Our wonderful staff represented PCCS at two events recently. These were the Gold Coast Disability Expo on 17th-18th July and Sydney Disability Connections Expo on 1st-2nd of July. Hosted at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre and the International Convention Centre, PCCS was in good company as hundreds of other product and service providers…
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PCCS has won the inaugural Banksia Sustainability Award in the Health & Wellbeing category. The Banksia Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that believes in the power of social and environment impact through community engagement and sustainable businesses practices. Through the National Banksia Sustainability Awards, now in its 33rd year, it recognises and encourages sustainability excellence,…
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The Gold Coast has a new after-hours facility in Southport for adults experiencing mental health distress, when other mental health support services may not be open. The new Safe Space Hub at the Southport Health Precinct is part of the joint regional plan and crisis reform initiative for mental health, recognising that a hospital emergency…
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Our team were delighted to chat with so many locals of the greater Sydney metropolitan area at the expo and have been following up enquiries from each of you. Thanks for coming out to Sydney Olympic Park and please don’t hesitate to contact us for any further assistance in the meantime. The PCCS team look…
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COORDINARE has partnered with PCCS to deliver our Social Rx® program across South Eastern NSW. This program will assist people access supports to be at their best, physically and mentally. While Social Rx is described as a short-term program, its benefits are long lasting. Link workers help clients to improve the non-medical barriers affecting their…
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The PCCS team were pleased to meet so many Gold Coast locals at the expo and are focussed on following up enquiries from each of you. Thanks for coming out and please don’t hesitate to contact us for any further assistance in the meantime. We look forward to meeting our Sydney locals when the show…
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The Thriving Together pilot program will operate in South Grafton, NSW from 13 October 2020 for eight weeks. Centring around early childhood education and care, the program is based on a PCCS social prescribing framework and is designed to: Promote the benefit of early learning to families living in poverty Break down the barriers to…
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Photo above: (From left to right) Amira Vijayanayagam, Innovation Manager PCCS and Dr J.R. Baker, CEO at PCCS with Julian Leeser MP, Federal Member for Berowra celebrating PCCS’ Good Design Award. Local MP Julian Leeser, The Federal Member for Berowra, visited with not-for-profit Primary & Community Care Services (PCCS) this week where he learned about the many community support programs available to the public through their NDIS funded programs. Mr Leeser is passionate about…
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Primary and Community Care Services (PCCS’s) innovative programs, SKillness and Plus Social, have both been recognised as Good Design Award winners for 2020 in the Social Impact category. The SKillness campaign scored a second coveted Gold accolade in the Communication, Design, Branding and Identity category for its powerful Mental SKillness in the workplace campaign (co-created…
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A virtual art gallery is helping people socially connect while they are required to isolate from home. Kyle Wisniewski, Gold Coast Bulletin A VIRTUAL art gallery is helping people socially connect while they are required to isolate from home. Gold Coast organisation Primary and Community Care Services (PCCS) have taken their art exhibition ‘This is Us’…
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