• SPONSORED BY Blossom Community Care
    Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center
    3rd - 4th October 2025
    10am – 4pm both days

    Melbourne Disability
    Connection Expo 2025
    VISITORS

Don’t miss the biggest Disability and NDIS event Australia has ever seen!

Navigating the NDIS and finding service providers can be daunting and ongoing for participants, carers, family members, and guardians alike. Discover hundreds of service provider options all in one place, where you can take your time to explore, connect with different options, and receive support and answers to your questions. Visit our free Ask an NDIS Expert – Information Hub, staffed by a variety of professionals ready to assist you.

Settle in for the day and explore our various entertainment zones, operating throughout the day. Grab a meal, and if you need a break or want to engage in something different, enjoy activities like the jumping castle, hair braiding, face painting, scavenger hunt, balloon artistry, or take photos with cosplayers.

All visitors get a free magazine to help them find some of the best service provider options on offer.

As an added bonus, everyone will receive a complimentary coffee at the Coffee Cart thanks to our amazing sponsors Nurse4U. Be sure to arrive early, treat yourself to something delicious, and settle in for the day ahead.

It’s not just about booths and pamphlets—it’s a two-day experience at the largest disability and NDIS-related event ever, and best of all, it’s completely FREE!

With nearly three decades of experience in the disability sector, we understand the complexities and challenges involved in navigating supports, planning, and finding suitable options. Even after funding approval and access, navigating through the complexities of who, what, when, and how can be overwhelming: Where do I start? Who can provide the right support? How do I ensure trustworthiness? And how can I find someone I truly connect with?

Discover solutions and forge meaningful connections at the Melbourne Disability Connection Expo 2025, hosted at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre on October 3rd and 4th, 2025. Join NDIS participants, families, children, adults, and those exploring disability service options as we unite with service providers and the wider community.

We will be doing lots of live-streamed interviews with exhibitors and sponsors – with the potential to reach even more service providers. The expo is dedicated to realising the challenges and increasing the level of CONNECTION between providers and participants.

Providers, participants, caregivers, and families are welcome to join us at the Melbourne Disability Connection Expo 2025. Attend to resolve funding issues, find answers to your questions, and establish potentially lifelong connections. Start 2025 on the right note by engaging in enriching conversations and forging valuable connections. Register now to secure your spot!

Don’t miss the biggest disability and NDIS event Australia has ever seen!

Why is this a must-attend expo?

Get answers to your NDIS questions
Many NDIS Participants, Carers and Family members have questions about their funding, how it works and who to work with. We have our huge ‘Ask a NDIS Expert – Support Hub, 1:1 meeting rooms and an online booking system for you to search and find helpful Providers and Exhibitors. We also have a huge free magazine to help you find some of the best service provider options.

Clarity on your NDIS Funding Plan
Connect with informed and experienced Providers that can give you certainty so that you’re informed, educated and you can make the best decisions for your situation.

Have some fun!
We’ve designed the expo to include loads of entertainment (face painters, balloon artists, hair braiders and more), hourly performances and lots of chill out areas so you can enjoy your time, not just access information.

Increased ability to stand out

With tens of thousands of registered and unregistered providers across the country, participants are seeking to meet with people and build relationships with quality organisations and make those connections in easier ways. Choice and control involves navigating a list of thousands of providers. Expos narrow that search down to hundreds and featured sponsors help narrow that down further. Let’s make it easy for people to find you!

Connect with more Participants

From our huge Magazine free to thousands of people walking through the doors, ‘Ask a NDIS Expert – Support Hub, to our 1:1 meeting rooms and our online booking system, our expos have been optimised to increase connection and conversations between providers and participants. Pre and post expo visitors can find service providers involved and follow up. Our expo magazine is published online also pre and post expo so that those that need to find the right service providers can.

Increased exposure

Attending as an exhibitor allows you to leverage our PR and Social Media campaigns, which reach over 1.5 million people every month. Our direct National and State press releases throughout the year provide massive exposure for those involved. We always have opportunities to deliver joint press releases with sponsors all year long on hot topics and sector reform to more than 4000 radio, TV, press galleries and journalist contacts nationally. We do a media call at the begin of all events also to attract local TV and journalists to help raise important issues and open with a bang!

Quality time with Participants

Our expos are designed to encourage people to stay longer. From balloon artists, face painters, jumping castles and hair braiders, combined with a spacious floor plan layout, the main feedback we receive from exhibitors is that people are less rushed and they spend more quality time with them. With 10 000 square meters of space, seating, food and entertainment it is a community event people spend time at and often come both days. We don’t do stalls and pamphlets alone.

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MELBOURNE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE

1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006

WHEN
3rd – 4th October 2025
TIME
10am – 4pm Both days

FREE TO ATTEND

Over 15,000 NDIS service providers Australia wide have been invited to exhibit in the 2024 Expo and numbers will be strictly limited.

