A Story Every Second...
We assist you to fulfil your potential and gain equality in the community.
A Story Every Second...
We assist you to fulfil your potential and gain equality in the community.
A story Every Second...
We assist you to fulfil your potential and gain equality in the community.
A New Story Every Second...
We assist you to fulfil your potential and gain equality in the community.
A story Every Second...
We assist you to fulfil your potential and gain equality in the community.
A Story Every Second...
We assist you to fulfil your potential and gain equality in the community.
A story every second.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you"
-Maya Angelou
world has a story to tell. It gives us great pleasure to be able to share these stories with the world.
Melanie
Melanie is a long-time service user of Distinctive Options, having started with us when she was 19. Now at 38, Melanie attends group services 4 days a week.
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David
David has attended group services since 1998 and has seen many changes within the service, as well as in the town of Sunbury.
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Talisha
Talisha is 20 years old and has Cerebral Palsy. She lives at home with her mum, 3 sisters and their dog, Gizmo.
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Your Services
The best decisions are made based on the best information and we believe that you are the ultimate expert in telling us what we need to know to best support you.
We want you to have bigger ambitions because better outcomes happen when people imagine better and experience more in a setting that is dedicated to their health, happiness and wellbeing.
Our History
Distinctive Options have been assisting people to fulfil their potential and gain equality in the community since 1985.
1985
The Sunbury Adult Unit Incorporated (Unit) officially commenced in May 1985, supporting 15 participants, set up as an Incorporated Association. Link
1987
Services now included education as well as vocational training. The Unit then expanded into employment services in Glenroy, Victoria, Australia. Link
1989
Roe's Garden Service and the Eagle Hand Car Wash employment businesses were established. The first client council was formed. Link
1993
We became Able Community Services Incorporated. Total participant numbers were now 50, with total revenue at $727,000. Link
1997
Precise Mowing Service employment business was established. Participant numbers grew to 69, with total revenue topping $1.275 million. Link
1999
Able Community Services merged with / acquired the MBM Association Incorporation to become Distinctive Options. Link
2004
Sunbury support services were now known as Lifestyles, with 65 participants and total revenue of $2.823 million. Link
2011
Distinctive Options now supports 88 participants. Total revenue had soared to $4.035 million through the growth in employment services. Link
2012
Total revenue reaches a new high of $4.222 million, with support services providing support to 89 participants. Link
2014
Distinctive Options focuses on support services only after losing its open employment contract following a tendering process. Participant numbers are at 95. Total revenue falls to $2.215 million. Link
2017
Participant numbers increased to 165. Total revenue grew to just on $4.132 million due to an expansion of services. Service growth included at Lifestyles, Outreach plus the new Bendigo services, along with After School Care. The first participant transitions into the NDIS. Link
2018
Total revenue tops $5.587 million with participant numbers a new record at 234. 170 participants moved from State DHHS funding into the NDIS and new Aged Care packages. Link
2019
An organisation restructure is conducted to realign management, group and individualised support services. Participant numbers now reached 301, with total annual support hours at average of 14,261 per month. Total revenue grew to $8.282 million. Link
2020
COVID-19 impacts deliver widespread changes to service delivery and support hours. Despite this, the organisation end the financial year with 309 participants, receiving average monthly support hours of 15,778 or 189,336 per annum. Total revenue still grew to just under $9.063 million. Link
2021
The impact of the pandemic on services and the community continued. Total revenue peaked at $10.868 million, with participant support hours maintained during restrictions at 178,704 for the year. No COVID cases for participants or staff are recorded. Link
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