Wyndham mayor John Menegazzo last week led a delegation that met Victorian parliamentary secretary for families and community services Andrea Coote to drum up support for the development of a nine-bed centre at the Werribee site.

"The fact there is no respite services in all of Wyndham is a disgrace.

"There is obviously a crying need for it in a municipality that is growing so rapidly," Cr Menegazzo said.

"This is the beginning of the process to establish a respite service at Mambourin. It's in the very early stages, now it is a matter of advocating for funding."

Ms Coote was impressed with the initiative shown by the delegation and believed the "ingredients are all there" for a successful funding pitch.

"It was fantastic to see a community collectively working together to come up with an innovative solution to the respite issue," she said.

"Obviously money is extremely tight, but the dialogue has started and the ball is rolling."

Cr Menegazzo said the call would also go out to the federal government for capital funding.

Tina Polizzi, who has cared for her two disabled sons from birth into adulthood, welcomed the proposal.

The Werribee resident said the lack of a respite centre in Wyndham had made life enormously difficult.

"When my two boys were young I would have to drive to a respite service in Sunshine during the week just to get one night off for myself.

"But the traffic and the time spent travelling back and forth really just ate into that personal time, so it became hardly worth it. It was all very exhausting.

"People in Wyndham should have the expectation to have a facility-based respite service locally."