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VISITORS

2360

EXHIBITORS

36.2M

SOCIAL REACH

100M

MEDIA REACH

10

EVENTS

Products and services you’ll find at the expos

  • Accommodation / Tenancy Assistance
  • Assistance Animals
  • Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions And Supports
  • Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or Higher Education
  • Assistance with Daily Life Tasks in a Group or Shared Living Arrangement
  • Assistance with Travel/Transport Arrangements
  • Assistive Equipment for Recreation
  • Assistive Products for Household Tasks
  • Assistive Products for Personal Care and Safety
  • Assistive Technology and Equipment Registration Groups
  • Communication and Information Equipment
  • Community Nursing Care
  • Customised Prosthetics
  • Daily Personal Activities
  • Development of Daily Living and Life Skills
  • Early Intervention Supports for Early Childhood
  • Exercise Physiology and Personal Training
  • Group and Centre Based Activities
  • Hearing Equipment
  • Hearing Services
  • High Intensity Daily Personal Activities
  • Home and Vehicle Modification registration Groups
  • Home Modifications
  • Household Tasks
  • Innovative Community Participation
  • Interpreting and Translation
  • Management of Funding for Supports in Participants’ Plans
  • Participation in Community, Social and Civic Activities
  • Personal Mobility Equipment
  • Professional Registration Groups
  • Specialised Disability Accommodation
  • Specialised Driver Training
  • Specialised Hearing Services
  • Specialised Support Coordination
  • Specialised Supported Employment
  • Specialist Positive Behaviour Support
  • Therapeutic Supports
  • Vehicle Modifications
  • Vision Equipment

Confirmed Service Providers

  • 24 Karat Gold
  • 4GR
  • A Better Life Home Care Services
  • Ability Plus Disability
  • Accessing Connections Support Services
  • Acclaimed Community Support Services
  • ADEC – Action On Disability Within Ethnic Communities
  • Adenium Living
  • Afea Care Services
  • Afford – Australian Foundation for Disability
  • Ainim Support Services
  • Allied X
  • Alvie
  • Amani Care Services
  • AMES Australia
  • Amity Care Services
  • APM Employment Services
  • Aruma
  • Avanos Medical Australia Pty Ltd
  • Avenues Australia
  • Bayley House
  • Be Positive Therapy
  • Better Bookkeeping Management
  • Beyond Choice
  • Blossom Community Care
  • Breakthrough Coaching and Consulting
  • Breakthru
  • Camp Kiah
  • Capital Investment Ideas
  • Care 2 Cruise
  • Care AU Health and Community
  • Careable
  • CareChoice
  • Children and Young People with Disability Australia
  • Clifford Hallam Healthcare Pty Limited (CH2)
  • Clover Leaf Sanctuary
  • ClubMates Travel
  • Complete Nursing and Home Care
  • Continued Disability Services
  • Continuum Physiotherapy
  • Crank
  • CTA CareConnect
  • Dash Access and Inclusion Services
  • Day 2 Day Essential Services
  • Defined Community Care
  • Diamond Care Victoria
  • Disco Dating
  • Diversey Care
  • DPS Publishing
  • Dynamic Care & Support Services
  • EACH
  • Easy Healthcare
  • Elevate Support Care
  • Elevo Care
  • Empower Healthcare
  • Empowered Therapy and Training
  • Empowering Brighter Futures
  • Empowering Care
  • Endeavour Foundation
  • Envision Healthcare
  • Essential Carers
  • etrainu
  • Everyday Independence
  • eZaango Care Partners
  • Ezy Care
  • FBA Care
  • Fighting Chance
  • First Peoples Disability Network Australia
  • Fun Stuff Educational & Therapeutic Resources
  • Gateways Support Services
  • Gelato Home Decor
  • Gellibrand Support Services
  • Global Compliance Certification (GCC)
  • Grace Recovery Hub
  • Grevillea Care Services
  • Haleberry
  • Hands of Angels
  • Headstart Melbourne
  • Healthcare Consulting
  • Healthscope Independence Services
  • Housing Hub
  • Imperial Healthcare Community Services
  • Incluso Services
  • Independent Ability Care
  • Infinite Ability
  • Insight PBS
  • IPN Medical Centres
  • Ivory & Deene
  • Jim’s Laundry Services
  • Joya Medical Supplies
  • Kaiko Fidgets
  • KLC Recruitment
  • Knoxbrooke Incorporated
  • KonnectUs Support Coordination
  • Kuremara Care
  • Latrobe Community Health Service
  • Laurel Cleaning Services
  • Life Ready Mobile
  • Lift Less Solutions
  • Little Pixel Box
  • Living Communities
  • LuxeMED / Bluey Mobile Health Group
  • Magical Care
  • Magnum Support Services
  • Marriott Support Services
  • MCM
  • Megalines Insurance & Risk Advisers
  • Mind Recovery
  • Mindhelp
  • Mobile Disability Physio
  • MoneyMasterminds
  • Multicap
  • My Buddy Gard
  • My Plan Manager
  • My Way Community Alliance Inc.
  • MyCareTeam.Online
  • National 360
  • National Positive Behaviour Support
  • NDIS
  • ndisync.ai
  • NDSP Plan Managers
  • NIB Thrive & Kynd
  • North Foundation
  • Nurse4U
  • OCTEC Employment
  • ONCALL Group Australia
  • Orion Care
  • ORS Group
  • Out Doors Inc
  • Partner N Care
  • PenroseCare
  • Plan For You
  • PlanCare
  • Premium Disability Support Services
  • Premium Health
    • Primacy Care Australia
  • Project Growth
  • Raya Healthcare
  • Reach & Belong
  • Rotana Care
  • RSA Disability Support Services
  • Rumbalara Positive Aging and Disability
  • SASI – Statewide Autistic Services
  • Scope Australia
  • SDA Living Australia
  • SDA Options
  • SeenCare
  • Select Cleaning
  • Services Australia
  • Seva Health Care Services
  • Sister Sensory
  • Sketch Industries
  • Skillset Australia
  • Sonder Care Group Pty Ltd
  • Southern Star Care
  • State-Wide Equipment Program
  • Sunny Disability Care
  • Sunrise2Sunrise
  • Supreme Care
  • Surgical House
  • That Disability Adventure Company (TDAC)
  • The Bridge Inc
  • The Chooze Shop
  • The Creative Care Company
  • TLC Independent Living
  • Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia
  • Tradies Finance
  • True Ability
  • U and V Care
  • ULaunch
  • VASS (Victorian Arabic Social Services)
  • Vertex Consulting and Compliance Group
  • VIA Care
  • VICNA
  • Visualcare
  • Warrina Care
  • Wattle Tree Country Retreat
  • Waverley Social Enterprises
  • Well Health Care
  • Western Star Care
  • Windermere Child And Family Services Inc
  • Your Journey Starts Here
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“The expo is for us, because we love to connect with people and this is a better place: this is just a grand place where you can meet with a lot of people, you can make a lot of connections and it’s a very big shout out for our company when we get to show what exactly we are providing and what we are offering.”

