Community-led
Support should respond to genuine needs identified by the people involved.
About WAssup
Small enough to listen. Determined enough to act.
WAssup Community Services is a grassroots Western Australian initiative founded by Scott Bibby. We turn community generosity into practical help that people and organisations can genuinely use.
Where every project begins
What would actually help?
WAssup starts by asking the people closest to a community what would be genuinely useful. Then we listen, connect people and resources, and work to make it happen.
Community helps community.
The belief behind WAssup
You do not need to be large to do something useful.
Individuals, community groups and local businesses all have something to contribute. A few containers, a small donation, a useful contact or one shared idea can become part of something much bigger.
WAssup brings those contributions together and directs them towards practical outcomes.
Community service first, ego last. One useful act at a time.
How we approach the work
Practical help, not empty promises.
The aim is not to tell communities what they need. It is to listen, respond and support the work already happening.
- Listen to the people and organisations already doing the work
- Identify something practical that would genuinely help
- Bring together donations, resources and community support
- Follow the project through from the original idea to delivery
- Report publicly on what was raised and where the support went
Our current major project
The WAssup 108 Speakers Program.
WAssup aims to fund and deliver 108 portable JBL speaker-and-microphone kits to youth and community organisations across Western Australia.
The equipment can support youth programs, workshops on Country, cultural activities, performances, community celebrations, school-holiday programs and other opportunities for people to connect and be heard.
Each location is considered carefully. WAssup looks for organisations that will use the equipment, care for it and make it available to the people it is intended to support.
Because every young person deserves to be heard.
From conversation to outcome
How WAssup works.
- We listen The people closest to a community usually understand its needs best.
- We connect We bring together organisations, supporters, businesses and community members.
- We act Where there is a practical way to help, we work to turn the idea into an outcome.
- We report back We provide public updates on fundraising, purchases, progress and deliveries.
What guides us
Six simple principles.
Practical
A useful outcome is more valuable than a complicated promise.
Inclusive
People should be treated with dignity, respect and without judgement.
Transparent
Funding, purchases and project progress should be reported honestly.
Collaborative
Good community work is rarely achieved alone. Cooperation comes before credit.
Responsible
Privacy, cultural protocols and child safety come before photographs or publicity.
The person behind WAssup
About Scott.
Scott Bibby founded WAssup Community Services from lived experience — not from behind a desk.
Scott has experienced disability, complex trauma, financial hardship and the frustration of dealing with systems that do not always listen. Those experiences shaped his belief that practical support should be offered with dignity, without judgement and without making people fight to be heard.
A traveller, comedian, animal lover and community advocate, Scott has always felt most comfortable around animals and children. Adults are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Through WAssup, Scott works with youth services, Aboriginal corporations, community organisations, local businesses and individual supporters across Western Australia.
He personally manages WAssup's outreach, fundraising, recipient relationships, purchasing coordination and public reporting.
Being small, living with a disability or having limited resources does not make you powerless. You can still listen. You can still connect the right people. You can still do something useful.
Grassroots and transparent
Where WAssup stands today.
WAssup Community Services is currently operated by Scott Bibby under ABN 49 495 986 762.
WAssup is not yet a registered charity. Donations are therefore not currently tax deductible.
As WAssup develops, it will work towards a more formal community structure while protecting the direct, grassroots approach on which it was built.
What supporters can expect
- Clear public progress updates
- Honest reporting of funding, purchases and deliveries
- Proof-of-concept donations kept separate from official program tallies
- No claim that donations are tax deductible while WAssup is not a charity
- Privacy and child safety placed ahead of publicity
More than one project
Useful actions will shape what comes next.
The 108 Speakers Program is WAssup's current major focus, but it does not define the limits of what WAssup can become.
WAssup will grow through useful actions — not promises about what it might become.
Every future idea must pass the same test:
- Is there a genuine community need?
- Is there something practical we can do?
- Do the people involved actually want it?
- Can we deliver it responsibly?
- Can we clearly report the outcome?
Be part of it
Every useful contribution has a place.
Donate your eligible 10-cent containers. Support a project. Start a collection. Nominate a suitable organisation. Share what WAssup is doing.
Community helps community — one useful act at a time.