Whanganui - Sausage sizzle & celebration

Join CCS Disability Action for a sausage sizzle this International Day of Persons with Disabilities. 

This free event is open to anyone in the community. IPDP celebrates the achievements and contributions of disabled people to Their community. It aims to build awareness, understanding and acceptance. 

 Who are CCS Disability Action?

CCS Disability Action is a membership-based organisation and a registered charity, led by a national board. Local governance committees, staff groups and local communities also guide their work. Many of their board members, governance and staff have lived experience of disability.

CCS Disability Action supports all people with any kind of impairment, as the largest pan-disability support and advocacy organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

They have been working with disabled people/whānau hauā and their families since 1935 and are at the forefront of service provision, advocacy and information sharing New Zealand-wide.

Their vision: Te Aronui

Every disabled person/whānau hauā is interwoven into the lives of their whānau and community.

Te Aronui embodies vision and strategic priorities. 

“Aro” means ‘to face’ or ‘to turn towards’ and “nui” is ‘the great space’. It reflects both the nothingness and the everything. Traditionally, it is a space of aspiration. Te Aronui guides CCS Disability Action as they open up to the possibilities of the future. 

Te Aronui reflects the interconnectedness of disabled people/whānau hauā to the environment in which they live. they will focus on these connected elements as they work alongside the people they support, each other and other organisations.

Te hunga hauā mauri mō ngā tāngata katoa: Their foundation statement

This statement forms the foundation of Their identity and means that all people have Mauri a unique life force.

Their challenge: Te whakatara

One in five New Zealanders live with an impairment. Their society does not always operate in a way where everyone can participate. This can be created by a physical barrier, other people’s attitudes and behaviours, or by a lack of access to information, resources and support.

These barriers create an environment that can make life challenging for disabled people/whānau hauā.

Their strategic priorities: Ā mātou whāinga rautaki matua

Disabled people: Whānau hauā

Their purpose and focus. This sits centrally in Aronui as a reminder that everything they do will be underpinned by the self-determination of disabled people.

Knowledge: Mātauranga

All people have knowledge to contribute to Their society. they recognise disabled people/ whānau hauā as the experts in their own lives.

CCS Disability Action recognise that they benefit from receiving the knowledge that disabled people hold. they will also share Their knowledge freely to ensure disabled people can access the information that they need.

Connectedness: Whanaungatanga

Understanding that all people and systems are interconnected. they will seek to identify connections bettheyen people and systems to ensure that disabled people have access to the relationships and resTheirces they need.

theyllbeing: Hauora

Acknowledges that being theyll means different things to different people. they will ensure that the voices of disabled people/whānau hauā guide us in enabling people to lead their own lives, in their own way.

Their work will be organised to ensure that:

Disabled people and their whānau have access to information, support and advocacy at the right time.

The community is supported to become disability aware, engaged, physically accessible, inclusive, and they coming of all people. 

Venue

Majestic Square Whanganui
98 Victoria Avenue
Whanganui 4500

Cost

FREE

Contact

Chelsea Kuzman
0224760913
chauraro@gmail.com