For latest emergency updates Click Here

Encouraging all people to participate in the economic and social life of the community by promoting equal access to all services, facilities and resources within the Tenterfield Shire.

As part of the Integrated Planning and Reporting framework, Tenterfield Shire Council strives to ensure the broad range of services and facilities that Council delivers throughout the Shire is accessible to the whole community including people with a disability.

Tenterfield Shire Council has a Disability Inclusion Action Plan. (Below)

If you would like to provide feedback or suggestions regarding any issues relating to the Disability Action Plan contact the Disability Advisory Committee by:

Post:  Attention: Disability Advisory Committee, PO Box 214, TENTERFIELD NSW 2372

or

Email:  council@tenterfield.nsw.gov.au   Attention: Disability Advisory Committee

 

Useful Websites

The accessible toilets in Tenterfield Shire are listed with https://toiletmap.gov.au

Enter the Tenterfield postcode (2372) and select find. A map showing the locations of all accessible toilets in he Shire will open.

The website www.wheeleasy.org lists wheel chair accessible recreation and services.

You can search using the postcode for a list of all services and recreation opportunities in Tenterfield Shire that are accessible.

 

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is coming to Tenterfield Shire from July 2016

The NDIS is coming to Tenterfield Shire from 1 July 2016.

The NSW NDIS website has a range of information and resources about how and when the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the NDIS, will happen in NSW.

It has information available in Easy Read English, community languages and Auslan.

The website also has many accessibility features. This means you can use the website in different ways, like listening to the text or viewing the pages in high contrast.

Please visit the NSW NDIS website at: www.ndis.nsw.gov.au