Investing back into the community
Excelling in employment, training and community
In 2000 NORTEC (formerly TTEC Enterprises and BETC) formally established a Community Investment Program through which the Company reinvests its profits back into the Community.
Projects have included: Volunteering:
- Investment of over $30,000 in 2000 into a Volunteering Research Project which has now led to the establishment of Volunteering Tweed as an agency linking Tweed Shire Volunteers with Volunteering opportunities in the community.
- Subsidisation of Volunteering Tweed (now NORTEC Volunteering) over the period of 2001-2007 - approx $240,000.
Youth Services:
- Subsidisation of Youth Enterprise Service over the period of 2001-2007 - $172,000, currently investing approximately $40,000 and $50,000 per year into bettering our youth program delivery.
Other:
- Investment in 2001 of $20,000 into the Murwillumbah Community Support Scheme to establish a Volunteer Co-ordinators position and $10,000 maintenance towards same in 2002 and 2003.
Donations and Sponsorships
Recent Donations:
2007
2006
- $4,000 Fingal Rovers Volunteer Surf Lifesaving
- $3,000 PCYC Tweed Heads
- $4,000 Cancer Council NSW
2005
- $8,625 to Murwillumbah and Tweed Hospitals
Sponsorships:
2006 & 2007
- TAFE Outreach Courses, provision of venue and transport
- Tweed Youth 3F Funky Film Festival (part of 2006 Youth Week)
- Autism Info Community Trivia Night Fundraiser (2006)
- Autism Info Indoor Bowls Tournament Fundraiser (2007)
- Gold Sponsors of the Tweed Business Excellence Awards 2006
- Cudgen Surf Lifesaving Club - Cudgen Classic (2006 & 2007)
NORTEC annually support local regional Festivals - Banana Festival and Speed on Tweed Festivals
NORTEC annually support the Volunteer Rescue Association Incorporated
