Disability Advocacy Futures Program

Last published 13 Dec 2021

In his report on disability advocacy funding in NSW, the NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner, Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, recommended a renewed program of disability advocacy funding for the NSW Government under the Disability Advocacy Futures Program (DAFP).

Starting from 1 January 2022, the DAFP will support the approximately 1.4 million people living with disability in NSW to access NSW Government funded and delivered services.

The DAFP includes three core advocacy services:

Individual Disability Advocacy to assist individuals to access services and supports. This includes statewide services for Legal, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and culturally and linguistically diverse disability advocacy, as well as location-based services.
Systemic Disability Advocacy to address systemic issues affecting people with disability or particular groups of people with disability.
Representative Disability Advocacy - membership organisations run by or on behalf of people with particular disabilities.

DAFP service providers

Individual Disability Advocacy

Legal disability advocacy	Intellectual Disability Rights Service
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	First Peoples Disability Network (Australia) Ltd
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse	Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW
Southern NSW, Illawarra Shoalhaven and Murrumbidgee	ACT Disability, Aged Carer Advocacy Service Limited
Northern Sydney and Central Coast	Action for People with Disability Inc
Hunter New England, Northern NSW and Mid North Coast	Advocacy Law Alliance Incorporated
Western and Far West NSW	Advocacy Law Alliance Incorporated
Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains	Advocacy Law Alliance Incorporated
Sydney and South Eastern Sydney	People with Disability Australia Incorporated
South Western Sydney	People with Disability Australia Incorporated

Systemic Disability Advocacy

All Disabilities	People with Disability Australia Incorporated
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	First Peoples Disability Network (Australia) Ltd
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse	Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW
Intellectual Disability	NSW Council for Intellectual Disability
Physical Disability	The Physical Disability Council of NSW Inc
Psychosocial Disability	To be confirmed
Families and Carers	To be confirmed

Representative Disability Advocacy

Blind Citizens Australia
Deaf Services Limited
Down Syndrome Association of NSW Inc
Motor Neurone Disease NSW Ltd
Muscular Dystrophy NSW Ltd
Spinal Cord Injuries Australia Limited
Stroke Recovery Association NSW
Synapse Australia Ltd
The Institute for Family Advocacy & Leadership Development

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Last updated: 13 Dec 2021