Assisting Different Abilities Peoples Trust

The New Zealand registered charity trust, Assisting Different Abilities Peoples Trust (ADAPT), was born mid 2018 to support organisations that focus on providing care for people with intellectual disabilities and those who suffered traumatic brain damage. The emphasis of ADAPT is to ensure that the clients have a welcoming and secure home to call theirs. At inception ADAPT purchased two homes in Thames, New Zealand, which were already being used by ten clients but were at high risk of losing their home as these became available for sale on the open market and the lease agreements were coming to an end. From that moment on ADAPT has sat together with the service provider, The Supported Lifestyle Hauraki Trust suplife.org.nz, who cares for these 10 people and ultimately leases the homes from ADAPT. ADAPT believe that the future way to provide people with disabilities a place that gives a true sense of belonging is to build integrated universally designed communities. We published our Neighbourhood Living Design Guidelines on our website in 2022 and begin an exciting pilot project in 2024.