Projects

There’s strength in numbers.

In addition to our ongoing core advocacy activities, we regularly undertake project-based work that enables us to build a body of evidence as well as a community of care which, together, help to deliver a more socially just, accessible and inclusive society.

This involves regular collaborations with partners across the disability, government, community and education sectors, where we undertake projects focused on specific issues which affect people with disability.

Advancing Women project

The Advancing Women project promotes the leadership, workforce participation and workplace safety for women with disability in Australia. It undertakes research to better understand the barriers and enablers to sustainable leadership roles for women with disability. It also delivers an educational program through online and face-to-face workshops, e-learning modules, and a Mentor Program for women with disability, employers, and key stakeholders.

Learn more about the Advancing Women project.

Access to Enterprise project

The Access to Enterprise project is designed to connect women with disability to mentoring, training, and networking that will strengthen pathways to sustainable self-employment.
Delivered through a hybrid, disability-led service model, the project will build confidence, skills, networks, and business acumen for women with disability who are seeking to establish new micro or small businesses.

Learn more about the Access to Enterprise project.

Building Access project

Building Access is an innovative project enabling domestic and family violence (DFV) services to better meet the needs of women and children with disability through the provision of education, training and resources.

Learn more about the Building Access project.

Community Attitudes project

This project will deliver a national awareness and education program to promote the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people with disability in workplaces and communities.

By increasing awareness of the intersection of LGBTQIA+ and disability identities, the project seeks to challenge stigma and discrimination, shift public attitudes, and foster safer and more inclusive spaces for LGBTQIA+ people with disability in all aspects of life.

Learn more about the Community Attitudes project.

Disability Advocacy Futures

The Disability Advocacy Futures Program provides information services and advocacy assistance to people living in Sydney, South-Eastern Sydney, and South-Western Sydney Local Health District areas.

Learn more about Disability Advocacy Futures program.

Healthy Relationships project

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is leading a three-year project to prevent domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV) against people with disability.

Learn more about the Healthy relationships project.

National Redress Scheme project

PWDA is working with the National Redress Scheme to help people with disability who experienced institutional child sexual abuse gain access to counselling, a direct personal response, and a redress payment.

Learn more about the National Redress Scheme project.

Remote Reach project

The Remote Reach project aims to strengthen Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) services in the Bourke LGA in Western New South Wales to be more inclusive, accessible, and culturally responsive, thereby improving access to services for women and children with disability.

Learn more about the Remote Reach project.

Past projects

Read more about our past projects here, including work on segregated accommodation and care, services for people with disability experiencing homelessness, youth services and the NDIS Citizens’ Jury Scorecard project.

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