Avenue Frenchs Forest

Avenue Frenchs Forest is different to your traditional disability day program. We empower you to engage in purposeful work tasks and share in the profits, socialise with your team-mates and develop your individual skills, regardless of your support needs.

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We provide person-centred support in our hub in Frenchs Forest:

28 Rodborough Road, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086

When you join Avenue, you can join Avenue Work, Avenue Social or both!

Avenue Work

At the heart of Avenue are work teams where you are empowered to engage in real work tasks in a supported environment, that will increase your knowledge, build your capabilities and provide a sense of purpose.

You can choose from a number of different work teams, based on your interests and goals. These can include order fulfilment, pet-sitting and dog-walking, flyering and letterbox drops, running market stalls and the option to launch your own business as an entrepreneur! You can learn more about our different teams by clicking below!

You will earn a small profit from your work activities, which recognises your contribution and productivity to your team, and is yours to spend as you like.

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Hub Management

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Gigs & Flyers

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Markets

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Animals

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Order Fulﬁlment

Avenue Social

Through Avenue Social, you can access events and activities you choose, build important skills and make friends for life! You will leave feeling more skilled, more equipped, and more empowered than before.

Our social calendar is put together with the help of you, based on your likes, dislikes and needs, to ensure you have a great day! You might go bushwalking, take an exercise or music class, head to sporting, musical or cultural events, or enjoy adding new things to the calendar.

Our team of dedicated support workers are trained to develop your skills and integrate learning into the day’s activities. Some of the skills you might choose to focus on could include independence, confidence, money-handling, communication, and road safety awareness.

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Avenue is all about offering participants:

Individual support

Tailored support that accommodates the individual

Purpose-built environment

A purpose-built environment to meet the needs of all

Highly trained staff

A team of committed staff who are all about making a difference

Using your NDIS funding

Avenue is a registered NDIS service provider and you can use a range of NDIS line items to attend, including:

Core Supports (Social and Community Participation and Daily Living)
Capacity Building
Finding and Keeping a Job.

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Kyle

“Hi, my name is Kyle and I work in the Markets team at Avenue Frenchs Forest. We sell products at markets and pack orders of stock. I like working here because I’m making friends and learning.”

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Matthew

“Hi, my name is Matthew and I work at Avenue Frenchs Forest. I work 3 days a week in the Gigs and Flyers Team. We deliver flyers for local businesses to help promote them in the community. We also do some gigs such as painting bats for Bondi Beach Bats. Our team has recently picked up a garden maintenance gig too once a week. I never get bored working here.”

Jedd

“Hi, my name is Jedd and I work in Order Fulfilment. I have fun doing stocktake and packing orders for our customers with my friends.”

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Work Experience

Looking for options to assist in post-school transitioning? Ask about our work experience opportunities for high school students with disability! Simply ﬁll in the form below and let us know.

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If you’d like to learn more about Avenue Frenchs Forest,

please get in touch

Emily Waddell

Manager

Tom Ogilvie

Assistant Manager

Scarlett Edwards

Community Engagement Lead

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