Core vs Capacity Building: where the money can move
The single most common question at plan time: can I use this money for that? The answer depends almost entirely on which of the three budget types the money sits in. Here's the short version, and how Brolly keeps it straight for you.
The three buckets
Every NDIS plan splits funding into up to three budget types: Core Supports, Capacity Building, and Capital. They look similar in the plan letter, but they behave very differently.
Core: the flexible one
Core funding is generally flexible across its categories — Daily Life, Social & Community Participation, Consumables, and Transport. If the plan funds more support work than you end up using, that money can usually shift to, say, community participation instead.
The main exceptions: funding marked as stated supports in the plan, and some transport arrangements paid as periodic amounts. Stated items must be spent exactly as written.
Capacity Building: locked to its category
Capacity Building budgets — Improved Daily Living, Support Coordination, Improved Relationships, and the rest — do not move between categories. Unused speech therapy funding can't become extra support coordination, even within the same bucket.
Within a category, though, you choose the providers and the mix. Improved Daily Living can cover speech, OT, physio, and psychology in whatever proportion works, as long as each support relates to the plan goals.
How Brolly models it
During setup, Brolly asks one question: treat Core as one flexible pool? Turn it on and your Core categories share a single remaining balance, exactly matching how the money can actually be spent. Capacity Building and Capital categories always keep their own walls.
Pace is then tracked per wall — so “under pace” on speech therapy means something real: that specific budget has proportionally more money left than plan time.