Gemma Musgreaves’ Post

✨ This year’s theme for the European #SocialServices Awards is “Promoting Inclusive Communities” 🏘️ 🌟 Have you developed #innovative social services programmes that foster social inclusion in the #community, ensuring that persons in vulnerable situations are fully supported, responding to their unique needs and preferences? Then you could apply for the Service Delivery Award 🏆! Here are some examples of projects which could qualify: 🔹 Community social inclusion programmes addressed to specific populations; 🔹 Targeted programmes for specifically vulnerable neighbours that put vulnerable people at the centre; 🔹 Social regeneration programmes of neighbourhoods and communities; 🔹 Co-produced programmes with specific communities that make people who use services active participants in planning, delivery, and evaluation; 🔹 Compassionate communities or cities programmes (‘caring communities or cities’) in life-limiting illness, caregiving, grief, or loss; 🔹 Child-friendly cities and community programmes that support the fulfilment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child particularly with the most vulnerable children; 🔹 Accessible friendly community programmes that support the fulfilment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly with the most vulnerable; 🔹 Ageing friendly cities and community programmes that support community care and inclusion of older people in vulnerable situations. 🌐 Showcase your organisation's achievements by applying to be part of the 2024 European #SocialServices Awards: https://buff.ly/3JTIMkl Find out more about the categories 👉 https://buff.ly/44yDdRQ

✨ This year’s theme for the European #SocialServices Awards is “Promoting Inclusive Communities” 🏘️ 🌟 Have you developed #innovative social services programmes that foster social inclusion in the #community, ensuring that persons in vulnerable situations are supported and fully included, responding to their unique needs and preferences? Then you could apply for the Service Delivery Award 🏆! Here are some examples of projects which could qualify: 🔹 Community social inclusion programmes addressed to specific populations; 🔹 Targeted programmes for specifically vulnerable neighbours that put vulnerable people at the centre; 🔹 Social regeneration programmes of neighbourhoods and communities; 🔹 Co-produced programmes with specific communities that make people who use services active participants in planning, delivery, and evaluation; 🔹 Compassionate communities or cities programmes (‘caring communities or cities’) in life-limiting illness, caregiving, grief, or loss; 🔹 Child-friendly cities and community programmes that support the fulfilment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child particularly with the most vulnerable children; 🔹 Accessible friendly community programmes that support the fulfilment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly with the most vulnerable; 🔹 Ageing friendly cities and community programmes that support community care and inclusion of older people in vulnerable situations. 🌐 Showcase your organisation's achievements by applying to be part of the 2024 European #SocialServices Awards: https://buff.ly/3JTIMkl Find out more about the categories 👉 https://buff.ly/44yDdRQ

Four years ago, we started the Neighborhood Leadership Council (NLC) at Local Motion. It's intention was to create true and just relationships with community leaders who either have or work with folks that have transportation barriers. Throughout it's existence, this has consistently been a group across social identities: women, folks with disabilities, BIPOC folks, and people who are low income. We pay the NLC $25 / hour for up to 10 hours a month for their time, provide childcare and food at our meetings, and transportation to the meetings. The program started at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. We started out doing trainings on transportation equity and organizing and then moved to trying community events. I'm going to be honest, it's been a constant struggle - to create group cohesiveness, to get folks to show up, to keep the group going and motivated. I feel like I've failed them and the program. I've been asking myself these questions lately: ❓How can we get folks to have the self-determination to participate? ❓Is paying folks overshadowing that self-determination? ❓What are the other barriers to participating that we're not seeing? ❓How do we transition from hand-holding to self-ownership? ❓When your house is on fire, how could you possibly have the time and energy to come to a group meeting about advocating for something abstract that might not actually change for years to come? We know that advocating for yourself (and your family, friends, community) is a privilege. How do we, as organizers and community engagement folks, facilitate groups to have voices and ownership over the work? To learn and grow as we do?

✨ This year’s theme for the European #SocialServices Awards 🏆 is “Promoting Inclusive Communities” 🏘️ 🌟 Have you developed #innovative social services programmes that foster social inclusion in the #community, ensuring that persons in vulnerable situations are supported and fully included, responding to their unique needs and preferences? Then you could apply for the Service Delivery Award 🏆! Here are some examples of projects which could qualify: 🔹 Community social inclusion programmes addressed to specific populations; 🔹 Targeted programmes for specifically vulnerable neighbours that put vulnerable people at the centre; 🔹 Social regeneration programmes of neighbourhoods and communities; 🔹 Co-produced programmes with specific communities that make people who use services active participants in planning, delivery, and evaluation; 🔹 Compassionate communities or cities programmes (‘caring communities or cities’) in life-limiting illness, caregiving, grief, or loss; 🔹 Child-friendly cities and community programmes that support the fulfilment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child particularly with the most vulnerable children; 🔹 Accessible friendly community programmes that support the fulfilment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly with the most vulnerable; 🔹 Ageing friendly cities and community programmes that support community care and inclusion of older people in vulnerable situations. 🌐 Showcase your organisation's achievements by applying to be part of the 2024 European #SocialServices Awards: https://buff.ly/3JTIMkl Find out more about the categories 👉 https://buff.ly/44yDdRQ

