ACV/GARDS Christmas and Holiday Information

Purple sparkle Christmas bauble on a Christmas tree, with Christmas lights in the background

Merry Christmas! As the end of year approaches, we want to inform you that the ACV/GARDS office will be closing for Christmas from Wednesday, 20th December 2024. During the Christmas and New Year break, Vicki will be available via phone to assist anyone in need. Our office will reopen on Friday, 24th January 2025. We…

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December 2024 newsletter now available

Front cover of the December newsletter for GARDS

Our Latest Newsletter is Here! What a year it has been! Since our last newsletter in August, we’ve been hard at work and continuing our mission to make a difference. We’re thrilled to share our December newsletter, covering all the updates and activities from August to December 2024. Inside, you’ll find: Highlights of what we’ve…

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Interactive Asbestos Product Guide

Sixe images showing different products Asbestos can be found in outside of a house such as paints, roof, electrical parts, insulation, machinery.

A great new resource available is the interactive Asbestos Product Guide, developed by the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA), provides a visual reference for various types of products with asbestos containing material (ACM) that can still be found in Australia. Access the guide at the Asbestos Safety website >

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ACV/GARDS Xmas Lunch – Melbourne 9th November

9th December saw our Melb support group members having a wonderful time at the Mulgrave Country Club for our annual Xmas lunch – we had 13 members attend – this is some of the members enjoying the festivities of the day. We had two full tables but by the time the photos were thought about…

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ACV/GARDS Xmas Lunch – Gippsland 7th December 2024

7th December the ACV/GARDS crew conducted their Xmas lunch for members – what a wonderful day it was – everyone enjoyed the food and Santa coming to give gifts to all who attended. Their was present swapping and much chatter on the day – with some catching up with each other that had not been…

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Asbestos Awareness Day Event Gippsland Nov 29th 2024

#asbestoswareness #silica #events #acvgards – 29th November saw our org conduct its Asbestos and Silica Awareness event in Gippsland Heritage Park Moe – there were many who gathered from around Gippsland to come and listen to our inspirational speakers who all added the knowledge sharing and support of those who are suffering and lost someone…

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Asbestos & Silica Awareness Day Event Metro Melbourne 19th Nov 2024

#asbestos #silica #AsbestosAwareness – on 19th November at the City of Melbourne Bowls Club at the Flag Staff Gardens – #acvgards conducted its first of two events for Asbestos & Silica Awareness day events – our speakers were inspirational/emotional and informative – the Choir of Hard knocks were truly wonderful and added so much to…

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