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Community Access

Whether you would like assistance during activities and outings, to pursue personal interests or hobbies or to go on a holiday independent of family members, we have a community inclusion support option to suit you.

“Community inclusion is available to people with the aim to increase their interaction and opportunities to learn and follow interests.”

Community Inclusion
Community Participation
Life Choices
Active Ageing
Supported Living Fund
Community Inclusion

Community inclusion is available to people with the aim to increase their interaction and opportunities to learn and follow interests.

At Interchange we

  • are risk aware, not risk averse

  • say “we’ll try” rather than “we can’t”

  • introduce you to fun things to do and places to go in your local community

  • have a workforce which displays initiative and creativity

  • recognise your chosen personal support networks

  • employ, you manage

Community Participation

Self Managed Services for adults with disabilities under the age of 25. This program focuses on providing service users with supports that are personalised to suit a wide range of needs and interests and include:

Community life

Continuing education

Life skills development

Social, recreation and leisure activities

Personal development and self-advocacy

Volunteering/Work experience

Life Choices

Self Managed Services for people with disabilities between the ages of 25 and 54 years. This program has an emphasis on what the service user wants to achieve in life, what their interests are and how they can best be connected to their community.

Active Ageing

Self Managed Services for people with disabilities between the ages of 55 and 64 years. Active Ageing focuses on the service users health and wellbeing, staying active and connected to their community as they grow older. The emphasis of support will be on maintaining and learning skills and developing interests that suit their age and preferences

Supported Living Fund

Self Managed model of accommodation support for people with a disability aged 18 to 64 years. It enables people with disabilities and their families and carers to create living arrangements that suit the person’s life and preferences, gives access to supports and services of their choice and to plan for their future.

For further information about Community Inclusion options, please contact us, call our office on 4227 1079 or email info@interchangeillawarra.org

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