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Catch up with all of the latest Self Manager News, Events and check out some of our favourite free Resources.
News
10 Powerful Tips to Self-Manage Your NDIS Funding | NDIS | Choice and control | Planning
| NDIS Fund Management | Free resource | News | Getting Started
| Text only | Guide | Tools | Document
| NDIS | Choice and control | Planning
| NDIS Fund Management | Free resource | News | Getting Started
| Text only | Guide | Tools | Document
Dr George shares tips and wisdom based on 20 years of self-management experience.
Understanding Innovation in Disability Support -Video | Flexibility | innovation | NDIS | Choice and control | Creative solutions
| Build your team | Get creative | News
| Video
| Flexibility | innovation | NDIS | Choice and control | Creative solutions
| Build your team | Get creative | News
| Video
In this talk, Linda explains what true innovation looks like: starting with one person at a time, focusing on their gifts, interests and community connections—not on fitting people into service models
Workshop Recording: Understanding the New Short Term Respite Guidelines | STR | Flexibility | Choice and control | NDIS | STA | self-management | Short-term respite
| NDIS Fund Management | Premium Content | News
| Video
| STR | Flexibility | Choice and control | NDIS | STA | self-management | Short-term respite
| NDIS Fund Management | Premium Content | News
| Video
This workshop with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) explains the new Short Term Respite Guidelines.
Events
New Workshop: Can the NDIA take self or plan management away? | event | self management | Self Manager Hub | Consumer rights | Contracts and legal | News
| NDIS Fund Management | Events | News | Know your rights
| Event
| event | self management | Self Manager Hub | Consumer rights | Contracts and legal | News
| NDIS Fund Management | Events | News | Know your rights
| Event
The NDIS has new rules that affect when people are allowed to manage their own funding. These rules explain when you can self-manage, use a plan manager, or must have the NDIA manage your funding.
In this workshop, we’ll explain the new rules in plain language. We’ll talk about what the NDIA looks at when deciding when someone can manage their own funding and what you can do if they say no
Create Your Own NDIS Support Service: How People with Disability and Our Families Are Taking Control of Our Supports and of Our Lives | Self Manager Hub | Peer support | What can I buy?
| Build your team | Events | Know your rights
| Event
| Self Manager Hub | Peer support | What can I buy?
| Build your team | Events | Know your rights
| Event
Join us for a practical workshop exploring how people with disability and our families are creating their own services, designed by us, for us. Hear from experts with lived experience who’ve built innovative, person-centred supports that deliver real outcomes.
Self Manager Hub Workshop – Fixing the NDIS Support Lists | What can I buy?
| What can I buy? | Events | News | Know your rights
| Event
| What can I buy?
| What can I buy? | Events | News | Know your rights
| Event
This peer-led workshop is for NDIS participants who want to understand and influence the government’s review of the NDIS support lists – rules that currently decide what people can and can’t purchase with their NDIS funding. Now is the time to speak up and push for changes that reflect what really matters to people with disability.
Resources
Short Term Respite Explainer | short term respite | STR | STA | Self Manager Hub | NDIS updates | News
| NDIS Fund Management | Free resource | News
| Article
| short term respite | STR | STA | Self Manager Hub | NDIS updates | News
| NDIS Fund Management | Free resource | News
| Article
New NDIS short term respite (STR) guidelines have been released, we unpack them here.
Have Your Say | hiring | Contracts and legal | Hiring a contractor
| Free resource | News | Know your rights
| Survey | Text only | News | Form
| hiring | Contracts and legal | Hiring a contractor
| Free resource | News | Know your rights
| Survey | Text only | News | Form
The Department of Social Services (DSS) wants to hear from people with disability, families, and supporters.
Self Manager Hub Workshop – Understanding the NDIS Support Lists: What Can I Buy in 2025? Recording | What can I buy?
| Free resource | What can I buy? | News | Know your rights
| Video
| What can I buy?
| Free resource | What can I buy? | News | Know your rights
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In this recorded workshop, we explained the changes clearly. We discussed how the rules are being applied, what choices participants still have, and how to make informed decisions when purchasing supports.
