Circles of Support are a key strategy to make social inclusion work for people with disabilities, people with mental illnesses, vulnerable children and families, young people in foster care, single young parents, and others struggling with social isolation.
By building an intentional circle of support around a person, comprising friends, neighbours, family, shopkeepers, drivers and support workers, real connections and communities can be built.
A National Steering Group to co-ordinate the development of Circles of Support will be convened at the Street by Street, Suburb by Suburb. Community Building and Social Inclusion conference in Melbourne on April 21/22. The group’s goal will be to facilitate the development of 50 Circles of Support around Australia by the end of 2010, and 100 by the end of 2011.
Strategies for achieving these goals will explored in workshops at the conference on April 21/22.
To register your Expression of Interest in joining the National Steering Group use this online form:
http://www.civilsociety.org.au/CirclesSteeringGroupEOI.htm
Deadline: Friday 16th April
To register for the conference use this form:
http://www.civilsociety.org.au/CommunityBuildingRegistration2010.htm
The Conference is hosted by the Centre for Civil Society, a public policy and social innovation think tank for the empowerment of ordinary people. http://www.civilsociety.org.au
