Series[UMA-SRE-20180075] Personal and professional papers of Geoffrey BellAccessionAccession lot 212IdentifierUMA-ITE-2018007500019Scope and ContentOriginally housed in black binder labelled "Self Help Groups (2) -15-" [binder not retained]. Contains materials relating to self-help groups including: general information, meeting agendas and minutes, advice and strategies for social action, newsletters, newspaper clippings relating to disability rights and advocacy, and workshop and conference programs and reports. Groups and organisations represented/mentioned include: COSHG (Committee of Self Help Groups), AQA (Australian Quadriplegic Association), VCOSS (Victorian Council of Social Services), Council of Social Service of New South Wales Association of Self Help Organisations and Groups, Council of Disabled Persons- Victoria, Victorian State Council of Citizens with Handicaps, Northern Association of Disabled, Steering Committee for State Council of Handicapped People, Southern Region Association of the Disabled, Inner Eastern committee of the Disabled, The Australian Voice of Intellectually Disadvantaged Citizens, The Victorian Union of Intellectually Disadvantaged Citizens / Force 10, DEAL (Dignity, Education and Language), CAP-H, Handicapped People’s Collective Action, Disabled Lesbian Group, EWUG, DASH (Disabled Advocates and Self Help).Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2018.0075 Unit 0003
Bell, Geoffrey A., Self Help Groups (2) (1976-1981), [UMA-ITE-2018007500019]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/443357
