Getting out and about with Social and Community Participation: your NDIS plan explained

Assistance with Social, Economic and Community Participation is a funded support category that you may find in your NDIS plan, under Core Supports.

Under Core Supports, the NDIS may fund a support worker to support you to:

• attend personal development courses
• join a social group
• go on a holiday or camp
• visit your local library
• see a movie or a concert
• try a new hobby
• go to community events, and/or
• join a gym or sporting club.

Increased Social and Community Participation is a funded support category that you may find in your NDIS plan, under Capacity Building.

Capacity Building funding can be used to pay for the cost of activities and programs you would like to try to build your skills and independence. This could including paying for classes and courses, joining a club or group, mentoring or volunteering. 

Meet new friends, try new activities, learn new employment or life skills, play a sport, join a new social group or go on a holiday! We specialise in supporting children, teenagers and adults with disability to achieve their goals, build their confidence and stay active and social.

We offer a range of individual recreation supports, group activities and recreational outings. We can also provide one-to-one individual support for daily living tasks and to support participation in recreational activities. Depending on your goals, our supports may involve skills development.

Yooralla can support you under this NDIS category with our flexible, quality services, including:

• Assistance with Daily Life: flexible, tailored supports and skills development to help you learn and complete a range of everyday tasks. This might be support at home, in the community, at school or work, for business or health or leisure.
• Community Hubs and Supports: fun, friendships, community, connection, learning, recreation, creative pursuits, sport, social events, workplace skills, life skills…Whatever you’re looking for, you can find great opportunities at a Yooralla Community Hub near you.
• Social groups: a great way to make new friends and try new things. 
• Camps and holidays: Join one of our fun, social camps or get support from us with your next organised holiday.
• Accessible adventures: Yooralla can support you to explore Melbourne's vibrant entertainment scene with friends, family, housemates or by yourself.

Support Area: Core supports

Budget: $5,006.56

This is the amount of money funded for the Core budget type. This amount is based on the estimated number of hours you need support and the cost per hour of the supports, outlined in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits. 

Details:

This funding provides supports for you to participate in community, social and recreational activities of your choice at the standard level. Core supports are used to assist with daily activities and community participation.

Depending on your personal goals and support needs, this part of your NDIS plan may include disability support workers to take part in community, social or recreational activities such as:

• join a social group
• take an outing or a holiday
• join a sporting club
• go on a camp, or
• see a movie or a concert

How the supports will be paid:

This example is plan managed. This means NDIS will pay your plan management agency directly for these supports. Your plan manager then pays your support providers for you.