Who We Are

At Participate Australia we support people living with intellectual, cognitive and developmental disabilities, as well as their families and carers.

Our participants come from diverse backgrounds and live throughout the Inner West and Sydney.

Participate Australia is now the disability division for SydWest Multicultural Services since the organisations merged in May 2023.

We deliver conventional and important disability support and respite services to people with a disability.

Respite programs allow carers of people with a disability to meet some of their own needs, knowing that a qualified support worker is caring for their family member.

At Participate Australia, our disability support focuses on independence. We develop innovative independence programs with the people we support, which foster greater autonomy and nurture community engagement.

Through our independence programs, people with a disability can acquire life skills like

financial literacy
cooking
swimming and water safety
road safety
housekeeping skills (to help them move into independent living arrangements)
how to engage in and nurture rewarding and safe relationships,
create art, and acquire IT skills to engage with family and friends through social networking.

Development, ongoing improvement and evaluation of all these programs is funded by Participate Australia through grants and fundraising activities.

For more information about our disability support and how you can benefit from a range of our programs please visit our services.

Vision, Mission and Values

Vision: Our vision is to create an inclusive society where all people have equal opportunities to grow and thrive.
Mission: Our organisational mission is to deliver quality services meeting diverse needs to maximise individual and community outcomes.
Values: we have five new values:

Choice	We commit to ensuring consumer choice is always the top priority in our work with clients and the community.
Celebration	We commit to celebrating everyone’s achievements as we all work together to build a more inclusive society.
Connection	We commit to building and strengthening connections across the community and in everything we do.
Integrity	We commit to integrity in all our work, both personal and professional, to ensure we deliver quality, trusted outcomes at all times.
Quality	We commit to maintaining the highest excellence in all our work, driven by clear policies and processes for quality.

Who We Are

We deliver conventional and important disability support and respite services to people with a disability.

Vision, Mission and Values

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