Welcome to the New Zealand Federation of Vocational and Support Services (VASS)

We are a federation of 70 community organisations that support disabled people by helping them identify and fulfil their personal goals and aspirations, find work and participate in their communities.

Our goal is to ensure disabled people are working, participating and fulfilling their aspirations in inclusive communities.

We provide the following services for our members to help them achieve this:

• Provide opportunities for peer support through meetings, seminars and a peer mentoring programme
• Provide members with a joint voice to Government and fund holders
• Provide members with information through our popular newsletter, Wellington Update, as well as providing information about government policy, current research and issues

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Upcoming Events

You can now register for our June Leadership and Member's Forums, which are being held on the 6th and 7th of June in Wellington. For more information, including a copy of the programme, click here. Registrations are open until the 30th of May.

We are pleased to confirm the details of our 2012 National Conference:

For more information on the National Conference and other upcoming VASS events please click here.

Join Us On Facebook

We have recently set up a facebook page. We would love for you to join us on facebook. Please click here to have a look at our page. This page is very new but we hope that it will become a useful tool that will provide you with relevant information and encourage discussion.

'Enabling Good Lives' Report Released

The Minister for Disability Issues has approved the release of the ‘Enabling Good Lives’ report. A copy of the report, released on February 2nd, is available on the Office for Disability Issues website

This report is the result of the Ministerial Working Group, convened last year to develop a ‘clean sheet’ approach to community participation and day services for disabled people.