Funding supports South-West wellness

People with disability who live in the State's South-West will have access to more services to support their independence, following an $830,000 Lotterywest grant to enable the expansion of Technology Assisting Disability WA (TADWA) Inc services.

Disability Services Minister Helen Morton today presented TADWA chief executive Bob Whitaker with a Lotterywest cheque, to build stage two of the South West Regional Wellness Centre in Bunbury.

"TADWA aims to improve the quality and enjoyment of life for people with disability through the use of technology and support from volunteers and staff," Mrs Morton said.

"Until now, this work has been undertaken primarily in the Perth metropolitan area and in Bunbury.  The new centre will allow TADWA to provide a range of services including customised aids and equipment, computer services and Freedom Wheels bikes.

"These services will be available to people in Bunbury and other areas in the South-West and Great Southern, including Albany, Augusta, Margaret River, Collie and Denmark, and to people living in the Disability Services Commission's WA NDIS My Way trial area in the Lower South West."

The Lower South West WA NDIS My Way trial site incorporates Busselton, the shires of Augusta-Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Donnybrook-Balingup, Manjimup and Nannup.

A Community Home Care centre is being built in stage one of the project and will be part of the wellness centre, with TADWA, when it opens in mid-2015.           

Western Australia is the only Australian State where profits from lottery games are returned directly to the community as grants.  In the past financial year, Lotterywest raised more than $274million to support WA communities.

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