What do we do?
North East Citizen Advocacy (NECA) is a community based not-for-profit advocacy program in the North East of Melbourne. The program seeks to uphold the rights and interests of adults with an intellectual disability on a one-to-one basis by addressing instances of discrimination, abuse and neglect.
What do we do?
North East Citizen Advocacy (NECA) is a community based not-for-profit advocacy program in the North East of Melbourne. The program seeks to uphold the rights and interests of adults with an intellectual disability on a one-to-one basis by addressing instances of discrimination, abuse and neglect.
Disability Royal Commission
Advocacy Support
We are funded to provide free support to people wishing to engage with the Disability Royal Commission.
If you think that you might want to tell your story to the Royal Commission, or it has raised issues for you;
We can help you to:
- Tell your story
- Work out how best to tell your story
- Protect your rights
- Answer any questions you may have about the Royal Commission
Should you require other supports to help you tell your story, we can also help you with:
- Supports to help you with communicating
- Finding someone to support you with legal concerns
- Finding someone to support you with financial concerns
- Finding you ongoing counselling and/or psychological support.
We are funded to provide free support to people wishing to engage with the Disability Royal Commission.
If you think that you might want to tell your story to the Royal Commission, or it has raised issues for you;
We can help you to:
- Tell your story
- Work out how best to tell your story
- Protect your rights
- Answer any questions you may have about the Royal Commission
Should you require other supports to help you tell your story, we can also help you with:
- Supports to help you with communicating
- Finding someone to support you with legal concerns
- Finding someone to support you with financial concerns
- Finding you ongoing counselling and/or psychological support.
What is the Disability Royal Commission about?
It was set up to look at ways to prevent people with disability from experiencing:
- Violence
- If someone is hurting you
- Abuse
- If someone is treating you badly
- Neglect
- If someone is not helping you the way they are supposed to help you
- Exploitation
- If someone is taking advantage of you
The Disability Royal Commission final report will be due on 29 September 2023.
Telling your story can help the Disability Royal Commission to work out:
- What went wrong
- What needs to be fixed
It will also look at ways to stop people with disability experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
If you would like support to tell your story or would like to talk to one of our advocates to find out more, please call us on 8407 3684 or email us through the contact us page.
You can also read more about the Disability Royal Commission on their website.
You can also visit our blog page for updates and news about the Disability Royal Commission.