben and Laura love working at Ability Works Australia. It’s also where they found love for each other.
James says he had great difficulty retaining jobs, sometimes being dismissed within a very short period. At Ability Works Australia James feels very much at home – accepted, encouraged, and challenged.
Rory is singer-songwriter with the popular Australian group, Rudely Interrupted.
Ruby says she spent around four years trying to find a job, without success. Ability Works Australia changed all that. Here, she enjoys a variety of tasks, has grown in confidence while building on her skills, and says she has made many friends.
Dridan’s mother Jenny says that he would probably be just ‘on the couch at home’,…
In July we launched a new Business unit – Records Management involving: scanning, testing, digitising, coding…
With opportunities to support the State’s major infrastructure projects leveraging our Wire & Metal Fabrication operation…
We have supplied the Mc Connell Dowell Decimil Joint Venture (MCDDJV) on the Mordialloc Freeway upgrade project.
With lots of brands and growth in Building and Construction, multinational Stanley Black and Decker (SBD) selected Ability Works as a preferred packing and assembly supplier in Aug 2018.
As we round out 2019, we wish to say thank you to all our customers and some specific partner organisations that have provided pro bono and other assistance this year.
With our mission of Purpose, pride and belonging through inclusive employment…
The World Health Organisation has declared Coronavirus (COVID-19) a global Pandemic.
The Coronavirus ( COVID – 19) pandemic continues to cause upheaval around the globe.
The Victorian Government is starting to ease restrictions in response to COVID – 19 in the community.
Over the past two weeks we have seen a lifting of some of the COVID-19 restrictions…
Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire have returned to Stage 3 Lockdown but Ability Works continues to trade.
Metropolitan Melbourne has moved to Stage 4 restrictions for 6 weeks until Sunday 13 September…
Team member Mark Galotta explains how Ability Works has given him welding opportunities…
Ability Works features in the Oct 2020 ICN Prospect magazine with article ‘Ability Works – bringing purpose and belonging to the community.’
People with disabilities are preserving the memories of Australian Defence Force members as part of a massive project to digitise the files of ADF members currently stored at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne.
CEO Sue Boyce on the panel for ‘Delivering Better Outcomes for Social Procurement’ giving…
Team member Michael and customer Sharon Harnett from Department of Defence…
Victorian approach ‘making a huge difference.’
The World Health Organisation has declared Coronavirus (COVID-19) a global Pandemic…
“When COVID-19 hit and his commission-based pay dropped to “$200 or $300 a week”…
Ability Works, Transurban, Aurecon, RMIT Marketing and Apricot Consulting’s…
Story on AWA’s Record Scanning business unit supervisor Kani Vincent Paul…
“Social enterprise Ability Works Australia has provided crucial welding and metal fabrication…
“In this episode we talk to CEO of Ability Works Sue Boyce on the topic of inclusion…
Sue Boyce (Ability Works CEO) was interviewed by Marni Roper…
Ability Works and Transurban win ‘Partnership of the Year” Social Traders 2020 award for Collaboration, Creativity and Advocacy.
Ability Works employees Terry Drier and Laura Robinson featured in the Herald Sun…
“Social enterprise Ability Works, in the Melbourne suburb of Kew…
Last year, YT trialled using QR codes at stops, letting passengers…
An insight into a future that will propel people with disability onto an equal footing in workplaces.
“How to design more inclusive cities” by Byte Size to promote our Inclusive Design business unit…
Read the full article from The Guardian here…
“While many people living with disability are able to work unhindered, some face unique barriers…
Ability Works’ manufacturing supervisor, Helen and our CEO Sue Boyce appeared on…
