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SHE calls herself an accidental educator. Meet Theresa Collignon, the CEO of Macquarie Community College (MCC), Western Sydney’s independent, not-for-profit community-based training provider and WEXPO exhibitor.  This year, the college celebrates 75 years of serving the community and it also marks 10 years of Theresa being at the helm of operations. With the College running […]

AN overwhelming response to the 2024 Blacktown City Council Women’s Forum delivered an enormous collection of strong ideas and connections to make the community more inclusive. More than 200 women attended the forum held last month at Bowman Hall, many of them community leaders who discussed solutions to a range of community issues. Notable speakers

WESTPAC has injected $63M to support female entrepreneurs, helping more than 350 women start or grow their business, since announcing a $500M commitment to back more female-led small businesses a year ago. The bank is also introducing the following new measures: “We know there’s a gap in the Australian market for start-up funding, particularly for

Over the past 12 months, Signarama Tuggerah has achieved significant sustainability milestones, catapulted by their groundbreaking sustainable signage project for the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) at the 2024 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris. Under the leadership of Director Melissa Marshall, Signarama Tuggerah — the Central Coast’s biggest signage and print manufacturing plant —

At Grace Village Early Learning Centre in Huntingwood they go “above and beyond” to cater for the children in their care. Which is, no doubt, why the centre has been rated as “Exceeding National Quality Standard” under the National Quality Framework. The National Quality Standard (NQS) sets a benchmark for the quality of children’s education and care services across

FINALISTS have been announced for the 2024 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards – the nation’s biggest celebration of women in small business. The only national awards program of its kind created specifically to shine a spotlight on the rising economic, cultural and social contributions of female-led small businesses – spanning all capital cities as