1,295 supported employees in business services

Four million Australians have a disability - 20% of the population
Around 600,000 Australians have an intellectual disability - 3% of the population

Endeavour supports around 3,000 individuals. Some people access more than one service type.

Service Sites operated by Endeavour
at 30 June 2007

71  24-hour residential accommodation/group homes
34  24-hour in-home accommodation support houses
34  Non Vocational Day Services
16  Post School Services
       Flexible accommodation/support arrangements        also provided across the State are in        home/respite/aged care/childrens services.
25  Business Services including:
• reSolutions employment service, Toowoomba
• bedroom furniture manufacture, Toowoomba
• farming, Gympie
• home-style biscuit kitchen, Kingaroy
• metal fabrication, Northgate
• stakes & pegs, Cairns
• document destruction, Kunda Park
• trophies and awards, Bundaberg
• refurbishment of personal protective equipment, Gladstone
• timber machining, Maryborough
• food packaging, Burleigh Heads
• street and public furniture, Ipswich
• as well as packaging and assembly, mailing and collation, document destruction, stakes and pegs, industrial rag, and many other products and services.
35  retail stores across Queensland

Major programs including: Endeavour Prize Homes, Daisy for Disability Day, the Great Endeavour Rally & Cruise, the Summer 500 Challenge, community events, corporate giving, and bequests.

Endeavour manages a large property portfolio stretching from Tugun on the Gold Coast, to Cairns in Far North Queensland, and west to Roma. Properties within this portfolio are used for various services including residential support, day support, business services and retail outlets and also includes some vacant land.

Endeavour’s Asset Management Plan includes objectives and strategies for capital investment, asset refurbishment or renewal, and maintenance. The primary aim of the plan is to reinvest in existing assets, improve the capital stock and manage Endeavour’s current asset base in a cost effective manner whilst reducing risk.

This is important as the ages of a number of Endeavour’s buildings are in excess of 26 years and require upgrading or programmed works, and in a number of cases, the current building configuration no longer reflects the required support and service delivery needs. In addition, Endeavour must comply with legislation and codes of practice relating to health and safety, and constantly changing building codes.

In the 2006-07 financial year approximately $4.9m was spent on service related capital works and another $3.9m was spent on maintenance and servicing of this vast capital infrastructure and a rolling program will ensure the continuation of upgrades and modernisation of facilities.

Government subsidies do not provide for the recurrent costs of capital and forward Capital Asset Financial Planning has also commenced.