Our Story
CTC’s story began in 1983, supporting unemployed youth with job search and life skills training by volunteers. After incorporation, we progressed into other Youth Support Services, the SkillShare Program and JobNetwork employment services. This is the time when we were known as a Community Training Centre. Our key mission has been to identify and advocate to close gaps in service delivery across the South Burnett, which over time has seen an evolution of CTC and a diversification in the programs and supports offered. Some of the key milestones for continuing services were:
1996
Fusion Youth Services
2001
Youth Hostel
2002
CROSB House Disability
Respite Service
2004
Murgon/Cherbourg
Reconnect Program
2006
Foster and Kinship Care
Support Services
2007
The Gumnut Place
2008
Emergency Relief Program
2009
Residential Care
for Young People
2009
Wondin-dee Domestic Violence
Counselling Service and
Safe Haven Program
2012
Student Welfare Workers
in local partner schools
2015
Family and Child Connect
and Intensive Family Support
2016
South Burnett Domestic and
Family Violence Services
2018
Heritage Lodge
Disability Housing
2018
NDIS Frontline Support,
Support Coordination and
Plan Management Services
2019
Money Management and
Youth Connector Programs
2020
Next Step Plus Program
This growth has been at the request of our clients, community and funding bodies. Many of these services were areas we had never been part of before, but there was a need and an invitation or request from community to be involved.
We have had a physical presence in Kingaroy since 1983, Murgon since 2004 and Wondai since 2006.
While the CTC name continues, the work we do and role we play in the South Burnett has changed. In 2023, while celebrating 40 years of CTC, we launch our new meaning to “CTC” Contributing to Community.
Contributing to Community comes from CTC’s objects to support and develop the most disadvantaged or marginalised in society to participate to their full capacity in community. We will contribute by supporting, advocating and delivering services and programs that make a genuine difference with compassion, integrity and transparency. We can’t do it for people, but we will work in
collaboration with others and walk alongside people on their journey to make the South Burnett the best it can be for all community members.
