QUICK REFERENCE: Our Vision | Our Mission | CPSN Annual Report
The Cerebral Palsy Support Network (CPSN) is an incorporated state-wide self - help public benevolent institution. A committee of management administers the Cerebral Palsy Support Network Inc.
Committee members are volunteers who have cerebral palsy themselves, have a family member with cerebral palsy or have an interest in cerebral palsy.
In late 1995, a small group of individuals and parents of children with cerebral palsy met and founded the initial support group. Over the years our membership has steadily grown and we provide an extensive range of information and support services to people with cerebral palsy and their families.
For many years the committee of management lobbied various government departments for ongoing funding. During this time, the CPSN sustained itself with the kind donations of various individuals, companies and income generated from fund-raising events, its Brokerage Program and small self-help grants. Finally in 2006 it was announced that the CPSN was to receive ongoing Victorian State Government funding through the Dept of Human Services (Disability Division). This has enabled the CPSN to employ a Support and Information Co-Ordinator and provide funds for our office overheads.
OUR VISION
The Cerebral Palsy Support Network strives to change community attitudes towards people with cerebral palsy by providing information and awareness about the issues that impact on their lives.
Our vision is for a society:
- where people with cerebral palsy are not limited by their disability and have the right to live their life the way they choose.
- where diversity is enhanced, respected and celebrated.
- where people with cerebral palsy are included in community life, in real and meaningful ways
- where the community is understanding and has empathy for the feelings, experience and perspective of parents who have children newly diagnosed with cerebral palsy
- where family members and friends are supported in their caring role.
OUR MISSION
The Cerebral Palsy Support Network is a self-help organisation run by people who have a personal experience with cerebral palsy. It has been set up specifically to provide information, support and resources to children and adults with cerebral palsy and their families in Victoria, Australia.
The network provides a vital link to information, support and education about the issues and experiences that impact on the lives of people who have a personal experience of cerebral palsy.
CPSN ANNUAL REPORT
Interested individuals and parties, our Annual Report is available for viewing via this PDF download
(click here).
