The Community Capacity Development team, work with the WA community, including local, state and federal government to design programs and projects that support people with disability and their family through building linkages that expand choice, bring people together and foster a supportive community across barriers.
The team use lived experience to raise awareness and challenge assumptions about disability through community forums, consultations, committees, forums and focus groups.
The team’s scope includes:
Carers WA Community Champions are people with lived experience of disability who act as mentors and support for local community groups and organisations to better improve access and inclusion within their local community. Community champions can be found from Perth through to Albany.
If you are interested in becoming a Community Champion or getting in contact with a Community Champion in your area, please email champions@carerswa.asn.au.
The Carers WA Disability and Employment program has now concluded, however, the information and tools can still be accessed through the link below. The program aimed to assist employers to build capacity within their workplace to become more inclusive and accessible in supporting the employment of people with diverse abilities.
Information and Tools to Support Employers
In addition to the information the team are able to provide above for ageing carers, toolkits for young carers navigating NDIS and family members/friends caring for someone with a mental health challenge are available below.
Carers WA respectfully acknowledge that we work on Aboriginal land and pay our respects to community members and elders, past and present. Individuals pictured are models and are used for illustrative purposes only. Carers WA is committed to understanding, embracing and celebrating the rich and multi-dimensional experiences that shape our lives and aims to ensure that everyone who engages with the organisation feels welcome and included. Carers WA welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Carers WA acknowledges the Wadjuk Noongar Nation’s lands, water, customs, and culture of which the Carers WA Head Office is located. Carers WA recognises our services reach beyond the Perth (Boorloo) region, and so we also acknowledge the cultural diversity of First Nations Peoples across our state and throughout Australia.
Carers WA has qualified for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission’s Registered Charity Tick, enabling the public to easily identify our organisation as a registered charity and confirming that we are both transparent and accountable.
