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Our history – an EPIC timeline

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1980s

  • MORE Inc. was established to provide recreational services for people with disability
  • MORE Inc. received Australian Government funding to create an employment service to get people with disability into open employment.

1990s

  • MORE was renamed EPIC Employment Service Inc. and became an incorporated body. At this point, EPIC’s team consisted of CEO Nick Litrus and three staff members working out of a small office on Brisbane’s Northside
  • EPIC worked with the Mercy Centre to transition sheltered workshop employees into open employment.

2000s

  • EPIC opened New Zealand offices in Christchurch and Dunedin.

2010

  • Became Australia’s first Disability Confident Recruiter through Australian Network on Disability
  • EPIC Slovakia, Scotland and Czech Republic was created
  • EPIC’s registered training organisation EPIC Education Assist was created
  • EPIC’s mental health team was created
  • EPIC Employment Service Inc. was renamed to EPIC Assist, and the organisation underwent a branding transformation
  • In line with the NDIS rollout, EPIC began offering work preparation in real workplaces in Tasmania, Melbourne, Bundaberg and Lismore
  • EPIC expanded its service offerings to include workplace training (disability awareness, autism awareness, mental health training), web and digital design services
  • EPIC’s volunteer program commenced.

2020 and beyond!

  • Launched a fundraising program to support students with disability

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