State Trustees Australia Foundation has allocated $25,000 to the Summer Foundation as part of the 2020 Community Inclusion grant round.
This woman is concerned people living with disabilities will be left behind after COVID-19
Source: SBS News
Sam Petersen is one of many Australians living with disability who has difficulties accessing personal protective equipment, such as face masks. As Australia prepares to lift restrictions, she’s concerned people with disabilities are being left behind.
View onlinePPE online stores to meet needs of people with disability
The Summer Foundation has joined forces with 2 of Australia’s largest providers of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – RSEA Safety and Blackwoods – to launch 2 online stores offering PPE for people with disability.
The online stores will supply reasonably priced gloves, gowns, surgical masks, face shields, hand sanitiser and disinfectant wipes, and will be accessible to NDIS participants from today.
Calls for Australia’s disability carers to get the same coronavirus protections as aged care workers
Source: SBS News | Author: Maani Truu | Photo: AAP
Days after a disability worker in Victoria died after contracting COVID-19, advocates are calling for urgent action to ensure the safety of Australians living with a disability who are particularly vulnerable to the disease, and their carers.
View onlinePrivate sector flocks to specialist disability accommodation
Source: AFR | Author: Michael Bleby
The pipeline of new homes developed with National Disability Insurance Scheme funding has jumped by 50 per cent over the past 12 months, the latest report by the Summer Foundation and Social Ventures Australia into the sector shows.
View onlineConfidence strong, but still significant unmet need in disability housing market
Close to 3,000 Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) places have been built or are now in the pipeline, according to a new report from Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Summer Foundation.
Tom Butler Q & A
Tom Butler is the provider of his own Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). He moved into his SDA unit in Tasmania in 2019. We asked him about the journey to becoming his own SDA provider.
‘Progress’ made to get younger people out of nursing homes
Source: Sydney Morning Herald | Author: Judith Ireland | Photo: Jamila Toderas
The National Disability Insurance Agency has flagged a new strategy to reduce the number of younger people in nursing homes, conceding more work is needed even as figures show a slight fall in the December quarter.
View onlineWhy Not-For-Profits need to look beyond successful pilot programs
Source: Probono | Author: Luke Michael
Not-for-profits need more than just a successful pilot program to influence government and achieve systemic change, a sector leader believes.
Dr Di Winkler is CEO and founder of Summer Foundation, an NFP looking to stop young people with disability from being forced to live in nursing homes.
She spoke to Pro Bono News about the foundation’s advocacy and systems change role in the issue, explaining that it took a lot of work to take a pilot program to scale.
View onlineSummer Foundation 2020-21 Pre-Budget submission
The Summer Foundation has made a Pre-Budget submission. Our submission recommends 8 measures that will enable the Australian Government to achieve its targets relating to younger people in aged care.
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