Empowering You

Capacity Building

There are a wide range of different activities and goals you can achieve using your capacity building funds. As one of the more specialised support items in an NDIS plan, Capacity Building will allow you to access flexible, understanding and personalised care to ensure you can achieve your goals. Here are just some of the goals and activities that you could try using your Capacity Building funds for:

Finding a job in the open employment market
Travelling on public transport or in a taxi
Cleaning the house
Cooking meals
Handling money
Managing personal care
Going shopping
Participating in recreational activities (I.e. Sports, Art and more)
Social skills and confidence building (I.e. Group activities with your peers)
Attending work or other daytime activities

Core Supports

These are the participant’s main support categories. These supports are meant to assist you with everyday activities and access, participate in the community. The core support category is flexible, and the funding can be used across any of the support items and services as specified in the core budget. It deals with the basic things that the participants require in their daily life.

Category 1: Assistance with daily living

The aim here is to make the participant gain as much independence as possible. It gives you access to funds for the support that helps you prepare your meals, gardening, home cleaning, maintenance, showering, dressing, and personal hygiene. It also funds respite care.

Category 2: Transport allowance

If your disability makes it impossible to use public transport, this funding is available to you. It helps you with covering the cost of suitable transportation. It is beneficial when you step outside your home.

Here either you are being paid directly, or the NDIA or your Plan Manager will pay the transport provider. It is in advance on a monthly or fortnightly basis.

You can reach out to us to know more.

Category 3: Consumables

Consumables include all the supplies you may need daily and those that arise due to your disability. The items that are covered in this category are exhaustive. It contains items classified as ‘off the shelf’ like nutrition products, dressing aids, colostomy bags, and more. It also has low-cost assistive equipment that is small and low risk. It may be sensory equipment, walker, kettles, modified cutlery, tablets, paid apps, phones, etc.

In this category, even the cost involved in keeping an assistance dog is covered like grooming services and pet insurance. Similarly, the services of an interpreter are also covered. An occupational therapist determines the genuine requirements of the participant.

Category 4: Assistance with social and community participation

It caters to the support needed for you to participate in social, recreational, and community-based activities. However, it will not include the cost of the actual activity. The activity may be funded in the category ‘Increased social and community participation.’