IDEAL Placements

Tonie and Melissa-Sue from IDEAL Placements attended the MADEC YESS Program and PTI open day in Mackay 🤝 This re-established our partnership, ensuring young people access vital support services 🌱🚀

As part of the are-able group IDEAL Placements came together with the wider group for National Reconciliation Week 2026 through our ‘All In Leaves of Country’ project.

Staff and participants from sites across the are-able group collected fallen native leaves from their local areas, decorated them, and acknowledged the Traditional Owners of the land where they live and work.

Each leaf represents a local place, a shared contribution and a commitment to reconciliation through learning, respect and action.

Together, the leaves have been brought into one artwork, showing that reconciliation is everyone’s responsibility, and that we are all in.

Thank you to every team, participant and site who contributed to this meaningful project.

IDEAL Placements supported the Walkabout Barber bus in Mackay for three powerful days. Over 360 services were delivered, creating a safe space for connection, dignity, and inclusion, fostering community and support.