YDAN is one of several Disability organisations with an urgent call for support
Youth Disability Advocacy Network( YDAN) is a peak representative body for young people with disability in Western Australia, with the goal to promote the rights of young people aged twelve to twenty five in our community and beyond. Currently YDAN is one of several Disability organisations with an urgent call for support and a desperate need for positive change.
YDAN has lost most of their Department of Social Services funding and many of their services will cease on the 30th of June 2024.
YDAN advocate, Isabella Choate, chatted with Madeleine Caffieri.
YDAN joins several Disability Organisations in an urgent call for support. We have lost most of our Department of Social Services funding and many of our services will cease on the 30th June 2024, unless we receive immediate funding from another source.
If you have engaged with YDAN and value their services, they ask you to consider writing any/all of the following politicians.
State
- Minister for Disability Services, Hon Don Punch, minister.punch@dpc.wa.gov.au
- Ms Merome Beard MLA, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, northwest@mp.wa.gov.au
- Mr Shane Love MLA, Leader of the Opposition, mooreelectorate@mp.wa.gov.au
Federal
- Minister for Social Services, The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP – Minister responsible for DSS and the Information Linkages and Capacity (ILC) Building grants program, amanda.rishworth.mp@aph.gov.au
- Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, The Hon Bill Shorten MP, bill.shorten.mp@aph.gov.au
- Minister for Youth & Early Childhood education, The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP – Anne.Aly.MP@aph.gov.au
- Your local federal Member of Parliament – Click on this link insert your postcode and it will show who your local federal member is.
