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Advocacy Western Sydney 108 Harris Street Harris Park NSW 2150 Phone: (02) 9893 8210 Fax: (02) 9687 1954 Email: info@caws.com.au Web: http://www.caws.com.au Citizen Advocacy Western Sydney Inc. is an independent, local community group concerned for the interests of people with intellectual disability, with a vision of a better life for people with intellectual disability within the community. Disability Complaints Service 52 Pitt Street Redfern NSW 2016 Phone: (02) 9319 6549 Freecall: 1800 422 015 TTY (02) 9318 2138 Fax: (02) 9318 1322 Email: pwd@pwd.org.au Web: http://www.post-polionetwork.org.au/dcs.html Provides a free service to help people with a disability who wish to make a complaint about their rights being infringed. Family Advocacy PO Box 502 Epping NSW 1710 Phone: (02) 9869 0866 Freecall: 1800 620 588 Fax: (02) 9869 0722 Email: juvell@ozemail.com.au Web: http://www.family-advocacy.com/ Family Advocacy is an independent, community based social advocacy organisation which works across New South Wales, working with families in which there is a child or an adult who has a developmental disability. Our mission is to attain positive social roles for people who have a developmental disability. We achieve this through strengthening the knowledge, role and influence of families in the community. Our work is directed towards enabling and supporting families to speak up for opportunities for people with a disability to enjoy the same environment, lifestyle and living conditions that are available to the majority of Australians. This means we support the philosophy and practice of inclusion. Mental Health Advocacy Service Level 4 74-76 Burwood Road Burwood NSW 2134 Phone: (02) 9745 4277 Mobile 1800 806 913 Email: Web: http://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=205 The Mental Health Advocacy Service (MHAS) is part of the Legal Aid Commission of NSW. The service provides free legal advice and assistance about mental health law. This means that we represent people in hearings that relate to their detention and treatment in hospitals and the community, and the management of their money. We now also provide representation for people with other disabilities before the Guardianship Tribunal. Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW Inc (MDAA) 40 Albion Street, Harris Park NSW 2150 Phone: (02) 9891 6400 Freecall: 1800 629 072 TTY: (02) 9687 6325 Fax: (02) 9635 5355 Email: mdaa@mdaa.org.au Web: http://www.mdaa.org.au/ Our mission is to promote, protect and safeguard the rights and interests of people from a non-English speaking background with disability and their families/carers in NSW. NSW Association for Mental Health Inc 62 Victoria Rd Gladesville NSW 2111 Phone: (02) 9816 1611 Freecall: 1800 674 200 Fax: (02) 9816 4056 Email: info@mentalhealth.asn.au Web: http://www.mentalhealth.asn.au/home.htm/ The Mental Health Association NSW Inc is a non-government organisation funded by Northern Sydney Area Health. Members are people who are interested in mental health issues. Penrith Association for People with Disabilities - PATH Inc Suite 115 114- 116 Henry St Penrith NSW 2750 Phone: (02) 4721 0866 Fax: (02) 4721 0805 Email: path@pnc.com.au Web: PATH provides support and information, lobbies for disability causes and works with other community groups to help people with a disability. PATH has a special interest in families. Services include support groups (Positive Links and a group for parents/carers of those with Aspergers syndrome), equipment pool for disabled children (EPIC) and Integration Co-ordinator to obtain integrated recreation for disabled children. PATH to your Door is a volunteer-based home-visiting service for parents/carers who are suffering isolation as a result of caring for people with a disability. Penrith Disabilities Resource Centre - PDRC Suite G01, 114- 116 Henry St Penrith NSW 2750 Phone: (02) 4732 2363 Fax: (02) 4722 8168 Email: pdrc@pdrc.org.au Web: http://www.pdrc.org.au Penrith Disabilities Resource Centre Inc. seeks to deliver an information, referral and advocacy service to people with disabilities, their carers, families and advocates, and to involve people with disabilities in the planning, development and delivery of the Resource Centre's services and activities. Most of PDRC's information is kept on an electronic database. There is also a range of pamphlets, magazines, and other disability specific literature available to the community. People with Disabilities (PWD) 52 Pitt St Redfern NSW 2012 Phone: (02) 9319 6622 Toll Free: 1800 422 015 TTY: (02) 9318 2138 Fax: (02) 9318 1372 Email: pwd@pwd.org.au Web: http://www.pwd.org.au People with Disabilities (NSW) Inc is a state peak disability rights and advocacy organisation. Its primary membership is made up of people with disability and organisations primarily constituted by people with disability. We have a cross-disability focus - we represent the interests of people with all kinds of disability. PWD is a non-profit, non-government organisation. Physical Disability Action Forum Suite G01, 114- 116 Henry St Penrith NSW 2750 Phone: (02) 4732 2363 Fax: (02) 4722 8168 Email: pdrc@pdrc.org.au Web: http://www.pdrc.org.au/forum.html A standing subcommittee of PDRC for people with physical and/or sensory disabilities who are interested in working together to achieve community awareness of their needs and raise issues and concerns that affect them. Public Interest Advocacy Centre Level 1 46 - 48 York Street Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 9299 7833 Fax: (02) 9299 7855 Email: piac@piac.asn.au Web: http://www.piac.asn.au/ The Public Interest Advocacy Centre is an independent, non-profit legal and policy centre. PIAC makes strategic interventions in public interest matters to foster a fair, just and democratic society and to empower citizens, consumers and communities. Self Advocacy Sydney Inc. Suite 4 No. 2a Cnr Newton & Flushcombe Roads Blacktown NSW 2148 Phone: (02) 9622 3005 Fax: (02) 9622 6030 Email: info@sasinc.com.au Web: http://www.sasinc.com.au/index.html An Self Advocacy organisation run by and for people with Intellectual Disability We provide information and support to individuals and groups to promote awareness of their rights and responsibilities within the community. We support people who want to develop their skills and confidence so they can speak out and make decisions that will affect their own lives. |
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