This is a 2 part online workshop:

Part 1. Wednesday 22nd September - 10.00am-12.45pm

Part 2. Friday 24th September -10.00am-12.45pm

About the workshop:

There are a lot of reasons why people with disability may not be as connected with community as they would like to be. Yet the need to belong is fundamental to all of us. We all want to feel like our presence is noticed and valued by others.

Like most good things in life, building belonging takes work. It does not happen automatically, particularly for people with disability. But experience tells us that the effort and work is well worth it.

This two part, online workshop, looks at what it means to belong, the challenges and barriers to belonging that people with disability can experience, and includes strategies to help us work towards meaningful inclusion in our community, be that in our neighbourhoods, at work, at school or our social and sporting clubs.

About the topic:

Unless we have an understanding of how to connect with community and build belonging, and take actions to achieve it, belonging and connection beyond family and services will continue to escape us.

This interactive online workshop is broken into two parts. It includes opportunities for participants to discuss, engage, and share together in order to explore what it means to belong and where to start in working towards it.

“We need to belong... if the deepest truth about us is that we are social creatures by nature, then it follows that social isolation is unhealthy for us.” - Hugh Mackay

Download the flyer here (pdf)

Download the accessible flyer here (word)

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is for people with disability, their families, friends and supporters. It will be of interest to anyone who is interested in achieving real belonging and inclusion for themselves or someone they care about.

Using Your NDIS Funding at CRU

For self-managing and plan-managed NDIS participants, see the Learning Objectives on the event's page. You can decide if this is a reasonable and necessary support to help you (or your family member) achieve their goals.

Learning Objectives

To explore the importance of belonging and contribution for all people
To analyse why belonging doesn’t just happen for people with disability
To understand what it takes for all people to belong
To challenge some of the assumptions and beliefs that people can hold for people with disability
To develop ideas and strategies to more intentionally assist people to belong in the communities of their choice

About CRU:

For over 30 years, Community Resource Unit has been working across Queensland to help people with disability take control of their lives and take their place in their community.

This event is partly subsidised by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services through an Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) grant.

If cost is a barrier to attending, please contact CRU to discuss.