About the Pave Fund

In 2021, Pillar Support Coordination launched the Pave Fund – a community fundraising initiative to bridge the gap in NDIS funding for people with disability and their family.

As Support Coordinators, we hear the stories and experience first-hand the struggle that many people with disability have in accessing the services they need. Some people are not able to access the NDIS for various reasons. For others, their circumstances mean that their NDIS plan is inadequate to meet their immediate or changing needs.

There’s also a cohort of people who have disengaged from the system due to previous negative experiences. This hard-to-reach group are less likely to reengage with formal services, so Pave Funded services can help build trust and confidence to reengage with broader services.

The Pave Fund is all about bridging the funding gap to prevent people getting left behind.

Who we help

Recipients of the Pave Fund must be:

  1. West Australians with disability, as well as their immediate support network
  2. Able to demonstrate an unmet need that can be addressed through Pave Funding.

How it works

Pillar Support Coordination supports hundreds of people each year to access the NDIS services that best meet their needs. Through this work, we identify dozens of examples where additional funding (or any funding) would make a dramatic positive impact on families.

Case Study* – Pave Fund in action

Frank is a 43-year-old autistic man who lives with his elderly mother, Kate. Frank was supported by the WA Disability Services Commission prior to the NDIS rolling out nationally, but he never engaged with the NDIS when it replaced the state system. Frank has a phobia of going outside by himself and has relied on his mum to accompany him to his part-time job, on shopping trips, outings and for accessing services such as his GP.

Last year, Kate injured herself in a fall and now relies on a walker to get around. Because of her injury, Kate has lost confidence in driving, so she relies on home delivery or taxis to access services and get food. The extra cost means that she goes out far less regularly and can’t take Frank to and from his work.

Without NDIS funding, Frank doesn’t have the funds to help him regularly access work, or to access the services that could help him build his independence.

Through the Pave Fund, Pillar can support Frank to reengage with the system and apply for NDIS funding. The Pave Fund can also support Frank with travel expenses twice-a-month to access essential services, including appointments with specialist services to help him build his independence and life skills.

* This Case study is an example of a situation where the Pave Fund can be applied.

How you can get involved

To build the Pave Fund, Pillar relies on the support of local communities and businesses to in our fundraising activities. The team at Pillar do the heavy lifting, but we can’t do it on our own. This is where you come in!

In 2023, our main fundraising event is our Big Hat Quiz Night on Friday 28 July.

You can get involved by:

  • Booking at table for 10 people for just $200
  • Getting yourself individual tickets for $25 each
  • Donating prizes that can be auctioned off on the night
  • Donating funds to support the event or to go directly into the Pave Fund.

All contributors will be recognised on the night and social media promotions, before and after the event.

If you have an idea for a fundraising event, we’re all ears.

Let us know on pavefund@pillar.org.au!