Entries by michaelkromwyk

Jack’s Delights, a small business by Jack

If you’ve visited us at our Payneham head office, you may have noticed that Jack has been displaying his product ‘Jack’s Delights – Gin Buddies’ – dehydrated fruit slices to put in your drinks, and chocolate-coated orange treats! All local ingredients, hand-made. Now his products can be found at Your Way Disability SA in Glenelg. […]

Tea Tree Gully Build: Under Way!

Earlier in May we gathered on the site of our newest build; three independent homes built near the St John’s Lutheran Church in Tea Tree Gully. We were joined by the clients and their families who wish to move in, their support workers, and members of the church who welcomed us so graciously. Chief Operations […]

Meet Therese

This is Therese. You may have recognised her on our website; one of our many clients. She is seen playing basketball, throwing the footy, and showing off her brilliant smile. Therese has been a client of LDS for several years, alongside her siblings – and we have loved watching her thrive. So when she started […]

Welcoming the new CEO, Michael Kromwyk

Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.” Greetings to the LDS community and thank you for the many well wishes that we have received since the announcement of […]

Family Forum 2023

On Tuesday 9 May over 30 LDS families, friends, supporters and staff joined us online and in-person to hear from our CEO, John van Ruth and the Client Services team to receive an update on how the organisation is tracking, the implementation of the new Client Services structure and to answer community questions. In summary […]

Ferryden Park

LDS currently has two vacancies at a new property located in St Marys. The home is a 4-bedroom single story house with large double bedrooms, built-in wardrobes and room for a queen bed and other bedroom furniture. There are two bathrooms, with four individual shower cubicles.

Dernancourt

LDS currently has two vacancies at a new property located in St Marys. The home is a 4-bedroom single story house with large double bedrooms, built-in wardrobes and room for a queen bed and other bedroom furniture. There are two bathrooms, with four individual shower cubicles.

Fun at the Fringe

LDS has four values that we use across our work everyday. They are: Faith, Empowerment, Excellence and Fun. We believe that fun is an important value because everything we do should incorporate fun – it helps us to work and it should shine through us when we work with our clients. This summer we have […]

Empowerment @ LDS

One of the important jobs we have at LDS is making sure we do everything we can to help our clients thrive in their homes. From recruiting good staff, ensuring we have the right training, good communication and finding fun things to engage with at home & the community – there is a lot that […]

CEO Update March 2023

Dear clients, friends and families, LDS continues to strive for our mission of enriching the lives of those we support and we could not do it without you. I hope you enjoy reading about some of the great stories and achievements in this edition of LDS Community while getting an insight of how we are […]