Endeavour Foundation

Why Endeavour?

Opportunities for people with a disability

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Endeavour Foundation supports more than 3,400 people with a disability, from 230 locations throughout Queensland and New South Wales. This makes us the largest non-government provider of disability services in Australia.

We offer people with a disability a range of services including accommodation support, aged support, services tailored for children, employment opportunities, education programs in literacy, technology and social skills and lifestyle opportunities.

Our goal is to support people with a disability to live a fulfilling life and we are committed to providing the best possible support, opening up new worlds of opportunity. Highly trained disability service professionals assess the needs of each person with a disability and tailor individualised support.

Endeavour is committed to:

• encouraging and empowering people with a disability to enhance their skills and abilities, both vocational and social;
• encouraging and supporting people with a disability to set and achieve personal goals;
• being flexible and proactive to the changing needs of people with a disability; and
• supporting people with a disability in an empowering, positive and fulfilling manner.

With Endeavour’s support, clients develop new friendships and are able to fully immerse themselves in their community.

Our focus is on providing quality services with:

• integrity and ethics;
• transparency, honesty and open communication;
• respect;
• accountability;
• inclusion and consultation;
• community engagement; and
• the highest degree of professionalism.

Endeavour Foundation clients have the right to:

• receive quality services that meet their needs;
• receive support that assists them to live their own life;
• take part, as much as they can, in decisions which affect their life;
• be treated with dignity and respect;
• feel safe;
• not be neglected or abused;
• have their privacy respected;
• know what information Endeavour holds about them and why we need it;
• feel comfortable communicating with Endeavour staff about the services they receive;
• provide feedback about a service they are unhappy with and have these concerns answered; and
• have access to an independent advocate of their choice.

Industry involvement

We are actively involved in the disability industry and believe in building from a scientific foundation, employing scientific method, research, inquiry, innovation and review.

Find out how we are involved in the industry, with initiatives such as establishing a disability services G8 summit.

Research

We drive research into disability through partnerships with universities and peer organisations.

Our current research involvement