Our Community, Our Stories

IMPACT Community Services is once again running the popular Skillsets for Successful Tenancies – Dollars and Sense course. If you're looking to get a foot in the door in the current rental market, this could be just the ticket.

Queensland Mental Health week is a great opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of mental health. As a workplace, IMPACT Community Services values the mental health and wellbeing of our people. Managing Director shares her thoughts on how everyone can improve their self care.

Welcome to the latest instalment in our Awkward Conversations series. Awkward Conversations is an IMPACT Community Services' initiative where we explore some of the challenging issues happening in homes across the region. Today we look at how mental health can affect a relationship and how we can manage the conversation around it.

IMPACT Community Services’ new Team Leader for Positive Start parenting Lesley Allen knows she has found her dream job.

Welcome to Managing Director Tanya O'Shea's weekly column where she discusses significant issues affecting the region and how IMPACT is working hard behind the scenes to help people reach their potential.

With a background in marketing and disability services, as well as formerly being a carer, it’s safe to say Scott Torcetti is well and truly qualified for his new role as Disabilities Manager at IMPACT Community Services.
Scott grew up having a brother with spina bifida and mental deficits which allows him to connect with NDIS participants with a lived understanding of the challenges they face.

Reeanna Luxton has always been passionate about helping people with disabilities and now she is bringing her expertise to those who need it. Thanks to recommendations from friends, Reeanna recently completed the CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability) at IMPACT Community Services (RTO Code 0115) and is now working her dream job.

Welcome to the latest instalment in our Awkward Conversations series. Awkward Conversations is an IMPACT Community Services' initiative where we explore some of the challenging issues happening in homes across the region. Today we look at a mental health scenario and the thought that can sometimes cross our minds: "What's the point?"

IMPACT Community Services is in the business of improving the lives of people in the Bundaberg community. We are change-makers, forward thinkers and here to support people in need. Here are five people whose lives have been changed for the better thanks to a partnership with the dedicated support workers and trainers who work at IMPACT.

Today, R U OK? Day and World Suicide Prevention Day both fall within Child Protection Week. Here at IMPACT Community Services we thought it fitting to speak with our Intensive Family Support unit to identify when someone might need assistance and how they can go about seeking that help.

IMPACT Community Services MD Tanya O'Shea will tomorrow speak at CQUniversity’s Festival of Change where she will discuss the conception of one of the organisation’s social enterprises. The festival is a learning opportunity facilitated by CQUniversity’s Office of Social Innovation and runs from August 31 through to September 18.

Over $7 million has been injected into the local community after the 70 millionth eligible container was returned through the Containers for Change scheme in the Bundaberg area last week. Bundaberg’s four Container Refund Points (CRPs) have been providing locals with 10 cent refunds on eligible containers as part of the Containers for Change scheme, driving the $7 million back to individuals, charities and community groups.

Young children are innocent, honest and easily influenced. That’s why it’s so important to protect our future leaders from harm, abuse and neglect. Next week, from September 6 to 12, IMPACT Community Services will light up their windows to raise awareness for Child Protection Week. One of IMPACT’s valued programs, Cooee, started as an arts and crafts class for NDIS participants and people with mental health concerns. The groups now tend to focus on specific causes to raise public awareness.

Julia Cole was facing a career change with a little trepidation, but after signing up at IMPACT Community Services, all her fears were laid to rest. After being made redundant at her former job, Julia took the news as an opportunity to further her education and enter a new field in Aged Care.

Welcome to the latest instalment in our Awkward Conversations series. Awkward Conversations is an IMPACT Community Services' initiative where we explore some of the challenging issues happening in homes across the region. Today we look at how to get back out into social life after the passing of a long-time partner.