Shared Experiences. Lifelong Skills. Your Space to Belong.
Growth happens best when we learn, laugh, and achieve together. At Supportive Hands Disability Services, our group and centre-based activities are designed to bring people together in a warm, inclusive, and high-energy environment. Whether you want to master a new skill, join a team project, or simply make lifelong friends, our group programs across Geelong provide the perfect space to belong.
NDIS Registration Group 0136: Group and Centre-Based Activities
This service is funded under your NDIS Core Supports budget. It allows you to utilize your funding to join structured group environments, center-based programs, and collaborative community workshops.
Our approach follows a strength-based model: we design group dynamics that celebrate individual abilities, allowing you to learn from your peers, share your own unique talents, and build social confidence at a pace that feels completely natural and supportive to you.
Creative & Interactive Workshops: Discovering Your Inner Talents
Our centre-based programs offer a rotating schedule of hands-on, creative workshops designed to stimulate your mind and spark joy:
- Arts, Crafts & Design: Exploring your creativity through painting, pottery, seasonal crafting, and collaborative group murals.
- Music, Dance & Drama: Engaging in music therapy, group sing-alongs, rhythm workshops, and light movement or drama games.
- Technology & Digital Media: Learning basic computer skills, safe internet navigation, gaming sessions, or creative digital photography.
Life Skills & Independence Programs: Practical Tools for Daily Living
Group settings provide a fantastic, low-pressure environment to develop practical skills that you can take home to your everyday life:
- Interactive Cooking Classes: Learning to read recipes, safely use kitchen appliances, prepare healthy meals, and enjoy a group lunch together.
- Money Management & Budgeting: Fun, practical group games that teach numeracy, handling cash, and planning grocery budgets.
- Health & Wellness Sessions: Participating in group yoga, gentle stretching, mindfulness, and learning about nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices.
Social Clubs & Peer Events: Building an Active Circle of Friends
A core focus of our centre activities is creating genuine human connections. We host regular social events that help turn classmates into lifelong friends:
- Trivia & Board Game Tournaments: Friendly, collaborative team challenges that foster communication, strategy, and teamwork.
- Themed Celebration Days: Hosting inclusive parties and events for birthdays, cultural holidays, and community achievements.
- Peer Support Discussion Groups: Safe, guided circles where participants can talk about their goals, share life experiences, and encourage one another.
Looking for an Active, Welcoming Group to Join in Geelong?
Skip the isolation. Our center-based programs have no active waitlists, making it easy for you to tour our spaces and jump into a fun group routine this week.
Why Choose Supportive Hands: The Real Value of Our Group Programs
We look beyond basic day-care styles to deliver modern, engaging, and deeply fulfilling group experiences right here in Victoria:
- Dynamic, High-Quality Facilities: Our activity spaces are fully accessible, modern, comfortable, and equipped with top-tier learning and recreational tools.
- Carefully Structured Group Sizes: We maintain excellent staff-to-participant ratios, ensuring you get plenty of individual attention and support while enjoying the group energy.
- Goal-Aligned Curriculum: Our group modules aren’t just random time-fillers. Every cooking, art, or tech session is mapped out to help you achieve specific NDIS capacity-building goals.
- A Vibrant, Highly Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on a culture free from judgment or exclusion. Every background, communication style, and ability level is warmly embraced.
Peace of Mind for Families: Structured, Purposeful Day Support
Enrolling a loved one in centre activities gives families absolute certainty that their family member is spending their day productively and safely:
- A Meaningful Daily Routine: Giving your loved one a clear reason to get out of the house, dress up, and look forward to an exciting day with peers.
- Safe, Vetted Supervision: Our centre is fully staffed by qualified disability support workers trained in first aid, positive behavior support, and complex care.
- Reliable, Set Scheduling: Fixed program hours allow family caregivers to perfectly plan their own work shifts, study schedules, or personal errands without disruption.
Where the Action Happens: Our Flexible Group Environments
Our group programs aren’t cooped up in a single room; we utilize multiple spaces to keep things fresh and engaging:
- In Our Modern Local Hub: Accessing our main communal kitchen, art studio spaces, and relaxed lounge areas in Mount Duneed.
- Out on Local Group Excursions: Taking the group energy out into Geelong for bowling days, park picnics, cinema trips, or local museum tours.
- Integrated Community Facilities: Utilizing local neighborhood houses, public kitchens, and sports courts to keep our participants deeply embedded in the local community.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, absolutely! We highly encourage a “Meet and Greet” or a trial session. You can visit our facility, meet our staff, see what activities are running, and chat with other participants to make sure it feels like the perfect fit for you.
We offer flexible ratios based entirely on your funding and care needs, ranging from standard group ratios (like 1:3 or 1:4) up to high-intensity 1:1 support within the group setting if you require dedicated physical or behavioral assistance.
Safety is our top priority. Before you join any food-related workshops, our coordinators log all food allergies, intolerances, and specific texture requirements (e.g., modified or pureed diets) to ensure our kitchen environments remain completely safe for you.
Definitely. Many of our participants use a hybrid model—for example, utilizing our Assist-Personal Activities support for their morning home routines, and then joining our Group/Centre Activities for the middle of the day. We can seamlessly tailor a schedule that covers both.
Let’s Learn, Grow, and Celebrate Together
We are right here in Geelong and Mount Duneed, ready to welcome you into our community hub. Fill out the quick form below, and one of our group coordinators will connect with you to arrange a free tour.
