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Compass Whitsundays has recently amalgamated with innovative Queensland-based not for profit organisation Community Solutions.
Offering a range of Employment, Training, Youth, Home & Community Support, and Health & Wellbeing services, as well as Social Enterprise projects, Community Solutions operates in more than 21 communities throughout regional Queensland and provides an effective approach to not only dealing with disadvantage, but also creating opportunities for individuals, families and communities.
While day-to-day operations will remain the same for our clients, this amalgamation provides additional opportunities to access a wider range of valuable services.
For more information about Community Solutions, visit www.communitysolutions.org.au
Compass Whitsundays
Compass Whitsundays is a non-profit community organisation based in Cannonvale, Queensland.
Established in 1994 and previously named Whitsunday Flexible Respite Care Inc; Compass Whitsundays now employs over 20 staff and supports more than 90 clients.
Compass aims to position itself within the disability/aged sector as a highly professional, diverse and expanding service provider. Compass provides a range of services for:
- People with disabilities
- Seniors
- Carers of people with disabilities and seniors
These services are provided in people’s homes, in the community and at the Compass Centre.
Compass is funded by the Department of Communities under Disability Services and Home & Community Care. Compass is certified under the Disability Sector Quality System and accredited under the Home & Community Care program.
Geographical Area
Compass provides services throughout the Whitsundays region including:
- North to Hydeaway Bay, Dingo Beach and Eden Lassie Creek
- South to Midge Point
- West to Faust Dam
- East to accessible Whitsunday Islands
Mission
Promote opportunities to enhance and maintain quality of life through individualised support
Objectives
The objectives of Compass Whitsundays are
- That people with disabilities and older people can
- remain in their own home or their family home
- maximise independence by maintaining and developing skills/abilities
- be involved in the community
- That family or other primary caregivers are supported in their role;
- That staff have appropriate skills/abilities and are supported in their role; and
- That the organisation operates in an effective, efficient and accountable manner.
Master Plan
Compass has a long term plan to construct a multi-purpose community complex on the current 5 acre site. The master plan includes:
- Purpose built Day Service facility
- Purpose built Accommodation facility
- Purpose built Respite facility
- Disability Enterprise
- Providing work and training opportunities
- Providing office space for the co-location of community organisations/allied health
- Recreational Facilities – providing pathways, bikeway, greenspace and a playground for the shared use by the whole community
- Historical School House – restoring the current building for the shared use by the whole community
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