Motivated to learn Auslan by awareness that some of her ADE coworkers were being left out of conversations, Roslyn applied for and was awarded an Afford scholarship. Congratulations, Roslyn! Roslyn has been a supported employee at Afford since 1991, and began her...
Giancarlo de Vera (they/he) is a passionate advocate for disability, multiculturalism, racial justice, LGBTIQ+ affairs and cultural diversity. They work at People with Disability Australia as the Senior Manager, Policy, and hold various leadership roles in addition to...
In our organisation, something new and exciting is happening. We’ve formed the Afford Human Rights Advocate Group. This group is all about making sure we follow rights-based practices and promote the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
By Jo Toohey Afford has been sharing how we have transformed over the past year to create a new way forward for our organisation. The initiatives we have undertaken have been significant, far reaching, considered, based on sound ethical principles, experience and best...
By Lisa Carnegie If you want to make positive change a sustained way forward, you need sound governance, frameworks and practice guidelines. This is particularly true when your work is the provision of human services. You need to get the foundations in place to build...