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ABC Children’s and Screen Australia have partnered on an exciting new funding program to showcase and amplify the work of Australian creatives and content makers with disability.

DisRupted will fund three to four individuals or teams to make a standalone film to reflect and capture what it’s like to be a young person with disability in Australia, and provide them with the opportunity to disrupt and reframe how disability is understood. The films will be broadcast on ABC ME on the International Day of People with Disability in 2019 for the 8 -12-year-old demographic.

Australian audiences will gain real insights into the lives and perspectives of young people with disability told by them as comedy, drama or documentary. DisRupted will be a defining moment for Australian young people with disability who will see stories reflecting their experiences brought to the screen and told from an authentic point of view by young actors with disability in a breakout role.

DisRupted will provide a career-changing opportunity for new and diverse talent in front and behind the camera. The authorship of each film is to be driven by a creative with disability as either Writer, Producer and/or Director.

The successful applicants will be given up to $100,000 each to create a film of approximately 20 minutes’ duration. They may be mentored and partnered by experienced producers, and receive editorial guidance from ABC Acting Head of Children’s, Libbie Doherty and Executive Producer, Amanda Isdale, and Screen Australia Head of Development, Nerida Moore and Development Executive, Ester Harding.

Libbie Doherty, ABC Acting Head of Children’s said: “People with disability have been underrepresented in media landscapes, and these important films will showcase a breadth of personal experiences and perspectives that will entertain kids, challenge their understanding and expand their minds. ABC Children’s is excited to be working with emerging creatives and filmmakers with disability, and to provide tangible career building opportunities.”

Nerida Moore, Head of Development at Screen Australia said: “ABC ME is doing phenomenal work providing young Australians with access to characters and stories that help them understand the range of people around them, and their different life experiences. The partnership between ABC ME and Screen Australia on the GIRLS initiative last year launched some great female talent, whilst giving viewers a truly authentic, Australian perspective on their lives. We are excited by what can be achieved with the DisRupted initiative.”

Applications open today, Wednesday 31st October, and the initiative is open to creators with disability aged 18 years and older. Applications close on Wednesday 12th December, 2018.

DisRupted is set to premiere on ABC ME, the ABC ME App and ABC iview in December 2019 as part of the International Day of People with Disability.

For more information, please visit the website – www.abc.net.au/disrupted

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NDIS Transition Scholarship Program

Funding from the Department of Health and Human Services  

The NDIS Transition scholarship program is an award of financial aid for the professional development of the disability and psychosocial disability workforces. These scholarships support employees to undertake study in 2019 and/or 2020, in an undergraduate or postgraduate course, or a course that leads to a qualification. The scholarship covers course fees only.

Applying for a scholarship
Applications for a NDIS Transition scholarship are completed online.
Applicants will be required to:

• Demonstrate how this scholarship will help you to make a positive contribution to your organisation’s service delivery operating under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and support and enhance the wellbeing of people with a disability and/or psychosocial disability.
• Describe how you envisage this scholarship will enhance your career in the disability and/or psychosocial disability workforce
  Open date: Tuesday 11 September 2018
  Closing date: Tuesday 2 October 2018

For further information please contact the following:
For general enquiries about the NDIS Transition scholarship program, please email NDIS Transition scholarship program NDIS.Scholarships@dhhs.vic.gov.au, or phone (03) 9096 2623 (Tuesday to Friday) or (03) 9096 8745 (Tuesday and Friday).

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The Reconnect program has been designed to help people turn their life around for the better and to assist you into training and employment. Teaming up with a mentor, you will be asisted with developing a career plan, motivation, gaining work experience, enrolling into study and finding employment.
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You are eligible for this program if you are one of the following:
17 – 19 years old
Not completed year 12 or equivalent
(Cert II or above)
Not currently studying
Not in full-time employment

20 – 64 years old
Not completed year 12 or equivalent (Cert II or above)
Unemployed from full-time employment
for more than 12 months

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Contact our friendly reconnect team and find out your options today
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