Aboriginal Resources and Pathways – your opportunity to get involved!
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NDS's Aboriginal Resources and Pathways (ARP) Networks across NSW have recently grown to more than 600 members. Divided into 20 community networks, they represent more than 150 non-government disability organisations and 350 Aboriginal community members (including 112 Aboriginal community Elders).
NDS currently supports the work of the Aboriginal Resources and Pathways networks in a variety of locations throughout NSW. These forums provide an opportunity for government-funded disability service providers to work hand-in-hand with their local Aboriginal communities to identify and address service access barriers for Aboriginal people with disability.
At the moment, each of these 20 networks is in the process of rolling out a range of resources and initiatives to support local non-government organisation (NGO) disability service providers to provide culturally competent and respectful services to Aboriginal people with disability.
Networks are working collaboratively to:
- develop a series of standards for culturally competent service delivery
- provide dedicated training workshops for network groups in the development of targeted and effective Aboriginal Service Delivery Strategies
- identify Aboriginal Service Delivery Champions throughout NSW
- plan and implement ProjectAble workshops for Aboriginal people in a range of locations throughout NSW, in order to help Aboriginal school students understand their career opportunities in the disability sector.
If you would like to know more about, or get involved in your local ARP network, please contact your nearest member of the NDS Aboriginal programs team:
- Dylan Reynolds (Program Manager, Sydney Region), 0448 048 603, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Robyn Smith (Hunter, Northwest Slopes and Plains, New England Regions), 0448 900 306, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Joseph Archibald (Mid-North Coast, Far North Coast Regions), 0448 028 418, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Ray Peckham (Central West, Far Western Regions), 0458 040 951, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Vanessa Pattisson (Riverina Murray and South Coast Regions), 0448 098 644, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Contact information:
Dylan Reynolds, Indigenous Programs Manager, (02) 9256 3105/0448 048 603, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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