Dear clients, families and supporters, it is my great pleasure to invite you all to the LDS end of year family gathering complete with nativity play and lots of fun activities and great food. As per the invite later in this communique, it will be held on 26th November 2022 at the Fullarton Community Centre.… Continue reading From the Desk of the CEO – September 2022
At LDS we talk about community and how we can assist our clients to find connections in community and sometimes the community finds us. Our first house – Shimron in Unley is closely connected to St John’s Lutheran in Unley. Many of our clients worship at this church and have become an essential part of… Continue reading Empowerment
LDS is refreshing it’s media for the rest of 2022. For digital, social and print media the clients from St Marys will appear in the ads. We also have a new radio ad that will appear on CruiseFM and FiveAA.
At LDS we are proud of our team of support workers. In this edition we introduce you to three of our awesome team: Julie Green, Mirza Asim Baig and Melissa Grant. Hi, I’m Julie Green and I lead a happy, easy going life with my wonderful husband and live in a small country town north of Gawler.… Continue reading Excellence – Meet Some of the Team
Sharon is a client that lives in one of our properties in Mansfield Park and recently her TV stopped working and she was worried that she would miss out on watching her favourite programs and the Crows game the next day. Using the LDS Empowerment funds Sandy (Team Leader) and Bryan (Support Worker) sprung into… Continue reading Empowerment @ Mansfield Park
Over the past week LDS has undergone the NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Commission re-certification review. The review was comprehensive and has allowed LDS to benchmark ourselves with the NDIS quality standards. There are opportunities for improvement identified in the review and LDS is committed to ensuring that we action these quickly. The assessors also gave… Continue reading NDIS Recertification Review
In February LDS welcomed four new clients that live in Klemzig to the LDS family. Since Andrew, Bradly, Rory and Leigh have joined LDS we have seen them all blossom and have asked the families how they are transitioning. “I am impressed with the way that the Lutheran Disability houses are cared for. They are… Continue reading It’s Like Chalk and Cheese
Back in January LDS received notice that the WEL house lease was not going to be renewed and so the hunt for a new house for the WEL team was underway. After a comprehensive search for a new property to rent or buy was undertaken LDS fell in love with a new house in Plympton… Continue reading LDS Buys a House
LDS has been growing in recent months and in March we launched a new property in Edwardstown with three ladies coming together to live at the property. This beautiful house has become a home with these lovely ladies adding their personal touch to the property. Jenni was living at another LDS property and told her support… Continue reading Independence, Friends & Fish
LDS has been providing support to clients to achieve their life goals and to be able to participate in community. Mark is an example of a client who loves to be creative and to express himself through his artwork. Mark has been attending Broughton Arts for approximately 3 years. Marks visions of different worlds and… Continue reading Mark’s Art Exhibition
