If you’ve visited us at our Payneham head office, you may have noticed that Jack has been displaying his product ‘Jack’s Delights – Gin Buddies’ – dehydrated fruit slices to put in your drinks, and chocolate-coated orange treats! All local ingredients, hand-made. Now his products can be found at Your Way Disability SA in Glenelg.… Continue reading Jack’s Delights, a small business by Jack
This is Therese. You may have recognised her on our website; one of our many clients. She is seen playing basketball, throwing the footy, and showing off her brilliant smile Therese has been a client of LDS for several years, alongside her siblings – and we have loved watching her thrive. So when she started… Continue reading Meet Therese
Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.” Greetings to the LDS community and thank you for the many well wishes that we have received since the announcement of… Continue reading Welcoming the new CEO, Michael Kromwyk
On Tuesday 9 May over 30 LDS families, friends, supporters and staff joined us online and in-person to hear from our CEO, John van Ruth and the Client Services team to receive an update on how the organisation is tracking, the implementation of the new Client Services structure and to answer community questions. In summary… Continue reading Family Forum 2023
SIL Home LDS has a vacancy at our modern, spacious house at Ferryden Park. This five-bedroom home is neat, tidy and well appointed with male room-mates in their 40-60s. Our existing clients are at a 1:3 support ratio, with passive overnight support. One of the gentlemen loves a good conversation and enjoys cooking. He attends… Continue reading Ferryden Park
SIL Home LDS has a vacancy at our beautiful house at Dernancourt. This three-bedroom home is neat, tidy and well appointed with a male room mate in their 40s. Our existing client is non-verbal but loves having a strong friendship with his housemate. With lots of natural light, a large garden and veggie patch, this… Continue reading Dernancourt
LDS has four values that we use across our work everyday. They are: Faith, Empowerment, Excellence and Fun. We believe that fun is an important value because everything we do should incorporate fun – it helps us to work and it should shine through us when we work with our clients. This summer we have had a… Continue reading Fun at the Fringe
One of the important jobs we have at LDS is making sure we do everything we can to help our clients thrive in their homes. From recruiting good staff, ensuring we have the right training, good communication and finding fun things to engage with at home & the community – there is a lot that… Continue reading Empowerment @ LDS
Dear clients, friends and families, LDS continues to strive for our mission of enriching the lives of those we support and we could not do it without you. I hope you enjoy reading about some of the great stories and achievements in this edition of LDS Community while getting an insight of how we are… Continue reading CEO Update March 2023
This year the LDS community did the holidays in style. From celebrating Christmas with family and friends, throwing New Years Eve parties and getting out and about during the summer holidays right through to hosting BBQs on Australia Day. Our clients (and staff) had a wonderful time. See below our holiday snaps!
