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Group of people in an informal living room setting. 5 adults, and a child sitting on a woman's lap. — Circles Initiative works in partnership with you and your family to build freely given relationships which strengthen your opportunities for an inclusive life. A Circle Facilitator gets to know you and your family well. They work with you to deliberately invite other people into your life with a view that […]

Circles of Support – introduction

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 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 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 Family Leadership 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

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

CLP has a focus on building strong relationships and circles of support for people with disability through our Circles Initiative

Relationships, friendships, circles video

15 Apr, 2020 in Circles Initiative 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

15 Apr, 2020 in Family Leadership / Self-directed support 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

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

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

Circle members and facilitators talk about their experience

8 Oct, 2018 in Circles Initiative 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 […]

Talks that matter – friendship

16 Jul, 2018 in Circles Initiative by Community Living Project