Kelly Fawcett

Senior Policy Advisor, Disability

Kelly Fawcett joined BSL in 2024 as the Senior Policy Advisor, Disability working across SPARC and Disability Services. As a proud disabled woman Kelly is passionate about disability justice and ensuring that people with disability are included in all social justice movements and all policy making that impacts them.

Prior to joining BSL Kelly worked at the critical policy intersection of disability and family violence with Safe and Equal, leading a groundbreaking project that mapped the need for family violence services in Victoria and the capacity of services to meet those needs. She is passionate about working alongside people with lived experience in advocating for solutions.

Previously Kelly used these skills at the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) supporting youth-led campaigns with the strategy and tactical skills to win the change they want to see. This included working with the National Union of Students on their Change the Age campaign strategy and student poverty research to build the evidence for students to be able to access Youth Allowance when they need it. Kelly has also worked with victim survivors of sexual violence including with Teach Us Consent on their consent education campaign. In her previous roles at FYA she also managed FYA’s New Work Order research series that looked at school to work transitions for young people.

Prior to this Kelly worked with residential aged care facilities to understand and audit their government funding and ensure they received everything they were entitled to. This critical work resulted in millions of dollars being backpaid to facilities to better support their residents.

Contact:  kelly.fawcett@bsl.org.au