Amanda’s goals when she left school were to make sure she never lost touch with her closest friends, develop and keep new safe friendships, and have valued employment in the local community. Amanda only has 6 hours of support a week. However she now has a job two days a week in a… Read more »
Better Together approached 3 young women who we knew held valued roles in the community and asked them if we could tell them about a fantastic young woman of 22 who has a disability that we know and how they might be able to make a difference in her life. Two of these… Read more »
John Smout, a board member of Caboolture Community Work Cooperative and supervisor of Lagoon Creek Café and Function Room has become a passionate speaker on behalf of Better Together and the Caboolture Community Work Cooperative. He has now spoken at a several key events. These include, guest speaker at Australia Catholic University, guest… Read more »
Monica is a 31 year old woman who has an intellectual disability. She lives on her own in a unit in Caboolture. She has had some really bad experiences in the past where people have hurt her. This has made her feel like she has no control in her life and what happens… Read more »
Andrew wanted to find work in a service-orientated industry as he enjoyed helping people and socialising. What was most important to him was that the type of work he found had a valued status in the community, as well as a place he could make new friends. Better Together supported Andrew to find… Read more »
Better Together came to know of Malcolm when a local council business came to us to get advice about how to deal with an elderly man with an intellectual disability, who was spending too much time talking to staff. They didn’t want to get to the point of having to exclude him. We ran… Read more »