Wallara’s mission is to empower people with different abilities to live the life they choose.

However we know one of the largest barriers to achieving mission success for our clients is public attitudes, understanding and lack of awareness and opportunity. The more we can change those attitudes and raise awareness and understanding the more opportunities our clients will have in their lives and the better will be their outcomes.

In terms of understanding disability, there are typically 3 groups in the general community. For now, let us assume these 3 groups are of similar size. One third are open to disability, one third are quite fearful of things they don’t understand and then there is the middle third that are unsure how to interact but open to learning more.

Wallara’s goal is to reach out to find this middle third and help convert them to be aware and supportive of disability. If we are successful with this goal we will have materially changed society and created more opportunities for our clients to take their place in the community.

This commitment to reach out and engage with the general community and drive social change is the philosophy behind:

–   WallaraTV, our award winning in-house media team that has created over 150 videos and produced seven 30 minute TV Specials that have been broadcast on C31 in Melbourne and on Foxtel nationally.
–   Our partnerships with:
–   Monash University ‘Keep On Learning’;
–   Ventura Bus Lines;
–   Mainstream Schools ; and
–   the St Kilda Football Club

And it is this commitment to social change that is driving our vision for Sages Cottage farm on the Mornington Peninsula where we will this year open a café and gift shop plus officially launch a campaign for $3Million to build an Inclusive Education Center to triple our capacity to support people with different abilities to achieve their goals. It’s all part of our vision for Sages Cottage to be Australia’s Most Inclusive Farm and a showcase for inclusive tourism on the Mornington Peninsula.