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Our Services
To fulfil our vision and mission we aim to:
Educate
- We provide information and resources through a range of mediums
to all our stakeholders
- We stay informed and educated ourselves
- We maintain and update a resource library
- We maintain professional collaborations and memberships
- We up-skill people, support groups and communities
- We provide a range of educational opportunities to individuals
and their families, health professionals and the wider
community
Support
- We connect families and individuals sharing a common
experience
- We maintain a support group and network database
- We maintain and facilitate the Supporting the Supporters
Network
- We are at the end of the telephone, helping people in
crisis
- We stand beside to empower, assist, encourage and collaborate
with condition specific groups and communities
- We facilitate peer support
- We empower individuals and their families to reach positive
health and life outcomes
- We empower people to act as community representatives
- We assist with the establishment of new support groups and the
expansion of existing groups
Advocate
- We represent a community voice on numerous stakeholders
committees and groups
- We represent the interests and views of individuals affected by
genetic conditions to the community as well as the State and
Federal governments
- We promote and facilitate consumer participation and
feedback
- We convene the Lived Experience Group to listen to lived
experience and seek to take action for positive change
- We write articles and actively engage in debates
- We advocate on behalf of others
Empower
- Empower individuals and their families to reach positive health
and life outcomes
- Empower people to act as community representatives
- Represent the interests and views of individuals affected
by genetic conditions to the community as well as the State and
Federal governments
- Promote consumer participation and feedback
- Provide educational opportunities to individuals and their
families, health professionals and the wider community
- Advocate on behalf of others
Connect
In order to support people affected by genetic
conditions the GSNV aims to connect:
- Individuals/Families
- Service Providers
- Community
- Government, and
- Health Professionals