Community Living Project Inc.

17/10/2025

Thank you to CRU - Community Resource Unit Ltd. for sharing this important work

22/09/2025

What did people say about our last Discover Micro Enterprise information session?

"A breath of fresh air"

"A big broad picture of how Micro Enterprise can be applied"

"Informative, relevant, inspiring"

Find out for yourself - Wednesday 29 October, Mitchell Park Sports and Community Centre.

Learn about Micro Enterprise for people with disability. Hear from people who have done it and get excited about how it might be an option for you.

05/09/2025

Yes! 🎙 the Micro Enterprise - Exploring Possibilities presentation from the Imagine More conference is now available for you to listen to.

We'd love to hear your feedback!

✨ New episode of the Imagine More podcast! ✨
🎙️ Episode 11
🌟 Discovering micro enterprise: Exploring possibilities
👤 Presented by Helen Neale

In this episode of "The Imagine More Podcast," we share a brilliant presentation from Helen Neale. Helen works for Community Living Project in South Australia as the lead of a project called Discover Micro Enterprise: Exploring Possibilities. She is also a parent of a young man who has had a very successful microenterprise for many years.

Building on the theme of discovering potential, Helen shares her insights on micro enterprise as a valuable and flexible career pathway for individuals with intellectual disability. She illustrates this with stories of individuals who have successfully embarked on their own small business journeys.

By the end of this episode, you’ll see that there’s a wealth of possibilities when creating meaningful work roles and how micro enterprises can open doors to many new opportunities.

🎙️ Listen to this episode on our website or your favourite podcast app: https://imaginemore.org.au/the-podcast/

🖥️ You can also watch this presentation on our website. https://imaginemore.org.au/resources/oo23-conference-presentations/discovering-micro-enterprise/

22/08/2025

Posting on behalf of a Micro Enterprise seeking a new Personal Assistant
• Work for a well-established dried fruit business.
• Proficiency in Auslan required
• Casual position 2-3 days a week, based in Marion area

About Dried Fruit by Jocelynne
I have a well-established, small, home-based enterprise producing a popular health food snack. I am proud that it has been successfully operating for 10+ years. With assistance, I prepare and package bags of dried fruit that I sell to a local customer base.

The role
The ideal assistant will be required to work a few days a week, 5 hours a day, with additional days on occasion. You will be an integral part of the daily operations assisting me to maintain a quality product as well as managing administrative tasks including emails, record keeping, finance, diary management, customer liaison and kitchen responsibilities. I am seeking someone who is Auslan familiar so I can communicate daily. Furthermore, competent in food handling with a positive attitude who can guide and assist me in business operations.
You will need Driver license and vehicle (km’s will be reimbursed)

NDIS worker check and current first aid certificate is required (or willingness to obtain)
Skills
• Auslan capable
• Ability to work independently and without supervision
• Competent in food handling
• Positive attitude

If you are motivated and a problem-solver, please submit your CV with a cover letter detailing your skills and experience.
For further information please contact amy.djite@clp-sa.org.au who is assisting me with recruitment.

19/08/2025

Next week! If you haven't been to a Discover Micro Enterprise - Exploring Possibilities event - now is your chance. Wednesday 27 August, 9.30-12pm at the Arkaba Hotel.

Learn about the importance of meaningful work and hear from people who have started their own Micro Enterprise.

We welcome anyone who supports inclusion and participation for people living with a disability, including:

• People with a disability, their families, and allies

• Support Coordinators, LACs, and NDIS planners

• Service providers and community organisations

• Teachers, Pathway Advisors

• Community leaders and local residents

We invite families and people with a disability to stay for lunch and a 'taste of Discovery session" between 12pm and 3pm (lunch provided).

Tickets are free. Book via Humanitix - link in comments

18/08/2025

Want to learn more about valued roles? Towards a Better Life is being offered online over 4 half-day sessions.

CLP's Accredited SRV Teacher Kylie Duncis will be part of the teaching team for this workshop hosted by Values in Action Association.

About this Workshop:

Learn a framework that helps give meaning and depth and helps to make the most of contemporary opportunities! This workshop explores how getting valued roles can lead to changed societal perceptions and strengthen the likelihood that people with a devalued status will get a better life.
The core themes and principles of Social Role Valorisation (SRV) will be explored through presentations, exercises and discussions. Completion allows entry to the 5 day practicum, PASSING.

Who Should Attend:

This workshop is designed for participants from a range of sectors (disability, aged care, mental health, youth etc). This will include support workers, coordinators, family members, people with disabilities, people with a mental illness and older people receiving services. Participants will be people who are looking for ways of meeting the real needs of marginalised people, resulting in a better lives.

Event details:

September 8, 9, 15 & 16, 2025 (participants must attend all four half-days)

Please join Zoom meeting at 8:45 AM for an 9:00 AM start. Concludes at 1:15 PM

Venue details:

Online only via ZOOM

Link: To be sent closer to workshop date via email.

