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Support for ex-service organisations and advocates

We support the organisations and advocates who help veterans and their families. You can learn how to become an advocate and how we can work together to support veterans with complex needs.

  • Advocacy handbooks

    Guides to help advocates give the best advice to veterans and their families

  • Advocacy Training and Development Program

    An accredited course designed to help members of ex-service organisations become advocates

  • ATDP Workflow Diagram

    A structured diagram depicting the workflow of the Advocacy Training and Development Program

  • Capability Framework Management Group

    The people who set the standards for our advocacy training program

  • Coordinated client support

    Learn about our internal service that we offer to clients who have complex needs

  • Frequently asked questions about the ATDP

    Find answers to questions about the program, and learn how we recognise your prior training

  • Regional Implementation Groups

    These groups work together to make sure that the advocacy training is the same nation wide

  • Review of DVA-funded ESO Advocacy and Welfare Services

    Review of Ex-Service Organisations and Advocacy and Welfare Services Report

  • Strategic Governance Board

    The board members who provide direction and oversight for the advocacy training program

  • Training and Information Program

    A partnership between ex service organisations and our department now replace by the ATDP

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