City of Darebin – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)

Independent Family Advocacy and Support (IFAS)

Area of operation:: City of Darebin, City of Greater Bendigo, City of Moreland
Email: ifascontact@vla.vic.gov.au
Web: https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us...
Phone: 1800 849 200

This service provides early, non-legal advocacy and support to families who are involved in the child protection system. IFAS has a focus on parents of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and parents with an intellectual disability. IFAS also provides coaching for self-advocacy for CALD, family violence, LGBTQI, mental health and other disabilities. IFAS is … Continued

North East Citizen Advocacy (NECA) – One to One

Area of operation:: City of Banyule, City of Darebin, City of Whittlesea, Shire of Nillumbik
Email: neca@citizenadvocacy.com.au
Web: http://www.citizenadvocacy.com.au/
Phone: (03) 8407 3684

NECA One to One is a community based program that creates a partnership between a volunteer from the community and a person with an intellectual disability; NECA facilitates the matching process ensuring that the relationship is directed by the needs of the protégé; NECA now has funding to provide individual advocacy, focusing on the specific needs and … Continued

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Independent Family Advocacy and Support (IFAS)

North East Citizen Advocacy (NECA) – One to One