Breakaway is a registered not-for-profit charity

Breakaway was established in 1982 to enhance the lives of children and adults with disabilities.

It is a place where people with disabilities can enjoy a break from the institution in which they live or a break from their family routine.We rarely receive direct government funding. Breakaway are eternally grateful to the community who have always supported us in a wide variety of ways – donations, volunteering, sponsorship, in-kind donations and probono work.

Breakaway's New iPad Project

Breakaway launched their new and exciting iPad project in October 2011 at San Remo at a respite camp for adults with disabilities.

John Craven was a perfectly happy and healthy 12 year old boy when he was hit by a 4WDrive with a bullbar in Sydney. John sustained a brain injury. That was 28 years ago. Staggeringly, for the past 28 years the main form of communication for John was a QWERTY alphabet board. He points to every letter of every word that he wishes to say. See what happens when a complete stranger gives John an iPad. A short film, aptly named ‘QWERTY’, was produced documenting this amazing story. To view ‘QWERTY’, just click the Youtube window at the right:

To view our QWERTY Media Release, click here.

To read more about our iPad project, click here.