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The only constant in life is change, and the more we train that resilience muscle, the less bumpy life will be. As we learn to weather life’s storms during COVID-19, IMPACT Community Services has compiled a list of our top five resilience tips. Read more
Welcome to Awkward Conversations – an IMPACT Community Services' initiative where we explore some of the challenging questions/issues happening in homes across the Bundaberg, Burnett and Discovery Coast regions. Today we start with an issue that affects so many; job opportunities for our youth. Read more
Self help and wellness gurus, even your mum or dad, have all been quick to offer advice on how to cope with the mental health pressures of COVID-19, but we would like to know what is getting you through and what isn't or didn't work. IMPACT Community Services have created this quick survey specifically for people in the Bundaberg region, feel free to add your own answer if its not listed, 3,2,1 lets go… Read more
When James Ellis decided to enrol in the CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community) course at IMPACT Community Services, he knew he'd made the right choice. James loves the industry he is preparing to enter, and it perfectly suits his caring nature. Read more
Sophie Hamann has two reasons to cheer at the minute. Having welcomed her daughter Acacia into the world on June 18, Sophie has also just graduated from IMPACT Community Services with a CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability). Read more
IMPACT Community Services has launched a new program to help people doing it tough during COVID. Covid Connect will assist struggling residents with changes brought on by coronavirus. Read more
Did you complete training with us in 2019? If so, you may be invited to participate in the National Student Outcomes Survey, Australia’s largest survey of VET students. Read more
IMPACT Community Services has programs that can help if you or someone you love is drinking too much during COVID-19. In her work, Intensive Family Support (IFS) Manager Melissa Clarke encounters people who consistently abuse substances, and she fears it has only gotten worse during current restrictions. Read more
Shift to on-line training a big hit with trainer at IMPACT Community Services Read more
IMPACT Community Services is helping bring back the serenity to a little corner of Bundaberg. Rob Alder is the course trainer who oversees those involved in IMPACT’s 22-week traineeship in Conservation Land Management. Read more
Owen Taylor might only be nine years old, but he’s a recycling role model for many others in the Bundaberg region. Owen has become a mini-entrepreneur with big plans for the recycling funds he’s earning as he cashes in on empty cans and containers. Read more
The hospitality industry has been one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, so why would anyone consider studying it now? IMPACT Community Services trainer Wendy Carter says it's because as the industry opens up to a new normal there's the possibility of job opportunities. Read more