- An LGBTIQ+ peer workforce within the NDIS Increases the cultural competency of the NDIS. It feeds into the advocacy that is already occurring within the NDIS to become more LGBTIQ+ friendly. So it actually improves the reputation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

- The thing that we really wanna do with this project is support other organizations as well in terms of adopting this kind of approach. Being innovative around their NDIS services and how they are developing and supporting a new workforce under the NDIS. We're very open and willing to get on the phone, to share our resources, to talk to people about what it is to engage, employ, and support a diverse workforce, how to support and engage participants in the project.

- At what ways we're using intentional peer support model, which is a model of peer practice. We use a modified version of that in the training. From that training we also provide support through what we call Co-Reflection which supports people who use their lived experience in a safe and effective way and also talk about what's happening before them throughout that process. We've developed peer hubs, where peer workers can get together and support each other as well. And that's a really important thing to be able to do in a sustainable way within an NDIS operation.

- So we found that what was by engaging a workforce and employing a workforce that have lived experience and employing them intentionally into peer roles has really strengthened who we are as an organization, and it really helps us to think differently about the direction we're going in, how we design our services, how we deliver our services, how we evaluate our services, it means that as you come to us, you have around you a diverse range of people with lived experience of disability, of mental health, of family experience, and for us for the Our Together Project we're also ensuring that we have a diverse workforce that includes people who identify as being part of the LGBTIQ community as well.