Toowoomba Clubhouse NDIS Restructure - ABC radio interviews with Debbie Bailey and Clubhouse Members Jason and Kamie
NDIS LEADS TO CLUBHOUSE RESTRUCTURE
The Toowoomba Clubhouse has completely restructured its operation to survive the introduction of National Disability Insurance Scheme funding model.
To maintain free access to the mental health support service, the clubhouse is now only partly funded by the NDIS with the rest coming from private donations.
"Psychological social disability doesn't fit totally neatly in the NDIS so we have about 70 per cent of our members who will never be eligible for NDIS.
So that is where we need to work with them individually on federal and state funded projects to help them achieve improvements in their mental health,” Toowoomba Clubhouse CEO Debbie Bailey said.
Jason Hately has been a clubhouse member for not quite a year. He has bipolar one and anxiety disorder,
"A year ago I was a very introverted and shy person. I was extremely nervous and unsure of myself but now flip those things on their heads. I take morning meetings and I go out to the hospitals doing outreach work," Mr Hately said.
Kamie Barlett has been living with mental illness since she was four.
"I'm studying now. I'm not far from finishing. I want to help people who have been in my situation," she said.
📷 Belinda Sanders ABC Southern Qld
Audio Interviews:
Have a listen to Debbie Bailey explain how things have changed here.
Another feel good story from Kamie Bartlett who has struggled with mental illness since she was four.
This is Jason Hately's story