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Tenancy

Tenants NSW is the best place to start they have a wealth of information about your rights as a tenant and people you can contact if you need individual advocacy.

Mental Health

The Mental Health Advocacy Service is your best place to start. Their website is here and they can help you understand your rights under the Mental Health Act, and represent you before a magistrate and the guardianship tribunal.

Physical Disability

The organisation People With Disabilities is funded for individual advocacy and may be able to advocate on your behalf in certain situations. They can be contacted on 02 9370 3100 or on their toll free number 1800 422 015. Alternatively, should you require legal representation you can contact Legal Aid NSW by clicking here or giving them a call on  1300 888 529.

1. Getting someone to advocate for me is all well and good but I would like to learn to advocate for myself?

As part of our defining pathways workshop participants develop goal setting and writing skills that are helpful in advocating for themselves. Information about these programs can be found here.

1. How can I contribute to PDCNs advocacy activities?

There are many ways that you can help PDCN in its advocacy work.

1. Become a member of PDCN
2. Attend Community consultations to let us know the issues that are important to you in your community
3. Respond to specific issue consultations.

 How do I become a member of PDCN?

Vist our website here to fill in the forms for an individual or organisational member. As a member of PDCN you will receive notifications of the community and specific issue consultations that we run.

What is a community consultation and how does it help PDCN?

A Community consultation is a focused way for us to receive information from communities in rural, regional and metropolitan areas of NSW. Your input would help us to ensure our policy statements, submissions, organisational priorities, and input to government and other stakeholders best reflects the issues that are important to people with physical disability across the State. If you are interested in finding out more you can contact us on 1800 688 831 or visit our website here for additional information.

What is a specific issue consultation? How does it help PDCN?

PDCN seeks the input of people with physical disability on specific issues such as energy, community access and transport. This assists PDCN to prepare submissions, or provide feedback or comment to government in a structured manner.  Your input to specific issue consultations ensures that the input provided by PDCN is informed by people with physical disability from across New South Wales. For more information go here.