Participation in social and community activities has increased.

Our goal is to increase social and community participation, particularly in the community, by assisting you in participating in activities such as camping, classes, and vacation activities that include capacity-building components. Assistance in establishing volunteer arrangements in the community, mentoring, peer support, and individual skill development are just a few examples.

Examples provided by the NDIS of support that can be funded include:

• Universal recreational activities: A limited number of lessons could be funded to enable a participant to try out an activity and test their capability and interest in pursuing this activity further – such as horse riding, art, dance or singing classes
• Funding to attend a “camp” or groups that build a person’s relationship skills and offer a range of activities and opportunities to explore wider interests.
• Other items or adjustments such as customised tools required because of the person’s disability, could also be funded. An example of this is if you wanted to play all abilities golf and needed to buy an adapted golf club to play. Or you wanted to do a drumming class and needed to buy an adapted glove to allow you to grip the drumsticks.