Teamwork in full bloom! The new Construction SQW trainees have already built their first project 2 weeks in. Take a look at these wonderful planter boxes made out of spare materials, hand crafted, sanded and ready to go. Have a look at our current traineeships for Construction here at yourtown! 🏗️👷 #Teamwork #Community #Construction #Training #yourtownsocialenterprise
yourtown social enterprise
Non-profit Organizations
Kingston, Queensland 282 followers
Empowering youth with on-the-job training and employment opportunities for a brighter future
About us
Since 2000, yourtown social enterprises have provided training and employment in a range of trade and business services to provide meaningful employment opportunities for young people between the ages of 16 - 24. We provide fee-for-service work in trades and business services for a range of leading contractors across Australia. Some of the services we offer include: 🌳 Grounds Maintenance, Landscaping, Horticulture, Council Park Clean-Up, and Residential Gardens. 🏗️ Construction, Fencing, Home Builds, and Modifications. 💻 Marketing Services, Website Building, Video Editing, Admin, and Event Management. 🧹 Commercial Cleaning in Western Sydney Since 2000, we have provided paid employment and training for over 4,000 young people experiencing unemployment. We help young people that are experiencing significant disadvantage and face barriers to engagement with the community, learning and work. This may include people that are: * at risk or experiencing long-term unemployment * people transitioning from out-of-home-care * young social housing tenants * young Indigenous people * early school leavers * following release from youth detention
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https://www.yourtown.com.au/our-services/social-enterprises
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- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Kingston, Queensland
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2000
- Specialties
- grounds maintenance, cleaning, fencing, construction, digital marketing, events management, youth employment, social enterprise, business services, landscaping, conservation, horticulture, trades, traineeships, home modifications, renovations, video editing, website building, event co-ordination, and outsourced admin
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47 Mary St
Kingston, Queensland 4114, AU
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84 Jetty Rd
Old Beach, Tasmania 7017, AU
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22 Palina Ct
Smithfield, South Australia 5114, AU
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3 Warrior Pl
St Marys, New South Wales 2760, AU
Employees at yourtown social enterprise
Updates
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At yourtown social enterprise, every project is a chance to learn, grow, and take pride in our work. Our construction team have been busy with a big clean-up to keep our site looking its best! 🌳✅ #yourtownsocialenterprise #backyardcleanup #newdaynewyard #teamwork
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The first few weeks at a new job can be tough. These yourtown trainees are proving they’ve got what it takes. Watch the video to hear what they’ve learned, what motivated them and what's next. 🔨👷♀️ #progress #careergrowth #construction #TradieTrainee #yourtowntraineeship #yourtownsocialenterprise
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The digi team are excited to share a first look at our new Kids Helpline @ School video project. This initiative aims to make the whole process of calling for help easy, simple and not scary (even if it feels like it). We can’t wait to share more as the project continues to take shape. #KidsHelplineAtSchool #yourtownsocialenterprise #VideoProject #BehindTheScenes #Storyboard #CreativeTeam #DigiAdmin #YouthSupport #MakingADifference
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We moved! 🚚🏠 yourtown social enterprise and the team are happy to share that we've moved from Kingston to Sunnybank Hills, Queensland. We're loving our new home and looking forward to getting to know our local community. #yourtown #socialenterprise #newbeginnings #community
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Hear it from the trainees! As a yourtown trainee you are fully supported with skilled staff and youth workers at the ready. If it matters to you, it matters to us. #supportyourfuture #teamwork #youth #futureskills #yourtown #socialenterprise #trainee
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Here's a big yourtown warm welcome to our new trainees in the Bundaberg Digital Admin team and their Trainer Sammy! We’re looking forward to the journey ahead. ✨ #yourtown #SocialEnterprise #NewJourney #FirstDay #trainee #DigitalAdmin #SQWtraineeship
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Collaboration, creativity, and community — Bryce and the Sunnybank Hills construction team bringing our yourtown values to life while crafting a new table for everyone to enjoy. 🌿 #construction #constructionjobs #buildyourfuture #yourtownsocialenterprise #yourtown
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👏 Celebrating Milestones 👏 Please join us in congratulating Sarai on an incredible 28 years of dedication and service to yourtown Social Enterprise! Her commitment, hard work, and passion have helped shape countless lives and made a lasting impact in our communities. From creating opportunities for young people to driving innovation in our social enterprise programs, Pete and Sarai truly embody the heart of what we do. We are so grateful to have had you as part of the yourtown family. Thank you for everything 💛 . . . #yourtown #SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact #CommunityImpact #businessforgood
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Thank you KARAKAN LTD for allowing us to share a bit about our social enterprise programs on your podcast. Check it out below 👇
NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🎙️ We’re excited to welcome special guests from Brisbane City - Rob, Enterprise Program Trainer, and Rachel Whitworth, Business Development Manager from yourtown! They give us a behind-the-scenes look at the amazing work of the Enterprise Program, creating real employment pathways for young people. Then stay tuned as Byron and Cherish share heartfelt insights on mental health, wellbeing, and their aspirations for the future 🌱 Hit play now on YouTube - https://lnkd.in/gEmJrwqa Let’s show them some love and support in the comments ❤️ #Yourtown #EnterpriseProgram #CommunityVoices #MentalHealthMatters #KarakanKulturalCurrentsPodcast #YouthEmpowerment #Karakan
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