Customised Employment: Redefining work to bring out the best in people and business
🌟 Discover the power of Customized Employment! 🌟 In a recent podcast episode, Ricky delved into the concept of customized employment—a game-changer in creating inclusive workplaces for individuals with significant disabilities. Learn practical steps for implementation, success stories from North Queensland, and upcoming resources to revolutionize your organization’s approach to talent acquisition and inclusivity.  Ricky […]
Teaching Kids Financial Savvy: A Conversation with Laura Carcary of My Money Means
Laura Carcary, founder of My Money Means. Laura teaches children all about money. She have developed some resources for children and families to use to help them teach children all about money.  Laura is a qualified accountant and primary school teacher and believes learning about money is an essential skill needed in life. Starting […]
Kate Pearce . From Nurse to Nutritionist: Nourishing Lives through Proper Nutrition and Food Choices
Kate Pearce, founder of Nutrition Queensland and Healthy Little Eaters, has a unique story. With over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, Kate decided to pursue further studies to become a registered nutritionist. Her passion for understanding the effects of food on our bodies led her to create Healthy Little Eaters, a pioneering […]
Luke Harlen . The Wellbeing Trainer . Improving Your Mental Fitness, Inspired by Pro Athlete Resources
On todays episode I am joined by Luke Harlen from The Wellbeing Trainer The Wellbeing Trainer helps individuals and companies grow their wellbeing muscles so they can be proactive with their mental health and get mentally fit. He likes to think of himself similiar a coach or trainer at the gym, except Luke helps people […]
A Snapshot of Certified Social Enterprise Towards Better
On this short episode, we have Ricky Esterquest, Founder & Principal Community Development Worker at Towards Better sharing a bit about his Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise including: An Intro from QLD Social Enterprise ‘QSEC Stories’ in 2022Their impact modelTheir mission and visionWho they work alongsideA snapshot of the impact they measure To find out […]
A Valued Tech role with LiteHaus International
A Valued Tech Role with LiteHaus International LiteHaus International & Towards Better bridging the Digital Divide Published:27 September 2021  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/litehaus-international_meet-flyn-volunteering-his-time-on-fridays-activity-6848173508950945792-bFQP Meet Flyn! Volunteering his time on Fridays, he has refurbished over 150 digital devices for students in need so far. In three weeks’ time, 40 of those devices will be handed over to future […]
Opportunities to work for Towards Better
Community Development Workers & Job Mentors Towards Better is always looking to welcome a new Community Development Workers or Job Mentors to our team!  Towards Better is a Certified social enterprise Addressing the lack of people with disabilities with valued social roles in everyday community life by discovering talented individuals with a disability and […]
BDMag Article: “Training Course Aims to Create Inclusive Workforce”
Training Course Aims to Create Inclusive Workforce February 28,2021 Townsville-based boutique disability consulting and training organisation, Towards Better, is preparing to launch a three-week Social Role Valorisation (SRV) training series aimed to foster inclusive workforces that when offering the right development opportunities, have the potential to harness the unique skills of a currently untapped market of […]
100 Online Opportunities Townsville
100 Online Opportunities Townsville This list was collated by Local Level Alliance Facilitator, Tiffany Stubbin (). Information was collected from Facebook and MeetUp. Looking for SupportNQ Heart Families – This is a Townsville based Facebook group of parents/family members affected by Congenital Heart Defects/Childhood Heart Disease. This group was created out of the need to […]