Gender based Violence and People with a Disability.  Jane Rosengrave, Lisa Brumtis and Bronwyn Trickett discuss gender based violence, domestic violence and cyber bullying on a global scale, what the statistics say and how far we have come in the last 30 - 50 years as part of 3CR's #16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Broadcasts for 2020 https://www.3cr.org.au/protests/episode/16-days-action-gender-based-violence

Susan, Heather, and Lisa from Positive Powerful Parents, Reinforce and Bim,  share their experiences of making submissions to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Mark, disability advocate from AMIDATo check the progress of the commission viisit the website at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/about-royal-commission/our-schedule

This month we are discussing COVID- 19 & Mental Health for people with Disability.Lisa from Brain Injury Matters, Susan from Reinforce, Warren from Voice At The Table and Bronwyn from AMIDA share some tips and discuss the different ways they have meet the challenges of Victoria's COVID-19 lockdowns.

This month we are joined again by the crew of VATT Chat a peer led initiative to make sure everyone can participate in meetings and places where decisions are made. In this follow up episode we're talking about the role of self advocates in meetings. VATT (Voice at The Table) is a SARU initiative providing practical information to ensure people with a cognitive disability have a real and equal voice on boards, committees and advisory groups. The VATT Chat podcast has been made as part of SARU’s Inclusive Meeting Training package. It is for Self Advocates, Organisation staff and Meeting Chairs.All 6 episodes will be officially launched in October.  You can hear the first 2 Episodes of the podcast by following the links at Voice at the Table Facebook page or the website voiceatthetable.com.au

This month we are joined by the crew of VATT Chat - a peer led initiative to make sure everyone can participate in meetings and places where decisions are made. VATT (Voice at The Table) is a SARU initiative providing practical information to ensure people with a cognitive disability have a real and equal voice on boards, committees and advisory groups. The VATT Chat podcast has been made as part of SARU’s Inclusive Meeting Training package. It is for Self Advocates, Organisation staff and Meeting Chairs. All 6 episodes will be officially launched in October.  You can hear the first Episode of the podcast by following the links at Voice at the Table Facebook page or the website voiceatthetable.com.au

Kerri Cassidy from Disability Resource Centre joins Jane from Reinforce, Lisa from Brain Injury Matters, Bronwyn from AMIDA & Luke from Reinforce to share tips about Public Transport use during COVID- 19 for people with Disability. || Are some types of transport safer than other types? Does wearing a mask and or gloves help?, where can people get advice if they need to about public transport use and what improvements need to be made for people to feel safer?

How it is for you during COVID- 19?For people with Disability there are some things to be considered that may not apply to people without Disability.Join Amanda, Lisa, James and Justin as we share our experiences and stay connected during COVID -19, and talk about the importance of 3CR for giving people with Disability a voice about a whole range of topics, for over 30 years. June is usually Radiothon month at 3CR.  At this time during COVID- 19 the station are doing this a bit differently.  Please donate to the station to keep it running!  3CR are doing a fabulous job to keep our voices being heard.

Colin and Jane talk about their experience of presenting at the Disability Royal Commission and speak about why the voices of people with disabilities are so important for recommendations, changes and shaping all our futures.Change happens when we Raise Our Voices together and share our stories.Music: Archie Roach Took The Children Away

COVID-19 may mean we can't get together physically this month but we can still celebrate the show and the important self advocacy work the team has taken part in over the years.This month we feature highlights on a range of topics from Powerful Parenting to Acquired Brain injury (ABI), access to the Footy and Public Transport and a nod to Sci Fi Fan Clubs.We hope you enjoy the show and stay safe!

Norrie Blythman, James Teeken and Kevin Stone share highlights and plan for next years conference.  The Having a Say Conference took place on 24, 25 and 26 FebruaryThe Having a Say conference is organised by VALID (Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability) and is the largest conference for people with disabilities within Australia where people can find their voice, to speak up, to be heard and to be respected. This is the conference where people listen to each other, not just to the speakers on stage. This is the conference where people respect each other’s views and opinions, and celebrate their common cause.