Project Overview
The Federal and State and Territory governments are working together on progressing the Disability Advocacy Work Plan under the National Disability Advocacy Framework 2023-2025. Senior officials and leaders will likely to be making decisions about funding, sector structure and development and priorities for focus in the next Framework and Work Plan.
Through this ‘Future of Advocacy’ project, DANA wants to present our members’ expertise and views about what the sector’s future should look like and develop a clear vision and recommendations for government that our sector can unite behind – supported by a strategy to influence funding and policy decisions for the sector from July 2025 and beyond.
We want to hear your priorities for the future and your concrete suggestions on how to shape the future of the disability advocacy sector. This is a critical opportunity to ensure that our collective voices are heard and that the advocacy sector is strengthened for the long term.
How To Get Involved
Since August 2024, we have been engaging with the disability advocacy sector and related stakeholders, including people with disability and Disability Representative Organisations, through workshops, roundtables, and a survey.
Stay tuned for upcoming member engagement dates, which will be posted here as they become available.
Project News
- Future of Advocacy Members Only
Earlier this week, DANA hosted the first in-person forum for our Future of Advocacy Project. The event, held..
- Future of Advocacy Members Only
Through this ‘Future of Advocacy’ project, DANA intends to draw on our members’ expertise and views about what..
Further Information
Background
Additional funding, consistent frameworks, and increased opportunities to collaborate on systemic issues are just some of the key issues that have impacted independent advocacy for decades.
Over the years, we have heard from DANA members that adequate, secure funding is essential to developing and strengthening the sector so that it can meet the needs of people with disability. Significant government investment is vital to achieving all elements of the National Disability Advocacy Framework objectives and the Disability Advocacy Work Plan.
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Project Team
Ainslie Whitburn
Corporate and Membership Team
Project Coordinator
Siobhan Clair
Policy and Advocacy Team
Project Coordinator
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