General information
Asbestos & Silica Awareness Virtual Sessions During COVID to TAFES
Over the past months during COVID restrictions ACV/GARDS has been conducting virtual Asbestos & Silica Awareness sessions to as many TAFE apprentices that we could. We are very proud to say that there are apprentice Carpenters at Chisholm TAFE Frankston and Dandenong that have been a part of these sessions. We also have been able…
Read MoreDonate via the PayPal Giving Fund
We now accept Paypal With COVID making it more difficult than ever to donate and fundraise traditionally, we have introduced PayPal as another way to donate and pay membership fees. PayPal is one of the most trusted online payment methods in the world. It uses the latest in data encryption and anti-fraud technology to keep…
Read MoreThe new ‘Donation Dollar’
A small coin, made to make a difference. ACV/GARDS is excited to hear the news of Donation Dollar. Donation Dollar is an official coin, which can be spent like any other $1 coin, but is designed catch our eye amongst the change we use every day and remind us to give. Even a small act…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Our Heroes in the Pandemic 2020
This is our employee, Maitea, who conducts our support group in Melbourne – the support group is shut down for the rest of this year due to COVID-19 but, Maitea is still very busy as she is a registered nurse and working in a COVID ward in Frankston. She is our hero and we are…
Read MoreLatest ACV/GARDS Asbestos News May 2020 Edition out now
Take a look at our latest newsletter – hope you find it an interesting read https://gards.org/newsletters/
Read MoreHazelwood Demolition information May 2020
Please see the updated pdf news on the demolition of the Hazelwood Power Station including Chimney demolition, Demolition timeframe, Environmental Considerations and Exclusion Zones.
Read MoreSupport Groups and Events Cancelled – COVID-19
Please note – As of 17th March 2020 all our events and support groups – Gippsland & Metro meetings are cancelled at this present time for our members and public safety due to COVID-19 – we will notify you by this medium when our support groups and events recommence. If you wish to contact us…
Read MoreAsbestos & Silica Awareness Chisholm TAFE Frankston Carpenters 2020
#Asbestos & Silica – 12th March 2020 – the ACV/GARDS team visited the Frankston campus of Chisholm TAFE – apprentice Carpenters – 20 new apprentices who listened to an asbestos & silica awareness session – they were a switched on bunch who asked lots of questions around all things asbestos & silica – the feed…
Read MoreAsbestos Awareness Orana Seniors Club 2020
The 5th March ACV/GARDS conducted a presentation to the Orana Senior Citizens Club – 30 senior citizens listened to a very informative talk on asbestos from the past – present and future perspective. Those that attended enjoyed the videos shown and samples that they could view. Many questions were asked and a few of the…
Read MoreAsbestos & Silica Awareness Chisholm TAFE Dandenong Carpenters 2020
#Asbestos & #Silica – 6th March 2020 – the ACV/GARDS team visited the Dandenong campus of Chisholm TAFE – apprentice Carpenters – 21 x 1st year and pre -apprentices listened to an asbestos & silica awareness session – they were a switched on bunch who asked lots of questions around all things asbestos & silica –…
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