The people that help us do what we do, families and carers. 

Our organisations have complementary capabilities, services and philosophy. When brought together, this results in something even better than the sum of both organisations’ individual parts. Ultimately this partnership will improve our ability to deliver quality and reliable services to the people we support.

Key benefits of the merger include:

• Synergies from bringing two organisations together that will make the combined organisation stronger and with greater capability to withstand the challenges and seize the opportunities that are present now and in the future.

• We will be better positioned to invest in innovation, research and staff training.

• The business will be stronger, more sustainable and more stable.

• Greater scale will allow us to broaden and deepen our social impact and focus more of each funding dollar on direct support services.

• The merger will draw on the strengths of two significant and highly respected for-purpose organisations with a focus on disability and child and youth services.

After the Lifestyle Solutions and Possability boards both agreed to the merger, a number of administrative things need to occur to make that happen. This included gaining approval from members of Lifestyle Solutions at a General Meeting in mid-October 2022. The integration of the two organisations can now officially begin.

It is critical that everyone remains focused on continuing to provide high quality services to the people we support.

To allow this to occur, both organisations will continue to operate under their current organisational structures for the coming months.

A working group will be formed with people from both Lifestyle Solutions and Possability to develop an integration plan that will set everyone up for future success.

The boards of Lifestyle Solutions and Possability agreed to appoint the current CEO of Possability, Drew Beswick, as the CEO of the combined organisation.

The current Chair of Lifestyle Solutions will be its Chair.

The names and brands of Lifestyle Solutions and Possability both have strong recognition and reputational value among clients, families and the communities in which we operate.

We have no plans to change the names in the foreseeable future. This will be reviewed as we progress through the engagement phase.

A working group will be formed with people from both Lifestyle Solutions and Possability. The working group, will develop an integration plan. There will be work streams with specific themes in which people can engage.

Throughout the process, there will be regular communications with employees about the transition activities.

Your feedback will be important, so please provide comments and questions to questions@possability.com.au or questions@lifestylesolutions.org.au.

There will be no changes to services or support teams. The people we support will still see the same familiar faces and maintain their existing routines.

Over time, we believe that our combined teams will be able to provide the opportunity to offer a wider range of services to the people we support.

There are no plans to change staffing or disrupt team structures to ensure the focus will continue to be on providing seamless services to the people we support.