Everyone, Everyday - ACT Disability Awareness Program

 

The Everyone Everyday program is being developed to promote awareness throughout the Canberra community about people with disability and their capabilities and contributions, and to foster respect for their rights and dignity. 

It is our aim that the program will positively influence attitudes and behaviours within the community by raising awareness amongst the next generation of decision-makers – ACT school students - who will be our future employers, service providers, business owners, advocates, policy makers, teachers, colleagues, neighbours and friends.

Everyone, Everyday is being developed by BLITS (Business Leaders Innovative Thoughts and Solutions) with the support of the ACT Government through the Community Services Directorate (Disability ACT) and the Education and Training Directorate (Disability Education).  The University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University are critical friends supporting the development of this program.

The Everyone, Everyday program is a significant ACT Government commitment under Future Directions: Towards Challenge 2014 which is the ACT's key disability policy to improve outcomes and opportunities for people with disability.

Everyone, Everyday Competition – 101 Ways to Include People with Disability

ACT school students are invited to be part of a competition to tell us your ideas - through words, drawings or photos - about the things that everyone can do to include people with disability in everyday life.

There are great prizes to win. You will also have a chance to have your idea included in a book that will be published in 2012.

We are hoping that teachers will consider including the competition as a language, SOSE, pastoral care or creative arts activity in their classrooms and will also implement some of the great suggestions in their own schools.

Download competition entry form here
Download competition poster here

The competition entry form will be available in all ACT schools and ACT public libraries.

Prizes include:

• 2 x $100 Gift Vouchers (to be used at Dick Smith/Harvey Norman)
• A day in a professional recording studio
• Double Pass to Dendy Premium Lounge Cinema
• Double Pass to Dendy Business Class Cinema
• Prize for a teacher: 2 tickets to the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company's production of "Australia Day" The wickedly funny play by Jonathan Biggins at The Canberra Playhouse
• A $50 Gift Certificate from Croissant Dor
• A Free Family Pass to Questacon - The National Science & Technology Centre
• 2 free half hour sessions on the Seg, Glide, Ride (Segway Ride) at Lake Burley Griffin
• 2 vouchers for the winner and a friend to attend a 1 day cooking class at Kids Pantry

We are seeking sponsorship of prizes for the Everyone Everyday Competition that are suitable for ACT school students. We are seeking individual and class prizes as well as prizes for teachers. If you can assist with sponsorship arrangements, please contact us on the details below.

Further information or copies of the competition entry form contact Lisa on 6205 2122 or Fiona on 6207 5594 or email disability.sgg@act.gov.au.

Everyone, Everyday partners

ACTBLITS would like to thank the following organisations for their support of the Everyone Everyday Competition and Sunflower Flash Mob.

• Canberra Milk for their advertising sponsorship
• Capital Careers for their prize donation of 2 vouchers for the winner and a friend to attend a 1 day cooking class at Kids Pantry.
• Steve Pattrick Electrical for 2 x $100 Gift Vouchers (To be used at Dick Smith/Harvey Norman)
• Bunnings Warehouse (Fyshwick and Belconnen) for face painting and balloon modelling at the Sunflower Flash Mob
• Cultural Facilities Corporation for providing 2 tickets to the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company's production of "Australia Day" The wickedly funny play by Jonathan Biggins playing at The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre
• Dendy Cinemas Canberra for providing a Double Pass to Dendy Premium Lounge Cinema and a Double Pass to Dendy Business Class Cinema
• Mark & Vanessa Sutton for providing a day in a professional recording studio
• Croissant Dor for providing a $50 gift certificate
• Kids Media for their design of the Everyone Everyday material
• Questacon - The National Science & Technology Centre - for providing a free family pass
• Mr Jeremy Lasek for the 2 free half hour sessions on the Seg, Glide, Ride (Segway Ride) at Lake Burley Griffin

Everyone Everyday Curriculum Resource

A key element of the program is a curriculum resource for ACT teachers to raise student awareness about the inclusion of people with disability.  The resource will include a set of classroom activities that are evidence based and align with the new Australian Curriculum and the ACT Schools Curriculum Framework – Every Chance to Learn.

The curriculum resource will initially be developed and trialled with primary school teachers of students in years 3 to 5. We hope to trial the resource in Term 3, 2012. 

While the primary audience for the curriculum resource is teachers, it will also be useful for school care, holiday programs and community clubs and groups to foster awareness about inclusion.
Schools that have agreed to be part of the trial so far are Namadgi School, Garran Primary, Gowrie Primary and Turner School.  If your primary school would like to be part of the trial of the resource please contact us on the details below.

Consultations on the Curriculum Resource

A discussion paper to guide consultations on the curriculum resource was released on 23 January 2012 and is open for consultation until Friday 30 March 2012.

If you would like to attend a consultation session on the resource or make a submission, please contact us on the details below.

Click here to access the discussion paper.

Everyone, Everyday - Ways to Change the World Workshop

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On Friday 2 December 2011, Nick Stanhope, CEO of UK based organisation We Are What We Do delivered a workshop on engaging and inspiring communities to do small good actions that help to address social and environmental issues.

A vid-cast of the workshop will be available on this site shortly.

The publisher for We Are What We Do publications are www.walkerbooks.com.au

Sunflower Flash Mob

On Friday 2 December 2011, a sunflower flash mob was held in Garema place, Civic to celebrate inclusion and diversity. A vid-cast of the event will be available on this site shortly.