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‘Stronger Together’ means greater capacity, stronger local advocacy and high-quality service for the future. Most importantly, people with disability remain at the centre of everything we do. Illawarra Advocacy contact details remain unchanged during the transition.
Illawarra Advocacy is funded by the federal government to provide free and independent advocacy support to people with disability in our local community.
Disability advocacy promotes, protects and supports a person’s human rights.
Our disability advocates assist people with disability in a range of ways including:
Illawarra Advocacy’s mission is to recognise, support and defend the rights, dignity, choice and individuality of people with disability.
Illawarra Advocacy is an independent, not-for-profit community disability advocacy organisation that was established in 1990. For over 35 years we have provided person-centred, place based advocacy and our community roots run deep. We meet people with disability where they need us most, whether that is in their homes, their place of work, a local park or café, or in our centrally located accessible office in Wollongong.
We pride ourselves on our rights based, individualised approach to advocacy and the exceptional outcomes that we have delivered for people within the Illawarra community and beyond over the course of our operational history.
We recognise, acknowledge and respond to the diverse communication needs of our clients. Our advocacy is inclusive, trauma informed and culturally responsive.
Our advocates come from a wealth of specialised backgrounds including, but not limited to legal, dispute resolution, support coordination, administrative and financial backgrounds. We have extensive experience in the disability sector, as well as lived experience of disability.
Our advocacy is informed by those experiences and our knowledge of the disability sector as well as our vast network of connections with service providers and other government agencies in our community.
We provide accessible advocacy across a wide region, offering NDAP and NDIS Appeals services to a broad range of communities.
Illawarra Advocacy adheres to best practice principles for the provision of our human rights focused advocacy service.
We act with integrity, are independent and use a person-centred approach in which supported decision making is prioritised and communication maximised. We support people with disability to understand and uphold their rights through our thorough understanding of the legislative framework that underpins the disability sector.
