Applications for the 2024 QDN Emerging Leaders program are open! Applications for the 2024 QDN Emerging Leaders program are open! QDN’s Emerging Leaders program is a program focused on building the leadership of people with disability to lead and influence change in their own lives and in their communities. Each year up to 25 people … Read More
Emerging Leaders
A glimpse behind the curtain: Patrick Heaton’s 2022 Nigel Webb Bursary trip
A glimpse behind the curtain: Patrick Heaton’s 2022 Nigel Webb Bursary trip By Patrick Heaton As the recipient of the 2022 Nigel Webb Bursary 2022, I was given the chance to travel to another community in Australia to broaden my network, meeting with nationally recognised leaders in disability. I travelled to Melbourne and country Victoria … Read More
From Hervey Bay to Darwin: Patrick travels from strength to strength
From Hervey Bay to Darwin: Patrick travels from strength to strength Anyone who knows Pat knows he is determined, true to himself, and has an incredible sense of humour. It is in part due to these qualities Pat was awarded the ‘2022 Nigel Webb Emerging Leader Bursary’, presented as part of this years’ Queenslanders … Read More
Queenslanders with disability invited to apply for 2023 QDN Emerging Leaders program
Queenslanders with disability invited to apply for 2023 QDN Emerging Leaders program Participation and leadership for all people of all abilities is the focus of QDN’s Emerging Leaders program, with applications for the 2023 program now open. QDN Chairperson Dr Sharon Boyce said the program aims to nurture individual, peer and community leaders … Read More
QDN Nigel Webb Emerging Leader Bursary
QDN Nigel Webb Emerging Leader Bursary Jeni Lewington, QDN Emerging Leader was the successful recipient of the 2021 QDN Nigel Webb, Emerging Leader Bursary. As part of the bursary Jeni has been meeting with disability and community leaders in Melbourne to gain new perspectives on leadership styles and techniques from our interstate connections which … Read More