Melba Loop Podcast

Liam shares his favourite supports with Melba and has a tip for what to order next time you're having a counter lunch at the pub. Click here for a transcribed version of this podcast: https://bit.ly/3MRY4pT

Today is International Women's Day. In the last in our series 6 Great Women, Melba Disability and Inclusion Project Officer Kate shares about her own disability, and what she's doing for women with disability. Click here for a transcribed version of this podcast: https://bit.ly/3KtlYG7

In the lead-up to International Women's Day, Melba Outcomes Lead Kathleen shares the extraordinary way she ended up in disability, and what makes women great. Click here for a transcribed version of this podcast: https://bit.ly/3sKRYQ3

In the lead-up to International Women's Day, one of Melba's General Manager of Outcomes Angela shares what gives her hope for women in the future. Click here for a transcribed version of this podcast: https://bit.ly/3HN6RFO

In the lead-up to International Women's Day, Melba's General Manager of Finance, Karen shares challenges some women in Australia are facing. Click here for a transcribed version of this podcast: https://bit.ly/3Mswxv5

In the lead-up to International Women's Day, Melba CEO Hayley shares insights, including how far there is to go for women to be on equal footing with men in this country.

In the lead-up to International Women's Day, Tricia shares issues concerning women with disability and what we need to do to turn the situation around. Click here for a transcribed version of this podcast: https://bit.ly/3CbGgB3

Dr Matt Brett revealed his hidden talent at Melba's End of Year Celebration

Andrew is a person supported by Melba and in this chat, he shares a bit about some of his favourite activities with Melba

Carolyn from Melba Support Coordination shares more about the qualities of a support coordinator.

Anita shares some great achievements by Melba's ARROW group helping supported people in the community.

Stephen shares more about this amazing program for supported people and the type of volunteers they need.

Listen to Melba CEO Hayley explain what the Melba Way is and what it means for people supported

Melba CEO Hayley Dean shares a bit more about some of the highlights from 2021 and the vision for Melba.

Ally shares her story, why she became a support worker with Melba, and what she loves about her job.

House supervisor Zeina and support worker Shaun share about how fulfilling and rewarding it is working for Melba.

Jacqui McCowan, the General Manager of outcomes in Central Highlands & Wimmera, shares about the services Melba offers in her area and current job vacancies.

Join Liam and Chris chatting with Marisa from Harvest Collective about this great Melba initiative, and how it involves people Melba supports and school kids in the Yarra Ranges.

Senior Outcomes Manager in Gippsland, Erina, shares how COVID-19 restrictions impacted people Melba supports, how they managed, and what it means now restrictions are lifted in regional Victoria

In this week's episode of the Melba Loop, co-host Liam joined our host Chris to chat with Kim, Melba's outcome specialist, to get answers to some of the most common questions surrounding the Disability Royal Commission hearings.

On this episode of Melba Loop, host Jessica Shorten speaks with Brendan Fox, gold and bronze winner at the National Para and Vision impaired championships in Brisbane for archery. In this fascinating episode, Brenden talks about his life, his natural gift with sports and his recent trip to Fiji.

Hosted by Jessica, in this episode we talk to HR recruitment manager Olivia Hurley about the current Great Jobs in Gippsland. A great listen and don't forget to subscribe!

This episode is hosted by Zulejha Molokov and features Melba's positive behaviour mentor/coach, Kathleen Dennis, discussing the importance of self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Melba Loop Episode 5 is out now for listening! This episode is hosted by David Glazebrook and features our Medical Advisor, Dr Miranda Sandars, and our GM, Practice, Quality and Safeguards, Dr Anneke Jurgens. Both Anneke and Miranda discuss what's been put in place to help protect people at Melba during COVID-19, and ways to help cope with isolation during this time.

This episode is hosted by David Glazebrook, Melba's General Manager of Innovation and Development, and features Jeremy's dad, Paul, discussing his experience with Melba Support Services. Jeremy is an individual we support at our Morwell home in Gippsland.

This episode is hosted by Zulejha Molokov, Melba Comms Manager, and features Melba's friendly support coordinator, Gordon Graham, discussing 'What is support coordination?'.

Melba's podcast is back again, this week interviewing the multi-talented multimedia mind Luke. Luke chats volunteering, his recent trip to Japan, and all things design. Listen here! [Episode 2 Transcript: Zulejha: Hi, and welcome to another edition of the Melba Loop. I'm Zulejha, and I'm with one of Melba's volunteers, Luke. Zulejha: So Luke, what do you actually do as a volunteer here at Melba? Luke: I take photos and edit together videos. Zulejha: Fantastic! So how are you finding it so far? What do you like about it? Luke: I love the environment and the opportunity Melba has given me to use my knowledge about design. Because it is something that I studied at university. Zulejha: Awesome! So where did you actually study? Luke: Swinburne University Zulejha: Great! And what course was that? Luke: It was called multimedia. Zulejha: Multimedia, awesome. So it's actually really related to what you studied at uni? Luke: Yes Zulejha: Perfect. And what are you hoping to do after your volunteering experience? Luke: Well, I love the sense of community that I have with Melba, and I love the different types of work with different people. Zulejha: Fantastic. And word on the grapevine is that you recently went on a really cool holiday to Japan. Can you tell us more about your trip to Japan? Luke: Yes, I recently been to Japan, and I went to the TeamLab Borderless museum, which is the only digital museum in the world. Um, and it challenged my ideas of time, space and sound. Zulejha: Oh wow, that sounds awesome! So you would recommend it to other people who would travel to Japan? Luke: Yes! Zulejha: Oh Great! So obviously it's something that sparked your interest as you already have an interest in design. Fantastic. Zulejha: So, when you actually walk into the digital museum, what do you actually hear and see? Luke: It is an overload of information and you are basically set in a position which is borderless; which is the name of the museum. You can't get a sense of the direction, there is no set course to the final destination. So what you see each time you visit might be different, or slightly different. Zulejha: God, that sounds awesome! Something to check out I reckon for anyone who's visiting Japan. Zulejha: So thank you so much for your time today Luke. We really appreciate it. And thanks for listening to this episode of the Melba loop. Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud, and we look forward to bringing you another episode of the Melba Loop.]

This episode is hosted by Zulejha Molokov, Melba Comms Manager, and features David Glazebrook, Melba's General Manager of Innovation and Development discussing 'Why is it so important for a person with a disability to have a home of their choice?'. [Episode 1 Transcript: Zulejha: “Hi, welcome to an edition of The Melba Loop. I'm with Dave Glazebrook, Melba's General Manager of Innovation and Development. So Dave, I'd love to hear you thoughts today, can you answer for me why is it so important for a person with a disability to have a home of their choice?” Dave: “This is because we're building a range of homes for people with a disability. Melba for many years was lucky with 10% saying of them were saying they were living where they wanted and with whom they wanted. A lot of people in group homes, they are living with four or five other people. They may or may not have a choice or may or may not get on with those four or five other people. So in my life and in your life, we get to choose who we live with. For people with disability, quite often they don't get that choice - so that's why choosing where you live and then with whom is really important. So there's people we have the pleasure of working for, generally need to live on their own most of the time, or just want to live with a friend - that's what it is. Not sort of in a home with a group of other people. So the choice that the general population has, and I generalise, most people get to choose the parameters and the limits they have, where they live and who they live with. The same should apply to people with disabilities. The same rights as everybody else.” Zulejha: “Great, thank you.”]