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Join us for an online community forum to have your say on the draft National Disability Advocacy Framework 2022-2025.

Disability advocacy helps to protect the rights of people with disability. It supports them to take part in the community and have a say in decisions that affect them.

The Department of Social Services is holding community forums to get feedback on a new draft National Disability Advocacy Framework 2022-2025.

Please register by 24 June 2022.

About the Framework

The Framework aims to ensure all people with disability can access effective advocacy services and support in a changing environment.

It is a shared commitment between federal, state and territory governments to improving access and outcomes for people with disability.

Who should attend the forum?

The forum is for people with disability and their families, carers, advocates and other interested stakeholders to talk about and provide input on what is important to improve and include in the new Framework.

How to take part in the forum

Please register to take part in the community forum

The online forum will run for 2 hours on Zoom.

You will be emailed a link to join the forum closer to the date of the event. The link will be sent to the email address you used to register.

During the forum, we will use an online engagement tool called Mentimeter to get your feedback. You will be given a code to access the questions in menti.com during the forum.

If you have accessibility requirements, please tell us about these when registering. Auslan and live captioning is available.

What will the forums cover?

This is an opportunity to have your say on the new Framework, including:

Aspects of the draft Framework that are most important to you
The extent to which the draft Framework helps to advance disability advocacy
Anything that needs to be improved, changed or added to the draft Framework.

More information

Visit engage.dss.gov.au for more information, including other ways to have your say and helpful resources such as a submission guide. There is also an Easy Read of the Framework.

For help registering, please contact The Social Deck at engage@thesocialdeck.com or call 0491 617 118.

*Places are limited. Events will close when fully subscribed but wait lists will be available.

Privacy

Information about how we handle your personal information as part of this consultation is set out in the National Disability Advocacy Framework - APP 5 Privacy Collection Notice.

The Social Deck will collect information when you register for the purposes of communicating with you about this event. The Social Deck’s Privacy Policy contains information about our processes for collecting and storing information.