The Fabig family has a long history of entrepreneurial and community building activity in South Australia which dates to the 1880s.
Today, Annie and Marc Fabig operate an investment management firm and oversee an annual family philanthropy program that reflects their personal passions and interests.
Annie says through philanthropy, the family aims to contribute positively to the community and that “values of trust, persistence, integrity, generosity, hard work and humility underpin our activities”.
Affordable housing and Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) is a key area of interest and the reason she chose to donate to UnitingSA’s recently opened SDA apartments, which are included in the Uniting on Devonport social and affordable housing project in Prospect.
“Our donation to this development has been used to provide adjustable benchtops in the SDA apartment kitchens,” she explains.
“We have a particular interest in SDA housing as our 30-year-old daughter Hannah uses a powered wheelchair. It’s been impossible for us to find an accessible house for her to live in or rent.”
Annie says some of the challenges the family has experienced around accessible housing include the need to fund extensive renovations to existing homes, a lack of choice or others remaining in hospital while waiting for suitable housing to become available.
“Hannah is needing to move from her current apartment as the body corporate refuses to replace an old and unreliable lift. This is something that has seen her locked in the building for days at a time.”
Annie would like to see new home developers required to build a minimum number of accessible homes in their projects.