YACVic Update
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YDAS ADVOCACY TRAINING
When: 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday March 21 and
10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday March 22
Where: Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, Level 2, 172 Flinders St
Melbourne
This weekend workshop hosted by the Youth Disability Advocacy Service
is designed to increase the capacity of young people to advocate for
themselves.
Here are some things that you will get out of the course:
1. Improved understanding of advocacy
2. Increased awareness of advocacy strategies
3. Increased understanding of disability rights, how to make
complaints and the law
4. Improved problem-solving, communication and assertiveness skills
5. Ability to apply knowledge of advocacy to a specific advocacy issue
that is important to you
6. Free lunch
7. The opportunity to meet other young people
Young people with a disability living in Victoria who are aged between
12 and 25 can take this course for FREE and have their transport
reimbursed up to the value of $100
Young people from rural and regional Victoria will be supported to
attend with overnight accommodation in Melbourne
Attendant support and AUSLAN interpreting will be provided during the
training sessions upon request. Support that is needed outside of the
training sessions will need to be arranged and funded by the participant.
For more information or an application form, contact info@yacvic.org.au
or call Liz on 03 9267 3799, Toll-Free 1300 727 176, or SMS 0412 814 851
Applications close Friday February 27
Source: YDAS
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