Leanne Rudd - Chair

Owner of The Money Edge, I provide professional financial services and business advisory services to small and medium size businesses.

I am a Fellow member of CPA Australia and a member and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

I am a registered tax agent and hold an Australian Financial Service's License.

For the past 26 years I have been assisting business owners with growing their business and taking care of their financial affairs.

I am passionate about the work I do with my clients and love to find innovative solutions to help empower them to find the best outcomes personally and for their business.

I grew up in the Burnett region and have lived in Bundaberg for 27 years.

I am excited to be part of the Board of IMPACT to help support the amazing work they do for our local community.

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CVS volunteer visits keep Dawn active and learning

Staying engaged and mobile are two pivotal keys to growing older happily. Thanks to IMPACT Community Services’ Community Visitors Scheme, Dawn Fleming gets to do both. Dawn has been reaping the rewards of IMPACT’s CVS program for about three months now and is very happy with the companionship.
NDIS participant Mannan thrives in Rob's Shed

IMPACT Community Services has been providing disability support to the Bundaberg community for 20 years with a mental health and goals-oriented focus. The programs provided have changed with time and continue to grow with feedback from IMPACT’s NDIS and disability participants. Arguably the most popular service at IMPACT, Rob’s Shed invites NDIS participants into the building and construction environment.
STRONGER TOGETHER: IMPACT Community Choir sings for joy

For 20 years IMPACT has offered disability services to the Bundaberg community, and we are thrilled to see the return of our Community Choir after it was put on hold due to COVID restrictions. On March 17 we will hold our first choir group since February last year.
TJ is ready to help you find a job with Transition to Work

IMPACT Community Services' Transition to Work team has a brand new member who is ready to hit the ground running and help Bundaberg's youth find their path to employment. Tamara Davis, who prefers to be known as TJ, is IMPACT’s newest Youth Transition Coach and is keen to help Bundy’s unemployed youth find work.

Neil McPhillips - Deputy Chair
Dr Talitha Best - Secretary
Vanessa Fryer - Treasurer
Professor Helen Huntly - Director
Martin Barrett - Director
Tanya O'Shea - Managing Director

Master in Business Administration (Human Resource Management), Masters in Mental Health Practice, Bachelor of Psychology (Hons), GAICD

Chris finds a new career and a new lease on life

When Chris Burns was made redundant at his last job, little did he know that learning how to make coffee would help make him a better person. Chris is one of the current students at IMPACT Community Services' SIT30616 Certificate III in Hospitality course, and he's been far more grateful for the opportunities it has presented him than he realised when he first signed up.
How IMPACT nurse is coping with COVID-19 after having first baby

IMPACT community nurse shares her experience having her a baby in these COVID-19 times. Emma Krampera says the support from her "work family" has been amazing and comforting as she deals with the COVID-19 enforced restrictions.
Lesley finds her dream job

IMPACT Community Services’ new Team Leader for Positive Start parenting Lesley Allen knows she has found her dream job.
Carrying on her mother’s caring legacy through CVS

Dael Giddins has a long history of serving her community, so it was no surprise to anyone when she decided to sign up as a volunteer in IMPACT Community Services' Community Visitor Scheme. But Dael was in for a surprise when she learned that her mother was the very first IMPACT CVS volunteer in Gayndah. She signed up in 2002 and visited Gayndah's elderly residents for 10 years.
IMPACT staff help couple who lost $500

WORKERS at IMPACT Community Service’s Material Recycling Centre and Bundaberg Regional Council officers have come to the aid of a distraught retired couple who thought they’d lost $500. The money was placed in an old phone book for “safekeeping”. However, the book was later put into the recycling bin with the couple realising what had happened after their bin had been collected.
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IMPACT's Sharmaine adjusts to new normal working from home

Sharmaine Gernhoefer has noticed a few advantages to working from home, one of which is the absence of distractions of a normal office environment. People walking in and out, phone conversations taking place at the next table and staff members talking to each other were all part of normal life for the IMPACT Community Services’ family mental health support worker. But not these days.
Tammy brings colour to world of volunteering

Tammy Bentley is bringing life and colour to elderly residents in IMPACT’s Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) through her talents as a colourist.
Marina shares recipe to a healthier you through COVID-19

IMPACT Community Health Service launches new health program for Discovery Coast residents during COVID-19. Engage in U will help get people moving and eating well.
EXPLAINED: How to work on your employability skills while stuck at home

A team leader at IMPACT Community Services who supports young people who are out of work has shared her key messages to help those struggling through COVID-19. IMPACT’s Transition to Work Leader Laura Bray said there was a range of things people could do to work on their employability skills at home.