Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On Monday, 31 August I visited the House with No Steps at Charlestown. The House with No Steps has a number of sites in the Hunter-Newcastle area and they provide an excellent service to people with disabilities. The Hunter trial site for the NDIA is situated at Charlestown, and there are a number of excellent providers located around the NDIA. The House with No Steps at Charlestown provides independent living programs. It teaches young people the skills they need to live with and to function in the community and make the commitments they need in order to survive. They go and have coffee. They go shopping and learn the skills that you need for shopping. They do transport training and they undertake social activities. The staff at the House with No Steps are dedicated, committed people and they really help the participants in their program at Charlestown to achieve their full potential. I congratulate the House with No Steps.