The TOP 10 BEST Community Services in Tullimbar NSW

Afford provides disability accommodation and housing, community connection, disability supports and employment services so that people living with disability can live the lives they choose and feel and be connected in their communities. Our impact also goes beyond our delivery of services – we partner across the sector to ensure the voices of people with disability are heard and valued. Afford is one of Australia’s largest and most established disability service providers, with a 70-year history of working with our clients, their families and carers to achieve their goals, be empowered to make great choices and realise opportunities and aspirations in life and work. We offer Supported Independent Living (SIL) solutions, Short-term accommodation (STA), Community Services and Employment Services, including DES and SLES. Afford also provides NDIS Support Coordination and Allied Health.

Ability Options provide employment and disability services. We support people who need assistance to achieve their aspirations and inclusion in the community. We operate services to support people with disabilities and those whose lives are changed as a result of accidents, unemployment and disadvantage. Our disability services support people with accommodation, respite care, support co-ordination, community services and therapy. Our employment services assist job seekers, including parents, indigenous communities, school leavers and people with disability to find work and maintain work. We pride ourselves on delivering a person centred approach which emphasises the individual's right and opportunity for choice and self-determination, empowering people to achieve their aspirations and goals and to live life to their full potential.

Shellharbour Hospital was officially opened in January 1986 and is located 24km south of Wollongong in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven Local Health District. The hospital is a busy acute care facility which provides emergency services, elective surgical services, general medical, antenatal and primary family health care, satellite renal dialysis and adolescent and adult mental health services on site. It is an accredited health care facility with the Australian Council on Health Care Standards (ACHS) and is recognised as providing a high standard of care to the community. Shellharbour Hospital (Class C1) is a 197 bed facility providing a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services. The inpatient services include aged care, medical, surgical, mental health and acute medical assessment inpatient beds, plus a Day surgery Unit. The operating suite performs mainly low risk general, laparoscopic, gynaecological, ophthalmic, dental and minor orthopaedic surgery. Outpatients services include: Infectious Diseases Clinic, Dental, Renal, Pre admission and anaesthetic, Cardiology Clinic (including stress testing), Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy Clinic, Speech Pathology, Respiratory Clinic, General Surgery Clinic, Antenatal Clinic, Geriatric Clinic, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Asthma Clinic, Plastics Clinic, Diabetes Clinic. Shellharbour Hospital plays a role in the Northern Illawarra Hospitals Group Bed Management Policy by providing services and support to the other hospitals in the hub to enhance patient flow. This hospital is fully accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS).

Dads4Kids is a harm prevention tax-deductible charity founded 1 May 2002, with a mission to turn the tide of fatherlessness. The Dads4Kids Weekly Email Newsletter was launched on Father’s Day the same year, and it continues to this day. Research shows that the Dads4Kids weekly newsletter is the largest, longest-running weekly fatherhood email newsletter in the world. We have reached tens of thousands of men with the message of excellence in fathering. In August 2002, Dads4Kids inaugurated a National TV Community Service Ad Campaign to encourage and inspire Aussie dads. These Excellence in Fathering Campaigns run by Dads4Kids have continued on TV every year, garnering tens of millions of dollars in free advertisements, and have been seen by 21 million Australians, in some cases hundreds of times.

Welcome to Wollongong Botanic Garden! We officially opened to the public in January 1971. Visit us to explore amazing open spaces, learn about conservation and sustainable living, or just relax and take in some of nature’s finest work.

Friendly Caring is an inclusive In-Home Aged Care & Registered NDIS Service Provider based in Wollongong, Illawarra & South Coast dedicated to offering high-quality in-home care and disability services. We work with professionals and well-experienced managers to inspire and provide quality assistance and independence for people with complex care needs. Nursing Support, Elderly Care, NDIS Support, Palliative Support, Allied Health Services

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Ability Options provide employment and disability services. We support people who need assistance to achieve their aspirations and inclusion in the community. We operate services to support people with disabilities and those whose lives are changed as a result of accidents, unemployment and disadvantage. Our disability services support people with accommodation, respite care, support co-ordination, community services and therapy. Our employment services assist job seekers, including parents, indigenous communities, school leavers and people with disability to find work and maintain work. We pride ourselves on delivering a person centred approach which emphasises the individual's right and opportunity for choice and self-determination, empowering people to achieve their aspirations and goals and to live life to their full potential.

Auscare Support started in 2017, with a call to help a gentleman living in the Matthew Talbot Hostel in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo. It was a call that I am glad I took, as it changed my life… and if you are reading this, I hope that Auscare Support can help you or a loved one of yours too. Since that gentleman became our first NDIS client, the team at Auscare Support have supported over 2000 individuals, worked with over 5000 providers and paid over $250 million in NDIS invoices.

Wingecarribee Volunteer Centre is a one-stop shop for people seeking to give some of their time as volunteers, and for community organisations and other businesses that employ volunteers. Located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, the Centre acts as a volunteer recruitment agency serving close to 80 clients and 150 volunteers each year. Its core business is recruiting and placing volunteers but it also: Advises on Best Practice and cooperates with government initiatives. Promotes the variety of volunteering opportunities available and the benefits of volunteering to all sectors of the community. Operates a resource centre for volunteering, providing advice, training sessions and information to support volunteer activities. Acts as an advocate for volunteering issues, particularly on the Rights of Volunteers.

Aged care services.