Meet some of the people of Thorndale
Melissa is a young woman with Downs Syndrome who has worked in our Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE) since 2009. This year an opportunity became available for Melissa to move out of the family home and into supported accommodation into our newest home. Although the move out of home has had some mixed emotions Melissa is […]
In 2017 Liuanga Filimoehala was a student at Chiefly College Senior Campus and for 2 years was participating in Thorndale Industries School Work Experience Program. During this time Liu had the opportunity to learn valuable employment skills and expand his social circle building some potentially life long friendships. In late 2018 his mother, Mrs Filimoehala, […]
Jonathan is a 19 year old man who, like most people his age, has many life experiences that he has yet to have the opportunity explore. Jonathan has been working his way to increased independence with the support of Thorndale staff through one on one skill building and group activities. Jonathan’s Goals are to learn […]
My name is Steven Graham and I work at Thorndale Industries. My role is a production assistant and I help with the packaging and assembly of products. I started at Thorndale in 2003 when I was 20 years old. One of my favourite jobs at work is counting and making all different size boxes. My […]