2017 Awards
NDS’s Membership Recognition Awards acknowledge the loyalty, support and contributions of Organisational Members that have reached the milestones of 20, 30, 40 and 50 years of continued NDS membership.
In December 2016, 17 members were recognised for their long-standing partnership with NDS.
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50 years of continued membership
- Disability Services Australia Ltd
Disability Services Australia was started in 1957 by a group of parents to create employment opportunities for their sons and daughters with a disability.
Today, they are a not-for-profit social enterprise employing more than 1,400 people in key regions of New South Wales including the Hunter, the Illawarra, Metropolitan Sydney, the Southern Highlands and Southern Ranges.
Mark Spurr of Disability Services Australia (centre) was presented with a 50 year NDS Membership Recognition Award by Joan McKenna Kerr and Ken Baker.
- Vision Australia
Vision Australia is a leading national provider of blindness and low vision services in Australia. They work in partnership with Australians who are blind or have low vision to help them achieve the possibilities they choose in life.
We support more than 27,500 people of all ages and life stages, and circumstances.
Jane Wick of Vision Australia (centre) was presented with a 50 year NDS Membership Recognition Award by Joan McKenna Kerr and Ken Baker.
40 years of continued membership
- Hartley Lifecare Inc
30 years of continued membership
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance
- Darwin Skills Development Scheme Inc
- Endeavour Foundation
- Minda Incorporated
- The Personnel Group Ltd
20 years of continued membership
- Anglicare Tasmania Inc
- The Cram Foundation
- Granite Belt Support Services Inc
- JewishCare
- McCall Gardens Community Limited
- MiLife-Victoria Inc
- Self Help Workplace
- Sharing Places Inc
- Wangarang Industries Ltd
- Windgap Foundation