NACBO has been engaged to complete a number of projects across Australia. These include: the development of resources (including websites, videos and training materials), delivery of training, reports and evaluations.
My Home My Way
The My Home My Way project (MHMW project) assists people with a disability, their allies and families to explore how they can live in their own home.
We have a dedicated staff member available in your state who can provide you with mentoring and coaching to assist you navigate through the stages of exploring an Individualised Living Option that works for you! Find your local NACBO member organisation here. We're also happy to have a conversation about any question you might have about living in your own home.
The Making Home Real project is brought to you by the National Alliance of Capacity Building Organisations (NACBO) and funding from the Department of Social Services, our practical online toolkit simplifies the journey to applying for NDIS ILO.
This easy-to-use resource walks you through the steps, offering insights, practical examples, and personal stories to inspire and support your application. Making Home Real empowers you to take charge of your unique living journey.
The project is all about Individualised Living Options (ILOs), a unique support package empowering individuals with disabilities to shape their own distinct living situations. With multiple paths to ILOs, each outcome is personalised to align with individual needs, ensuring no two experiences are alike. NDIS ILO funding provides an avenue for potential opportunities.
From exploring diverse living arrangements – whether with friends, family, a host, or independently – to tailoring a customised support package, we guide you through the process. We consider your preferences, strengths, support needs, and community connections to create a truly individualised solution.
Crafted by individuals with lived experience, the ILO toolkit is a free online resource offering practical tools and tips to navigate the NDIS ILO funding pathway.
Workforce Innovation through Self-Managed Supports
The Workforce Innovation Through Self-Managed Supports project (IWF project) documents the experiences in self-managed employment relationships, Australia-wide, from the perspectives of the employer (the person living with disability, their family, or both) and their support workers.
Self-management is an arrangement where participants receive all or part of their NDIS funding and they manage the payments for supports. Participants have choice and control over who provides their supports and can choose workers to assist them experience their lifestyle of choice.
This project draws on the experiences of 25 people living with disability and their families who have been self-managing their support for some time and 15 of their support workers. The goal is to identify and share the key factors for success or difficulty in these arrangements.
For this project, NACBO successfully delivered:
A research report
Thirteen films
Short stories
‘Tips and Traps’ fact sheets
NACBO has also created this fact sheet designed to encourage people to self direction, by outlining the benefits of self-directing, and the practices that makes self-direction work well.
19 Stories of Social Inclusion
A lot of people talk about ‘social inclusion’. But it’s not always clear what they mean. Graeme Innes, the former Australian disability discrimination commissioner, once said of people with disabilities: ‘We do inclusion by just doing it.’ If this is true, then this project goes to the source. It invites 19 Australians to share their lives of connection, belonging and contribution.
19 Stories emerged from a unique collaboration between the Disability Research Initiative at the University of Melbourne, and Belonging Matters, with assistance from The National Alliance for Capacity Building Organisations (NACBO). The project also invited people to submit their stories from all over Australia.
The 19 stories capture the diverse ways that people are living inclusion. The stories help others get to the essence of what 'inclusion' can mean in practice, in the lives of this who are doing it.