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In Touch@Possability | Dec 2020 Edition
A big couple of months
Welcome to the December edition of In Touch@Possability. It's been a big couple of months, below you'll find a selection of our latest news and stories.
Seeing your abilities on IDPwD
Last week we celebrated International Day of People with Disability. We know you have endless talents and abilities, so we put together this short video to show off just a few of them.
See workmates, teammates and friends. A keen gardener, an artist, a runner and footy enthusiast. See a family and people who are loved. See the abilities and endless possibilities, every day.
Celebrating our past, shaping our future
It’s been a year in the making. We’d like to announce the release of our 2019-20 Annual Review! We’re proud to share some of the many stories that have made this past year amazing.
We've also released our plan for the next five years. Our Strategic Plan 2020-25 was developed to guide and unite us—as a for-purpose organisation it’s vital we know who we are and what we stand for.
One person at a time
As part of our commitment to be a force for social change and share knowledge, we hosted our third annual Building Opportunities, Building Communities conference late October.
The theme this year was, ‘One person at a time: ensuring an individual based approach to complexity within the NDIS Framework.’
Tammy found her place to call home
We’re so pleased Tammy agreed to let us share her story with you: about how she took the lead and achieved her independent living goal.
“What’s changed? Being by myself and being able to do what I want when I want. I have my own place to call my own.” — Tammy.
In 2019 we welcomed a number of accommodation services from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Soon after the DHHS transfer, our team realised that sharing a home with people with high physical support needs meant Tammy’s everyday skills were taking a backseat. Tammy set a goal to find a place she could live on her own and have her children stay with her. She’s a mother of four and recently became a grandmother, so her family was a big driving force for the move.
Over six years Tammy worked on building her independence, with the right support, to get to where she needed to be. When Tammy was ready to find her own ‘place to call home,’ she also found the confidence to go it alone.
“I miss some of the staff that have supported me, but I’m excited. It’s a bit different, I’m feeling a lot of emotions. It means I can be more independent. I have the ability to come and go—I have more freedom.”
Warm regards,
Possability Engagement Team
