About Us

Ignite Respite & Support was sparked by the passion to provide exceptional experiences to kids and teens by facilitating respite and support programs designed to be fun, exciting and encourage growth.

We may be a new spark, founded in 2024, but our flame is built upon Ben’s years of experience in the disability and child safety industries, having provided the highest level of care and support to participants across South East Queensland since 2018.

Our mission is to ignite a passion for life through individualised respite services, respite camps, and individual supports. Our tailored services are built on what really lights our participants fire, with complete choice and control over what your respite and support needs look like.

Respite camps are also designed to foster social connections, build confidence and skills, be incredibly fun, and provide participants and carers the much needed down time to recharge, relax and unwind.

We can’t wait to work alongside you in reaching your goals, and achieving greatness with Ignite!

Our Mission:

To provide the ultimate respite experiences that are fun, engaging and help our young people meet their goals, and to provide exceptional daily supports that build confidence and capacity in each of our clients.

About Ben

Hi, I’m Ben Allan, Director of Ignite Respite & Support. I’m passionate about working with young people, and seeing positive change and growth through first-class support services.

My background is in both the Child Safety and Disability care sectors, having worked as a Youth Worker, Case Manager, Family Counsellor, and Support Worker. I hold a Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) with Distinction, a Diploma of Counselling, am trained in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and Youth Mental Health First Aid, and am currently completing my Juris Doctor through Griffith University.

After many years of working independently, providing respite and support services for NDIS participants, I saw a need for respite to be better. A need for exciting, engaging and high-quality respite services for young people to be excited about. It was this need in our disability community that was the birth of Ignite Respite & Support.

I love seeing young people achieve big, audacious goals and dreams, and made a commitment to always say YES in supporting young people to hit their goals. This has included things like Scuba Diving, in which I hold my Advance Open Water license, among many other adventures I have had along the way. If it’s in your goals, we’ll help you get there!

NDIS Managed Participants

Ignite Respite & Support is not currently listed as a registered provider with the NDIS. Although Self-Managed and Plan Managed Participants can engage with us directly, we still don’t want NDIS Managed participants, or participants with Restrictive Practice to miss out on our incredible services and exciting respite camps.

We have partnered with a registered provider, Holistic Care Provider, to allow us to engage with everyone in our NDIS community. Through this third-party arrangement, Holistic Care Provider takes care of our NDIS reporting obligations, allowing us to focus on providing the absolute best experience to all our participants.

Simply let us know on your application if you are NDIS Managed, or if you have a Positive Behaviour Support Plan with restrictive practices, and we will take care of the rest!