November at the Hub: Creativity, Connection and Plenty of Fun! 💛 Get your calendars ready, because November is looking BUSY at the Identity Before Diagnosis Community Hub! We’ve got creative projects, cooking, music, community outings and a dance floor waiting for you. At T & K Support Services, we love creating opportunities for people to explore their interests, build confidence and make connections along the way. And this month, there’s plenty to get excited about! 🎨 Le

Finding my place at T and K Support Services If someone had told me a few years ago that I would be working in disability support, let alone as a Residential Services Team Leader, I probably would have laughed! My journey began in aged care, a sector I genuinely loved. I loved working with the elderly, hearing their stories, building connections, and knowing I could make a difference in their day. I honestly believed there was nothing better than aged care. So, when the oppor

This week, 23 of our incredible team members spent two days learning an approach that we genuinely believe can change lives! The Hearing Voices Movement challenges the traditional way we understand hearing voices. Rather than focusing solely on eliminating voices, it encourages curiosity, understanding and helping people explore their experiences, reduce distress and build a different relationship with their voices. Why is this so important to us? Because we walk alongside pe

At T & K Support Services, Identity Before Diagnosis shapes how we see people, build relationships and deliver support. Three recent podcast interviews have given us the opportunity to share what that means through personal stories and conversations about practice. Our founder, Kym McMinn, and lived experience peer worker, Lachy Hartup, joined Not Another PD and Sarah Knows Support Workers to explore mental health, advocacy, peer support and the experiences that continue to s

💛 What’s on at the Hub this October? 💛 There are plenty of ways to connect, get creative and try something new at the T & K Community Hub this month. Join us for creative activities, cooking, music, movement, Walking for Mental Health, Hearing Voices Group and Food with Friends. A few October highlights: 🎃 Wednesday 14 October: Halloween arts and crafts 🚌 Friday 16 October: Travel training - $5.30 🏊 Friday 23 October: Swimming - $6.30, BYO lunch 🎃 Friday 30 October: HAL

🎉 BRISBANE, WE’RE COMING! 💛🖤 T & K Support Services is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the 2027 AddictionZ Conference! 📅 10–11 May 2027📍 Sofitel Brisbane Central We’re excited to support a conference bringing together lived experience, research and professional practice to help shape the future of addiction care. For us, it starts with seeing the whole person. Their story, strengths and identity, and building support around what matters to them. 🌻. Identity Before Dia

RESULTS ARE IN!!! 🚨 And We are so proud to say that our Identity Before Diagnosis Community Hub is a FINALIST in the 2026 Kismet Awards for Health + Disability Services! 🥹🙌 The Hub was never about creating just another “service”. It was about creating a place where people could walk in and be seen for who they are before anything written on a file, diagnosis or report. A place to belong. A place to connect. A place to have a shit day and still be welcome. A place where peo

T & K Support Services is heading back to the Gold Coast, and we could not be more excited. On 28 and 29 September 2026, the Neurodivergence Wellbeing Conference returns to the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, bringing together neurodivergent voices, lived experience, professionals, researchers and advocates for two days of learning, connection and conversations that have the power to create real change. And this month, T & K is coming back with a message that sits

A BIG week ahead at T and K Support Services 💛🖤 This Thursday night, our team will be heading to the Federation University Australia Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards 2026, where the winners will be announced. ✨ And we are incredibly proud to be finalists in the Gawk Outdoor Innovation Award! 🙌 We make absolutely no apologies for the posts you’re going to see this week about this award, our journey, our team and, most importantly, the incredible community we are

Compared With What? A question our mental health system needs to answer. I have walked alongside people experiencing profound psychosis, overwhelming voice-hearing experiences and other distressing perceptual disturbances. Not only through my work as a nurse and now leading a psychosocial disability service, but beside someone I love most - my own son. There is a profound difference between understanding psychosis professionally and living alongside it as a parent. I have had

A conversation I had this week reminded me why human connection matters. Someone I support looked at me and quietly said, "Aside from my mum before she died... there's no one else I trust except you. I'm sorry... you've kind of become my support person." What struck me most wasn't the words. It was the apology. As though trusting another person was something they should feel guilty about. As though feeling safe enough to lean on someone was a burden they were placing on me.

I’m incredibly honoured to be joining Keeleys Cause as a director 🩷💙 Over the last couple of years, I’ve watched Keeley Johnson and Sharon Murphy turn unimaginable grief into purpose, advocacy and real change for children and families living with disability 🙌 Those who know me know that I don’t say yes to much these days. Between family, T and K Support Services and the people we walk alongside every day, my plate is pretty full. But some causes are simply too important n

At T & K Support Services, our people are what make us special. Every team member brings their own experiences, passions, and personality to the work they do, helping us create meaningful connections with the people we support every single day. This month, we'd like to introduce one of our fantastic team members, Luke Curnow. From the Kitchen to Community Support Before joining the disability sector, Luke spent an incredible 18 years working as a chef in childcare, preparing

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By Lachy Hartup. Music has always been a huge outlet for me. I was lucky enough to grow up surrounded by music and it stuck, in the best way possible. My Grandpa, a guitarist, exposed me to all kinds of music from a young age. Then later my step Dad shared his passion and talent with us daily. Part of the Melbourne metal scene, I was lucky enough to spend time with some absolute legends my step Dad simply calls his mates. These men have shaped my love of music, and the respe