Vivid Learning, a local NDIS-registered disability service provider, is launching revamped programs for participants with great flexibility and enhanced skill-building opportunities. Pictured is Vivid learning manager Sue Green.
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Vivid Learning, your local NDIS-registered disability service provider, is set to launch revamped programs designed to offer greater flexibility and enhanced skill-building opportunities for participants.
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The new structure will offer each new program stream across five days, ensuring participants can access their preferred activities regardless of which day they are available.
The new offerings include life skills, art and culture, adventure and recreation, UPbicycle bike restoration and Media Lab programs available five days a week.
Vivid Learning manager Sue Green said the organisation identified gaps in its previous system that limited access to preferred activities.
“We decided to revamp them, because we have been running the old programs for a long time and also to offer each program stream across the five days, so that it didn't matter what day you attended, you could do cooking, art and craft, adventure and recreation,” Mrs Green said.
The redesigned programs emphasise capacity and skills building across various areas.
“The idea behind the new programs is that each program has a learning component,” Mrs Green said.
“It is really around our capacity building and skills building, whether that is independent living skills, computer skills, socialisation skills or travel training, anything.
“We now do life skills, art and culture, adventure and recreation, UPbicycle bike restoration and Media Lab five days a week.
“An example could be, if you want to come to us five days a week, you could do two days of cooking, two days of art and one day of bike shop.”
Vivid Learning manager Sue Green highlighted that each program stream would be available across five days to ensure accessibility for all participants. Offerings include life skills, art and culture, adventure and recreation, and bike shop programs.
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Vivid Learning has a range of specific programs that fit into key themes, which include:
Adventure and Recreation
The Adventure & Recreation program offers participants a fun and inclusive way to explore their community while building important life skills.
Through activities such as Passport Adventures, bowling, swimming, farm experiences and sports program, participants are supported in trying new things, building independence and enjoying meaningful social experiences.
Culture and arts
Across the program, participants will take part in TableTop Travels, where they explore different countries and cultures through art, stories, dress, music and shared experiences, as well as visual arts using diverse mediums such as murals, photography, textiles, sensory and nature‑based art.
Creative sessions also include recyclable art, card-making and performing arts activities such as music, dance and movement.
The culture and arts program involves exploring different cultures through art, music and shared experiences. Pictured are Nathan Dri, Kate Michaels, Toni Barton, Talisha Hawkins, Leigh Coffey, Precy Jayme and Finlay Duffy at a Vivid Silent Voices Performance at Glanville Village.
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Life Skills
Life Skills offers a balance of cooking, independent living skills, health and wellbeing activities, and opportunities for personal growth.
Participants engage in real‑life tasks at their own pace, supported by staff and, where relevant, allied health professionals to strengthen learning.
The Life Skills program offers cooking, independent living skills, health activities and personal growth opportunities
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UPbicycle: A Bike Restoration and Community Workshop Program
Participants will dismantle and rebuild donated bicycles, learn safe tool use, replace and recycle parts, and collaborate to restore bikes and participate in community-facing activities such as collecting donations, welcoming community members and preparing refurbished bikes for affordable sale or donation.
The UPbicycle program involves bike restoration, safe tool use and community engagement activities. VIVID Kyabram Upbicycle program with Jake DeBono, Will Beatton and Damien Cocks.
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The range of bikes Vivid participants have restored through the UPbicycle program in Echuca.
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Media Lab
Across the week, participants can explore everyday digital skills, photography, storytelling, podcasting, music and film in a supportive, hands‑on environment.
Each program is structured to develop practical abilities.
“The idea is that each program is geared up to build skills,” Mrs Green said.
“That was the intent behind the new programs, to make sure we really honed in on that learning component as well.”
The organisation will implement a review system every six months to ensure programs meet participant needs.
Participant feedback will drive future program development.
“If there is actually anything people are keen on, we are also very open to feedback around what you would like to be doing,” Mrs Green said.
“We are very keen for these programs to be participant-led and person-centred.
“Some of the people who have been in our programs for a long time have actually chosen something completely different.
“People do sign up for a six-month block, but we are also very flexible and we appreciate that sometimes things aren't quite what people expect.
“We are really flexible in terms of someone going for four weeks to a program, and after that time, for whatever reason, didn’t like it, we are happy to work with them and move them to another program.”
Mrs Green finds the greatest satisfaction in witnessing participant engagement firsthand.
“For me, the best part of my job has always been that I’m actually on the ground with the participants,” she said.
“There is nothing better than going out there and seeing their faces and you go, ‘Wow, we are part of something amazing.’”
Service delivery varies by location, with Echuca offering the full program suite, while Kyabram provides one program daily based on participant preferences.
Transport services connect Kyabram participants to Echuca programs when desired.
The programs will officially launch on July 1.
Vivid is a NDIS-registered disability service provider supporting people living with disability across Echuca, Kyabram, Swan Hill, Kerang and surrounding townships.
