Lambton grew up around a coal mine and a big park, and both still shape daily life here. For NDIS Lambton support, our workers support adults with disability at home and around the park, the pool, the library and the shops, seven days a week.
In a suburb where the library, the pool and the playground share one park, a good afternoon out can start and finish within a single block.
The Lambton Colliery opened in December 1863 and closed in 1936, and the suburb was its own municipality from 1871 until it joined the City of Newcastle in 1938. Lambton Park is the heart of it: about 14 hectares with Lambton Ker-rai Creek running through, a playground, picnic areas, two ovals, tennis courts, an 1890 rotunda and the 1918 Memorial Gates.
The branch library sits in the park grounds in the old council chambers, built in 1887, and its front was restored in 2022. Lambton Park War Memorial Swimming Centre opened in 1963 with a heated 50 metre pool, and City of Newcastle is planning a year-round indoor pool on the same site.
Housing is a mix of older homes from the mining years and streets built in the 1990s on the old drive-in theatre land, and the local shops run along Elder Street.
The support workers at Glenrock Support, a registered NDIS provider, know Lambton well, from the park to the back streets. NDIS Lambton support with us can start at 6am and finish as late as 10pm, any day of the week.
In your home, support means personal care and daily living, plus cleaning and household tasks when your plan covers them. Around the suburb, a support worker can come to the pool, the library or a picnic by the creek.
We don't do support coordination, plan management, therapy or overnight care, and we say that early.
You can be NDIA-managed, plan-managed or self-managed, because we are registered. Start on our getting started page, or see the rest of our patch on the NDIS Newcastle page.
Five minutes up the hill from Lambton by car: the closest public hospital, and its emergency department never closes.
A Newcastle Libraries branch in the 1887 council chambers inside the park, renovated with accessible facilities.
The Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2022-2026 lists 35 actions the council is working on, shaped by community consultation.
Our support workers reach central Lambton in around 5 minutes from the Wallsend base.
Personal care in houses with narrow halls and steps at the door, where we set up each routine so mornings run at a steady pace.
Help with meals, cleaning and getting out from the newer homes built in the 1990s, a short walk or roll from the park.
A support worker for the pool, the library or a slow lap of the shared path that circles the park, at whatever time of day suits you.
One phone call and I knew the areas, the hours and the wait. The referral form took five minutes.
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(02) 5550 6138Yes. City of Newcastle lists accessible parking, an accessible toilet and change room, a change table without a hoist, and steps with a handrail into the pool rather than a ladder. If you need a hoist, tell us early and we will plan around that. Your support worker can help in the change room and stay poolside or get in with you.
The library is in the old council chambers in Lambton Park, and the council says its renovation delivered modern, accessible facilities. Your support worker can help you choose books, log on to a public computer or try one of the library's activities. If you want a quieter visit, ask the staff when it is least busy.
Yes. Plenty of homes here have steps, a narrow hall or a small bathroom, and our workers support people in them every week. If a rail, a ramp or a shower chair would make things safer, we will suggest raising it with your occupational therapist, since changing a home is not something we do.
A support worker can come with you to an appointment and help you get there and home again. Whether driving you is claimable depends on what your plan includes, and we check that with you before the first trip.
A shared path runs around the whole boundary of Lambton Park, and it is a popular loop with locals. Your support worker can walk or roll it with you, stop at the playground or the rotunda, and head back when you've had enough.
We match two or three regular support workers to each person and keep them the same wherever we can. That way someone always knows your routine if one of them is on leave. You can ask for a different worker at any time, and you don't need to give a reason.
Ring and a team leader answers, Monday to Friday. Or start with a short form, and we reply within 2 business days.
Serving Lambton, Waratah, Jesmond, Kotara and the streets around Lambton Park.