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Gumnut Place is a registered Australian Disability Enterprise and provides meaningful supported employment opportunities for up to 20 people with disabilities in the South Burnett.

Australian Disability Enterprises receive limited funding and support from FaHCSIA to recognise their additional operating costs such as employing staff to support their employees with a disability however it should be known that Gumnut Place must generate sufficient income from its enterprises to remain viable.

The Gumnut Place has 4 main enterprises including:

1. Wood Workshop - which manufactures a range of products including fumigated hardwood timber pallets suitable for export purposes under contract to the local tannery and blasting and survey pegs to the local coal mine. Also indoor and outdoor timber furniture is made to order.
2. Commercial Kitchen - which supplies local businesses, schools and day care facilities with a large selection of cakes, slices and biscuits and is also supplying several non government facilities with hot food and meals made to order. Our kitchen also caters for functions and special events such as training sessions and works closely with the local Cherbourg Community providing catering.
3. Trophy and Engraving service – which supplies a varied list of customers from businesses, sporting organisations, voluntary groups and provides an extensive range of medallions, shields and trophies. We also offer personalised engraving services.
4. Industrial Laundry – this is a relatively new service and is done in partnership with Thiess.

We are contracted to launder the uniforms for the Thiess staff and would like to acknowledge the very generous donation from the Tarong Energy Community Partnership Fund towards the procurement and installation of the equipment required to commence this service. The Gumnut Place also offers other services including domestic ironing and secure document destruction service. There are over 600 Australian Disability Enterprises Australia-wide, providing real work for more than 20,000 people with disability in a supported environment.

Employees of Australian Disability Enterprises enjoy the same working conditions as those in the general workforce. SBCTC strongly supports the ethos that purchasing from an Australian Disability Enterprise is more than just good business and would encourage everybody who can utilise any of the above-listed services to contact Gumnut Place.