Enabling You Supports

07/11/2025

Behind the scenes at today’s Disability Action Week planning meeting 🥳

We tried our hand as content creators, making a ‘Reel’ to get the word out about the event 🎥🎬

It was fantastic fun with lots of laughs… now we are just waiting for Hollywood to come knocking on our door 🤪🫶

06/11/2025

We got our tickets organised today for the All Abilities Ball.
Friday the 28th of November, 2025 at Gunabul Homestead, from 6pm 🥳💃🕺🪩

04/11/2025

If anyone is in Bundaberg and looking for a fantastic Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, please reach out and have a chat with Jess 🪷

26/10/2025

They are located at 6 Bonnick Road, Gympie, and today is their grand opening 🥳🎊

Today is the day! We are open for Business! 🍾 🍾 🍾
We will be here from 8am-4pm and we will be open every day of the week except Sundays! Our depot will be a drive through 'concierge' service, with staff to count your containers while you remain in the comfort of your car waiting for your cash / bank deposit refund! 🚙🚗🛻
Come on down and say Hi!

24/10/2025

Mark it in your calendars!

We are celebrating Disability Action Week and International Day of People with Disability on Wednesday 3rd December!

Come on down to Memorial Park for a walk, roll or stroll up Mary Street followed by entertainment, dancing, and a FREE sausage sizzle!

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 & 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲

Bravo Disability Support Network Inc Rotary Club of Gympie Inc Enabling You Supports Avenues Disability & Lifestyle Support Association Adapt Support and Mentoring Service Jobmatch Employment APM Gympie Regional Council

23/10/2025

I’m so very very excited to announce that we are now a REGISTERED NDIS PROVIDER 🥳🫶🎊.

It has been a long journey, but it was something that was very important for me to achieve ❤️

22/10/2025

Over the next few months, I want to review the Emergency Management Plan I have on file for each of my peeps.
To ensure we have a plan sorted, and it’s up to date 🫶

🚨 Over the summer period, Australia faces a range of challenges including bushfires, cyclones, floods, extreme heat and severe storms.

Our Emergency Management Provider Alert helps NDIS providers understand the importance of good emergency management to ensure the safety of participants and staff, and the continuity of critical supports during and after an emergency.

Download this Provider Alert for information and resources on developing personal emergency management plans, organisational emergency plans and business continuity, so you're ready when an emergency hits: https://bit.ly/4eslYGR.

20/10/2025

It’s on TOMORROW 4-6pm, Memorial Park 🩵

On Wednesday 22nd October Laurel Place Gympie in conjunction with other local organisations comprising the Gympie Sexual Assault Action Group are holding a Sexual Violence Awareness Month Rally. Join us for a free sausage sizzle, Q&A Panel with guest speakers, and more. The event will run from 4pm – 6pm at Gympie Memorial Park.

The Gympie Sexual Assault Action Group is a community partnership committed to raising awareness, supporting survivors, and working towards a future free from violence. This rally is about breaking the silence, standing with survivors, and showing that together we can build a safer, stronger community. Everyone is welcome, whether you are a survivor, a supporter, or a community member who wants to be part of change.

If you would like more information about the Gympie Sexual Assault Action Group, or this event, please contact the Gympie Laurel Place office on 07 5482 7911 or email admingympie@laurelplace.com.au

Thank you to the Gympie Sexual Assault Action Group and Gympie Regional Council for making this event possible.

20/10/2025

Another update around the Short Term Respite, and an example of how the NDIS may fund STR in a plan going forward…. 🥴🥴

If you ever wonder why sometimes I need to go and ‘double check’ before I can give you a straight answer, please refer to the example below 👇

It is completely dependent on YOUR particular set of circumstances, not a general ‘rule of thumb’ 😩

The NDIA has just released new Operational Guidelines for Short Term Accommodation- which will now be called Short Term Respite.

Nobel prize in mathematics automatically awarded to anyone who can decipher this example from the new OGs (we have that authority, right?)

We’ll delegate that task to y’all, cause it’s becoming a bit of an “how many NDIS experts does it take to explain a case study” type of situation. In the meantime, we’re busy reading the new Short Term Accom… Respite OGs. There’s a lot of changes, so expect an article.

20/10/2025

The NDIS have announced recent changes to Short Term Accommodation (STA), which is now known as Short Term Respite.

Short term accommodation is now called short term respite.

We spoke with participants, families and carers about this change. Most told us that short term respite better reflects the value of informal supports and the importance of sustaining these relationships.

We know some people have concerns about the word ‘respite’, but many carers and families use and understand it well. After considering all the feedback, we chose this name because it’s clear and widely recognised.

Short term respite gives you time away from your usual care arrangements, while your primary informal supports take a short break.

We’ve updated Our Guideline to make it easier for you to understand and use. It explains:

✅ who can use short term respite

✅ what it includes

✅ how it works

✅ where it can be used.

Learn more at 💻 https://ow.ly/zfKC50XeIwe

10/10/2025

Gympie Mental Health Community Event