History of CRU

People, some in wheelchairs, gathered in a hall for a cru event

People, some in wheelchairs, gathered in a hall for a cru event

A man and a woman having a chat at the room of a room filled with people

Social Role Valorisation (SRV) workshop (1989)

A woman and a man looking at the camera and smiling

Social Role Valorisation (SRV) workshop (1989)

3 women sitting at a desk with sign in sheets and name tags

'Celebrate Change' conference (1990)

6 women sitting at a table outside, having eaten, drinking wine and enjoying themselves.

Staff planning day (1990)

A group of about 20 men and women standing together surrounded by streamers and clearly celebrating

1993 Leadership group

A man and a woman standing at a celebration, surrounded by balloons and streamers

Leadership course (1993)

A dozen men and women standing in from of a whiteboard smiling and standing close together

CRU hosts the national SRV gathering

9 people sitting in an auditorium holding framed images

The end of the 11 day retreat with Wolf Wolfensberger (1997)

One man and three women engrossed in planning - surrounded by notes on walls

CRU in North Queensland

A man and two women sitting together at a dinner table at a conference

CRU 10th Anniversary Dinner (1998)

A group of 5 people with arms around eachother smiling. One of the women is in a mobility scooter

Leadership training group

A group of 6 people sitting around a table at a restaurant

CRU in Cairns for the 'Leaving school and growing up' workshop

3 women standing close together and smiling warmly

CRU in Cairns for the 'Leaving school and growing up' workshop (2001)

A band is playing music on stage to a crowd of people sitting at tables full of beer and food. Projected behind them is the poster from the conference.

2001 CRU Conference - Everyday Lives

A large group of people enjoying themselves at a conference, including many people with disability

CRU Conference 'Gathering the Wisdom' (2003)

A large group of people casually sitting around chatting at a conference venue

Socialising at the CRU Conference "Relationships and Everyday Lives" (2001)

A group of about 20 people standing and holding up art they have made

LAC Training (2002)

A woman in a wheelchair is assisted to give two bunches of flowers and a card to another woman sitting and facing her

Staff farewelling Pam Collins (2004)

Four women standing together with glasses of wine smiling in an office, with the letters C R U on a glass wall behind them

CRU team (2005)

A diverse group of 20 men and women standing together and smiling in a meeting room

Queensland LAC training (2006)

5 women sitting and standing together in an office. One of the women is cutting a birthday cake

CRU celebration (2008)

6 people standing together behind a table covered in folders and with a microphone on it. One of the men is in a wheelchair

CRU board at the 2008 AGM

A group of people sitting at tables looking at a presenter. Behind the presenter a slide is projected and it read 'welcome to CRU's mini summit 2009'.

CRU mini summit (2009)

A group of people, some in wheelchairs, sitting at tables looking at a presenter. Behind the presenter a slide is projected and it read 'welcome to CRU's mini summit 2009'.

CRU mini summit (2009)

Five people - one man and four older women - standing together with name tags and holding wine glasses.

CRU AGM and Michael Kendrick book launch (2009)

4 people standing together. 2 parents with their adult daughter with a disability and another woman - all smiling and wearing name badges.

CRU AGM and Michael Kendrick book launch (2009)

4 women standing together in a fancy venue that has cricket players in frames. They all have name badges

CRU AGM and Michael Kendrick book launch (2009)

A group of 7 people sitting at a table with paintings of cricket players behind them. One of the people is in a wheelchair and another is speaking in to a microphone.

CRU AGM and Michael Kendrick book launch (2009)

2 women presenting in the cru office to a group of people, some of whom are in wheelchairs

CRUcial Conversation (2012)

3 men in suits standing and smiling, all wearing name badges. Two of them have a disability

2012 Search dinner - 25 years since the search conference

3 men standing together smiling at a conference. They are dressed in suits, drinking and enjoying themselves.

2012 Search dinner - 25 years since the search conference

2 women holding the same knife, laughing and cutting a cake.

2012 Search dinner - 25 years since the search conference

cru's director standing at a lecturn presenting to a large and full room of people

25 years celebration of CRU (2013)

A man speaks to the conference group use a board to communicate using Facilitated Communication

25 years celebration of CRU (2013)

5 people on stage at an event being widely applauded by conference attendees.

Launching the Together in Partnership DVD at the 25 years celebration of CRU (2013)

3 women at a conference standing together and smiling. One of them has a disability.

25 years celebration of CRU (2013)

An older couple standing together looking at a board covered in photos. It has the label 'mid to late 90's'.

25 years celebration of CRU (2013)

3 men and 2 women, all with name tags, standing together and smiling arm in arm.

Dinner speakers at 25 years of CRU (2013)

8 women standing together at the cru conference, arms around eachother and smiling

Past and current staff at the 25 years celebration of CRU (2013)

6 people smiling at the camera. One of them is in a wheelchair

CRU Director and board (2014)

A group of 10 people, one of whom has a disability at the cru office, sitting together behind a cake

Launch of the Disability Leadership Program (2014)

A group of 9 men and women in the cru office, smiling and looking at the camera

The original presenters for NDIS Participant Readiness (2014)

A room filled with people seated at round tables. There is a powerpoint slide projected at the front of the room

One of the first NDIS Participant Readiness workshops (2015)

cru's director presenting to a group of people - some of them are people with disability

NDIS Participant Readiness workshop (2014)

Griffith Symposium (2015)

A conference room full of people. A women is presenting and her image is projected on a screen behind her

Griffith Symposium (2015)

A presenter for cru, who is a woman with disability, surrounded by 5 women who are her friends and family, after presenting for cru.

Keynote presenter and her family and friend at 'Finding My Place' in Brisbane (2015)

A presenter for cru, who is a woman with disability, surrounded by her three sisters and her mother. They have just presented for cru.

