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24.01.2022 Wishing our members and community a safe, joyful and Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, 2021! No doubt, 2020 was a challenging year for all of us - for more reasons than one. May 2021 be a much better year for us all, but particularly for greater advocacy and rights for Australians living with Chronic Pain! The year may be new, but our goals, missions and aims will continue. We all know that the holidays aren't the easiest time for everyone. Help is available - Lifeline is 13 11 14 (27/4 phone service) or from 6pm to Midnight 0477 13 11 14 (Text Service)

18.01.2022 : Akii was awarded the ‘2020 Australian Disability Social Impact Leader! Akii was a finalist and then announced the recipient of the award for National Disability Leadership Awards: Social Impact Category’ Congratulations to Akii! We are proud to announce that our Executive Director, Akii Ngo has been nominated and announced as finalist for the Disability Leadership Institute Australian National Disability Leadership awards. The winners will be announced later toda...y as today is International Day of People with Disability. #IDPwD Akii believes that all people including people with disabilities deserve to live a fulfilling and joyful life, despite barriers and challenges that may relate to their disabilities and/or chronic pain. Akii is incredibly passionate about this and believes in a world of access and inclusion for all people with disabilities, chronic pain or both. Many Australians living with chronic pain also have disabilities or are disabled by their chronic pain and vice versa. Akii highlights that the world of disability and chronic pain have been quite separated but believes there’s many opportunities for support and connection for people living with chronic pain in the disability sector - including NDIS supports. In light of the changes recently with opioid access in Australia and the countless number of distress, harm and forced tapering for Australians with chronic pain, Akii believes there is so much more needs that needs to be done for people living with chronic pain - we need better support services, we need less waiting lists, we need better community supports and less awaiting times for interventions - Australians living with chronic pain should NOT continue to suffer in silence and be ignored. Chronic Pain Australia will continue to work hard to reduce the barriers related to appropriate care and support for Australians living with chronic pain. Akii states that whether or not Akii wins this award, Akii’s passion, drive and fight will never stop. Akii will keep fighting for fellow Australians who are suffering like Akii is. We deserve better, we need to be treated better and we need to stop being forgotten and failed. Thank you all for your supports so far of Chronic Pain Australia’s missions and goals as the national grassroots voices for Australians living with chronic pain. For our community members who want to further support what we are doing, please either purchase a ‘Living with Chronic Pain looks like me’ t-shirt or make a tax deductible donation on our website.

07.01.2022 : This campaign finished yesterday 10th December. The supplier has apologised to us that there have been major delays with their printing times and also some delays with AusPost that haven't helped. But orders should arrive within 10-14 business days from now for those who have already ordered. We also apologise on their behalf and thank you to those who have purchased a top to support us! However, because the campaign had some major challenges, our fundraising targ...ets were not even closely being met and we actually faced some losses. So the plan is we will again sometime early next year (not as a fundraising campaign) but as an , and will incorporate and all the many suggestions we have received this time around, including having font colours in black & white (to be compatible with black coloured t-shirts), having items like tank tops (for those with pain in their arms or to wear to the gym) and also international shipping! Keep your eyes peeled for next years’ announcement . See more

06.01.2022 You're invited! Chronic Pain Australia's 2020 Annual General Meeting will be held online this Thursday 17 December from 4pm to 5pm. All community members are welcome to this event. We would love to see as many of you there as possible! However, only members with voting rights can participate in the election of board members nominees, vote on resolutions, nominate to become a board member or any other important organisation values. To become a CPA member, visit this link: https://chronicpainaustralia.org.au/members/join Nominations for 2021 Board Members are also open. If you are interested in nominating to become a 2021 Chronic Pain Australia board member, view the Eventbrite Link for a link that contains all the information needed, including a Nomination Form. Nominations close no later than 4pm on Monday 14 December.