Beach and coastal outings
A walk at Emerald Beach, a swim, a quiet morning by the water. Coffs Harbour is on the doorstep, and getting to it should feel easy.
Community Access & Participation · Coffs Harbour
More of your week, out in the world. With a support worker who stays.
Community access is about getting out and staying connected. A morning at the beach, a coffee with a friend, an appointment kept, a class you have been meaning to try. We match you with a support worker who knows you and sticks around, so the week gets easier and the same face keeps turning up.
What it is
NDIS support to take part in life outside the home
Community access, sometimes called social and community participation, is NDIS-funded one-to-one support to do the things you want to do away from home. A support worker comes with you and helps as much or as little as you need.
That might be getting to appointments, doing the shops, joining a social group, keeping up a hobby, or getting to work or study. The idea is simple. More of your week spent doing what matters to you, with someone steady beside you.
Where we work
- Coffs Harbour
- Emerald Beach
- Sawtell
- Toormina
- Woolgoolga
- Moonee Beach
- Sapphire Beach
- Korora
- Sandy Beach
- Safety Beach
- Boambee
- Mullaway
What it can look like
Real support, built around your week
Shops and appointments
Groceries, the pharmacy, the GP, the bank. The everyday errands that are simpler with someone alongside you.
Social groups and connection
Getting to a group, catching up with friends, being part of what is happening locally. Less time on your own when you would rather not be.
Hobbies and interests
The class, the club, the thing you keep meaning to get back to. Support to pick it up and keep it going.
Building skills and confidence
Catching the bus, ordering at the counter, managing a routine. Small steps practised often, at your pace.
Getting to work or study
A steady hand with the trip in, the paperwork, and settling into somewhere new, so work or study feels within reach.
The difference
The same worker, week after week
When the same worker turns up each week, plans get easier to make and trust builds on its own. That steadiness is the point of good community access.
It is hard to get when the worker changes every few weeks and you start again each time. So we are built around staff who stay. Low turnover is the whole idea, which means the person who took you to the beach last month is the same person this month. They learn your routine, your preferences, and the things that make a day go well.
That is the same reason our Supported Independent Living holds together, and it carries straight into community access. We stay. That is the whole idea.
Who it's for
Support that fits where you are
We support adults in Coffs Harbour with mental health, psychosocial and neurological support needs. If you want more of your week outside the house, or your current support keeps changing, this is worth a conversation.
See who we work withA good fit if
- You are an adult in Coffs Harbour with psychosocial, mental health or neurological support needs.
- You want more of your week spent out of the house and connected to people.
- Your current support worker keeps changing, and you want someone who stays.
- You are working towards goals like confidence, routine, work or study.
- You have community access or social and community participation funding in your NDIS plan.
How to start
Getting going is straightforward
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Get in touch
Call or send a short enquiry. Tell us the suburb and roughly what you are after.
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A conversation about goals
We talk through your week, what you want more of, and how support could help.
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Matched with a worker
We match you with a consistent support worker who suits you, not just whoever is free.
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Get going
You start, at a pace that works. The same face each time, so it settles quickly.
Why it matters
Care is not a promise but a fact you can see for yourself. The same faces every morning, the same calm every evening.
The CARE Group & Co.
Let's talk about your week
Tell us the suburb and what you would like more of. We come back the same business day.