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The E. W. Tipping Foundation is a not-for-profit community organisation based in Victoria, Australia. The Foundation fosters social justice and human rights through community development and community services. The Foundation commenced as a disability organisation, and has now broadened its focus to encompass primarily disability services, children and family services, and services for people exiting the corrections system. The Foundation was one of the first organisations in Victoria to adopt a person-centred approach to its disability services, and has contributed to the adoption of new methodologies and philosophies for supporting people of all abilities. The Foundation’s Patron-in-Chief is the Governor of Victoria Professor Alex Chernov. The late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch was Patron until her death in 2012, as was the late Dr Marjorie Tipping to 2009. == History == The Foundation was established in 1970, whilst its namesake, well-known journalist and disability rights activist E. W. Tipping, was hospitalised and terminally ill. It was formed following a public meeting of almost 1700 people at the Melbourne Town Hall. Tipping’s work with the Melbourne Herald was instrumental improving conditions at Kew Cottages and other disability institutions. Tipping’s vision was for a network of family homes in the community, in which people lived non-institutional lives, in a community setting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E. W. Tipping Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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