Start date: February 2020 Completion date: July 2023
Funded by NDIA - Community Inclusion Capacity Development program
A project aimed at strengthening the skills of families and carers to support people with intellectual disabilities to achieve typical life goals
About the Project
We want to increase the confidence of people with intellectual disabilities and their family supports so they can take action in their own lives.
Proposed Outcomes
Project activities will build on the previous successful work of Imagine More. These activities include:
- Facilitated peer group meetings
- Individual consultations for peer group members on a regular or occasional basis
- Five workshops each year
- Resource development – podcasts, booklets, digital stories
- Conferences (theme and location to be confirmed in 2021)
- Family leadership events
- A workshop series: Making the Most of Your Funding, and
- Training in PATH planning and Social Role Valorisation (SRV)
This grant also provides resources for organisational capacity building. This will allow us to reach a broader audience and positively impact more families. We will be improving:
- Board and staff capacity
- Business systems
- Website accessibility, and
- Community collaboration
We will also
- develop peer group and workshop Facilitator guides
- train our staff in PATH planning
- conduct Board training, and
- develop our 2020 – 2023 Strategic Plan.
Project Timeline
Feb 2020
Funding receivedDec 2020
Delivered during 2020Workshops
- Practical Ideas to Support People with Disability Well – March 4, 2020
- Using Effective Tools to Build Valued Roles – August 13, 2020
- Becoming More Competent: Solid Strategies for Facilitating Learning – August 20, 2021
- Circles of Support: Getting Started – November 13, 2020
- Bringing the Community Along – November 19, 2020
- Circles of Support: The First Gathering – November 20, 2020
- Circles of Support: Facilitation – November 27, 2020
Self-Managing NDIS Peer Support Group
- How to Find the Right Staff: Think Roles
- General Discussion about Recruitment
- Nuts and Bolts of Directly Employing
- Plan Renewal, Rollover, or Extension: What does it mean?
Imagining Home Peer Support Group
- General discussion
- Specialist Disability Accommodation
- Independent Living Options
- Moving Out
Inclusive Education Peer Group
- Disability Standards for Education
- Social Connection at School
- Individualised Learning Plans
- Transitioning and Starting a New Year
Employment Peer Support Group
Family Leadership
- Crafting Your Story – Part 1
- Crafting Your Story – Part 2
Organisational Capacity Building
- PATH Training – November 23, 2020
Mar 2021
First Quarter ProgressPeer Support Groups
We opened the Employment Peer Group (40 members), Imagining Home Peer Group (20 members), and Inclusive Education Peer Group (10 members).
Workshops
- Towards a Better Life – A two-day workshop about Social Role Valorisation, presented by John Armstrong
- Inclusive Education Workshop – presented by the Imagine More Team
- Building a Context for Relationship – An online workshop presented by Janet Klees
Family Leadership
We held three family leadership sessions about Crafting Your Story
Jun 2021
Second Quarter ProgressPeer Groups
Our Peer Groups continued to meet during this quarter.
Making the Most of Your Funding Series
We launched our first MtM series with 13 participants. This is a six-session series of two-hour workshops.
Aug 2021
Making the Most of Your Funding - Series 2We will run our six-session series of face-to-face workshops for a second time.
Oct 2021
The Get That Good Life! ConferenceOur two-day conference will be held live in Canberra.
Dec 2021
Planned for the Second Half of 2021- Peer support groups will continue
- Individual consultations with families
- Two additional workshops
- Launch of our podcast
- Training in PATH Planning
Dec 2022
Planned for 2022- Peer Support Groups
- Individual consultations with families
- Five workshops
- Resource development
- Family leadership events
- Making the Most of Your Funding Series
- Training in PATH Planning
Jul 2023
Project Completion