Who are Ability Heroes

Our Vision

To become the leading journey planning app for all abilities, allowing a gateway for other organisations to interact and promote their services.

Our Mission

To create and sustain a community-driven platform that provides accurate, reliable accessibility information, empowering people with physical and psychological restrictions to navigate the world with confidence, dignity, and independence.

About Us

We believe that everyone deserves to explore their community with dignity and ease. Our organisation is designed to bridge the gap between accessibility and opportunity, providing a trusted directory of inclusive spaces and
services
. Whether you’re planning a trip, looking for essential facilities, or simply hoping to engage with your community without uncertainty, we make it easier to know before you go.

How We Began

Ability Heroes was born from lived experience. Founder and CEO, Adam Hewber, has faced accessibility challenges his entire life. Diagnosed with spastic paraparesis, autism traits, and epilepsy, Adam grew up being judged for what he couldn’t do rather than supported for what he could. Despite being told he wouldn’t complete school, he went on to earn multiple qualifications and build a career focused on breaking barriers for others.

In 2020, while trying to return to university, Adam saw a gap – a lack of clear, reliable accessibility information for people with disabilities. What began as a simple project to collect details on accessible spaces quickly grew into something much bigger. By 2021, with the help of a disability support worker with coding experience, the first prototype of Ability Heroes was created. Since then, it has evolved into a community-driven platform dedicated to helping people of all abilities navigate their world with dignity, confidence, and ease.

Today, Ability Heroes is more than just a website or an app – it’s a movement for inclusion, built by and for the community.

Why It Matters

Lack of accessible information leads to frustration, isolation, and missed opportunities. By crowdsourcing real-time, grassroots-sourced insights, we empower individuals with the knowledge they need to move through their world confidently – reducing anxiety, increasing safety, and fostering meaningful community connections.

We are a Company Limited by Guarantee, ASIC and ACNC registered, with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Status from the Australian Tax Office.

To achieve our goal, we are seeking funding and support:

Short-term: Local, State, Federal Grants, Sponsorship, and community contribution.

Medium- to long-term: Sponsorship, Advertising and Fee for Services.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

The reliance on grants is an insecure form of income. We aim to become self-sustainable by diversifying our income stream and developing income-producing projects.

Ability Heroes Enable PTY LTD

A business designed to financially support the charity’s aims through a fee-for-service enterprise and the engagement and utilisation of an undervalued human resource of Australians with restrictions.

We do this by offering:

Community Spaces Accessibility Accreditation.

Motivation, skill sharing, and integration of people with restrictions.

Marketing branded merchandise and locally manufactured products by people with restrictions.

Funding and support

The reliance on grants is an insecure form of income. We aim to become self-sustainable by diversifying our income stream and developing income-producing projects.

Diagram of Integration

Ability Heroes LTD - Organisational Structure

A Board of up to seven Directors is responsible for the Governance of the Organisation. Directors are elected for a three-year term and can stand for re-election.

The Board elects the Chairperson and office bearers (Secretary, Treasurer). They are to be suitably qualified, with at least half having impairment experience. After the first year of operation, the Directors retire and can stand for re-election by the membership at or before the Annual General Meeting; within six months after the first year of operation. After that, they can stand for re-election by the membership to a further three-year term. Thus, two Directors are elected for three years, two Directors are elected for two years, and two Directors are elected for one year. In addition, each Director can nominate for re-election to complete three consecutive three-year terms. A Director who has held office for a continuous period of nine years can only renominate after a three-year break. Only a majority vote of members at the Annual General Meeting can rescind the rule.

The Board elects the Chairperson and office bearers (Secretary, Treasurer).

The Advisory Committee may have up to eighteen (18) members. Consisting of a cross-section of people with disabilities, seniors, carers, parents with young children, and representatives from government, support organisations, and industry. The Chairperson of the Advisory Committee will fill the seventh position as an appointed Board member with equal voting rights to elected Board members. In addition, two other committee members can be selected to join the Board as observers and non-voting board members.

The Advisory Committee meets every second month or more often as required to make recommendations and list issues to be considered by the Ability Heroes Board.

(The Committee to advise on current issues and trends, inform the availability or lack of public services, and share pressing social issues affecting the community. It is also an attempt to guarantee Board and project continuity and contribute to new ideas and vigour at the Board level)

Management

Future paid positions: Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Technical Officer (CTO), and Chief Financial Officer to be supported by paid and voluntary staff.