Southern Disability Advocacy

Southern Disability Advocacy is an Australian not-for-profit disability advocacy agency based in Mentone, Victoria. It provides free advocacy services for people with all disabilities, representing and protecting their rights and interests. The organisation is funded by the Commonwealth Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing as part of the National Disability Advocacy Program. The agency serves residents of several local government areas in southern metropolitan Melbourne: the Cities of Port Phillip, Stonnington, Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston, Casey and Frankston, as well as the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. Anyone with a disability who lives in these areas can receive its services, and anyone can make a request for advocacy, although the agency's primary focus is always the person with a disability. Where possible, it works with family members and other professionals. Southern Disability Advocacy is structured as a not-for-profit incorporated association, managed by a volunteer Committee of Management. It is a charity registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and is certified as compliant with the National Standards for Disability Services 2013. Its services are free of charge to eligible individuals in its catchment area.

Southern Disability Advocacy is a disability advocacy organisation operating in Victoria, Australia. It is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing as part of the National Disability Advocacy Program, a national framework that supports independent advocacy for people with disabilities. The organisation is constituted as a not-for-profit incorporated association and is managed by a volunteer Committee of Management. It is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and has been certified as compliant with the National Standards for Disability Services 2013. Its service area covers southern metropolitan Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, specifically the Cities of Port Phillip, Stonnington, Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston, Casey and Frankston, and the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. The agency is located in Mentone and provides free advocacy services to people with all disabilities who live in these areas. Its work centres on representing and protecting the rights and interests of individuals with a disability, and it accepts requests for advocacy from anyone, while keeping the person with a disability as the primary focus. Where possible, it collaborates with family members and other professionals.

A community-based, government-funded not-for-profit advocacy agency focused on the rights and interests of people with disabilities in southern metropolitan Melbourne.

• Free individual advocacy

  Free advocacy services for people with all disabilities, representing and protecting their rights and interests.

• Rights and interests representation

  Advocacy focused on the rights and interests of individuals with a disability.

• Information and referral

  Assistance to find someone in the caller's location and information about services.

1. 1Southern Disability Advocacy – Homesouthernda.org.au
2. 2Who We Are – Southern Disability Advocacysouthernda.org.au
3. 3Southern Disability Advocacy – Wikidatawikidata.org