Community workshops
Community workshops were held across September, October and early November 2019 to allow NDIS participants, including their family members or carers, to share their views on the NDIS process and how it can be improved through a Participant Service Guarantee.
Community workshops took place in every state and territory around Australia, at the following locations, with the agenda and information provided to attendees also listed below:
- Canberra
- Sydney
- Hobart
- Melbourne
- Adelaide
- Brisbane
- Darwin
- Perth
- Cairns (QLD)
- Orange (NSW)
- Launceston (Tas)
- Ballarat (Vic)
- Mount Gambier (SA)
- Alice Springs (NT)
- Albany (WA)
NDIS Participant Service Guarantee Workshops – Detailed Information and Agenda:
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 10:00am – 10:20am | Welcome and introductions |
| 10:20am – 11:10am | Session 1. Your NDIS experience |
| 11:10am – 11:30am | 1st break |
| 11:30am – 12:30pm | Session 2. Improving the NDIS experience |
| 12:30pm – 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm – 1:40pm | Session 3. What needs to change |
| 1:40pm – 2:00pm | Final session: Refine your ideas and input |
| 2:00pm | CLOSE |
Focus Groups
A series of focus groups were also held with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with psychosocial disability, and people with intellectual disability or cognitive impairment to better explore their particular challenges in engaging with the NDIS.
Run in collaboration with representative and advocacy organisations at a state and territory level, the Review was pleased to hear from communities in the following locations:
- Culturally and Linguistically People with Disability – Perth and Brisbane, with Melbourne.
- People with psychosocial disability – Perth
- People with intellectual disability or cognitive impairment – Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with Disability
Public meetings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have their say in culturally appropriate and safe spaces were also held.
Organised by First Peoples Disability Network, yarning circles were led by Aboriginal facilitators and enabled the Review to hear the specific challenges faced by these communities:
- Launceston, Tasmania
- Cairns, Queensland
- Bamaga, Queensland
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Broome, Western Australia
- Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
More information is available on the First Peoples Disability Network website.
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