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Group of people in an informal living room setting. 5 adults, and a child sitting on a woman's lap. — A Circle of Support facilitator works in partnership with a person and their family to build freely given relationships which strengthen opportunities for an inclusive life. This happens not with the expectation that this group might not necessarily have a responsibility of “caring for” the person but with the expectation […]

Circles of Support – introduction to facilitation

13 Jul, 2020 in Circles Initiative by Community Living Project

outdoors two people with hands supporting a balancing tower of around 10 rocks, each slightly bigger than their hands — The content of this post is also published in the CLP Family Leadership Booklet. Self-directed Support begins with assisting each person to identify what is important for them in their paid support, helping them to individually recruit workers who fit with their vision, as well as managing the workers in […]

What is Self-directed Support?

13 Jul, 2020 in Articles / Self-directed support by Community Living Project

Adelaide street Train rainbow — Community Living Project has developed a model of Self-directed Support that embraces Family Leadership. This model uses the ‘Seven Steps to self-direction’. The content of this post is also published in the Family leadership booklet The Seven Steps process gives a logical sequence of steps which build on each other. […]

Seven Steps to Self-direction

13 Jul, 2020 in Articles / Self-directed support by Community Living Project

A vital focus of CLP is supporting families to develop their leadership skills and to increase their understanding of how to bring about positive change in the life of their family member with disability. Leadership often arises because a person with disability, family, their allies or ordinary citizens see a […]

Families leading change

13 Jul, 2020 in Articles / Family Leadership by Community Living Project

Three adult women stand arm in arm on a suburban beach. They are barefoot, with casual pants and button up shirts on.They are looking at the camera with big smiles. — CLP has a focus on building strong relationships and circles of support for people with disability through our Circles Initiative

Relationships, friendships, circles – video by CLP

15 Apr, 2020 in Circles Initiative / Videos by Community Living Project

Community Living Project supports people with disability and their families to develop leadership skills to build a good life. A key way to do this is supporting them to make decisions about who works with them, and building their capacity to self-direct their day to day support.

Self-directed support – video by CLP

15 Apr, 2020 in Family Leadership / Self-directed support / Videos by Community Living Project

CLP helps each person with disability work towards their dream for home, bringing a sense of security, independence and pride.

“Home” video by CLP

1 Apr, 2020 in Family Leadership / Self-directed support / Videos / Your own home by Community Living Project

Three people crouching and reaching to touch leaves of vegetables growing in a backyard. — CLP believes each person with a disability should be included as a valued and contributing member of their community. Our Mission and Values are very much alive, and staff share a common passion for building inclusive lives. Community Living Project doesn’t just provide disability support services, we help create good […]

Our vision and values – video by CLP

15 Jan, 2020 in Videos / Work with us by Community Living Project

portrait, white male, short grey hair, blue framed glasses, white t-shirt under open collared check shirt — In this video Circle Members reflect on what it means for them to be invited, included and involved involved in a circle of support. Community Resource Unit Ltc (CRU) created two videos for the National Resource Centre (NRC) for Circles of Support and Microboards (COSAM). This COSAM is a project […]

Circle members experience – video by CRU

8 Oct, 2018 in Circles Initiative / Videos by Community Living Project

a group of 9 adults and one young child sit casually along a fence in front of a beach on a sunny day. — Talks That Matter talksthatmatter.net is a unique, online video strategy developed by Belonging Matters (Melbourne). If you’re interested in relationships and Circles of Support, start with the friendship playlist. Every video is grounded in the values of community, social inclusion and empowerment. Videos are arranged in a variety of categories […]

Friendship “Talks that Matter” – videos by Belonging Matters

16 Jul, 2018 in Circles Initiative / Videos by Community Living Project