Sunshine Butterflies is a disability support service and not for profit charity.

Sunshine Butterflies strives to improve the lives of those with disability and their families.

Sunshine Butterflies was founded in 2010 by Leanne and Damien Walsh whose son Curtis was born 13 weeks premature with Cerebral Palsy in 1995. Through Leanne’s experience, passion and dedication, the Sunshine Butterflies' vision and mission to provide a better future for people with disability began.

Sunshine Butterflies provides a broad range of recreational, educational and life skills programs for individuals of all ages.

Our unique 15-acre space 'Our Backyard' - the home of Sunshine Butterflies, is where we deliver our range of programs, support services, therapies, and activities for people with disability and their families.

Sunshine Butterflies is more than a disability support service, our vision is empowering people with disability, by creating a unique and all-inclusive community.

From humble beginnings in 2010, Sunshine Butterflies has grown from being a volunteer run organisation with a handful of members, to becoming one of the region’s largest employers and supporting hundreds of people with disability.

Leanne Walsh has made it her mission to reduce the stigma of disability within her community and now leads a passionate team of over 90 staff and 30 volunteers, who continue to help make this dream a reality.

From the very beginning, Sunshine Butterflies was operating in a garage in Leanne Walsh’s Tewantin residence with just 3 Members and 4 Volunteers, all chipping away at Leanne’s lifelong vision of creating a unique and all-inclusive disability support service.

Sunshine Butterflies now provides a broad range of daily recreational, educational and life skills programs for individuals of all ages.

Sunshine Butterflies' unique range of programs, activities and services are changing the lives of many individuals with disability and their families.

With the help of sponsors, contributors, grants and donations we have been able to create these much-needed programs and services which are life-changing to those with disability.