Projects
ViV!
ViV! Children’s Theatre Production 2025
In August 2025 Suppoya proudly supported Arts OutWest to stage a children’s theatre show about an adventurous, tough and sassy girl who lives with a disability and her little sister Lil. The show featured local performers who belong to Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre’s (BMEC) inclusive arts program Compareo.
ViV! allowed children and young people with disabilities and their families to see themselves represented on stage. It addresses the gap in representation of children with disabilities in Australian children’s theatre.
Suppoya supported the project by providing free tickets and free transport on our buses for local school children. ViV! was hugely successful and Arts OutWest hope to tour the show in the near future.
ViV! images: Henry Simmons
Accessible Artistry
During 2025 Suppoya partnered with Arts OutWest to deliver a 12-week Accessible Artistry Workshop for talented adult artists who live with a range of disabilities. Lead by two local professional artists the participants created exploratory artworks working across mixed media and animation and held a very successful exhibition of the works at CSU in August 2025.
The workshops were fun, challenging and inspired participants to use their creative talents to enhance their lives and to build new friendships through art. This was a pilot project and Suppoya hopes to work with Arts OutWest to deliver more Accessible Artistry Workshops soon.
Accessible Artistry images: Steven Cavanagh
Hydrotherapy support
Support for Carenne School Hydrotherapy Pool
Suppoya, previously known as Carenne Support Ltd (CSL), partnered with the NSW Department of Education in 2019 to install a hydrotherapy pool at Carenne School. Suppoya continue to provide funding to employ staff to support students to use the hydrotherapy pool to enhance their physical and emotional wellbeing.
Image: Carenne School