Annual Report 2022
SERVICE UPDATES:
Community Engagement:
A refreshed approach.
AQA seeks to identify challenges of change and resource individuals and communities to both meet the challenge and tap potential with intention and purpose. In response to a changing and evolving sector space, AQA has and continues to work towards carving out spaces for persons with disabilities to create lasting and sustainable impact. This response has included significant culture evolution, review and reflection in all service delivery, engagement in research and policy change, development of the Community Engagement frameworks and a shift towards fee for service opportunities in the Peer Led / Peer Support space.
This framework is about streamlining the service experience, being informed and led by the community and its lived experience and staying responsive and relevant by continuously growing and adapting to our community’s needs. By doing this we can aim to reach more people who’d benefit from engaging with us, across a wider range of needs.
This approach informs all our service areas and teams and has seen our information, resource, peer support, lived experience, skill and capacity teams such as our Peer Led and Lived Experience Teams, Allied Health, Support Coordination and Service Engagement teams come together under this framework.
Collectively the team represents 273 years of lived experience and this continues to grow as we identify people with a desire, interest or skills to contribute their knowledge and experience back to the community, by offering opportunities to develop coaching, training and facilitation skills. This process helps us build capacity within our community, ensure our services remain relevant and peer-informed, and scales our impact
"Our expanded community, means one place for all your needs"
Key Numbers.
222,624
Hours of in-home and in-community service delivered
1943
Hours of Support Coordination delivered
1185
Hours of peer led and allied health services delivered
52
Community Network gatherings facilitated
172
Peer Support Contacts
You'll also see us involved in the following areas.
We work alongside the disability community to connect people with services, relationships and opportunities that will help them live full and enriching lives.
