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  • Submissions Open for Chronic Mischief Issue No. 2

    Submissions Open for Chronic Mischief Issue No. 2

    Calling new and experienced writers + artists to contribute to the second issue of WWDACT’s yearly magazine Chronic Mischief Issue No. 2!

    As part of the ‘Our Autonomy’ Project, we are seeking unpublished work by women, non-binary and gender diverse people with disabilities, with a strong focus on entries from people living in the Canberra region and surrounds.

    If interested in contributing, please read the 2026 submission guidelines to learn the requirements, vision, and deadlines for your submission/s. Here you will also be able to find Frequently Asked Questions. Audio read-throughs are available on our website.

    Entries are now open – they close on Wednesday 10th June 2026 at 5pm.

    For any questions or support need requests email magazine@wwdact.org.au with subject line “Magazine Query”.

    The ‘Our Autonomy’ Project is funded under the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing until June 2027.

    More information
    Submission Guidelines
    Email for Questions & Support
  • Share your experience – Disability and Sexual Health

    Share your experience – Disability and Sexual Health

    PAID OPPORTUNITY

    Are you a woman or gender diverse person with disabilities? Do you have ideas and experiences to share about accessing sexual health services, information or education?

    Expressions of interest now open!

    • Take part in one-on-one interviews or group consultations
    • Share your experience of sexual health clinical services and education
    • Tell us how we can improve sexual health and education services for women and gender diverse people with disabilities in the ACT

    What is the project?

    Women with Disabilities ACT is working with Women’s Health Matters to do a scoping study of sexual health services for women and gender diverse people with disabilities.

    The scoping study will look at:

    • Clinical services
    • Sexual health information
    • Sexual health education

    We will write a report with recommendations to the ACT Government. This report will help to inform sexual health service pilot programs for women and gender diverse people with disabilities in the ACT.

    We have received funding from the ACT Government Health and Community Services Directorate to do this study.

    How can you get involved?

    We are looking to hear from women, non-binary and gender diverse people with disabilities who are over the age of 18. We would also like to hear from you if you care for a woman, non-binary or gender diverse person with disabilities over the age of 18. We want to hear about your experiences accessing (or trying to access) clinical services, sexual health information and sexual health education in the ACT.

    We will be running lots of different kinds of consultations. These will include:

    • In-person group consultations
    • Online group consultations
    • One-on-one interviews

    If you don’t want to take part in a consultation, we also have an option for an online survey.

    What will we ask in the consultation?

    You can view the consultation questions at the attachment below. We may update these questions.

    We will send the questions to you directly before the consultation.

    Disability and Sexual Health questions 20 MayDownload consultation questions (PDF)

    Payment

    If you participate in an interview, or a group consultation, you will be paid $100 for your time.

    If you fill out the survey, you will not receive payment as the survey is anonymous.

    However, you will have the opportunity to be contacted by us for further paid consultation opportunities. This is optional.

    Queries

    If you have any questions or queries about the project, the survey, or the expression of interest form, you can email Pippa at sexualhealth@wwdact.org.au.

    Expression of interest form for consultations

    You can express your interest to be a part of the consultation by filling in the form below.

    Click here to express your interest (Google forms)

    Survey

    You can fill out the survey by clicking the link below.

    Click here for the survey (Surveymonkey)
  • Expression of Interest (EOI) for Graphic Designer

    Expression of Interest (EOI) for Graphic Designer

    Design WWDACT’s Annual Magazine ‘Chronic Mischief’ Issue No. 2 (Paid Opportunity)

    WWDACT’s Engagement Team is looking for someone with Graphic Design experience to design the next layout and spread for WWDACT’s Annual Magazine. This will be Issue no. 2 of ‘Chronic Mischief’. Last year Chronic Mischief Issue no. 1 was designed in house. This time we are looking to subcontract a freelance designer to do this.

    We welcome Expressions of Interest from both experienced designers and emerging designers. Please feel encouraged to submit an EOI even if it is your first time charging for your work.

    See the Expression of Interest form linked below for more information, including position description & selection criteria.

    More information & EOI form

  • We’re hiring! Join the WWDACT team

    We’re hiring! Join the WWDACT team

    We are hiring for 2 new positions to support some new projects in 2026 and 2027!

    The Neurodivergent Parent Group Facilitator is an identified position for a neurodivergent woman or non-binary person with disabilities, with experience as a parent. The new Facilitator will facilitate and plan the new monthly event for neurodivergent parents. They will foster supportive discussion, experience and skill sharing between attendees. They will also research existing support services available and share these with the Group. The role is for 6 hours per week.

    The Policy and Project Officer is an identified position for a neurodivergent woman or non-binary person with disabilities. The key focus of this role is to support the WWDACT Policy team with their advocacy and project work for women, non-binary and gender diverse people with disabilities. This includes supporting delivery of projects including an annual Symposium for neurodivergent people with disabilities. The role is for 14 hours per week.

