LAC Community Portal
SSI is committed to finding new ways of bringing the community together.
Find information on upcoming LAC events in your community and links to helpful resources below.
View in-language videosCommunity Connection Desk
Need help accessing the NDIS or have questions about supports? Stay connected through one of our Community Connection desks:
Newtown Community Connection Desk
Every second Thursday of the month
Online Community Connection Desk
Every Wednesday
Newtown Community Connection DeskOnline Information Sessions
Need help understanding the NDIS or have questions about eligibility and supports? Register for one of our FREE upcoming online information sessions below. Click the flyer for more information:
There are currently no online information sessions scheduled.
Community Conversations
Come along and have a say on the kind of community you want to live in.
Bankstown Community ConversationEvents and Workshops
Learn what it takes to set up a business with this free workshop.Resources
Making Informed Decisions.
This course is an initiative of Aussie Deaf Kids and the NDIS, designed to help parents and carers understand the process of making informed choices to improve the care for their child and family.
Find out more.
Pursuing Ordinary Lives Through Valued Roles.
An initiative of Foundations Forum, this project aims to increase the capacity of people with disability and families in NSW to self-advocate and influence change through skill-building activities such as co-presenting, storytelling and team leading.
Find out more.
Mob Helping Mob.
A Sydney-wide Aboriginal disability peer support program that works with 300 Aboriginal participants to increase their independence and engage in community life. The project will use volunteer peer connectors to support small groups and provide one-to-one guidance. Find out more.
Multicultural Peer Network.
The Multicultural Peer Network facilitates peer lead support networks that aim to increase the independence and community participation of people with disability from CALD backgrounds across NSW. Find out more.
Volunteer & Grow Project.
The Volunteer & Grow Project is designed to provide support to people with disability of any linguistic or cultural background who wish to volunteer, do work experience or find paid employment. Find out more.
IgniteAbility Small Business Start-ups
A pilot program established by SSI to facilitate business creation for people with disability who are passionate about establishing a small business or expanding an existing one Find out more.
Multicultural Peer Network.