Congratulations to the SC Business Awards Winners
Congratulations to all the winners, finalists and entrants of the 2021 Sunshine Coast Business Awards.
Lavender Co. was nominated in the Health and Wellness category alongside some outstanding Sunshine Coast businesses. Including winners sunny street and stymie who both do amazing work in this category. What an honour it was to be recognised along side such inspiring businesses.
Sunshine Coast Business Awards Chair Jennifer Swaine said the celebration attended by more than 850 of the Coast’s business community was very special and showcased world-class local talent both in terms of business and entertainment.
Overall, there were 29 category winners including large and small businesses announced across 16 categories, two Hall of Fame inductees as well as the overall business of the year.
Mrs Swaine said the application and judging process was rigorous with judges reading more than 1 million words as part of the applications, prior to panel interviews, before all applications were scored, and winners awarded.
“We couldn’t provide such a high-calibre of Awards without our cohort of experienced judges, so we are very grateful to all of them,” Mrs Swaine said.
“We would also like to thank the 187 businesses who entered this year and our 131 finalists. This year’s entries were again of a very high calibre, which reflects the diversity, depth, and strength of the Sunshine Coast business community, particularly given the effects of Covid-19 over the past two years.
“We would also like to thank our sponsors for their strong support. Without them, the Awards would not be as strong as they are, and we would not be able to acknowledge and celebrate our region’s successes.
To find out more about the Awards, Nominees and winners you can visit the SCBA website here.
HEALTH & WELLNESS : SMALL BUSINESS WINNER
STYMIE
It takes courage to say something.
Stymie empowers young people to ask for help when they need support, or if they are seeing or experiencing harm.
Stymie provides online reporting for schools. Encrypted, anonymous notifications are delivered within seconds to authorised recipients, who respond according to their wellbeing framework. The notification provides the option to include screenshots or images that validate the notification.
Suicide ideation, discrimination, anxiety, depression, bullying, self-harm, physical fights, sexual assault, family violence and illegal activity are reported using Stymie.
Our purpose is to support psychological safety by empowering young people with the self-belief that they can #saysomething on behalf of themselves or as a bystander for someone else.
FIND OUT MORE at about.stymie.com.au
HEALTH & WELLNESS : LARGE BUSINESS WINNER
SUNNY Street
“Our mission is to provide healthcare for those experiencing homelessness and vulnerability.”
Sunny Street is a mobile volunteer medical outreach service designed specifically for those who are experiencing homelessness and vulnerability and have barriers accessing health care. This can be one of the most trying and confronting times for someone in this situation.
FIND OUT MORE at sunnystreet.org.
