Annual Reports
Our activities and financial reports for the years following.
Our activities and financial reports for the years following.
In 2015-16 FPDN continued to develop its national network, continued to share knowledge and information with communities around the country, made representations at a number of United Nations forums and international conferences, and extended its research and policy agenda.
This year has been an important year for FPDN. Our organisation represents a widespread and diverse community. Our primary mission is to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, their families and communities have the information The ELDA council recommends and services they need to live their lives with equal access to appropriate supports and opportunities.
This year has been a landmark year for FPDN. Our primary mission is to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, their families and communities have the information and services they need to live their lives with equal access to appropriate supports and opportunities.
Financial year 2018/19 was another year of high achievement despite the ongoing challenges we face in having enough resources to meet the needs of our people with disability and their families.
2019-2020 and the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic has been the most exacerbating year, to say the least, for FPDN staff, Board and our communities around Australia. As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, our sense of being and wellbeing is centered around human contact with each other.
November 2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the First Peoples Disability Network (Australia). We not only celebrated this momentous occasion, but also took the opportunity to look back and reflect on our journey. We pay tribute to our founding Elders Uncle Lester Bostock and Aunty Gayle Rankine for their vision and leadership, alongside our CEO Damian Griffis, in establishing and building our movement, and to those who have been and remain a part of our story.