Live It Up↑
Support that backs your direction, not just your diagnosis. Community participation, daily living, respite and housing support for young people and adults across the Illawarra.
Not all disability is visible.
Good support sees the whole person.
We work with people whose disability you often can't see: intellectual disability, brain injury, autism, ADHD, trauma. Because it isn't visible, it gets misread, underestimated and under-supported. We see it, we understand it, and we build support around the whole person.
Sources: ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2022 (released July 2024); Carers NSW (2024), drawing on ABS SDAC 2022. Figures refer to the 2022 survey; visibility cannot be inferred from severity.
Power with, not power over.
We've never wanted to be the centre of anyone's world. You are. Our job is the lines, not the dots: connecting you with your people, your community, the services around you and what's actually available, so everything pulls in the same direction instead of working in silos.
The dots are yours. We help draw the lines. Choose a dot to explore.
Read all the connections
- Family and carers: Communication with the people who know you best.
- Health and therapy: Working with your clinicians, with your permission.
- School and work: Support through education and work transitions.
- Community: Connections with local places, activities and people.
- Housing: Practical support with applications, inspections and tenancy.
- Local opportunities: Exploring opportunities that fit your goals.
Six ways up.
Every support starts with one question: where do you want to go? Then we work out how to get there together.
Community Participation
Getting out, joining in, and building real connections in your community, on your terms.
Daily Living Support
Practical, everyday support that builds skills and independence rather than dependence.
Respite Care
A genuine break for carers, and a genuinely good time for participants.
Mentoring & Individualised Support
One-on-one mentoring that meets you where you are and backs where you're headed.
Specialised Substitute Residential Care
Safe, structured care for children and young people, delivered to child safe standards.
Accommodation & Tenancy Assistance
Help finding, keeping, and thriving in a home of your own.
Five steps. No runaround.
From first contact to ongoing support, you'll always know what happens next, and you set the pace.
Contact
Reach out by referral form, phone or email, for yourself or someone else.
Meet up
We get to know you and make sure we're genuinely the right fit.
Plan
Together we build a plan around your goals, needs and funding.
Support
The plan goes to work: consistent workers, clear communication.
Feedback
You tell us what's working and what's not, and we adjust.
"Where you come from doesn't define where you can go."
We're from here: escarpment to ocean. Local people, supporting local people, because community is the whole point.
Live it Up acknowledges the Dharawal and Yuin peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven where we meet, live, work and play. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
Ready when
you are.
A conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Tell us where you want to go.