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Bayley House first opened its doors in 1951 as the Brighton & District Branch of the Helping Hand Association, born from the vision of a group of parents with a desire to provide educational opportunities for children with an intellectual disability.
Today, 70 years later, we cater for adults, from school-leavers to seniors, through the delivery of a diverse range of day activities and supported living options. We support over 200 individuals with an intellectual disability and their families.
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The people we support come from over 20 different cultural backgrounds and have a range of intellectual disabilities. Many also have secondary conditions such as physical, sensory or psychiatric disability.
The history of Bayley House is captured beautifully in a book entitled A special place: a history of Bayley House Brighton. It’s well worth a read to appreciate our place in the lives of many people and our journey over the decades. Please ask us if you would like to see a copy.
Bayley House Life Members
We recognise and honour our Life Members past and present.
Mr C Godfrey* | 1955 |
Mrs Kathleen Bayley* | 1956 |
Mr C Elliott* | 1963 |
Mr S T Glassborow MBE* | 1974 |
Mrs E M Glassborow MBE* | 1974 |
Mr K E Davidson* | 1976 |
Mr R O Ball* | 1976 |
Mr R J Black OAM* | 1983 |
Mr T Haddon* | 1983 |
Mrs E Tonkin* | 1984 |
Mr T Mulcahy* | 1990 |
Miss Beryl Fookes OAM* | 1994 |
Mr P Blood* | 1994 |
Miss S Ruthven* | 1995 |
Mr William Hodgson | 1997 |
Mrs Mona Andrawartha* | 1997 |
Mrs P Arnott* | 1997 |
Mrs J Kennedy* | 1997 |
Mrs L Morgan* | 1997 |
Mrs G Vulcan* | 1997 |
Mrs Sybil Ball* | 1998 |
Mrs Marilyn Duffield | 1998 |
Mr Ian Grover* | 1998 |
Mr J Malone* | 1998 |
Mrs Joan Grover* | 1999 |
Prof Peter Vulcan AM | 1999 |
Mrs Faye Barrow OAM | 1999 |
Mr Graham Gude* | 2001 |
Mr Richard Fletcher* | 2002 |
Mrs Toni Waite | 2002 |
Mrs Moyha Bettess | 2003 |
Mrs L Fraser | 2003 |
Mr J Jamieson* | 2003 |
Mrs V Jamieson* | 2003 |
Mrs Val Doolan* | 2004 |
Mrs Sally Stewart* | 2004 |
Mrs Judy Browne | 2005 |
Mrs Esther Campbell* | 2005 |
Mrs L Dugan* | 2005 |
Mrs Gwenda Hance | 2007 |
Mrs Carmel Sullivan | 2007 |
Mrs Janet Walter | 2007 |
Mr Peter Lee | 2008 |
Mr Peter Bennett* | 2009 |
Mr Hector Walker* | 2009 |
Mrs Hilda Glotzer-Rozenfeld | 2009 |
Mr James Bainbridge | 2010 |
Mr Ray Fairley | 2010 |
Ms Krysia Hodgson | 2011 |
Mr Gerard Savage | 2012 |
Mrs Fay Matthews | 2013 |
Mr Wally Matthews | 2013 |
Mrs Shirley Kudeviita | 2014 |
Mr Norm Peatling | 2015 |
Mr Wally Matthews | 2013 |
Mr Norm Peatling | 2015 |
Mrs Prue Bennett | 2015 |
Mrs Pat Calver | 2016 |
Mrs Judith O’Connor | 2018 |
Mrs Gillian Peatling | 2019 |
(* Deceased)