Sunshine Coast Business Awards 2021
The Sunshine Coast’s longest established business awards have been celebrating business success since 1995 and have been managed by the Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance since 2018 – bringing a stronger, region-wide focus to the prestigious awards.
As a proud sponsor of The Sunshine Coast Business Awards, and more specifically the Social Impact Category, ADFX would like to take this opportunity to feature all the amazing businesses that are finalists of this category.
We have included contact details for each group for anyone who may be in need of any of these services or for anyone who would like to contribute to the business and their cause.
Coast2Bay Housing Group
Coast2Bay Housing Group is an independent, not-for-profit company committed to providing affordable safe and appropriate homes to individuals and families throughout the Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Moreton Bay, Redcliffe and Gympie regions.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5451 2900
Email: admin@coast2bay.com.au
Daniel Morcombe Foundation – Daniel house
Daniel House is a lasting legacy to Daniel Morcombe and is the National Office of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation and a counselling centre for young victims of crime.
Contact:
Phone: 0420 300 737
Email: tracey@danielmorcombe.com.au
Destiny Rescue
Our mission is to rescue children from sexual exploitation and human trafficking and help them stay free.
Contact:
Phone: 1300 738 761
Email: admin@destinyrescue.org
EATS
We are a social enterprise focused on empowering at-risk youth out of generational poverty through education, opportunity and kindness. We create MEALS THAT MATTER.
Contact:
Phone: 0402 439 009
Email: hello@eats.restaurant
endED
The endED support network aims to nurture a community where ED becomes a stranger and your loved ones return to their healthy self. Through family/carer and recovery groups, peer support and lived experience mentoring, coaching, community awareness initiatives, educational and holistic programs, the goal of endED is to be in a position to provide a solid support network for all people affected by ED – the sufferer and the family/carers.
Contact:
Phone: 0407 592 932
Email: info@ended.org.au
Food and Agribusiness Network
Established by the industry for the industry, FAN is a not-for-profit food industry cluster that has been operating for five years. FAN aims to grow the industry by creating an ecosystem that supports collaboration, accelerates innovation and drives trade locally and globally.
Contact:
Email: info@foodagribusiness.org.au
GATEWAY CARE
Gateway Care is a community resource centre for individuals that share our vision to build a better community, providing programs and services that bring people together to alleviate hardship.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5458 6888
Email: amanda@gatewaycare.org.au
Go For Zero
Go For Zero is more than a low waste and toxin-free store. We are a community of like-minded people that are not willing to compromise their health nor their planet. It is our mission is to educate and motivate people to make positive changes. We are honest, we are mad researchers, and we deliver on our promises.
Contact:
Email: Lauren@goforzero.com.au
Integrated Disability Support Services
By listening to the community, responding to individual needs and empowering success by working hard to reduce the stigma attached to members of our communities with a disability.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5313 4986
Email: admin@integratedsupport.org.au
Parent to Parent (P2P
For 21 years P2P has been at the forefront of making change with and for people with disabilities and their families in QLD. Even with the introduction of the NDIS, there is still much to champion for, and issues and ideas from our communities need representation.
Contact:
Phone: 1800 777 723
Email: info@p2pqld.org.au
Purpose Real Estate
We use our profits to create change. Our profits are directed to our parent company, Coast2Bay Housing Group, where they are used to fund new housing for people affected by domestic & family violence and the housing affordability crisis. When you work with Purpose Real Estate, you don’t just get a fantastic real estate agency. You also help to make a difference in the community.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5451 2999
Email: admin@purposerealestate.com.au
Queensland Air Museum
Queensland Air Museum offers a unique experience for Sunshine Coast tourists who are seeking a cultural and historic tourism experience with a broad appeal to all ages and backgrounds. Our offering is unique; there are not many museums that allow visitors to get up this close and personal to displays.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5492 5930
Email: admin@qam.com.au
STEPS Group Australia
STEPS Group Australia is a national not for profit organisation passionate about making a difference by providing opportunities for individuals and communities to shine. We do this by providing training, employment, and community services that teach people real skills that can help them achieve their goals and aspirations in the real world.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5458 3000
Suncare Community Service
The heart and soul of Suncare’s business model is providing innovative and personalised in-home care, allied health and clinical services. Our goal is to enable you to live life your way.
Contact:
Phone: 1800 786 227
Email: info@suncare.org.au
Suncoast Community Legal Service Inc.
The Suncoast Community Legal Service Inc. is a professional and viable organisation working collaboratively within the expanding Sunshine Coast community to provide accessible legal services to those in need.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5376 7800
Suncoast Spinners Wheelchair Basketball Inc.
We are a social wheelchair sport club on the Sunshine Coast, 50 minutes north of Brisbane which caters for physically disabled and able-bodied athletes in the sport of Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby.
Contact:
Email: info@suncoastspinners.com.au
Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience – Thompson Institute
A world-class facility for mental health and neurological research, teaching, advocacy and clinical services.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5430 1191
Email: thompsoninstitute@usc.edu.au
Tewantin Noosa RSL
Giving back to the community in grand proportions has become a hallmark of the Tewantin Noosa RSL & Citizens Memorial Club.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5447 1766
The Bottle Community
Bottle & Can Recycling Centre in Warana.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5337 8711
Youturn
Youturn Youth Support commenced providing services in 1989 to help youth homelessness in the Noosa Region. While over the following 30 years our organization has grown, branching into other important community services and expanding our geographic reach, young people remain at the heart of everything that we do.
Contact:
Phone: (07) 5442 4277
Email: reception@youturn.org.au