FREE COMMUNITY EVENT, LUNCH PROVIDED!

It is so often said that ‘Knowledge is Power’ and ‘You don’t know what you don’t know’.

So… what if, together, we can do something about that?

Thanks to an NSW Government Grant from the Department of Communities and Justice and the Disability Advocacy Futures Program, Action for People With Disability is proud and excited to present a series of 8 community education and advocacy workshops for the disability community in Northern Sydney.

They would love you to join their team and the panel of expert presenters they have brought together, so that you can learn specialised information to support you to know and uphold your rights, and to be your own self-advocate.

Knowledge truly can bring power.

So let’s learn together.

WORKSHOP 8: Thursday August 1st 2024

Informed and Empowered: Disability and Housing

Together with our expert speakers, we will build our understanding of:

• Introduction to Disability Rights and Housing
• Some current housing models and pathways and eligibility (for example Public Housing, Community Housing)
• Responsibilities of signing a lease and sustaining a tenancy
• Modifications to property for accessibility
• Some current housing related services and payments a person may be eligible for
• When things don’t go to plan: the role of advocacy and the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT)
• A journey of lived experience: moving out of the family home

This workshop will include multiple sessions of focused content, separated by catered breaks.