tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post3241175141079536457..comments2024-01-16T01:42:41.699+11:00Comments on Tune into Radio Carly: Poster children for disability charities.Carly Findlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01368145710452826385noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-7139730888906386562015-07-27T13:35:35.378+10:002015-07-27T13:35:35.378+10:00Although it's not explicitly the same, reading...Although it's not explicitly the same, reading this really felt like an echo of some of the concerns I've been reading about charities working with extreme poverty using a one for one model (TOMS shoes being a recent example). This whole thing of how people who need assistance are actually part of - or not part of - their own solutions is something that a lot of organisations and sectors are struggling with I think.<br /><br />I struggle with it, even from the perspective of working with young people. I absolutely believe in youth voice and youth led decision making, but there's also the tension of 'you don't know what you don't know' and the tendency of people to replicate 'same' rather than 'new'. <br /><br />I think it's so crucial though to keep asking the questions, what are we doing, why are we doing it this way and actually change what you're doing if the feedback is 'this doesn't work for us/makes us feel dis-empowered!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-45102269512292404522015-07-11T05:26:31.624+10:002015-07-11T05:26:31.624+10:00Thanks for sharing this issues surrounding the fin...Thanks for sharing this issues surrounding the fine balance between charity and empowerment. This was a perspective I wouldn't have considered otherwise.<br /><br />SSG xxxSydney Shop Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813953421175387706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-43557992778509602742015-07-10T10:27:35.705+10:002015-07-10T10:27:35.705+10:00It's a complicated topic isn't it! A frie...It's a complicated topic isn't it! A friend and I completed a CFS recovery program several years ago and we both found it to be helpful, it may have kick-started my road to recovery as I improved slowly but steadily afterwards. When my friend called CFS Victoria they didn't want to hear her good review and recommendation, they only wanted to tell people what not to do and were very negative. The organisation has since found a new CEO who should help shake up the organisation (I hope!)<br />On the other hand - I have been working for months to organise a fundraising event with a charity that conducts research into the condition I have but we have had many differences of opinion and see the event in very different ways. They see it merely as a way to raise funds and organised it (at an accessible venue at my insistence) without much consideration for what the event could potentially be - a way to raise awareness and talk about the research they are conducting and something the community I am part of can attend and appreciate because it is really for them. It's been a long process and there are still things to work out but hopefully they will see future fundraising events for all arms of their research a bit differently - in my mind, why bother just raising funds when you can raise awareness at the same time and why exclude the very people you are supposed to be helping!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com