Healthy Change Challenge (HCC) is a fun, empowering, social and community engaging holistic health program for people with a disability and/or mental illness. Challengers learn to run, exercise, shop, cook and participate in mindfulness and meditation sessions in collaborative teams for each other and the general public.
HCC is making long-term improvements to lifestyle habits of the challengers by working in collaboration with parents, carers, friends as well as the best health and wellness professionals.
Lloyd Valentine is a former suit, having worked overseas in business, finance, operations and law before some serious health problems led him to take off almost three years from work. Whilst recovering, he started volunteering in the disability sector and was immediately drawn to the people, however he thought that the services could be run in a different way. Since then…
RPS is an international consultancy providing world-class local solutions in infrastructure, urban growth, energy, mining and natural resource management.
Tessa Boer-Mah is the Newcastle Cultural Heritage Manager for RPS – a lead consultancy firm providing local solutions in planning, environment and development. Bringing heritage alive is her primary motivator and she believes we have some especially rich history and archaeology in the Hunter region of which we should be proud. Having spent her early archaeological career…
Since 1953, Cutcher & Neale have helped countless clients to build and preserve their personal and business wealth.
Cutcher & Neale’s eight Partners each specialise in a specific area of service delivery, offering a wealth of knowledge and industry experience. With over 100 staff and nine divisions, Cutcher & Neale can provide you with all of your accounting and financial needs under one roof.
Hunter Leader | Nick Nancarrow As an Auditor for over 20 years, Nick Nancarrow began his career as a Trainee with Cutcher & Neale in 1996 and has since progressed to the role of Partner in 2017. His extensive experience has seen him work alongside boards and management within a diverse range of industries throughout…
Hunter New England Health (HNE Health) provides a range of public health services to the Hunter, New England and Lower Mid North Coast regions. Their vision is for healthy people - now and into the future.
Dr Natasha Perry is a passionate Senior Clinical and Health Psychologist with the Hunter New England Local Health District. In her role, she utilises her clinical experience and expertise to lead initiatives that aim to improve the quality of care for people accessing the health service. She is also a Conjoint Lecturer at the University…
Jon Webber is a Registered Architect and the Managing Director of Webber Architects. Jon grew up in Newcastle, surfing at Bar Beach and working as a bricklayer’s labourer and beach lifeguard in between studying Architecture at the University of Newcastle. Jon began his architectural career in Sydney before gaining further experience working and travelling overseas….
Umwelt is committed to delivering high quality environmental and social consulting services. The business has completed thousands of projects spanning, urban development, infrastructure, mining and quarrying and defence sectors, for private, state and commonwealth clients. It is a well-respected organisation, with a strong team of project managers and relevant technical experts, offering flexible services tailored to the individual needs of each client. Umwelt has a national focus, headquartered in the Hunter with offices located in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.
Tim Crosdale is a Group Manager at Umwelt, which provides a range of environmental and social consulting services across the mining, infrastructure, defence and urban development sectors. He has over 15 years’ experience working in town planning, environmental impact assessment, economic development and natural resource policy and strategy. Tim has a reputation as a focussed…
Money Links is an established and well-known provider of financial services for real estate and investment buyers with a fifteen year history. Money Links takes the pain of finance away by providing independent advice and guidance without hype.
Brenden Lowbridge is a property enthusiast and has been working in the property industry for a decade. After one year of property sales for a large private developer, he decided that property finance was his calling. He launched his career with a finance brokerage and started a university degree at the same time. Brenden is an…
Yogic Wisdom provides ancient wisdom for modern life through individual and group yoga classes, yoga therapy, Ayurveda consultations, spiritual direction, leadership coaching and corporate mindfulness programmes.
Owner Kym McDonald is the Hunter’s yoga expert. She has 17 years of experience with yoga and other healing modalities and is the NSW representative for industry body, Yoga Australia. Kym is also a workplace coach, mentor, trainer and assessor and previously worked in contact centre and customer relationship management. True to yoga’s spirit of service, Kym is the founder of the Karma Yoga Community, which supports 250 children daily at the Ashraya School and orphanage in Bangalore, India.
Kym Lakshmi McDonald turned to yoga almost 20 years ago as a business proposition and has become a leader in the industry locally and beyond. She owns the Yogic Wisdom studio at Boolaroo and is a NSW representative for industry body, Yoga Australia. Kym’s passionate about changing people’s misunderstanding of yoga as just a fitness class…
Merchant Business Brokers was founded by Ian Jones and Shane Fox with a view to establishing a superior business brokerage that delivers outstanding outcomes for people and businesses.
Ian and Shane are leading, multi award winning business brokers with over 30 years of combined experience in all aspects of business sales, franchise sales, mergers and acquisitions.
The aim of Merchant is simple - to connect buyers with sellers!
Shane Fox began business life holding management positions withinlargemultinational and national corporations throughout his early 20s and then found himself business brokering in 2003 after selling his very successful communications business. He is now the Co-founder of Merchant Business Brokers, with his business Partner Ian Jones. Launched in 2016, it is already an award-winning firm…
JettProof is the result of a passionate mother’s journey to help her family.
JettProof manufactures and sells unique specialised calming, sensory compression undergarments which have positively changed the lives of many children and adults living with autism, sensory processing disorder, ADHD and anxiety.
The businesswas created by Director Michelle Ebbin four years ago in Lake Macquarie and this year won four awards including Excellence in Branding and Marketing, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, as well as top honours as this year's Lake Macquarie Business of the Year.
JettProof is the result of a passionate mother’s journey to help her family, founded by Michelle Ebbin. JettProof manufactures and sells unique specialised calming, sensory compression undergarments which have positively changed the lives of many children and adults living with autism, sensory processing disorder, ADHD and anxiety. Michelle is passionate about helping other businesses and…