To inspire respect, promote inclusion and create opportunities for individuals with profound physical and intellectual disabilities.
At Gabriella Centre, we envision a world where every person is valued for who they are, where differences are embraced, and where individuals with disabilities are afforded the same respect, opportunities and quality of life as everyone else.
Through compassionate care and specialised support, we strive to empower each individual to reach their fullest potential.
We believe that every life has value, every voice deserves to be heard and every achievement, no matter how small, is worth celebrating.
What We Offer
Gabriella Centre is a residential and day care facility for children and young adults with profound physical and intellectual disabilities. For many of the attendees in our care, everyday tasks require support, specialized equipment and therapeutic intervention. Our goal is to ensure that every attendee receives the care, opportunities and encouragement they need to live a quality life filled with dignity and purpose.
As a 24-hour care facility, we go beyond meeting basic care needs. We focus on the whole person. Each attendee follows a support programme specific to their unique needs and abilities. Through physiotherapy, educational stimulation, sensory activities, music and movement, creative activities and excursions, we encourage every attendee to engage with the world around them and reach their fullest potential.
Our trained caregivers work closely with our registered nurse, physiotherapist and educational facilitators to ensure consistency in care and programme implementation. From correct positioning and mobility support to communication development and life skills, every aspect of our approach is designed to enhance quality of life.
Above all, Gabriella Centre is more than a centre. It is a home-away-from-home where every attendee is valued, respected and loved unconditionally.
Our role is to support and encourage each attendee through compassionate care, therapeutic support and personalised programmes.
Progress looks different for everyone. For some, it may be learning a new skill, communicating a choice or achieving something that has taken years of patience and perseverance. No achievement is ever too small to celebrate.
Our role is to support and encourage each attendee through compassionate care, therapeutic support and personalised programmes.
The children and young adults in our care continuously inspire us. Their determination and unique personalities remind us that potential cannot be measured by physical ability alone.
Nothing compares to the joy of witnessing a breakthrough, celebrating a milestone or seeing someone experience the pride that comes from achieving something thought to be impossible. These moments are the reason why we do what we do.
Matthew 19:26 With man it is impossible but not with God for all things with God are possible.
Our Team
At Gabriella Centre, caring for those with profound physical and intellectual disabilities requires a dedicated team working together.
Our caregivers provide hands-on support with daily living activities, ensuring that every attendee is treated with dignity, compassion and respect. Our registered nurse oversees health and medical needs, while our physiotherapist works to maintain mobility, comfort and physical wellbeing.
Through structured educational and stimulation programmes, our educational facilitators encourage learning, communication and independence at everyones ability level.
Together, we share a common purpose: to provide exceptional care and support so that our attendees can reach their fullest potential.
Our Inspiration
Gabriella Centre was founded in 1998 and named after Gabriella Del Fabbro or fondly know by us as Gaby. Gaby was born with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy. As Gaby grew, it became clear that there were very few specialised services available to support children and young adults with special needs. Like many families facing similar challenges, her family struggled to find appropriate care, therapeutic support and educational opportunities.
What began as a family’s determination to create a better future for her soon grew into something much greater. Gaby’s life became the inspiration for a centre dedicated to ensuring that individuals with profound disabilities are valued and supported.
Today, Gabriella Centre provides residential and day care services to children and young adults with profound physical and intellectual disabilities, continuing the vision that every individual deserves dignity, compassionate care and the chance to reach their fullest potential.
Gaby may have inspired the Centre’s beginnings, but her legacy is through the many lives that continue to be touched by the care and compassion provided here every day.
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