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Category: Excellence in Small Business
Winner: Sunrise Supported Living owned by Paul Greenup and Peter Leschke.
Fairfax Media: How long has your business been operating?
SSL: Sunrise Supported Living has been operating in Forster/Tuncurry for five years now.
FM: What is the purpose of your business?
SSL: We provide a fabulous alternative to traditional aged care.
Our residents live in their own villa unit in a secure village setting. Our villa units are just like those in a retirement village and they are set-up for completely independent living.
The big difference is that we also provide all the services that you would expect to find in a ‘traditional’ nursing home.
Our residents choose the services that they would like to receive.
We can even access Government funded care packages for our residents and our own staff can provide those services at a time that suits our residents.
FM: What does this nomination mean to you and your business?
SSL: It is a wonderful recognition and acknowledgement of the excellent job that our management and care teams are doing in the village. We are blessed to have such a dedicated and committed team
FM: How many staff members do you have and what do they do?
SSL: We have 16 people on site. They all do an amazing job!
FM: What is the secret to your success?
In one word - ‘love’. Our staff really do extend an incredibly genuine feeling of warmth and caring to all our residents, whether they require care or not. There is a lovely welcoming feel to the village.
FM: What are the future directions or goals for your business?
We are very excited about the future. We have recently had Council approval for a 39 unit extension to the village.
We will be starting building work within a month or so and the new units and the new community lounge will be completed before Christmas.
For further information about Sunrise Supported Living go to their website here