Social programs and support for young adults, North Brisbane
A crew, an adventure, and a weekend worth showing up for.
Adventure Support runs social programs, getaways and support for young adults across North Brisbane and the wider Brisbane community. No bus, no waiting room, just a group their own age and something to actually look forward to.
Why we exist
It started with a brother left out.
Adventure Support began with a gap that never sat right. Rachel spent her teens out living: friends, adventures, weekends worth showing up for. Her brother, and a lot of young people like him, had nothing to do and nowhere that felt like his. So she built it: the crew, the outings, the belonging that should have been there all along. That is still the whole point. Everything we run, from a day out to a home of their own, comes back to giving young adults a life that looks like everyone else’s.
The pathway
One team, the whole way
Most families meet us for the social side first. Over time a social program becomes a respite weekend away, and for some, a respite weekend becomes a home of their own. The same people are there at every step, so nobody has to start again with strangers when the big moments come. Two of the young men now living independently with us started out on a social outing.
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Social programs, a crew their own age
It runs regularly. The same faces each week, activities they picked, and a worker who pulls up like a mate.
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Respite weekends, the first nights away from home
A weekend away with the same team they already know, so the first nights out of home aren't spent with strangers.
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Supported independent living, a place of their own
When the time is right, a home of their own, with support shaped around their day rather than the other way round.
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1:1 support, the steady layer underneath it all
The 1:1 hours that run underneath everything, there for the moments that need a bit more.
Our programs
Where it can start
Weekend Warriors and Social Programs
A group their own age, activities they chose, and someone who shows up like a mate.
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Short-Term Respite
The first nights away from home, in a house that actually feels like one.
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Supported Independent Living
A place of their own, with support that fits the day rather than a roster.
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Community Access and In-Home Support
A steady hand for getting out, getting things done, and staying connected.
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For young adults, 18 to 40
Built around young adults with intellectual disability or autism, and their families.
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Who runs it
Founded by a nurse who notices
Rachel, who founded Adventure Support, trained as a nurse, and that way of paying attention doesn’t switch off on a Saturday. It’s why a change in someone’s mood gets noticed and asked about, and why a few health things that had been quietly slipping through finally got picked up. You don’t always see it happening. You just notice your child seems a bit steadier, a bit more themselves.
For referrers
Know a young adult who’d fit right in?
If you support, coordinate or advocate for a young adult with intellectual disability or autism, whether you are a support coordinator, plan manager, allied health professional, LAC, GP or working in a school, we would love to show you what a program actually looks like.
The first conversation is just a conversation
No forms, no pressure. Tell us a bit about your son or daughter and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.