Yooralla is a non-profit disability support and community service provider in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Yooralla assists those who live with a disability acquired from birth, accident, ill health or age. Assistance is given to children and adults to do everyday things that most of us take for granted - eating, moving about, talking, showering, working and generally living independently.

Yooralla employs over 1,300 specialist staff across the state to address the needs of approximately 30,000 Victorians each year. It offers pre-school, school-aged and adult therapy services, residential accommodation, respite in and out of home, equipment, advocacy, employment and recreation services. Yooralla prides itself in the supports it provides and has a commitment to providing these within a person-centred framework.

Sister Faith started Yooralla when she founded a kindergarten for crippled children in 1918 in Carlton

Carlton, Victoria

Carlton is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...

 during a polio epidemic

Epidemic

In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...

. Yooralla is an indigenous word meaning 'place of love'.

Yooralla's current Chief Executive Officer is Sanjib Roy.

A Yooralla television advertisement of particular note featured a unique jingle. Venetta Fields

Venetta Fields

Venetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones...

, John Paul Young

John Paul Young

John Paul Young is an Australian pop singer who had a 1978 worldwide hit with "Love Is in the Air"...

, Wendy Stapleton

Wendy Stapleton

Wendy Anne-Marie Stapleton is an Australian pop/rock singer-songwriter, and musical theatre and television actress. Stapleton has performed as a backing singer, session musician and a solo artist; she fronted various Melbourne-based groups including Wendy Stapleton Band and Wendy & the Rocketts ...

, Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel

William Thomas "Tommy" Emmanuel AM is an Australian guitarist, best known for his complex fingerpicking style, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar. In the May 2008 and 2010 issues of Guitar Player Magazine, he was named as "Best Acoustic Guitarist" in their...

, Enza Pantano, Colin Stephen and Sharon Cambridge sing here. Rod Quantock

Rod Quantock

Rod Quantock is an Australian stand-up comedian and writer. He is known for his peculiar style of stand-up comedy, which is often politically driven, as well as being the face of bed retailer Capt'n Snooze for many years...

 plays percussion. Original music was by David Hirschfelder

David Hirschfelder

David Hirschfelder is an Australian film score composer and performer.Hirschfelder was born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria....

 and Colin Stephen.