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Social & Community Participation

Stay connected, active and engaged across Adelaide — with support built around what you actually enjoy.

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What’s included

Supports that build confidence and connection

Community participation funding pays for a worker to go with you into the world — to the gym, the shops, a class, a football match, a volunteering shift, a friend’s place. It exists because a support system that keeps someone safe at home but isolated has only solved half the problem.

We deliver community participation across Adelaide and wider South Australia, one to one and in small groups. The activity is yours to choose; our job is to make it possible and then gradually less necessary.

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  • One-to-one supportA worker alongside you for the things you want to do
  • Group activitiesFun programs for learning and socialising
  • Transport supportAssistance with travel and appointments
  • Building travel skillsLearning routes and public transport confidence
  • Work and study accessSupport to get to volunteering, TAFE or employment
  • Holidays and eventsSupport to take part in things that matter to you

How we work

Your interests, not our activity calendar

A lot of community support quietly becomes the same three outings on rotation. We start from what you would do if support were not a factor, and work backwards from there.

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  • Real interests, taken seriously

    If you are into motorsport, sewing or death metal, that is what we work with. Enthusiasm is what makes people keep turning up.

  • Workers you get on with

    Community support is social by definition. We match on personality and shared interests, not just availability.

  • Ordinary places, not segregated ones

    Mainstream gyms, community clubs and local classes wherever possible, so the people you meet are your neighbours.

  • Risk managed, not avoided

    A support plan that eliminates every risk eliminates most of life with it. We plan properly so you can do more, not less.

  • Consistency where it counts

    Joining a club only works if you can actually get there every week. We protect the regular commitments in your roster.

  • Fading out on purpose

    Where you want to attend independently, we plan the steps to get there rather than staying by your side indefinitely.

Day to day

What people actually use it for

The most common pattern is one regular weekly commitment plus flexible hours for whatever comes up.

  1. A weekly anchor

    A Tuesday gym session or a Thursday art class. The regular thing matters most, because familiarity is where friendships start.

  2. Whatever else comes up

    Shopping, swimming, football, church, the library, volunteering, TAFE, concerts, the beach, visiting family interstate.

  3. Group or one to one

    Groups suit people who want to meet others and stretch their budget further. One to one suits specific interests, or anyone who finds groups overwhelming.

  4. Building independence

    Some people use their hours mostly for skills — learning a bus route until they can travel it alone. Others use them for company. Both are valid.

The practical part

How community supports are funded

Community participation appears in two different places in a plan, and knowing which one you have makes a real difference to how you can use it.

Most people have it under Core Supports, as assistance with social, economic and community participation. Core is generally flexible, so these hours can usually be balanced against your other Core categories as the year goes on.

Some plans also include Increased Social and Community Participation under Capacity Building. That funding is for building skills — a course, or structured work toward participating independently — and is tied to that purpose rather than general outings.

If your hours are not going as far as you hoped, the mix is usually the lever — shifting some activity midweek, or combining group and one-to-one. Worth a conversation before cutting anything.

Costs worth understanding

  • Group supports cost less per person. A 1:3 ratio draws far less per hour than one-to-one
  • Evenings and weekends cost more, at rates set in the NDIS Price Guide
  • Transport is separate. Provider travel and participant transport have their own rules and funding
  • Your own costs stay yours. Gym membership, tickets and lunch are not NDIS-funded
  • You are not expected to cover your support worker’s entry fee either — that is our cost, and we plan activities with it in mind.

Choosing between them

One-to-one, group, or skill-building?

These are not competing options so much as three tools. Most people end up using more than one.

One-to-one

Your choice of activity, your pace, full attention. Best for specific interests, or where groups feel overwhelming. Uses more budget per hour.

Group supports

Shared activities with other participants. Cheaper per hour, so hours stretch further, and the social side is the point rather than a by-product.

Skill-building

Structured work toward doing something independently. Often pairs well with therapeutic mentoring where confidence is the barrier.

Want help working out the mix? Tell us what you would like to be doing and we will map it against your hours.

Common questions

Community support questions, answered plainly

You choose. We run some group activities for people who want them, but community participation funding is yours to direct. If what you want to do is unusual, that is a good sign rather than a problem.

No. The NDIS funds the support worker’s time, not the cost of the activity. You pay for your own ticket, membership or meal, exactly as anyone would. You are also not expected to cover your worker’s entry — that is our cost, and we plan activities with that in mind.

Sometimes, but it is a separate thing with its own rules. Many plans include transport funding as its own line, and provider travel is charged differently again. We will be clear about what applies before anything starts, rather than surprising you on an invoice.

Yes. Getting to volunteering, TAFE or a workplace is a common and entirely legitimate use of these hours, as is learning the journey until you can do it alone. If employment is a goal in your plan, there may be additional supports worth asking about.

Then you do not have to be. Groups suit some people and are genuinely difficult for others. One-to-one support costs more per hour, which is worth knowing when planning your year, but it is an entirely reasonable choice and nobody will push you into a group.

Usually, if that is what you want. For some people family involvement makes a new activity possible; for others the whole point is doing something independently. Both are fine, and it is your call rather than theirs.

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What would you like to be doing?

Tell us the thing you have been meaning to get back to, or never got to try. We will work out how to make it happen.

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