Enabling You Supports

04/05/2026

Support Worker Danika working her magic this morning 🫶

There’s something incredibly special about the connection between a child and a horse. Without needing words, kids start to feel safe, understood, and calm. Little by little, you see their confidence grow 🐴💛

These moments can be a real turning point, helping children build trust, feel more in control, and discover just how capable they are🌱🪷

03/05/2026

We had such a great day out at the Special Olympics Gympie’s Charity Golf Day, which was held Gunabul Homestead ⛳️

Thank you to everyone who made the day possible, it was a fabulous display of community spirit 🪷

28/04/2026

23/04/2026

All of my guys should have received a text from me this morning about the proposed changes.

I have since found this online, and thought I’d share it for people to circle back too, if they start to worry.

Please remember, nothing is in place at the moment, it hasn’t been passed as legislation and still may change.

Let’s practice some self care to try to reduce our stress, we will get through this together 🪷🫶

20/04/2026

If you are looking for a super fun day out, please think about coming down to Gunabul Homestead on Sunday the 3rd of May, for their golf day, which is to support the Special Olympics Gympie team to get to Nationals in October.

We’ll be down there, completely out of our comfort zone, trying to play golf ⛳️ 🫶

18/04/2026

13/04/2026

We’re all about those moments that make us different 💫

Yesterday, Support Worker Danika helped turn one little horse-loving girl’s dream into reality by introducing her to Jax 🐴

This young person has been learning how to regulate her emotions, and horses have a magical way of teaching that. They mirror what we feel, so to help them stay calm, we must find our own calm too.

After careful planning and all the right risk assessments, there was just enough magic in the air… Jax gave his approval, and she got to sit on him for a brief, unforgettable moment.

Sometimes it’s the smallest experiences that leave the biggest sparkle ✨

01/04/2026

🌏 Today is Autism Awareness Day and April is also World Autism Understanding Month.
♾ It’s about more support for and understanding of Autistic people.

🧠 Autism is when a person’s brain works in its own way. The challenges they meet and the gifts they bring.

🌱 This can affect the way people communicate with others, feel or express emotions, and experience the world.

🤝 Autism Self Advocacy Network Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ) is an Autism-led organisation dedicated to advocating for Autistic people in systems and communities.

💬 It is important that we listen to the voices of people with lived experience so that we can learn from them and shift our own perspectives.

📖 ASAN AUNZ also welcomes Autistic writers and creators to share their stories and advocacy experiences with them to help others.

🌐 You can visit their website to find more information, stories and resources from the Autistic community (we will share the link in our comments at 9am).

Pic desc: “Autism Awareness Day” in purple-outlined white font on a blue background. Colourful icons of people surround the words in a circle.

31/03/2026

Yesterday Support Worker Danika, brought a young client into the office for supports because the rain was unpredictable.

Support Worker Danika and the young client were quite busy colouring and cutting, and working on the young client’s fine motor skills.

The end result was some colourful Easter Egg decorations, which were a pleasant surprise to find stuck to the office door this morning 🎊🪷

Only 5 more sleeps until Easter every bunny 🐰 🐣

30/03/2026

I have just copied this from a local community page:

URGENT ADVICE!!!!

As of today, Monday 30th March:

FAMILY ASSISTANCE OFFICE
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

will operate from their new office in Mellor St.
(In the old Madill’s car yard building opposite the Civic Centre.)
Operating hours are Monday, Wednesday & Friday
from 12pm to 3pm ONLY!!
NB. Welfare assistance is no longer available at 2 John St.

PLEASE NOTE:
VINNIES OP SHOP & FOOD DIVISION ARE STILL
OPEN AT 2 JOHN ST. GYMPIE.
🙏‼️🙏‼️🙏‼️🙏‼️🙏‼️🙏‼️🙏‼️🙏‼️

29/03/2026

Sadly this is the second mother that I know of, that had to envoke Ryan’s Rule at Gympie Hospital for their child with a disability, in the first two months of this year.

I know of a third mother who had to envoke Ryan’s Rule at Gympie Hospital, after her son who also has a disability was paralysed (for 17 days) by a tick. With a comment made, maybe this is just how he’s meant to be 😳😳😳

When lawyer Kim Turvey’s 22-year-old daughter Georgia started suffering seizures at their Gympie home one night, she expected the city’s hospital was the best place to help.