DSP Australia Inc. is a registered charity with the Australian Taxation Office as well as the Australian Securities Commission. Donations of $2.00 and upwards are tax deductible. A receipt is sent promptly to those who donate.

Membership and Programs

Membership and Sponsorship Fees:
DSP Members $10.00 per annum (includes newsletter)
Friends of DSP $20.00 per annum
Newsletter $15.00 per annum
Affiliated Groups $100.00 per annum

All Members receive a DSP Pension Concessions Membership Card, giving them full rights and privileges in our organization. This also serves to discourage fraud of any type.
In the event a DSP Australia Inc. Member cannot pay the $10.00 membership fee due to hardship, our Executive will waive the membership fee for that Member and provide them with a membership card.
DSP Australia Inc. Members are guaranteed confidentiality, regardless of the advocacy or assistance they receive.
DSP Australia Inc. is currently working to develop a 24-hour on-call service for Members and others who may need to gain access to us concerning a Member's welfare.
Allied with DSP Australia Inc. is the "As You Are" Internet list-serv group. This provides a way for members of the list-serv to communicate their problems, ask questions, and in general meet others like themselves without fear of ridicule. If you are interested in joining "As You Are," please contact Judi-Ann Leggetts by e-mail.

The DSP Australia Inc. Mission

Begging belittles a person who has no other alternative, especially when that means having to beg for food vouchers and clothes, to beg people on the streets for some money to buy food for themselves and their family. It is perhaps most destructive to those who have children, who very often go without essential basic items and do not understand why other children have these things and they do not.
DSP Australia Inc. is bound by its constitution to put an end to this inhumane standard of living, and encourage our members, together with their children, to work toward a better quality of life and a meaningful place in our society.
We accomplish this mainly through our non-blood extended family environment of self-help, which seeks to help Members regain the confidence and encouragement needed to live a decent lifestyle and lead them out of the cycle of poverty they live in.
Every effort is made to keep families together and help them maintain a sense of self-esteem to continue on together under extreme difficulties, especially where there is an illness that prevents them from returning to the work place.

Assistance of every kind is always required by our community of members to enable them to enjoy a better quality of life. There is also a need to reeducate people who have been used to living a good lifestyle and then have fallen upon hard times; they need to be educated on how to survive and remain as healthy as possible on very little income. DSP Australia Inc. is dedicated to bringing this assistance and education to our members, with the aid and support of our sponsors and supporters.
In the end, DSP Australia Inc. can be summarized by its motto, "People working for the People." We will do what it takes to ensure the well-being of our Members, and to promote their return to a sense of positive well-being and full acceptance by society. We need and welcome your help and assistance in achieving this goal.