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SUFY Mission and Goals
Speaking Up For You protects and defends vulnerable people with disability through individual
advocacy to address injustices and make a positive and sustainable difference to their lives.
SUFY does this by speaking, writing and acting for individuals so that their fundamental needs are met, their lives are improved and they are included in the community.
SUFY:
• speaks, writes and acts for individuals in order to advocate against unjust and unfair things happening in their lives
• strives to strengthen and develop links with strategic people so as to safeguard SUFY‘s advocacy efforts
• develops an understanding of independent social advocacy and supports advocacy development
• strives to be an effective, efficient and accountable organisation which works out of and reflects advocacy principles and practices
What We Do
SUFY has adopted the definition and principles for strong Independent Social Advocacy endorsed by the Combined Advocacy Groups Queensland in the Combined Advocacy Group's 1997 Position Paper.
(A copy of the Position Paper is available from the SUFY office.)
SUFY strives to do advocacy that:
• is independent, autonomous, and on the side of the disadvantaged party (partisan)
• focuses on the fundamental human needs and/or rights and interests of people or persons
• has a clear value base of social justice and inclusion of people with disability as contributing/ participating members of the community
• is about striving for justice
• is about striving for equity
• has minimal conflict of interest
• remains loyal and accountable to the disadvantaged person over the long term where necessary
• is distinct from service delivery
• is not service provision or personal care support
• is emphatic, vigorous and costly or likely to be costly to the advocate or advocacy group
SUFY’s Strategic Directions for 2006 - 2010
Goal 1. To provide individual advocacy on behalf of vulnerable people with disability whose fundamental needs are not met.
Goal 2. To assist some people to advocate on behalf of a vulnerable person with disability.
Goal 3. To inform and influence allies and others to bring about systemic change to advance our individual advocacy efforts.
Goal 4. To promote the understanding and development of advocacy within SUFY and in the wider community.
Goal 5. To operate a principled, effective, accountable and sustainable social advocacy organisation.
For further information click here to download our Information Booklet...
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