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Smiling elderly woman with gray hair wearing a red jacket over a white blouse with a floral pattern. She appears cheerful and is seated in a vehicle, with another person partially visible in the background.

44-year-old David first came to Communify as a participant in our Springboard program in 2019 to recover from addiction. After completing the Springboard program twice to recover from his addiction, David is now benefiting from ongoing support through the Recovery and Discovery Centre. The program is not only helping David manage his mental health on a daily basis; the support he has received has also been empowering for David and has helped him embrace his true sense of self.

Despite the extensive loss and trauma she experienced from fleeing her home country in the Middle East, A has been determined to independently establish a new life for her family in Australia, with no options to return to their home country available to them.

R and her mother were released from community detention after a year in an offshore detention centre. This is when they connected with the ASRA program. Their detention experience left both women frightened and traumatised.

David is a light-hearted person who is always smiling! David has made great progress over the last year with his health and wellness, losing a significant amount of weight and pursuing bodybuilding contests.

Neil sat down with one of our NDIS Core Support Team Leaders to reflect and write down what he has enjoyed most over the last few months.

The ASRA support team met B and his wife and two children at the Indooroopilly outreach hub in 2020. While B had work rights linked to his temporary bridging visa, his wife had no visa of her own.