“The expo is definitely very good exposure and a very good environment: Open space, meeting different participants. There are heaps of participants asking how to apply for NDIS and also asking what services we can provide. So, we got to help the participants.”

“The expo is beautiful! Lots of people are coming who are desperate (for NDIS solutions). Now I can understand that Brisbane needs lots of services. We’ll be here soon – our office will be here (in Brisbane) soon.”

“It feels like there’s so much more, so many more providers here this year, and it’s really good to see so many different providers providing all sorts of different supports. It’s been amazing, great! Well done guys. Love it.”

“We really, really love this particular expo. There’s something that you guys do that’s really special. I think that whole developing of community just shines through and that’s the most important thing for us: We’re about community all the time, about making sure that our young people are connecting in community and supported and so, we can feel that in this kind of space and we love being a part of it, so, we are really grateful to be here.”

“It’s been a great experience for us because this is the first year participating in this. We tried last year, but we just were too late. So, we’re looking forward to more years, actually!”

“It’s been so busy we have been struggling to keep up, honestly. The great thing about this expo is that we have everything under one roof here. People can come and just explore all different aspects of services, specialised goods etc, so, it’s just great for the people coming to the expo. So, it’s just great for the people coming to the expo. We will definitely be back as a major sponsor next year.”

“It’s been such an amazing turnout. I’ve been so amazed even just by the mood of everybody here. Everyone is so welcoming and so excited about the different options here available. All the exhibitors have been so friendly. It’s been just a wonderful experience so far.”

“Oh, it’s amazing. It’s so refreshing to see a consistent stream of people coming through… every one I’ve attended it’s just getting bigger and better as we go. So well done. Great job. And we love being here. It’s been very busy and you know we just love seeing familiar faces and helping people get the support though they need, or at least give them information to get the support they need.”

“It’s been awesome, we’ve met so many great people, and a lot of participants have come up to say hello. We’ve actually found a lot of people coming over just to ask generalised questions. Sometimes they’re just not quite sure on who to actually talk to, so they’ve come, taken a seat and we’ve just been having a bit of a chat about what supported independent living actually is, and what short term accommodation is as well, because some people are not quite sure what the difference is. It’s been great really talking to the participants and their guardians as well around that.”

We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather for our event and pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that attend any of our events.

Creating A Voice for the Disability Sector

ENHANCING AUSTRALIA’S DISABILITY SERVICES ONE STEP AND EVENT AT A TIME – At Developing Australian Communities, we believe that working closely with Service Providers, Carers and Participants through our events will ensure that the much-needed change in our sector will be provided for the betterment of the services in our sector. Learn more about us and our dreams for our community.

1300 910 503 / events@developingauscommunities.com.au / PO Box 4026 Forest Lake QLD 4078