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See Me, See Us: Afford celebrates IDPwD with inclusive talent exhibition at PHIVE

Nov 26, 2025

See Me, See Us: Afford celebrates IDPwD with inclusive talent exhibition at PHIVE Afford is proud to announce See Me,...

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Afford Partners with Model Mates

Nov 20, 2025

Afford, one of Australia’s leading disability service providers, has partnered with inclusive modelling agency Model Mates to deliver a three-day modelling intensive designed to empower people with disability to step confidently into the world of fashion, media and advertising.

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New program to improve job outcomes for people with disability is here

Nov 3, 2025

The Australian Foundation for Disability (Afford) continues to deliver on its purpose of supporting people with disability after successfully tendering to provide Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) from November 3. This is the program that replaces DES and it’s all things forward-thinking.

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Afford announces employment tender win

Aug 4, 2025

Afford has successfully tendered to the Department of Social Services to deliver Inclusive Employment Australia, the specialist disability employment program that will replace the existing Disability Employment Services (DES).

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Australian Foundation for Disability announces restructure

Apr 8, 2025

The Australian Foundation for Disability (Afford) has made the difficult decision to close its community centres and Australian Disability Enterprise supported employment factory in Minchinbury, New South Wales later this year.

During the past two years Afford’s board and leadership team has thoroughly investigated every possible avenue to keep the centres and the factory in action.

Unfortunately, we have not been able to find a solution which leads us to this announcement, said Afford CEO Jo Toohey.