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For churches and Christian communities

Your church knows the families. We can help you welcome them.

Beyond Disability Support is a Christian faith-based NDIS provider, started on the Central Coast in 2020. We'd like to work alongside churches, Christian schools and ministries across the Coast so people living with disability - and the families around them - find both a community to belong to and practical support that respects their choices.

Registered NDIS provider no. 4050087183 Based in West Gosford Support for everyone - nobody is asked about their beliefs
Why we do this

Every person is created by God and carries inherent worth. That's the belief behind Beyond - and the reason we'd rather build this with the churches already on the ground than on our own.

More about what we believe
Three ways to work together

Pick one, or all three

Point a family our way

If someone in your congregation is living with disability, caring for someone who is, or stuck waiting on the NDIS, tell them a faith-based provider exists in West Gosford. A name and a phone number is a referral - we take it from there, and nothing is decided until they've talked with us.

Make a referral  ·  If they're not on the NDIS yet

Have us in for an awareness session

A free, practical session for your leaders, youth team, welcomers or whole congregation: what makes a Sunday genuinely accessible, the language that helps, how the NDIS works in ten minutes, and when to refer. It's an awareness session, not accredited training - so there's nothing to enrol in and nothing to pay.

Register your interest

Make room for the people we support

Our programs run in small groups at community venues, and the people we support are looking for places to belong and contribute - a kitchen for a Community Dining Day, a volunteer role, a music team, a men's breakfast. If you have a space or a place, we'd like to hear about it.

See the programs  ·  Community participation
The awareness session

An hour that changes how a church welcomes

Most churches want to include people living with disability and aren't sure where to start. An hour with our team covers the practical ground, in your building, at a time that suits your team.

  • What inclusion looks like on a Sunday - arrival, seating, sound, sensory space, communion, kids' and youth programs
  • Language and welcome: what helps, what quietly excludes
  • The NDIS in ten minutes - what it funds, who's eligible, and what a plan means for a family in your church
  • Carers: the pressure they carry, and the practical help (including respite) that exists - see for families and carers
  • When and how to refer - and who to call at Beyond

Sessions are shaped to the group - a youth team and a leadership team get different hours. Register your interest below and we'll come back to you with what's possible and when.

Who it's for

Churches, Christian schools, chaplaincies, youth and children's ministries, and disability programs run by faith communities.

What it isn't

Not accredited or certified training, not a sales pitch, and not a condition of anything else on this page.

Cost

None. It's part of why Beyond exists.

Christian schools and disability programs

The transition beyond school can feel uncertain

For a young person finishing school, the next chapter is often the first time there's no timetable and no built-in community. We'd like to work alongside schools and families to help young people explore greater independence, build practical life skills and community connections, discover new interests, and look at programs and employment pathways.

Two of our programs sit naturally at that stage: Cook & Connect and the Coffee and Employment Pathway (in development). And for young adults ready for a place of their own, Beyond Assisted Living is a shared-home pathway with support around key parts of the day.

Ways to start

Invite us to a transition evening for families. Refer a student who's finishing. Ask for an awareness session for staff. Or just call and describe what you've got in front of you.

Partner as a school
Start the conversation

Tell us about your church or school

A first conversation is all this is. We'll come back to you within one business day to talk about what would help - and if you'd rather ring, that's just as good.

02 4313 1802
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Registered NDIS provider

Registration no. 4050087183. Audited against the NDIS Practice Standards.

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