A huge thank you everyone who has supported Operation Gamechanger so far. Through a combination of government grants, philanthropic trusts, donations, fundraising events and our own contributions we have almost finished our $40 million expansion plan on our 100 acre farm on the rural outskirts of Mansfield.
Our new property now has a new school building, 12 retreat cabins where we hold family camps and carer retreats, skill building stay houses, a meeting hut, a multipurpose activity centre and new office space, and a perimeter walking track. We are so thrilled to be providing supports and services from our new facilities, and to be seeing the benefits of being on 100 beautiful acres for our clients, students and families.
We aren’t done yet! We continue to raise funds for our equine therapy program, swimming pools, a horticulture program and farm animals.
Thank you to the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments for the significant funding support to date equating to ~$15.5m, matched by Mansfield Autism.
Thanks also to the many local businesses, community and philanthropic trusts that have made significant contributions.
Work continues on Project Residence
Rain - no probs. Progress on our crisis pods continues indoors, with the steel floor frame taking shape. The 3 transportable, resilient 2 bedroom pods will be located at our farm and increase our capacity to offer respite and crisis care for autistic children. All...
Mansfield Autism story on NDIS website
The following story is now displayed on the National Disability Insurance Scheme website. Netherclift family say autism training was a total gamechanger The Netherclifts are grateful the NDIS is supporting their son, Perry, 8, so he can receive “life-changing”...
9 News story on Mansfield Autism
The following story appeared on 9 News Victoria during the 6 o'clock News on Sunday 20th June, 2021 A 9 News Melbourne team visited the farm that is the site of Operation Gamechanger where the Therapeutic Care Farm will be built greatly increasing the number of...
Children with autism and their families to benefit from $6.5m Victorian government funding boost
The Mansfield Autism Statewide Service will be able to help more children with autism and their families after receiving $6.5 million from the Victorian government to build more accommodation on its 100-acre therapeutic farm. "To have the funding for the houses so...
Mansfield teen with autism has big dreams for therapeutic farm
A teenage prodigy living with autism has proposed a major revegetation project for a therapeutic farm in regional Victoria. Earlier this year, not-for-profit organisation Mansfield Autism Statewide Services (MASS) bought an idyllic farm for its clients. However, the...
Peaceful road to a ‘vision of paradise’
It was the tranquil hush of the 40ha farm that first convinced Simone Reeves and her board to buy the land, just outside Mansfield in Victoria’s high country. Simone, director of Mansfield Autism Statewide Service (MASS), says they had for many years been looking for...
Will Callaghan at the farm after his rescue
A month on from his incredible story of survival, autistic teen Will Callaghan is back among the soothing trees, hills and fields of the country where he can run, play and explore with a level of freedom impossible anywhere else, while also learning life and coping...
Victorian farm a dream site to ‘change the lives’ of children with autism
An autism support service has purchased an idyllic 40-hectare farm in north-eastern Victoria that it says could vastly improve the lives of its clients. The homestead on rolling hills and amid glistening dams just outside Mansfield has...
We bought the farm
A 100 acre farm, just out of Mansfield in north east Victoria, is now owned by Mansfield Autism Statewide Services (MASS) and will be the future home for the many services provided to support Victorian families living with autism. “Buying the farm is the first...
Theses funding bodies have generously contributed toward Operation Gamechanger.
