About us
Golden City Support Services Inc. (GCSS) was established in 1978 as a disability service support provider in Bendigo and Loddon Region.
We are incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 2012 and are governed by a Board of Management under the GCSS Constitution. We are a registered provider under the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Disability Act 2006 (Vic).
We are headquartered on Dja Dja Warrung Country in Bendigo and provide services in Central Victoria (Taungurung Country), Gisborne (Wurundjeri Country) and Echuca (Yorta Yorta Country).
Our Purpose Statement
Supporting people to lead their own lives with choice, independence, and full participation in their communities.
Our Values
Recognise
We recognise each person as an individual, supporting them based on their needs, preferences, and choices.
Respect
We listen deeply, value diversity and take a strengths-based approach to everything we do.
Reflective
We hold ourselves accountable and continuously learn from each other, the people we support, and the broader community.
Rights
We respect and protect human rights and enable people to use their rights.
Our Purpose
Golden City Support Services is formed as a charitable organisation to improve the quality of life and to further the human rights of people living with disability and people living with mental health conditions, including psychosocial disability, through the support services we provide. We do this by:
- providing high-quality, individualised and flexible accommodation, community access, respite support, support coordination and other support services in regional Victoria;
- working in partnership with the people we support and, with their consent, their families and other supporters to understand the support services needed;
- working to bring about change so that communities are more inclusive, service systems more effective, and mainstream services more responsive by being a voice, and supporting the voices, of those we support;
- building the capacity of our workforce through strong practice leadership and use of evidence-informed practice frameworks to ensure delivery of high-quality support services; and
- doing all other things incidental or conducive to the achievement of these purposes.
Creating Independence
Our Creating Independence group is looking for interested members to join them. Creating Independence is a group of people with disability who are interested in helping other people with disability have better services and
Freedom on the Water
If you looked out on the water at Weeroona recently, you might have seen Ross taking on the waves in one of the Sailability watercraft.Sailability is a not-for-profit, volunteer run organisation that runs around the
Move with Me
Our CreateA team has been working on their next performance - Move With Me - which will be presented at the Castlemaine State Festival next week. Move With Me is a celebration of dance