Governance > Terms of Reference > Operational Committees > Speaking Up Advocacy Group - Terms of Reference
Authorised by Chief Executive Officer
Revised Date: 30 September 2024
Goals
The Speaking Up Advocacy Group is to support participants in self-advocacy.
While most who attend are from Day Activities groups, the Speaking Up Advocacy Group is open to anyone using Kyeema supports.
Objectives
The objectives of the Advocacy Group are to:
•Identify areas for improvement.
•Bring up issues people may have.
•Sharing together about things that come up and about listening to others.
•Information about government laws and upcoming events
•Bringing up new ideas
Tasks
The tasks to be undertaken by the Advocacy Group are as follows;
•Run the meetings
•Identify problems within Speaking Up
•Receive reports from OH&S Representatives
•Receive reports from representatives who attended the regional All Abilities Advocacy Group
Frequency and length of Meetings
•Meetings will be held twice a monthly and usually go for 20 minutes
Record Keeping
Speaking Up - Participant Advocacy Meetings minutes
•K:\Advocacy\Minutes from Speaking Up & All Abilities mtgs
Progress Reports
Notes from each meeting are to be read at the following meeting to all attending.
Complaints and Feedback Management Policy and Procedure
Kyeema Speaking Up Advocacy Group Terms of Reference & Guidelines GF-02
Terms of Reference - Speaking Up Advocacy Group (Friendly Version) CCF-39
Speaking Up Advocacy Group Minutes CCF-63