{"id":1229,"date":"2020-12-01T09:54:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T22:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2020-12-01T09:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T22:55:27","slug":"microenterprise-and-the-ndis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2020\/12\/01\/microenterprise-and-the-ndis\/","title":{"rendered":"Microenterprise and the NDIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1-1200x686.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1-1015x580.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1-595x340.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1-490x280.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/Meditate-1-1-600x343.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Paior runs an NDIS Support Coordination business called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegrowingspace.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Growing Space<\/a>, and is on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndis.gov.au\/about-us\/governance\/iac\" target=\"_blank\">NDIS Independent Advisory Council<\/a>. She shares how NDIS funding was used to help start her son Ben\u2019s microenterprise <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hazzah.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hazzah<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazzah.com.au\/\"> Apparel<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben\u2019s plan is self-managed, which gives him the ultimate in flexibility on spending his plan funds, but this should be just as doable with a Plan Managed NDIS plan. Just check with your plan manager first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the steps we took to get Hazzah Apparel off the ground:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>We used a local organisation in South Australia called Community Living Project to facilitate Ben\u2019s Microenterprise. They worked with Ben to figure out what he wanted his business to be.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Once Ben and the facilitator had decided on an apparel business, the facilitator then worked with both of us to build a project group, which is two of our neighbours (one is a graphic designer, another is an accountant) and a friend\u2019s husband who is an internet guru. They were all thrilled to help out as volunteers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>The project group (with Ben, and usually me) meet every 4-6 weeks to make the business decisions.&nbsp; The group helped the facilitator and Ben to interview the applicants for Ben\u2019s PA. The quality of applications was awesome \u2013 we didn\u2019t advertise for a support worker as such \u2013 we wanted someone with skills in the business area. Dylan, a young and hip graphic designer, had never done any support work, but was and still is a natural fit for Ben. Sometimes he has a bit of extra support from the facilitator.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>We use Ben\u2019s plan funds to pay the facilitator\u2019s organisation, who organises everyone, and for Dylan\u2019s work with Ben. We claim from a mix of Core and CB Employment. We do not claim anything for the actual business expenses that aren\u2019t related to his disability. The design software they use, and the iPad pencil etc. were paid from a float. I used my money to put in his business account to get them started. This has since been paid back through t-shirt and cap sales.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>I have no idea whether the NDIS actually included money in Ben\u2019s plan to fund this (we did ask in his plan meeting and provided a quote), but it doesn\u2019t really matter as Ben prioritised his plan spending to support his microenterprise.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The business is just breaking even at this early stage. We only launched a few months ago, but we\u2019re all very hopeful that Christmas gift sales will mean that Ben can use his earnings to buy himself a new phone, and then start to save some money for his own home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read Ben&#8217;s story about how he started Hazzah Apparel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2020\/12\/01\/hazzah-apparel-ben-paior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The full article is available in the following formats to download:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/No-fashion-victim_Sam_Voice_Dec-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/No-fashion-victim_Sam_Voice_December-2020.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WORD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Paior of The Growing Space shares how she used the NDIS to support her son Ben start his microenterprise Hazzah Apparel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[84,83,12,86,85],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-business","tag-micro-enterprise","tag-ndis","tag-ndis-plan","tag-self-managed-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/1286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}