This is a 2 part online workshop:

Part 1: Tuesday 3rd June 20254, 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Part 2: Tuesday 10th June 2025, 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Participants in this workshop will need to attend both sessions live as there will be no recording available.

About the workshop:

Home is a vital part of our lives.
It provides us with security, privacy, comfort and control but it also reflects our identity, adulthood and how we belong in our neighbourhood. For many people with intellectual disability and autism, home is designed by others with little control over the decisions that others take for granted. This online workshop explores individualised and innovative ways that people with a disability have created their own home, while getting the support they need.

Topics covered will include:

• What does it really mean to have your own home and is it possible?
• Vision for home
• First steps when creating a home of your own
• Living in your own home and settling in
• Home options and creative supports
• Addressing barriers and fears
• Home as a part of community
• Setting up for long term safety and success

Download the Accessible flyer here (word)

About the Presenter: Danielle Mason

Danielle is a senior facilitator with CRU and has worked on the Making Home Real project since its inception in 2020. Danielle started her career working with people who lived in a long-stay health facility, which sparked a passion for ensuring people get to live in ordinary homes with people they choose to live with.

About the Guest Speaker: Bronwyn Moloney

Having started work in the late 70s at an institution which had just changed from a medical model to a residential model, Bronwyn Moloney has been fortunate to be involved in creating different living options for people with disabilities. She has particularly worked with people leaving institutions to return to the community, and families wanting something other than congregate care for their adult children with disability, knowing that group homes are not the answer.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop will be relevant to people with developmental disabilities, their families and supporters as they think through how they can move into and thrive in a home they can call their own. There will be a limited number of tickets available for workers.

Learning Objectives:

1. Know what a home is and is not and be able to clearly articulate the difference between alternate models
2. Understand that having a home is part of having a good life in neighbourhood and community
3. Be inspired and believe that having a home of their own is possible
4. Explore some of the essential elements that makes one’s home their own
5. Consider what it will take for a person to settle into their own home
6. Explore a range of housing options as well as formal and informal supports
7. Work collaboratively to begin addressing common fears
8. Explore ways to renew and safeguard the person’s living arrangement

What do I need to participate?

CRU will be using Zoom meetings as a platform. To participate you will need:

a computer, tablet or smart phone with internet access
speakers/sound
a microphone and video camera are not essential but will be helpful for your participation

Event details

This workshop will be held via a Zoom Session and log-in details will be sent to participants who register a few days prior to the event
Log-in will be available 15 minutes prior to each event commencing

This workshop is brought to you by CRU as part of the My Home, My Way initiative by the National Alliance of Capacity Building Organisations (NACBO).

The cost of this event is partly subsidised* by a Department of Social Services Information, Linkages and Capacity Building grant. If cost is a barrier to attending, please contact CRU to discuss.

About CRU:

Community Resource Unit has a 37 year track-record of working across Queensland to help people with disability take control of their lives and take their place in their community.

Contact CRU if you need assistance or are unable to register online, by calling (07) 3844 2211 or email us at cru@cru.org.au.