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Valmar Support Services Ltd. is a disability support organisation providing a wide range of support sevices to people with disabilities, their carers and also the frail aged and youth at risk. From small beginings, Valmar has grown to become a major disabilities service provider covering the local government areas of Tumut, Yass Valley, Tumbarumba, Gundagai and Queanbeyan. Put simply, our goal is to assist our clients to realise "Equity Through Independence".

For comprehensive information on the services we provide please visit our services page.

Strategic Review of Valmar Undertaken

Following from the major Strategic Review of Valmar undertaken by Social Enterprise Consulting in late 2006, principle consultant Tony Knight from “The Knight Advice” group met with Senior Staff and the Valmar Board over four days recently to carry out a Strategic Review of the Board and its’ operations and to assist in the development of Broad Strategic Goals for the Board ( and therefore for Valmar ) for the next three years.

“Strategic Planning  is not a set and forget process” said Mr Knight when in Tumut. “ the major SEC recommendations in their Strategic Review have all been addressed in one way or another, and although there is still a bit more than a year to run in their Business Action Plan, it is timely now to re-evaluate how the Board works, what is their make up, and what are their goals for the whole of Valmar.”

With “Stronger Together” now rolling out in NSW, the Valmar Board made a strategic commitment to consolidate existing services in existing locations wherever possible, to look positively at commencing new services in existing locations, and to always be open to the possibility of expanding the delivery of existing service types into areas currently not covered by Valmar by these service types.

In thanking Tony Knight, CEO Hugh Packard said..” Tony has carried out a critical appraisal of the Valmar Constitution; the Valmar Management System entries relating to the Board of Directors; the Valmar management structure; the make up and skills of the Valmar Board of Directors and of course the Strategic Direction to be taken by Valmar. I thank him for applying his knowledge and skills in this area so constructively.”

Valmar's growth continues

To accommodate and support Valmar’s expanding Residential Support and Community Access programs, a number of additional properties have recently been secured. Settlement was finalised on two houses in Queanbeyan, one currently used a group house and the other planned for the same. A cottage near the centre of Yass has been purchased to house the Yass CAS program and Taskwrights Yass, thereby allowing Yass Community Participation to expand at our existing Comur Street premises. After many inspections and dead ends, an offer was also finally made and accepted on a property in Gundagai to be used as a group house.

In Tumut three joined flats close to the centre of town have been purchased, modified and are now occupied by five residents.

DADHC have provided most of the funds for some of these properties, others have been transferred to Valmar at no cost from SHARE in Queanbeyan, and one has been purchased solely by Valmar.

Valmar Support Services Yass are very busy and are about to commence a number of new services in the area, these include:

• Leisure Options - Recreational funded services for People with a disability in the Yass area – there are 6 designated DADHC funded clients who will access this service.

• Aging Carers Respite - One Placement in this area for carers aged over 60 caring for a person with a disability.

• Leaving Care Program - To be located in one of the recently aquired houses in Queanbeyan  this program will provide accommodation services where five young people who are leaving DOCS care as they have reached 18, will be living in the house. The Minister for Aging and Disability  Honorable Kristina Kennedy opened this service on Thursday 22nd May.  This will be open for the new clients to access in June 2008.

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