Want to ensure your services and systems are informed by people with lived and living expertise?
APSU maintains a statewide register of people with Lived and Living Experience of alcohol and other drug challenges including family and friends.
Our community are trained and ready to share their expertise in interviews, focus groups, co-design programs and at board and advisory committee level. Our members share their lived expertise at forums, workshops, and corporate events.
What we do for organisations…
- Provide access to consumers interested in participation activities
- Work with you to design effective consumer participation activities that are inclusive and meaningful
- Provide foundational consumer participation training to our members and deliver briefings to meet the needs of organisations and specific projects
- Facilitate, codesign and consultation processes on your behalf
- Train and prepare consumers to speak safely about their experiences and assist you in creating safe and accessible environments for our members to share their expertise
- Undertake consultations with our members on your behalf, including the preparation of reports and briefing papers
- Provide organisational readiness training to help you meaningfully embed lived and living experience across your programs, policies and advisory functions
- Organise the payment process for participants and provide advice on fair remuneration
If you would like further information about our processes and fees, please email us at apsu@sharc.org.au