Keynote presenter and her family at 'Finding My Place' in Brisbane (2015)

a cru staff member speaking in a lectern (that has Empire Theare on it) where a group of three women are on stage. One of the women is in a wheelchair.

'Finding my place' event in Toowoomba (2015)

A large group of about 30 people people in a meeting room with the cru banner in the background

Family leadership event in Lutwyche (2015)

A shot showing the cru board looking at the president who is talking at the AGM

CRU AGM (2015)

A woman with disability holds a book that has a photo of her on its cover. It has the words 'congratulations on 10 years at cru' on its cover. Behind her a colleague looks at her smiling warmly.

Staff celebrating 10 years of employment at CRU for Kath (2015)

2 men and 2 women standing together smiling. They are outside what looks like hotel accommodation.

Family Leadership retreat at the Outlook in Boonah (2016)

A group of 6 people sitting around a table covered in paper and a computer. They are all dressed warmly.

Participant Readiness workshop in Yarraman (2016)

cru staff sitting and standing in the cru office. One of them is a holding a newborn baby,

CRU staff with guests (2016)

a man and a women standing on the steps of a country hall

Roadtrip of western Queensland for NDIS Participant Readiness (2016)

3 people standing together in front of a large window. one of them has a disability.

Presenters at the CRU Conference (2016)

Six women standing together at the cru conference

CRU Conference (2016)

a large group of people together with their arms around eachother. Two of the people have obvious disabilities

CRU Conference (2016)

4 people on stage at the front of a large group at a conference. one woman at a lectern looks at three panel members. one of the panel has a disability

CRU Conference (2016)

A group of 9 people sitting at a restaurant table with empty plates and glasses wine in front of them.

First day of LAC mentor trainers in Sydney (2016)

three cru staff members standing together at a conference venue in front of a table filled with name tags and sign in sheets

CRU staff at 'Real Stories of the NDIS' in Brisbane (2016)

A woman in a wheelchair presents to a group of people in a hall

Family Leadership retreat at the Outlook in Boonah (2016)

A woman presents to a group of parents and their children in a large hall

Family Leadership retreat at the Outlook in Boonah (2016)

A man and a woman presenting on stage in front of a large group of people

Bruce Uditsky and Anne Hughson from Inclusion Alberta presenting for CRU (2016)

7 young adults with disability, all well dressed and smiling at a celebration at a fancy restaurant. They all have their hands on a knife cutting a cake that has the words 'celebrating 35 years of QPPD'

Celebrating Queensland Parents of People with Disability (QPPD) (2016)

A group of kids sitting around a picnic table filled with food they have prepared. Many of the children have disability.

Siblings together at the family leadership retreat (2017)

A woman stands on stage and speaks at a lectern and introduces the speaker who is beside her. He is in a wheelchair and wears a Q D N shirt.

CRU staff and presenter at 'Real Stories of the NDIS' in Brisbane (2017)

A cru staff member speaks in to a microphone at a lectern. She is on stage with a group of presenters - people with disability and their friends/family who are supporting them

CRU staff and presenters at 'Real Stories of the NDIS' in Brisbane (2017)

3 women and 2 men laughing and smiling at a cru event, surrounded by empty chairs at the end of the day. Two of the people are in wheelchairs.

Attendees at 'Real stories of the NDIS' at the Gold Coast (2017)

Participants of the Optimal Individualised Service Design (OISD) course (2017)

6 smartly dressed people standing and smiling. Two of them are in wheelchairs.

Celebrating 30 years since Michael Kendrick first came to Queensland (2017)

3 women standing outside and smiling together. They all have name badges.

Celebrating 30 years since Michael Kendrick first came to Queensland (2017)

A group of six people all well dressed and smiling at the camera. One of them is Michael Kendrick and one of them has an obvious disability.

The presenters from the event that celebrated 30 years since Michael Kendrick first came to Queensland (2017)

11 cru staff members sitting around a table with notes and notepads in front of them

CRU team at a planning day (2018)

A group of 20 people, younger and older, standing together at the Brisbane convention centre

Parent leaders across the generations at CRU Conference (2018)

A group of 9 people seated around a long set of tables, with not pads in front of them.

Members of the National Alliance of Capacity Building Organisations (NACBO) meeting (2018)

A diverse group of around 25 people - many of whom have a disability - are in the cru office and smiling at the camera.

The launch of our 'Self Managed Supports' resources (2018)

A group of 20 people sitting and standing in the cru office - smiling.

Leadership training with Blue Care (2018)

A woman in a wheelchair sits at a desk on stage and presents to a large group of people

The CRU conference celebrating 30 years of CRU (2018)

A group of 12 mothers and one father standing together after a CRU event

Members of the Queensland Collective for Inclusive Education (QCIE) at a CRU leadership event (2018)

Nine cru staff members with a guest standing together at the cru office

CRU staff (2018)

A group of 20 parents, including one young baby, standing together in the cru office after a leadership event

Family leadership event at CRU (2019)

4 people sitting at a desk in the cru meeting room, with a microphone in front of them

The team who made CRU's podcast CRUcial Conversations (2019)

4 people, one of whom has a disability, sit together in a recording studio surrounded by recording gear.

Recording for the final episode of CRU's Podcast - CRUcial Conversations (2019)

The cru staff sitting and standing together in the cru meeting room, one of them is holding a young baby

Bobby Noone's farewell and retirement (2019)

A wide shot of 40 people in a large room, seated at tables, listening to the cru CEO introduce a facilitator

CRU Leadership retreat (2019)

Two cru team members chatting to eachother surrounded by people. The words cru leadership retreat can be seen behind them.

CRU Leadership retreat (2019)

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