About Accordwest
Our story is your story
A lot can happen when you’ve been immersed in the South West since 1983. We were here when Charles and Diana visited Bunbury. We were here when The Endeavour docked at Busselton Jetty. We saw the Collie Power Station first fire up – and the devastating bushfire that ripped through Yarloop. For some of the people we serve the South West Native Title Settlement (2015) recognised Wardandi rights, returning land, compensation, and cultural protections, fostering reconciliation. Through good times and hard times, Accordwest has been here for you, for us. Now, as we look back on our journey together, we are proudly celebrating 40 years of walking “Side by Side” with the Southwest community.
Across the years, we’ve proudly sparked real positive change by staying true to a simple idea – every story matters, no matter how big, how small, or who is telling it. Your stories have motivated us to help write brighter tomorrows into existence, from young people on the verge of experiencing homelessness turning their life around after a stay at our Bunyap facility, to parents engaging with our programs and helping their family become stronger, happier and more resilient, and individuals who’ve experience incarceration taking a new lease on life achieving incredible things in the community. Your stories of hope, love and redemption have helped shape the South West for the better – and our best is yet to come.
Our work is guided by our Vision, Values & Mission
Our Mission
We are a values-based organisation guided by evidence, using creative, holistic solutions to prevent and end homelessness.
Our Vision
To end homelessness.
Our Values
Act With Integrity
We do the right thing consistently and transparently.
Demonstrate Courage
We show up, speak up and stay engaged especially when it’s hard.
Journey Together
We walk alongside, empowering choice and shared progress.
Side By Side all local South West Peoples
Accordwest offer support to everyone in WA’s South West communities. Walking Side By Side Noognar people, we are committed to the wellbeing of Bibbulmum, Kaneang, Minang, Wardandi and Wilman now, and into the future.
It’s been an unforgettable journey since we first opened doors in 1983, rising from humble beginnings as a youth accommodation service to stamping our name as the Southwest’s most trusted local not-for-profit provider of community support services.
With you all the way
It’s been an unforgettable journey since we first opened doors in 1983, rising from humble beginnings as a youth accommodation service to stamping our name as the Southwest’s most trusted local not-for-profit provider of community support services.