QDN Member Profile – Paul Larcombe
Paul is a QDN member and he is standing as a candidate for the Australian Senate. We caught up with Paul recently and this is what he said.
Category: Members in Action
Deception Bay LSG ‘Out and About in Our Community and Beyond Expo’
Congratulations to Deception Bay Local Support Group for hosting yet another very successful Expo Celebrating Disability Awareness on 13 September 2018 at Market Square Deception Bay. The Deception Bay LSG were successful in receiving $1900 sponsorship from the Moreton Bay Regional Council, with 17 stall holders joining in the
E-Blast – Launch of QDN Hot Topics Digital Stories at Griffith Film School, Southbank as part of Disability Action Week
QDN was pleased to co-host with Griffith University, the launch of the Hot Topics Local Support Group Digital Stories as part of Disability Action Week on Tuesday 11 September 2018. The digital stories are a collection of individual and group
Brisbane Hot Topics Digital Story Launch – Disability Action Week
Brisbane Hot Topics Local Support Group is nearing the completion of its digital story project. With the help of staff and students from Griffith University, they have developed our personal stories about how they have influenced change and dealt with challenges in their lives. They are also developing a Brisbane Hot Topics group story. As part of this, they identified their many achievements since Hot Topics began and then voted on the key ones they wished to include in a group story. Highlights included the first housing forum, work speaking up so that people with intellectual disability have a voice in the governance of bodies and organisations, speaking up at the Roundtable for People with Intellectual Disabilities and their visit to the ABC which stimulated our interest in sharing our stories. Their key message is that they want to be seen, heard and listened to by government, politicians, and community members – in fact, Brisbane Hot Topics want everyone to know they are here!
As part of Disability Action Week, this group will be launching the digital stories at Griffith University Southbank cinema at 10.00am on September 11. Brisbane Hot Topics want to thank everyone who has assisted them in making this project such a success.
Kallangur Local Support Group kicks off
On 12 June, QDN local leader and Board Member Philia Polites with QDN CEO Paige Armstrong host a community conversation at Kallangur
Logan Local Support Group met with NDIA staff
Recently members of Logan LSG met with staff from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). This was a great opportunity for the group to have their questions on the NDIS answered and for the
Fitzgibbon hosts new local peer group
The newly formed Fitzgibbon Local Support Group (FLSG) is a means by which people with disability from neighbouring suburbs can learn more about the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Disability State Conference 24 August 2016, Cairns and streaming live to Maryborough and Toowoomba
The Disability State Conference this year trialed a new approach by hosting the conference in Cairns and streaming live in Maryborough and Toowoomba. QDN had members as attendees at all of the locations
Griffith Housing Symposium Success
QDN was pleased to partner with Griffith University, National Shelter and the Community Resource Unit (CRU) to host the important NDIS Symposium on Housing on 8 August 2016.
Bringing the NDIS to Life
QDN’s Townsville Local Support Group, QCOSS and Townsville City Council were pleased to hold the community led event “Bringing the NDIS to Life” on 1stand 2nd of June. The Townsville community