What Innovative Community Participation is
Innovative Community Participation (ICP) is a Capacity Building support funded by the NDIS. It is designed to build your skills and confidence so you can participate in community life more independently over time.
It is not a support worker accompanying you to activities. It is not ongoing assistance with day-to-day social access.
ICP is structured, goal-directed, and time-limited. It is for participants who want to build specific skills, social, practical, or vocational, that will reduce their reliance on paid support in the future.
If your goal is to get out into the community now with support, that is community participation support (0125). If your goal is to build the skills to do that more independently, that is ICP (0116).
What we support you to build
SA Holistic Care is registered under NDIS registration group 0116, Innovative Community Participation.
We design programmes around your goals. Examples of what ICP can fund include:
Social skill development
Structured programmes to build communication, relationship-building, and confidence in social settings.
Digital access and literacy
Learning to use technology to connect with your community, access information, and participate in online civic and social life.
Volunteering and civic participation
Structured support to find, access, and establish a volunteer role in your community.
Employment readiness
Building practical skills for the workplace, including communication, routine, and workplace navigation.
Creative and arts-based programmes
Structured skill-building through art, music, photography, or other creative pursuits with a defined learning outcome.
Independent transport and navigation
Building skills to use public transport and navigate community environments independently.
Peer support and mentoring
Connecting with peers who have shared experiences to build confidence and community knowledge.
Each programme is individually designed. A quote is required and must be approved by the NDIS before support begins.
How ICP is different from community participation support
Both services help participants engage with their community. They are not the same thing.
| Feature | Community Participation (0125) | Innovative Community Participation (0116) |
|---|---|---|
| Budget | Core Supports | Capacity Building |
| Purpose | Access and attendance now | Skill-building towards independence |
| Duration | Ongoing | Time-limited |
| Worker role | Support worker assists you | Structured programme with defined outcomes |
| Quote required | No | Yes |
If you are not sure which support is right for you, your support coordinator or LAC can advise. Both can appear in your NDIS plan at the same time.
Is this support right for you?
Innovative Community Participation may be right for you if:
ICP is not open-ended. To be funded, the programme must have a defined skill-building goal, a clear pathway towards greater independence, and a plan for what happens when the support ends.
If you are not sure whether your plan includes this funding, your support coordinator or LAC can confirm. ICP funding sits under Category 09, Increased Social and Community Participation.
Our approach
We design each ICP programme around the participant's specific goals, not a standard package applied to everyone.
Before any programme begins, we talk with you and your support network to understand what you want to achieve, what barriers exist, and what a realistic pathway to independence looks like. We then build a programme around that, develop the quote, and work with your plan manager or support coordinator to get it approved.
Progress is tracked throughout. As you build skills and confidence, the level of structured support reduces. That is the point.
How to get started
Our process is designed to make it easy for you to start with us
A conversation about your needs
Call us, submit an enquiry , or book a free consultation. Tell us your current situation, your routine, and what's most important to get right.
Goal and programme scoping
We work with you and your support coordinator to identify your goals and design a programme with clear, measurable outcomes. This forms the basis of the quote submitted to the NDIS.
Quote approval
ICP is a quotable support. We prepare the quote and work with your plan manager or support coordinator to get it approved before anything begins.
Programme begins
Your structured programme starts on an agreed schedule. Progress is documented throughout.
Review and transition
We review progress at agreed milestones. As your skills and independence grow, the programme adjusts. The end goal is that you need less structured support, not that support continues indefinitely.