Introducing Rise4Disability - A series of 4 events taking place across the UK to unite Health Professionals and service providers with the disability community! Register your FREE ticket for Kent, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, and Sunderland NOW: https://zurl.co/GxvS From insightful discussions to immersive exhibitions featuring the latest products and services, RISE4Disability offers an inclusive space for networking, learning, and exploration. Explore the latest innovations and source your local information services and charities, in our RISE exhibition halls. Network and offer your perspective to shape the future of our industry. Have YOUR say in our interactive Community Campaigns sessions exploring key issues facing the disability community. Our expert panel will provoke open discussion among delegates to highlight common barriers and outline a path forward as we lobby for change. The discussions we have today will be a catalyst for change tomorrow. The Therapy Integration conference provides a platform for AHPs to share their expertise within their specific disciplines. Delegates can also take part in practical workshops, tackling a variety of scenarios and specific client needs. These sessions offer a firsthand understanding of applying products and solutions in real-life situations. 📷 With special thanks to our video editor Isaac Harvey MBE #Rise4Disability #HealthcareInnovation #SocialCare #OccupationalTherapy #DisabilityCommunity #CollaborativeHealthcare #InclusiveEvents #ServiceProviders #CommunitySupport #HealthcareNetworking #IntegratedCare Video description: A promotional video for a series of 4 Rise4Disability events taking place across the country. The voice over explains what delegates can expect from this event, interspersed with video clips of previous RISE events. Depicting product demonstrations, panel discussions and more.

Introducing Rise4Disability - A series of 4 events taking place across the UK to unite Health Professionals and service providers with the disability community! Register your FREE ticket for Kent, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, and Sunderland NOW: https://zurl.co/GxvS From insightful discussions to immersive exhibitions featuring the latest products and services, RISE4Disability offers an inclusive space for networking, learning, and exploration. Explore the latest innovations and source your local information services and charities, in our RISE exhibition halls. Network and offer your perspective to shape the future of our industry. Have YOUR say in our interactive Community Campaigns sessions exploring key issues facing the disability community. Our expert panel will provoke open discussion among delegates to highlight common barriers and outline a path forward as we lobby for change. The discussions we have today will be a catalyst for change tomorrow. The Therapy Integration conference provides a platform for AHPs to share their expertise within their specific disciplines. Delegates can also take part in practical workshops, tackling a variety of scenarios and specific client needs. These sessions offer a firsthand understanding of applying products and solutions in real-life situations. 📷 With special thanks to our video editor Isaac Harvey MBE #Rise4Disability #HealthcareInnovation #SocialCare #OccupationalTherapy #DisabilityCommunity #CollaborativeHealthcare #InclusiveEvents #ServiceProviders #CommunitySupport #HealthcareNetworking #IntegratedCare Video description: A promotional video for a series of 4 Rise4Disability events taking place across the country. The voice over explains what delegates can expect from this event, interspersed with video clips of previous RISE events. Depicting product demonstrations, panel discussions and more.

My recent experience with AFCA is that there has been inordinate delay in progressing matters - plus fundamental issues concerning procedural fairness have also arisen. This post is interesting in that that it shows how AFCA wishes to position itself - sorting out disagreements with a financial firm. In fact, AFCA has a very substantive jurisdiction which in WA would cover disputes that otherwise would be resolved by the Supreme Court - AFCA can now consider disputes where the amount claimed is $1,263,000 and it can award up to $631,500. With respect to some disputes, its jurisdiction is unlimited. My concern being that there appears to be a mismatch between how AFCA positions itself and how it applies its Rules - versus the very substantive jurisdiction that it actually has (which would ordinarily be exercised by a Court).

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I participated, well listened anyway, to the DSS webinar about foundational supports. This opening introduction to the concept really highlighted to me that DSS can’t conceptualise this aspect of support as anything other than another government program, probably aimed at saving money, no matter what fancy words are put around it. To this end even the term foundational supports gets in the way. This aspect of support, in my mind, has always been about citizenship, building social capital and creating a more inclusive world for all. It is difficult for me to see how a Government, and Minister, that has so deliberately trashed the reputation of the NDIS and disabled people can lead a community building process like the exploration, design and implementation of “foundational supports”. It is also difficult for me to understand how the citizenship, inclusion and capacity building objectives of these community wide “foundational supports” can be achieved when this same Government, DSS and NDIA are actively working counter to these principles in the NDIS e.g. by telling people they have to move into group homes, by taking away choice and control and dictating what supports they believe Participants should have access to. There is an inherent hypocrisy here in a Government, DSS and NDIA that expects communities to explore wider opportunities for presence, participation, valued roles and contributions for citizens with disabilities whilst failing to enact those same principles themselves. This is going to be an interesting process. Let’s see if we can elevate the conversation from motherhood statements to genuine community building.