9. Appendix A: Questionare

 

  1. Client stakeholders (disability advocacy organisations)

Activities of the organisation

  • What are the main advocacy activities your organisation undertakes?
  • What is a typical week like at your organisation?
  • Is there anything you would want to improve in your organisation if you had more time or resources?

Links

  • Are you a member of DAV or another disability or advocacy network?
  • What do you know about DARU?
  • How do you receive funding:
    • Office for Disability
    • Commonwealth FaCHSIA
    • Donations or philanthropic

Use of DARU as a resource

  • Have you used any of DARU’s services or resources?
    • Professional development and training
    • Biennial conference on strengthening disability advocacy
    • Disability Advocacy Code of Conduct
    • Weekly email update
    • Receiving information relevant to the sector
    • Resource library (online) or Equipment library
  • Was the resource you used easy to access and useful once you had it? Why/why not?
  • What would be the best way for you to access DARU’s resources, particularly the training and professional development (online, regional workshops, on-site training etc.)?
  • Is there anything that DARU provides that is not relevant to your job or your organisations?
  • Is there anything DARU should be providing? How would you like to access it?

Forward look

  • How does your organisation see the NDIS in terms of advocacy?
  • What do you see as the important issues (challenges) for your sector and your organisation over the next couple of years?
  • How would you like DARU to support your organisation in its activities?

 

2. Decision makers (PGG members)

Activities of the organisation

  • What are the main activities of your organisation?
  • What do you do in a typical week or month?
  • How does DARU feed into your activities? How do you feed into DARU’s activities?
  • How will the introduction of the NDIS affect advocacy, DARU and DAV?

Expectations of DARU’s activities

  • What do you see as DARU’s core role?
  • Do you expect the role of DARU to change under the new State Disability Plan?
  • Which resources and services provided by DARU do you use?
  • Would you like to see DARU provide more services or resources to the sector?
  • If so, what could be augmented or added to the DARU tool kit?
  • Are there any resources or services provided that you think should be discontinued or substantially changed?
  • How do you measure DARU’s successes?
  • Do you expect the role of DARU and the resources/services it provides to change in the next couple of years?

 

3. Project Partners (DAV, SARU)

Activities of the organisation

  • What are the main activities of your organisation?
  • What do you do in a typical week or month?
  • What does your organisation provide in relation to the disability advocacy sector?
  • What is going to be the impact of the NDIS on advocacy?

Links

  • What is your relationship to DARU? Have you undertaken any projects together?
  • What are the main disability or community organisations your organisation works with?
  • What has worked well and not so well in your engagement with DARU?

Expectations of DARU’s activities

  • What do you see as DARU’s core role?
  • What will be the major issues for your organisation over the next 12 to 24 months?
  • Do you see any role for DARU in working with your organisation on any of these issues?

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