Cost:
Standard: $385 plus booking fees
Concession: $130 plus booking fees

RSVP:
Bookings via Humanitix - https://events.humanitix.com/online-tabl-september-2025
Registrations close on August 25, 2025

Pic description: Text on a mint green background with the Values in Action Association logo in the corner. Heading: Online, Towards a better life. 4 sessions, must attend all sessions.
Description: An exploration of the Social Role Valorisation (SRV) Framework with regard to people who are marginalised.

05/08/2025

“The dominant voice says that people with a disability belong somewhere else. And we don’t listen to the dominant voice. We know that Jak belongs exactly where he is. He belongs with his family, he belongs with his community, he belongs doing the things that he loves and he’s passionate about.” – Fiona

Fiona and Jak, owner of Jak's Gems, talk to Helen Neale about how Jak's work not only provides meaningful employment but also valuable community connection.
This is an early episode in the podcast series for the Discover Micro Enterprise Project, an initiative of Community Living Project and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FJyNKZJacfypyTTib79hf?si=RJr3jiz2T42fmtetppiHcA

Pic description: Jak and Fiona in a podcast studio with mics in front of them. Jack is holding onto a pendant that he crafted that is on a chain around his neck and is speaking. Fiona is looking on intently.

04/08/2025

Join us for an engaging morning of information sharing, discussion and planning on Micro Enterprise as a career option for people with disability.
Wednesday 27 August, 9.30-12pm at the Arkaba Hotel.

Learn about the importance of meaningful work and hear from people who have started their own Micro Enterprise (Morning Tea provided).

We welcome anyone who supports inclusion and participation for people living with a disability, including:

• People with a disability, their families, and allies

• Support Coordinators, LACs, and NDIS planners

• Service providers and community organisations

• Teachers, Pathway Advisors

• Community leaders and local residents

We invite families and people with a disability to stay for lunch and a 'taste of Discovery session" between 12pm and 3pm (lunch provided).

Book via Humanitix - link in comments

28/07/2025

“Have you thought about a mainstream school?”
Those words changed everything for Michaela, who had been making assumptions about where her child Harry would go to school.
It turned out getting through the doors of a mainstream school wasn’t easy, but Harry is now learning and growing up alongside the kids from his local community.
Listen to Episode 6 of the JFA Purple Orange Podcast “Have you thought about a mainstream school?

Pic description: a family portrait with the proud smiling faces of Harry and his mum Michaela and dad Jamie. The Purple Orange logo is in the corner, and the photo is framed by a purple and white graphic.

17/07/2025

Enjoy collecting things, photography, or socialising? Want to make a difference in a person’s life?
A fixed roster in Old Reynella of 16 hours per week plus a fortnightly passive overnight.

I am a man in my late thirties looking for someone with significant work or life experience who can bring creative thinking to a role that will be both challenging and deeply rewarding.

My love of collecting things, coins, in particular, is important to me, and I want to be supported to do this safely and productively. I am interested in veganism and enjoy eating and sometimes cooking vegan food. I have a great sense of humour and am a master of the one-liner. I am inquisitive and enjoy a wide range of music, YouTube videos, often about cars, and binge-watching TV series.

A successful applicant will be patient, have strong social and negotiation skills, and appreciate the complexity of human behaviour. They will also be organised, practical, reliable, motivating, and enthusiastic. This role involves working closely with my family, my support team leader, and the support team around me to deliver support in line with my vision for a good life.

The role involves a commitment to a fixed fortnightly roster. Shifts will be on the same days and at the same times every fortnight, totalling 31.5 active hours and 9 passive hours.

Click the Learn More button for additional details, including shift timings and the link to Apply

Reynella, South Australia 5161, Australia • Part-time. Apply now and secure your next job today!

13/07/2025

“We could have easily just locked him in... but we knew we had to teach him the skills and give him the competencies around crossing the road safety.” Jan Kruger talks about decisions made from primary school helped her son Jack to be seen and known in his community. Jan says that being known kept Jack safe and that building skills in navigating his community on his own set him up for the next steps in his teenage and adult years.
“Shifting the yes buts, how being known can keep you safe…” was a memorable chat between John Armstrong and Jan Kruger at the Imagine More Get that Good Life conference, and gives a good taster to the other sessions. It’s available as a podcast.
Listen to Episode 28 of the Get that Good Life conference podcast, produced by Imagine More

Pic description: A group of 5 young students ride in single file on their bikes, on a path around a sporting oval. They are wearing uniforms and helmets, and have backpacks on. One has a basketball strapped to the back of the bike. Another is holding a large roll of paper in their hand.

Pic credit: Aaron Andrew Ang via Unsplash.

07/07/2025

Does the customised employment process work for someone with complex support needs?

Listen to Milton Tyree share his thoughts on customised employment in a 4 part series developed by CRU - Community Resource Unit Ltd.

In part 4 Milton explores the idea of natural supports - the way the company naturally train and teach a new person in the workplace, and that this is usually the best way to train a person with disabilities to do the job.

Pic description: screenshot from a youtube video, a man with grey hair and glasses is speaking to the camera. The caption reads: because natural supports are what a company always does.