    Applications close on the 11th March at 5pm.

    You can read more about the jobs and apply through the Ethical Jobs links below.

    Parent Group Facilitator
    Policy and Project Officer

  • Apply for the Lived Experience Panel – Sexual Health Project

    Apply for the Lived Experience Panel – Sexual Health Project

    WWDACT is looking for 5 women and gender diverse people with disabilities to join a new Lived Experience Panel. The Panel is part of a new project WWDACT is doing with Women’s Health Matters to scope sexual health, information and education services available to women with disabilities in the ACT.

    Who is eligible to be on the panel?

    To be on the Panel you must be:

    • A woman, non-binary and/or gender diverse person
    • A person with disabilities / disabled person
    • Living, studying, working or accessing health services in the ACT
    • 18 years or older

    The Panel is open to anyone who identifies as a person with disabilities or disabled person. You do not need a diagnosis in order to be eligible for the Panel.

    We try to ensure our Panel represents a diverse range of experiences. Everybody is welcome to apply! However, we especially encourage applications from the following groups:

    • Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
    • Older person
    • Person with an intellectual disability
    • LGBTQIA+
    • Transgender, non-binary and/or gender diverse
    • Culturally and linguistically diverse and/or a Person of Colour
    • Detainee
    • Unpaid carer
    • Temporary visa / asylum seeker

    What does the Panel do?

    The Lived Experience Panel will give accountability and advice to the project team that is conducting the project. The Panel will ensure that oversight of the project has input from people with disabilities.

    If you are on the panel we may ask you to share your experience of:

    • Attempting to access sexual health services in the ACT
    • Attempting to access sexual health information and/or education in the ACT

    Members of the Lived Experience Panel may be asked to:

    • Review our proposed consultation and scoping approach
    • Give feedback on our approach to consultation to ensure we are reflecting the diverse needs and priorities of the disability community
    • Give feedback on our consultation findings and the themes we identified
    • Give feedback on the draft report and recommendations

    You don’t have to have experience or extensive knowledge in order to apply! We will support you to give feedback on the project.

    How do we choose our members?

    We will aim to maintain a diverse range of lived experience on the Panel. This includes people with different disabilities or disability types, and different intersecting identities.

    In the application, we will ask you about your knowledge of and experience accessing sexual health information and services. You don’t need to have any specific experience to be eligible to apply.

    Administration information

    The Panel will meet 2-3 times, once in March 2026, once in July 2026, and possibly in August 2026. These timeframes are subject to change.

    We meet online over Zoom. Automatic closed captioning and transcripts are provided. A meeting agenda and papers will be provided at least a week before each meeting, and minutes will be shared within 2 weeks after the meetings.

    We will do our best to meet other access needs – please let us know what would help you participate.

    Panel members are remunerated $250 per session, in the form of an invoice or gift card.

    The full terms of reference for the Panel are available below as a PDF.

    Click here for the Terms of Reference (PDF)

    How to apply

    You can find a link to the application form below.

    Click here to apply (Google forms)

    We accept video or audio submissions, as well as written application forms. Let us know if we can make the form more accessible for you.

    If you need more information about the Lived Experience Panel and the application process, you can email Pippa, WWDACT Senior Policy Officer (policy@wwdact.org.au)

    Applications close March 11th at 5pm.

  • Silver Collage Club is back for 2026!

    Silver Collage Club is back for 2026!

    Silver Collage Club is back for 2026! Robyn will be facilitating fortnightly collage sessions from Feb 11th till April 22nd at the Pearce Community Centre – they’ll be the same times as last year, every 2nd Wednesday afternoon from 1:30pm to 4pm.

    Silver Collage Club is a fortnightly creative group for senior women with disabilities that is perfect for unwinding and getting creative. Each session includes a short presentation, time to make your own collages, and the chance to practice mindfulness, relax and unwind.

    Silver Collage Club is facilitated by Robyn Davis and presented by Women with Disabilities ACT.

    You can sign up via Eventbrite here.

    We also have more info on our website here.

  • Policy Advisory Committee nominated for an Inclusion Award!

    Policy Advisory Committee nominated for an Inclusion Award!

    Tile shows 5 people of different ages standing in a cafe. Text reads 'Congratulations! Policy Advisory Committee nominated!' with a photo of the ACT Inclusion Awards logo and the Women with Disabilities ACT Logo

    WWDACT is thrilled to announce that our Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) has been nominated for a Chief Minister’s Inclusion Award – Excellence in Collaborating with people with Disability.

    Over the past 3 years the PAC have been involved in all elements of WWDACT’s advocacy. The issues they have advocated on range from access to healthcare, voluntary assisted dying, sexual health and reproductive rights, inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Canberrans with disability, violence prevention, leadership, workplace rights and more.

