Gordon Trewern

Changes being made at Intelife and Nulsen reflect the challenges facing the disability sector.

Two Western Australian charities have announced plans to join forces next year, creating a major new player in the sector.

Organisations in the community services sector established the #YourHelpWA campaign to secure 20 per cent more funding to cover increasing staffing costs. 

Two long-standing disability services chief executives share how they have dealt with upheaval and disruption in the sector.

Disability service providers under pressure from the transition to a national funding model will receive about $14 million in new funding.

The disability services sector has strong revenue growth, but some providers are struggling to stay afloat.

Not-for-profit Nulsen Group has rebranded as PeopleKind Group and undergone a restructure to help it operate under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

A Perth disability services organisation is banking on a diversification strategy to bring it back from the precipice.

Helping WA’s most vulnerable will mean enabling non-government providers.

Burswood-based human services provider PeopleKind Group is set to expand its service offering on June 30 when it adds not-for-profit Cahoots to its portfolio.

Telethon Speech and Hearing chief executive Mark Fitzpatrick will move to human services provider PeopleKind Group as chief in November, taking over from Gordon Trewern.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Dale Page, Eugene Koltasz, Francesca Lefante, Clayton Higham, Karen Hyde, Mark Fitzpatrick, Gordon Trewern, Ante Golem and Karen Brown.