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…
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 within large multinational 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…
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…
Employs is a trusted online marketplace where people find or post everyday tasks that need doing. They match people wanting work with people wanting tasks completed like gardening, handyman, cleaning, office administration, web design, deliveries, tutoring or anything else for a home or organisation.
Luke was born and bred in the Newcastle region. He grew up in Merewether and went through school in this region. He also studied at the University of Newcastle. Luke has a Bachelor Teaching/Bachelor Arts double degree and a Master of Education degree. As a current Lake Macquarie City Councillor and Lake Mac resident, he…
After discovering a need for a dry cleaner that offers more than simple washing services, Pride Dry Cleaning was established by Phil and Jennie Lyons in 2010. Since then Pride has grown into a proud Hunter business, providing dry cleaning services that go above and beyond for the community.
At Pride Dry Cleaning they offer a FREE pick-up delivery service throughout the Hunter and are the only NDIS registered dry cleaner in the region. With their contactless pick-up/drop off red box system, they are able to provide business 24/7 for their customers around the clock.
Pride Dry Cleaning provide a range of garment cleaning services on items such as – shoes, wedding dresses, everyday attire and anything in between! They even offer alterations and garment mending, for those well-loved clothes.
The business’ support for local organisations and for people on return to work programs saw it win the 2015 Drycleaning Institute of Australia’s Outstanding Community Service Award.
Locally owned and operated out of Islington, Pride Dry Cleaning make every effort to stand out from crowd. So instead of airing out your dirty laundry, why not let the Hunter’s favourite dry cleaners do it for you?
Jennie Lyons has made a big move from being an Executive Assistant to a business owner and board member. With her husband Phil, she bought the Hunter-based business, Pride Dry Cleaning and Laundry and has transformed it to an eco-friendly success story. Phil’s battle with cancer confined him to a wheelchair, but he and Jennie…
Knot est 2016 is more than hair, it is the culmination of a vision. The company strives to set the benchmark in the industry for professionalism, service quality and creativity through the use of high end products, proficient stylists and a relaxed and refined atmosphere.
Erin Fryer has been a hair stylist for 14 years, starting her apprenticeship right out of school. In 2016, she launched Knot, a hair salon where they strive to set the benchmark in the industry for professionalism, service quality and creativity through the use of high-end products, proficient stylists and a relaxed and refined atmosphere….
Founded in 2000, Solar Power Australia (SPA) is a wholly Australian owned and operated private company that has been providing renewable energy solutions for industry, businesses and the residential sector for over 17 years. Its focus is on educating people and businesses on what is possible and how to accomplish their green energy goals.
SPA created Australia’s first online solar store in 2001 which is operated under the trading name Solar Online Australia. The online store gives customers and researchers easy access to renewable energy products, specifications and pricing.
SPA has also spent the past 5 years designing and developing a High Performance Lithium Battery and designs and builds electrical vehicles and systems for race and recreational applications.
Brett is an Electrician, Electrical Engineer and a CEC Accredited Solar Power Installer. After working for many years as an Electrician and then in radio telemetry, Brett discovered an avid interest in solar power and went on to establish Solar Power Australia (SPA). Solar Power Australia is an Australian owned and operated company offering customised…
Anytime Fitness is a 24-hour health and fitness club. The company operates over 3,000 franchised locations in 20 countries. The gym facilities are open 24 hours a day, 365 days out of the year.
Steve Rollings is the Proprietor of ten Anytime Fitness gyms throughout the Hunter region. He was at the forefront of the franchise expansion, opening the first Australian outlet in Muswellbrook in 2008. His experience as an entrepreneur has been embedded as a franchisee, having previously owned five Eagle Boys franchises in the Upper Hunter. However,…
McElwaine Estate Agents is one of the leading property marketers in the Hunter Valley. Based in East Maitland, the business offers a team of top agents and a world-class approach to property sales built on creativity, innovation, negotiation and local knowledge.
Natasha McElwaine is a highly sought after Real Estate Agent in the Hunter region, having completed the transaction of over 900 luxury rural and urban property sales over the past two decades. While a lifetime of interest in property inspired her, Natasha cultivated her passion and expertise in real estate in an international setting, playing…