The volunteers behind a community centre working to improve the wellbeing of adults who identify as LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent or disabled says they will fight to stay open despite rising costs.
abc.net.au/news/drop-in-care-space-in-adelaide-aims-to-reduce-isolation/102803366Finding a safe community was a difficult task for Sonny Jane Wise, until they created one for others with a similar experience.A drop-in care centre provides a 'second home' for adults who identify as LGBTQIA+, disabled or neurodivergentBut its board says the donations and grants it relies on are not enough
Since then, the volunteer-run Drop In Care Space has grown to resemble a home, with a well-stocked kitchen, library and lounge room. Wise said the community space was "one piece of the puzzle" in supporting the wellbeing of neurodivergent adults, and the centre also receives clients referred on from mental health services."They get a lot of people who are disabled, non-binary, trans, queer, or neurodivergent who are going in for a crisis.
"It would be devastating for the board, but also for the community if we were to shut, because there isn't another community centre like this," Wise said. A report compiled for the long-running Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability late last year
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