Getting Involved in Advocacy
Our Representative Advocacy team works collaboratively with our Advocacy Advisory Group to highlight and speak up about the issues that impact people with spinal and neuro conditions.
Alongside this, our Systemic Advocacy team shine a light on national and state issues that affect people with SCI and other neuro conditions through dialogues, submissions, policy briefs and engagement in stakeholder working groups.
We don’t just talk, we listen too.
Your story is important. You can get involved by joining a local Advocacy Community Network, an online forum or workshop or by joining our advocacy community and receiving our monthly, Our Fellow Advocates, email communications.
Our monthly communications update you on our advocacy initiatives, consultations, research, SCIA priorities and more. Use the contact us form to sign up to our advocacy mailing list.
If you have an important issue you would like to talk to us about you can contact our Representative Advocate. Frequently raised issues inform Advocacy Campaigns that raise awareness, influence decisions and mobilise support.
Navigate below to join one of our local face-to- face Advocacy Community Network events, read about our campaigns, and find out how you can get involved.
Advocacy Community Networks
To boost our member involvement in local communities, we host Advocacy Community Networks (ACN) across NSW and the ACT. ACNs offer a welcoming space for people with lived experience of disability, their family members and carers opportunity to engage in networking, connect, share and discuss experiences and issues that matter to them, as well as provide support to encourage group and self-advocacy.
Kay Hudson
Advocacy Advisory Group
Rex Cochrane
Advocacy Advisory Group
Noel Hiffernan
Advocacy Advisory Group
Alison Cook
Advocacy Advisory Group
Jayne Boardman
Advocacy Advisory Group
Raja Relf
Advocacy Advisory Group
Tanya Fitch
Jordan Kramp
Eileen Guy
Advocacy Advisory Group
Hunter NRL: Knights v Eagles
Illawarra Advocacy Community Network
ACT Advocacy Community Network
Southeastern Sydney Advocacy Community Network
Hunter Community Social Lunch
Community Social Lunch
Community Social Lunch
Northern Rivers Advocacy Community Network
Hunter Coffee Club
Orange Advocacy Community Network
Latest Campaigns at SCIA
Accessible Housing
For many people with disabilities, accessible housing can hard to find. SCIA is working with real estate agencies to change the narrative with just three immediate and simple actions, so real estate agencies can ensure housing access is clear from the front door – meaning people with disabilities don’t get turned away from inspections due to a lack of information.
Contact our Advocacy Team Today
Want to know more?
If you need support from any of our Advocacy teams or to get involved in our campaign work, attend an event or start an Advocacy Community Network in your area, please fill in our form and we will get in touch with you shortly.
