1:00pm – 3:00pm
Every Saturday, from 17 October 2026
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NDIS funded
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10-Week NDIS Baking Course
Ten weeks, ten skills, one certificate. A structured baking course on the Gold Coast for NDIS participants — building real kitchen ability, independence and friendships, with something to take home every single week.
- Starts Saturday 17 October 2026
- Runs for 10 weekly sessions, every Saturday
- Where Helensvale Library & Cultural Centre, Gold Coast QLD
- Group size Maximum 5 participants
Choose your session
Saturday afternoons, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
One class each week for ten weeks, at the same time and in the same room, with the same group. Saturdays keep the course open to people who work or study during the week.
5 places
Kept deliberately small, so every participant gets real hands-on time and support
Call 0451 115 196Cost
Funded through your NDIS plan
No out-of-pocket cost where the course is funded in your plan. Here is exactly what is charged, so you or your plan manager can check it before you commit.
Full 10-week course
$1,400
$140 per session × 10 weekly sessions
Claimable through your planEvery session includes
- All ingredients and equipment
- A qualified facilitator, and a group of no more than five
- Everything you bake, to take home
- Your support worker alongside you, at no extra charge
- Service agreement, session outlines and progress notes
- A graduation certificate in week 10
Enquiring costs nothing and commits you to nothing — we will check your funding fits before anyone signs anything.
Please note: the ten-week commitment is payable in full and is not refundable, in part or in full, including where sessions are missed through illness, absence or withdrawal from the course. Nothing here limits your rights under the Australian Consumer Law, and if we cancel a session or do not deliver the course as described, you are entitled to a remedy.
Schedule of supports
The course can be claimed against the following NDIS support items, depending on what is approved in the participant's plan. Support coordinators and plan managers are welcome to quote these directly.
Capacity Building
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Skills Development and Training
09_009_0117_6_3
Community Access
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Innovative Community Participation
09_008_0116_6_3 -
Centre Capital Cost
04_599_0136_6_1
Core
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Group Activities — Standard — Weekday Daytime
04_102_0136_6_1 -
Centre Capital Cost
04_599_0136_6_1
The course
What you will learn, week by week
Each week is a new skill and a new thing to take home. The course builds from simple to confident, finishing with a competition and a graduation.
- Week 1 Cookies
- Week 2 Muffins
- Week 3 Donuts
- Week 4 Cream Cake
- Week 5 Bread
- Week 6 Eggless Cake
- Week 7 Savoury Baking
- Week 8 Chocolate Making
- Week 9 Cook Your Plate Competition
- Week 10 Graduation Ceremony + Official Baking Certificate
Everything you need to know
What is included
- NDIS funded under Category 4, Community Participation
- Delivered by a registered NDIS provider
- Open to any NDIS participant — any age, any disability type
- No previous experience needed
- All ingredients and equipment provided every session
- Support workers and family welcome to attend
- Maximum 5 participants per class — small by design
- Service agreements and plan manager invoicing available
Week 10
Finishing with something to be proud of
The course ends with a Cook Your Plate competition in week 9 and a graduation ceremony in week 10, where every participant receives an official Care & Culinary baking certificate.
It matters more than it sounds. For a lot of participants it is the first certificate they have earned, in front of the people who supported them to get there.
What it builds
Skills that carry on after the session ends
A baking class is a practical way to work on goals that are hard to practise sitting down. Here is what participants are actually doing each week — useful language if you are matching this course to a plan.
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Independent living
Following a recipe from start to finish, working safely around an oven, and cleaning down afterwards — the everyday steps of feeding yourself.
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Planning and sequencing
Reading the method, gathering what is needed, and working through the steps in the right order, with staff stepping back as confidence grows.
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Social connection
Working alongside the same small group every week, sharing a bench, taking turns, and talking while the timer runs.
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Fine motor skills
Weighing, measuring, kneading, piping and decorating — steady, repeated hand work with an obvious reward at the end.
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Kitchen safety and hygiene
Knife handling, hot trays, allergens and hand washing, taught in a way that sticks because it is used immediately.
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Confidence and self-esteem
Ten weeks of finishing something, taking it home, and having someone enjoy it. The certificate at graduation is the part people show their family.
Funding
How it is paid for
This course is NDIS funded under Category 4, Community Participation. Care & Culinary is a registered NDIS provider, so participants can use their plan regardless of how it is managed.
- Service agreements available
- Plan manager invoicing available
- Support coordinators are welcome to get in touch before referring a participant
Not sure whether your plan covers it? Call us and we will talk it through, or speak with your plan manager or support coordinator first — we are happy to provide whatever they need.
Secure a place
Places are limited to 5 per class
Tell us which session suits and a little about the participant. We will confirm availability and send through what you need to get started.