Year 11 student Breannan Moir practices on the Life Skill Pedestrian Safety VR program
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Students at Mackay District Special School are benefiting from virtual reality learning, courtesy of Endeavour Foundation.
The disability service provider has worked with Queensland University of Technology and other developers to create unique VR learning tools to teach people a range of life and work-related skills including how to use an ATM, catch public transport, and drive a car or forklift truck.
Mackay District Special School’s deputy principal Sereta Uitenweerde said students were already using the technology to improve skills and build confidence.
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People with intellectual disabilities have gained employment opportunities thanks to a newly-formed partnership between the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission and the Endeavour Foundation.
Endeavour Foundation has taken on the role of packing and delivering QRIC’s race day testing kits, as a result of a recent trial of the new process.
On Tuesday QRIC said the success of the trial had led to improved efficiency at the Racing Science Centre, as scientists had more time to carry out the testing process which they were highly trained for.
The race day kits are delivered to about 1800 thoroughbred, harness and greyhound meetings across Queensland each year including Rockhampton, Gladstone and Emerald.
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(KNSI) – An organization will award $30,000 a year for the next two years to eight people to develop them into leaders and social entrepreneurs.
“It’s a business that has both a profit motive and a purpose motive. It’s a business that has a mission. A social mission of some sort or an environmental mission of some sort. And, you know, is trying to make a profit, or at least support itself.”
He says the $30,000 is intended to help the recipients pursue any idea they want, even if it means possibly dialing down their full-time work. The stipend helps with living expenses and training expenses to get their plan off the ground.
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Mackay businessmen are taking the wheel and rallying to raise funds to support people with a disability.
Rally drivers will tackle some of the most uncharted terrain in Queensland, driving between 400km to 600km a day starting from St George and crossing the Simpson Desert.
The 7000km trek will end in Charleville after taking in Birdsville, Innamincka, Cameron Corner and Tobooburra.
But, the rally itself is just the reward.
The Old Bulls team organiser Blair Hall has been involved in the Great Endeavour Rally for the past four years and was passionate about support for people with disabilities.