Peer Network: Friendships and Community Connections - monthly session January to June 2025

• 29 January 2025 11 June 2025
• 07:00pm - 08:00pm 07:00pm - 08:00pm
• Online via Zoom

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We all deserve the Good things of Life -  family, friends, connection to the community, a sense of belonging, opportunities to learn and develop, meaningful work, a place to call home, personal and financial security and the chance to follow dreams and passions.

Developing the relationships at the centre of that can require more intentional planning for people with disability, than it does for others.

Join this Peer Network to explore strategies that enable people with disability to enjoy abundant opportunities for the relationships that make life good. 

Explore how to discover and foster acquaintanceships and friendships so that people with disability are naturally included in their local community.

Dates and Topics

Wednesday Evenings 7-8pm, via Zoom.

• Jan 29 - Being Intentional about Friendship
• Feb 19 - Investigating the Opportunities in your Community
• Mar 19 - Following Leads and Creating New Ones
• Apr 16 - Dealing with Bumps in the Road
• May 14 - Supporters as Bridge Builders
• June 11 - Bringing it all together; On the Road towards New Friends

Our Facilitator

Sarah Harvey has been associated with Family Advocacy for about 10 years.

Her family’s vision for their sons includes them enjoying a satisfying social life with strong relationships in their local community.

Sarah will share the skills she has developed in spotting friendship opportunities and supporting her sons to develop good relationships.

What’s a Peer Network?

A Peer is someone with similar experience to you. A Peer Network is a connected group of peers.

It’s a group where you can:

• Journey together towards a life lived in the midst of community for the person with disability in your family
• Share questions, ideas and experiences
• Learn from and support other families

A peer network is not a seminar. It’s a group that works when everyone contributes.

The facilitator is there to help the group stay on track, not to provide all the answers.

Why join this Peer Network?

If you or a person with disability in your family is keen to live the Good Life, join this group, with other families who share this goal, to plan for it strategically.

More details about this Peer Network:

• Peer Networks are free to attend.
• We encourage you to come to all of the sessions to get the most benefit, but it's ok to come when you can.
• Once you are registered, you'll receive an email reminder and Zoom link before each session.
• The only way to take part is via live attendance. Peer group discussions are not recorded.
• We ask everyone to abide by the Code of Conduct and Rules of Engagement.      

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