Who does the Advocacy?
The day-to-day operation of the organisation and supervision of staff is undertaken by a Director. The Director ensures that the vision and mission and strategic direction set by the Board of Management are carried out. Much of QPPD’s advocacy is conducted by the voluntary efforts of its members who generously give their time and expertise in a number of roles and capacities. This means the organisation remains close to the community and is in continual conversation with people at the grass roots. QPPD recognises that the most common form of advocacy is unpaid, parent advocacy and therefore provides a vital link between the efforts of parent advocates and the systems for which they come in contact.
Parent Advocacy
QPPD recognises and encourages the unique contribution parents make in advocating on behalf of sons, daughters and others with disability by:
- Supporting parents vision of inclusive, ordinary lives for people with disability
- Doing advocacy development according to QPPD’s vision
- Liaising and communicating via parent networks
- Enabling parents to come together to engage in systemic advocacy according to QPPD’s
stated priorities
- Actively fostering parent leadership in advocacy throughout the State
- Supporting parents, from time to time, to attend events which will strengthen their advocacy skills
- Publish and distribute a newsletter to inform families about what is happening in Queensland in
relation to advocacy for better lives for people with disability
Systems Advocacy
QPPD parent members influence political, bureaucratic, social and service systems about important issues in the lives of people with disability and their families through:
- Promoting the vision of quality lives for people with disability and their families
- Promoting disability as a human rights issue
- Uniting families around a set of key ideas and issues
- Monitoring legislation, policies and practices regarding people with disability and their families
- Speaking out about systems that oppress, segregate and reject people with disability
- Lobbying people in positions of power to make positive changes to policies and practices
- Developing and running campaigns on issues of high priority to families and people with disability
Family Advocacy
QPPD works with parents and family members to enable them to act as advocates with and on behalf of a family member with disability. Family advocates work with parents and family members on either a short-term or an issue-specific basis. Family advocates work within the fundamental principle that the rights and interests of a person with disability are upheld at all the time. Through family advocacy:
- Family members are provided with advice and support
- The person with disability is assisted via the family member being directly supported by the agency to advocate on their behalf
General Advocacy Development
QPPD contributes to the development, maintenance and safeguarding of strong independent advocacy in Queensland and Australia by:
- Supporting the continuation of advocacy development in Queensland
- Developing and maintaining strong connections to the advocacy movement in Queensland and
Australia
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