Dog Guide Handlers Australia 2018 Conference Attendance Expression Of Interest
 
This year, on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 November, at the Novotel Hotel, Brighton Beach, Sydney in New South Wales, Dog Guide Handlers Australia will hold its third National Conference. 
 
With kind sponsorship from Guide Dogs Australia, the Royal Society for the Blind and Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs, DGHA is in a position to assist a limited number of current Dog Guide Handlers on low incomes with up to $500 to cover conference registration and assistance towards cost of travel and accommodation. 
 
It is envisaged that this funding support would be taken up by Dog Guide Handlers who otherwise would not be able to attend. 
  
Please complete the following:  
Name: 
Address – (Include State and Post Code): 
Phone - (either home or mobile): 
Email: 
 
In your Expression Of Interest for this funding could you please answer the following questions?  
1. Are you in current Employment? 

2. Would you consider submitting an article to DGHA and your training organisation speaking about your experience at the Conference?

3. How would you benefit if you were able to attend the conference? 

4. Which dog guide school and state are you in? 

5. If not a member of DGHA would you consider becoming a member? 
  
In order to expediate the payment process, please provide us with your bank account details:
Account Name:
BSB:
Account Number:

Expressions Of Interest can be emailed to;  
DGHA President, Nadia Mattiazzo using the email address below 
 
mailto:dgha@dgha.org.au?subject=DGHA 2018 Conference Funding Expression of Intrest 

Closing date for Expressions Of Interest is Friday 12 October. A select panel of DGHA Executive Committee members will consider the Expressions Of Interest applications and inform successful applicants by  Tuesday 16 October. 

If you haven’t already registered, the registration fee for the conference of $250 will be deducted from the $500 and the balance paid into your bank account. 
 
Membership to DGHA is a one-off payment of $20, should non-members choose to become members. 
 
If a successful applicant finds they are unable to attend the conference a refund of any granted funds must be made to DGHA. 
 
Dog Guide Handlers Australia would like to thank Guide Dogs Australia, the Royal Society for the Blind  and Vision Australia Seeing Eye dogs for their support of the 2018 Dog Guide Handlers Australia conference. 
 
Thank you 
 
Nadia Mattiazzo 
President Dog Guide Handlers Australia