In 1965, a small group of Central Coast families sat around a kitchen table with a radical idea for the time: that their sons and daughters with disability deserved real work, real friendship and a real place in the community. Sixty years later, that idea is Terama Industries.
From those humble beginnings, Terama has grown into a medium-sized registered charity providing supported employment and supported accommodation to people with disability across the Gosford region. Generations of workers have packed, assembled, built and gardened their way to skills, wages and self-belief — and generations of residents have found a true home with us.
"Sixty years isn't about looking back," says the Terama team. "It's about proving that a community that chooses to include everyone is stronger for it — and committing to the next sixty."
Thank you to every family, volunteer, worker, resident and local business who has been part of the story so far.