Advocacy, Employment and Succession Planning
These booklets have been developed as part of the Anne Cross Leadership Initiative, a partnership between Uniting Care Queensland (UCQ) and CRU, created to honour the contribution of Anne to UCQ during her years as the Chief Executive Officer. The initiative aims to contribute to strong, principled leadership amongst people with disability and families across Queensland to work towards better lives for people with disability.
1. Why Advocacy Matters
Why Advocacy Matters
This guide is designed to help families and friends to advocate for their loved ones with disabilities. This booklet offers practical and emboldening advice to help you advocate for your family member and work towards a more inclusive and valued life. We hope the principles outlined here will be valuable as you stand by your loved one and walk towards a shared vision full of possibility.
2. Why Employment Matters
Why Employment Matters
The Employment Handbook is a resource intended to benefit people with a disability in preparing for, seeking out and improving their employment opportunities and goals throughout their working life. Employment plays a vital role in improving the economic, social, and personal well being for all Australians. We hope that this booklet will introduce readers to common employment processes as well as new ideas that can assist them to pursue their employment goals more successfully.
3. Why Succession Planning Matters
Why Succession Planning Matters
This booklet has been produced to share the work and thinking of many families who have been proactive in both building and safeguarding a good life for their family members with a disability. In particular, we have drawn on the work of Jeremy Ward. We hope this booklet will assist people with disabilities and their families to have the conversations they need to have now, in order to prepare for the future.