Regional Disability Advocacy Service

23/12/2025

Although we are closing over the Christmas/New Year period, fortunately our emergency services don't.

If you have an emergency, please call 000.

If you need immediate mental health support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 OR Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.

18/12/2025

We're very pleased to let you know that we're now taking expressions of interest for the next intake of SPARK participants in Wagga, Wodonga, Wangaratta and Griffith. Exact commencement dates to be confirmed, but we expect early 2026.

SPARK is a leadership program for women with disability who have experienced family or domestic violence. For more information and to complete the expression of interest form, please go to https://rdas.org.au/spark/.

18/12/2025

Our Summer 2025-26 edition of The Advocate is available for reading now at https://mailchi.mp/rdas.org.au/the-advocate-newsletter-summer2025

18/12/2025

18/12/2025

Our 2025 All Abilities Dance Parties were an absolute blast yet again! Tag yourself if you see yourself in our photos. :D

In Wagga, the theme was RAINBOW PARTY, and it was so gratifying to see attendees dressed up in their brightest and most colourful outfits. They had such a fun evening dancing the night away. Congratulations also to the winner of our Karen Perry Memorial Shield Community Member of the Year, Leonie McLean.

In Wodonga we went with a COUNTRY & WESTERN theme, and attendees did not disappoint in their enthusiasm for dressing up and dancing til they dropped! We had our very own Woody the Sheriff in attendance (along with the snake in his boot), and special thanks to Senior Constable Rachael Kelly for coming to keep law and order with all those gunslingers and outlaws on the loose. ;)

17/12/2025

What an amazing year 2025 has been for SAILS! All groups celebrated the end of the year with bowling and lunch. It was a great time to reflect on everything they'd discussed and learned throughout the year, and finish off with fun, smiles and little bit of friendly competition. Wagga Bowl & Diner 3D Lanes Wodonga Star Bowling

09/12/2025

Hi Everyone, RDAS is closed today due to an all-day staff event. Please leave a message on 1800 250 292 and we'll return your call as soon as possible. Alternatively you can email us at admin@rdas.org.au. Thanks!

09/12/2025

Our December issue of InfoTree is now available here: https://mailchi.mp/rdas.org.au/infotree-dec2025

04/12/2025

TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST. GET YOURS BEFORE THEY'RE GONE. TICKET SALES END 7th DECEMBER.

Guess what Albury Wodonga? Our 2025 All Abilities Dance Party tickets are on sale now! Get yours at https://events.humanitix.com/2025-rdas-dance-party-wodonga

Yeeha!

Cash ticket sales available during business hours at the RDAS head office, 132 Melbourne Road Wodonga.

Celebrate people of all abilities and dance the night away!

03/12/2025

We were so saddened to learn that our beloved Wagga SAILS member Len Robinson passed away over the weekend.

Len was a pioneering member of SAILS and had been involved with RDAS for over 15 years, serving on our Board in the past and supporting many of our activities up until very recently. He was a frequent contributor and leader of SAILS meetings, and winner of our inaugural Karen Perry Community Member of the Year award in 2024. Len was also an enthusiastic and active member of the Council for Intellectual Disability, facilitating education sessions and activities in his region to promote awareness, support and inclusion for people with intellectual disability.

Len will be terribly missed by everyone at RDAS, especially in Wagga. We express our heartfelt condolences to his partner Leonie and all of his loved ones.

27/11/2025