In the past, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Cerebral Palsy Alliance clients were forced to travel to Sydney to see a specialist technician to have their wheelchairs built or adjusted.

However, by July, there will be a workshop at Croudace Bay.

"It's usually not just one or two trips," Cerebral Palsy Alliance Stuart Centre manager Sue Cook said.

"It might be four or five times [clients] need to go and have their equipment adjusted until it is right for them.

"Having a workshop here will be a huge weight off for some families," she said.

At the workshop, adjustments and gadgets for individual clients' needs such as customised wheelchair seating, speech generating devices and switch access to computers and toys will be configured for individuals.

An existing shed at the Croudace Bay Cerebral Palsy Alliance centre will be converted into a Technology and Seating Service workshop.

It will be fitted with equipment such as a bandsaw, dust extractor and workbench.

The $10,000 project, which will be partly self-funded by the centre, is expected to start in April and finish in July.

Valentine Lions Club and the Australian Lions Foundation have contributed about $8000.