Peer Support, Real Recovery.
Waypoint helps young adults aged 18–30 in Albany, WA find community, support, and a path forward through group therapy and peer-led recovery programs.
Three ways we walk with you
Free or near-free · funded by grants & NDIS
$0
participant fees
Regional young people are being left behind.
Young adults in Albany and the Great Southern region struggling with addiction are underserved. Metro-centric counselling is too expensive and inaccessible for regional youth — so Waypoint fills the gap with free, community-based support.
Regional youth are underserved
Young adults in Albany and the Great Southern struggling with addiction have far fewer options than their metro peers.
Metro-centric care is out of reach
Traditional counselling is too expensive and too far away — designed for cities, not for regional young people.
Waypoint fills the gap
Free, community-based support built locally, so cost and distance are no longer the reasons recovery doesn't start.
Three pillars of peer-powered recovery.
A simple, human model built for young people — all free or near-free, funded by government grants and NDIS.
Group Therapy Sessions
Structured, professionally facilitated sessions where young people work through recovery together in a safe, guided space.
Peer-Led Support Circles
Young people supporting each other — lived experience leading the way, because recovery feels possible when you see it in someone like you.
Community Connection Events
Social recovery activities that rebuild connection and belonging, turning recovery into a community you actually want to be part of.
Evidence-backed, and the missing piece.
Peer support is evidence-backed for reducing relapse risk. WA is investing heavily in community AOD services — and Waypoint is the youth-specific, community-first, regional piece that’s been missing.
$43.8M
WA investment in community alcohol & other drug (AOD) services.
$12.4M
Dedicated to Great Southern residential rehabilitation.
Peer support reduces relapse risk — a proven approach that Waypoint makes available to young regional adults for the first time.
Real reach, measured and efficient.
Starting with 25 participants per quarter in Year 1 and scaling to 60 per quarter by Year 3 — delivering 50 group sessions and 10 community events every year.
25 → 60
Participants per quarter, Year 1 to Year 3
50
Facilitated group sessions each year
10
Community connection events each year
$2,380
Cost per participant — efficient for a commissioned AOD service
Designed to grow sustainably as a commissioned AOD service — more young people reached, year on year.
Funded so it’s free — because accessibility is the point.
Waypoint is funded through WA Mental Health Commission contracts, NDIS service agreements, and philanthropic grants. There are no participant fees — ever.
Year 1 target
$58.6K
Year 3 target
$175.8K
WA Mental Health Commission
Commissioned contracts for community alcohol & other drug (AOD) services.
NDIS service agreements
Funded places for eligible participants through NDIS supports.
Philanthropic grants
Community and philanthropic funding that keeps the doors open and free.
Ready to find your Waypoint?
Whether you’re a young person seeking support, a GP or headspace Albany referral partner, or a funder who wants to back community-first recovery — we’d love to hear from you.
A waypoint is a place to steady yourself and see the path ahead. For young people in the Great Southern, that’s exactly who we are.