About Us

Enliven Community is a not-for-profit organisation that empowers Australians with disability to be genuine decision makers about their shared supports because we firmly believe that ‘Choice begins with voice’.

About Us

Enliven Community is a not-for-profit organisation that empowers Australians with disability to be genuine decision makers about their shared supports because we firmly believe that ‘Choice begins with voice’.

At Enliven Community, we are proud to stand at the forefront of innovation in the disability sector, as the creators of the Choice Collective Facilitator role (known more broadly across the sector as the Shared Support Facilitator).

 

We are thrilled to see growing recognition and enthusiasm for this role, including in the NDIS Review recommendations, which calls for the NDIS to commission “Shared Support Facilitators” to help people who share housing or living supports have a genuine say in how those supports are organised and delivered. This alignment with national reform confirms what we have long believed: that facilitation is essential for genuine choice and control for people who share disability supports.

 

We are proud to have pioneered this approach and continue to champion its development across Australia — ensuring that the voices, needs and preferences of participants remain at the heart of every shared living arrangement.

 

Enliven Community is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC).

At Enliven Community, we are proud to stand at the forefront of innovation in the disability sector, as the creators of the Choice Collective Facilitator role (known more broadly across the sector as the Shared Support Facilitator).

We are thrilled to see growing recognition and enthusiasm for this role, including in the NDIS Review recommendations, which calls for the NDIS to commission “Shared Support Facilitators” to help people who share housing or living supports have a genuine say in how those supports are organised and delivered. This alignment with national reform confirms what we have long believed: that facilitation is essential for genuine choice and control for people who share disability supports.

 

We are proud to have pioneered this approach and continue to champion its development across Australia — ensuring that the voices, needs and preferences of participants remain at the heart of every shared living arrangement.

 

Enliven Community is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC).

Vision

People with a disability living safely, with a real say in their lives

Mission

To facilitate empowered, collective decision-making in Enliven Housing properties, improving safety, satisfaction and outcomes.

Our why

Our purpose is to amplify the voices of people with disability in shared support arrangements, ensuring their homes and supports reflect their choices. Too often, people with a disability aren’t at the centre of decisions about the support they receive, or how those supports are delivered. This can be due to outdated attitudes, assumptions about a person’s capacity, or service providers not appropriately balancing business pressures and real choice and control. On top of that, many people feel worried about speaking up, fearing backlash from those they rely on. We seek to balance this power, to support people to experience high-quality services they are entitled to.

Empowered Choices.
Connected Collectives.

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Meet the Team

Jessica Cramp
Choice Collective Facilitator, NSW/ACT
Brittany Pantano
National Manager Enliven Community
Sophia Stante
VIC/SA Community Cooperative Facilitator
Kassandra Stephenson
VIC Choice Collective Facilitator
Wendy Bell
QLD Choice Collective Facilitator

Meet the Board

Faye Minty
CEO, Enliven Housing Property Management
Daniel Grynberg
CEO, Enliven Housing Group
Tony Rutherford
Board Member