Effective advocacy is informed by a set of principles. Citizen Advocacy is no different. As we discussed in the 1st June post, fundamentally, advocates need to be independent. This is especially true when a protégé’s life is surrounded by formal paid service requiring an advocate to see themselves as completely independent of those structures.They will …read more
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The Liberation Work of Citizen Advocacy
The late Dr Wolf Wolfensberger, the original designer of the Citizen Advocacy model, conducted workshops on many topics. One that comes to mind seems to have even greater relevance today than when I first attended it in 1991. It was called The Liberation workshop and addressed not just the wounds of devalued (which we address …read more
What is the role of the Citizen Advocacy Trust?
The Citizen Advocacy Trust of Australia exists to support, promote and safeguard the existence, independence and quality of Citizen Advocacy Programs throughout Australia. It seeks to do this by raising money for the distribution of grants to eligible Citizen Advocacy Programs (in Australia), to support the development of new Citizen Advocacy Programs and for Citizen Advocacy …read more
Outcomes of supporting attendance to latest international SRV conference
“The principles hold your feet to the fire”. In June the Trust provided a grant to support Capricorn Citizen Advocacy committee member, Sharon Lowe, to attend the 2018 Social Role Valorization Conference and pre conference day on Citizen Advocacy held in Canada. This provided an opportunity for her to meet and discuss issues with a wide …read more
What makes Citizen Advocacy different? An article by Bob Lee
Bob Lee has extensive knowledge and experience working with people with disability and their families and was the founding coordinator of Sunshine Coast Citizen Advocacy, a role he held for 20 years. Bob is well known for supporting the development of Citizen Advocacy in Australia and hosted a number of successful learning events and activities to that …read more
The Citizen Advocacy Study Group
The Trust seeks to support the ongoing development of Program Coordinators and Board members in a number of ways, including via the regular meetings that boards and staff hold. These include “Network Meetings” and the “Citizen Advocacy Study Group”. The Study Group is of particular interest to the Trust because it aligns with the Trusts …read more