DARU Update

Resource description The equipment library contains a set of technology and document resources of relevance to disability advocacy organisations. The resources include: microphone wireless microphone & stand portable PA system…

Resource description DARU hosts about four forums per year on topics identified through the PGG or from feedback received through the biennial conference. Forums are free to attend and provide…

Resource description DARU provides an Online Directory of disability advocacy organisations operating within Victoria. Advocacy organisations can be identified through the directory by: type of advocacy (citizen, individual or systemic)…

Resource description DARU produces a weekly email update that is distributed to a list of over 500 people across the disability advocacy sector, disability workers, service providers and the wider…

Resource description DARU has developed a Certificate IV in Disability Advocacy that has been accredited by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). It was developed from a 2010 survey…

Resource description DARU produced a Disability Advocacy Code of Conduct in 2011 to assist disability advocacy organisations to develop their organisation’s policies and procedures. The Code of Conduct is intended…

Resource Description DARU offers a range of professional development workshops and training for disability advocates. It holds about six workshops and training sessions per year, in Melbourne and in regional…

DARU provides eight main forms of resources to the Victorian disability advocacy sector, which range from information services, capacity building, professional development and connecting advocacy into the wider community sector….

DARU is tasked through its terms of reference to resource and support funded Victorian disability advocacy organisations in Victoria. As at October 2012, there were 33 government funded disability advocacy…

This project was undertaken as part of the Victorian Government’s 2012 Innovation Transfer program. A Victorian public servant, Brooke Hamilton, was assigned to undertake the stakeholder engagement project for DARU,…

DARU was established in 2007 under the Victorian State Disability Plan 2002-12 to provide additional resources to Victoria’s disability advocacy sector. A new State Disability Plan 2013-16 is being developed…

There were a number of different resource gaps identified by advocates and these can be grouped into five different categories: Questions asked by the NDIS in planning meetings Overwhelmingly, advocates…