    Advocacy from the PAC has resulted in a push for the ACT Government to fund a Perinatal Mental Health Centre. The PAC have increased awareness around the reproductive rights of people with disabilities, including in the media. They also collaborated with other community organisations, for example collaborating with Women’s Health Matters on survey wording in Women’s Health Matters Survey of Women’s Health in the ACT, to ensure it includes the experiences of people with disabilities.

    A special mention to PAC member Robyn Davis who has worked with WWDACT to design and implement ‘Silver Collage Club’ addressing isolation of older women with disabilities. Robyn has been nominated for a ‘Leader in Inclusion’ award for her work. PAC member Taryn Lee has also been nominated for a ‘Leader in Inclusion’ award for their leadership in the disability community.

    Congratulations to the PAC for this recognition, and we look forward to celebrating their nomination at the inclusion awards on the 10th December.

  • Chronic Mischief Magazine Launch

    Chronic Mischief Magazine Launch

    Last month we launched our inaugural issue of our member magazine, Chronic Mischief! Over 100 people turned up to Ainslie Arts Centre to celebrate with us, to check out the exhibition of artworks featured in the magazine, and hear presentations from our policy officer Pippa Newman, our Our Autonomy team leader Beatrice Tucker, and our CEO Kat Reed.

    Chronic Mischief is a magazine for WWDACT’s members, by WWDACT members. Therefore, we want to extend a huge thank you to all the members who submitted their artwork & writing – this could not have happened without you.

    This publication provides a space for people to have their works celebrated and stories told and heard. Discussion about us is often describe as a burden, boxed by diagnoses, and allocated to funding categories. This erases the depth of who we are, be that cheeky, sexual, staunch, hot, soft, gentle, asexual, daring, tenacious, or sometimes even well.
    Through this magazine we celebrate our talents, experiences, fulfilling lives we lead and our passions. This magazine is where women, non-binary and gender diverse people get to share whatever we would like to share, as we see it.

    Given the response to the magazine, we are now low on copies. That said, we are doing a second print run soon so nobody will miss out! It will also be up on our website in digital format shortly – watch this space.

  • We’re hiring! LGBTQIA+ Project Coordinator (Identified position)

    We’re hiring! LGBTQIA+ Project Coordinator (Identified position)

    WWDACT are hiring for our new joint LGBTIQA+ Peer Support Project, run alongside Inclusive Rainbow Voices (IRV). If you’re passionate about supporting LGBTIQA+ people with disability, we’d love to hear from you!

    The key focus of this role is to deliver the LGBTIQA+ Peer Support Project, ensuring accessible, safe, and inclusive peer support opportunities for LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities. The program will take place over 3 years, ending in June 2028 and be will be delivered in two key stages: a codesign stage and a delivery stage.

    WWDACT and IRV have an established collaborative partnership and both organisations will support the project through the Project Steering Committee.

    The objectives of the LGBTIQA+ Peer Support Program are to:

    • Increase the sense of belonging and social connection for LGBTIQA+ people with disability.
    • Strengthen representation and self-advocacy of LGBTIQA+ people with disability.
    • Improve the social and emotional wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people with disability.

    Position details:

    • Part Time: 21 hours per/week, Level 5.1 – Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Award 2010 ($51.00 per hour)
    • Reporting to Engagement Manager, Project Steering Committee
    • Based at Women with Disabilities ACT (Pearce Community Centre, Pearce, ACT)
    • Remote/WFH available
    • All applicants must personally identify as a member of the LGBTIQA+ community and as a person with disability. This position is open to all gender identities.

    We’re accepting applications via Ethical Jobs until 11:59pm, 5th October. More details and the application portal are available through the link below.

    Apply via Ethical Jobs
  • Program Announcement – ‘Our Voices, Our Spaces: Co-Creating Community with LGBTIQA+ People with Disabilities’

    Program Announcement – ‘Our Voices, Our Spaces: Co-Creating Community with LGBTIQA+ People with Disabilities’

    WWDACT staff standing with ACT Minister for Disability and Community Services, Suzanne Orr.
    WWDACT staff members with ACT Minister for Disability and Community Services, Suzanne Orr.

    WWDACT is excited to announce the launch of a new program, ‘Our Voices, Our Spaces: Co-Creating Community with LGBTIQA+ People with Disabilities’.

    We are delivering this program in partnership with Inclusive Rainbow Voices – Australia’s only LGBTQIA+ DPO and advocacy organisation.

    This is a peer support initiative, open to all LGBTQIA+ people with disabilities living in Canberra. We will be co-designing this program with our community over the next few months – we want to hear from you about your experiences, needs and priorities we can address together with this program. Stay tuned for more details in the coming months, and we will let you know how you can get involved.

    The program has been funded by the ACT Government through their Office for Disability and Office for LGBTIQA+ Affairs. WWDACT was visited by ACT Minister for Disability and Community Services, Suzanne Orr, to celebrate the announcement of the program this week.

    We are excited to let you know what’s coming up next!

    You can read the media release from the ACT Government here.