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Centacare Employment Group green army helping Scouts rebuild

Centacare's Scouts Rebuild participants enjoy a thank you lunch with Scouts Australia Moreton Region Commissioner Ken Millers (front), Ipswich Councillor Paul Tully and State Member for Bundamba Jo Ann Miller

Piping-hot pizzas and ice-cold refreshments were lunchtime treats for a working party supported by Centacare Employment Group which is repairing the flood damaged Goodna Scouts Group site.

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Centacare Employment Group turning the job tide on disability

Job match: Gold Coast City Council employees (left) Jake Pitt and Tony Tully with Janet Harradine from council's Technical Services Branch

Compared to people with average eyesight, the vision impaired have a 500 percent greater chance of being unemployed, which can also mean social isolation, poverty and loss of self-belief.

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Centacare's Merry Hearts group changing attitudes

Turning one: Merry Hearts Choir, accompanied by service manager Jenny Totterdell (left), provides musical entertainment at North East Community Care's Christmas party

One year ago the Merry Hearts Choir of Centacare's North East Community Care (NECC), Northgate, made their singing debut and proudly lived their motto that "everybody can do something".

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Centacare Employment Group supporting Australia's shoe shine revolution

Chuffed to be buffed: Rick Pass, one of Brisbane's inaugural shoe shine franchisees

The job search of Centacare Employment Group client Rick Pass has ended to his amazement only a stone's throw from the heady world of corporate high-flyers.

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