NEWS
Home grown businesses A diverse range of successful businesses have been nominated for this year’s Casey Cardinia Business Awards. Each week in the lead-up to the gala presentation dinner on 18 October, the News will profile the nominees in each category. This week we look at the nominees for the Home-based Business Award. Tour Local A home based, family run company, Tour Local has grown over the past 10 years from a seniors focused business, into a thriving, multi dimensional, tour and charter company. “We pride ourselves on allowing people of all ages and abilities to be able to travel overseas, interstate, as well as within our own back yard, all whilst providing a level of service and care that comes from travelling ’with the family’,“ said founder Joanne Staindl. Panku Panku is an Indigenous business specialising in first aid and mental health first aid training as well as supplies for first aid, PPE, safety, work wear and environmental spill control
equipment. “We aim to give our clients confidence in a crisis with reliable training and equipment as well as providing a greater ROI with our social impact initiatives,“ said a spokesperson. The Auslan Company The Auslan Company is the only non-government and deaf owned Auslan Training Organisation in Victoria. “We are the only organisation that runs The Auslan Program Incursion in childcare centres and kindergartens,“ said founder Darren Roberts. “We also teach NDIS-funded families private Auslan one on one or small family group Auslan tuition so that families can learn to communicate with their deaf or hard of hearing baby or young child in Auslan. “We also teach Auslan LOTE in primary schools, offer community six week Auslan Beginner and Intermediate level courses as well as provide Auslan in the Workplace and Deaf Cultural Awareness Training.“
Founder of The Auslan Company Darren Roberts is congratulated by Cardinia mayor Graeme Moore and Casey mayor Amanda Stapledon. 196164
Tour Local founder Joanne Staindl with Cardiina mayor Graeme Moore and Casey mayor Amanda Stapledon. 196164
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Thursday, 12 September, 2019
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