WINNERS - Outstanding Community Organisation!
Lake Mac Business Excellence Awards

We’re thrilled to announce that we’re one of the WINNERS of the Lake Mac Business Excellence Awards!
We've been awarded winners of the 'Outstanding Community Organisation’ category and we couldn’t be prouder!
We've been awarded winners of the 'Outstanding Community Organisation’ category and we couldn’t be prouder!
The Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards recognise and highlight local business achievements and celebrate business accomplishments in our City. These prestigious awards acknowledge a wide range of amazing businesses and we’re honoured to be chosen alongside them.
This award is even more special for us, considering the challenging times we’ve all experienced over the past year. We’re really proud that we’ve continued to serve our community through the challenges of COVID-19 and shown our commitment to our mission -
‘to welcome and support a diverse community to meet, connect, belong and grow.’
Winners of the awards progress to the Hunter Business Awards evening in August and the team at The Place are very excited to celebrate this achievement. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners, what fabulous businesses we have in Lake Mac!

We’re thrilled to welcome Tantrum Youth Arts as the newest tenants at The Place! In their 50th year, Tantrum have returned to Charlestown, where the company ran its first weekly program and we couldn’t be happier to have them joining us! As a not-for-profit co-operative and registered charity Tantrum invests deeply in young artists, providing creative and performance opportunities for children and young adults. Through their youth-led drama workshops, Tantrum train young people aged 8-17 in theatre and performance making, and debut original theatre shows throughout the year. Their award-winning disability arts program for young adults, Accelerate Ensemble , is recognised for building community and empowering its participants to make bold theatre. Tantrum also supports early career artists aged 18+, in all disciplines, to deepen their arts practices and business savvy skills, to build a sustainable career in the Hunter. Tantrum’s weekly after-school workshops return in February (held in Rathmines and Hamilton) along with Accelerate Ensemble (held at City Hall Newcastle). It’s a pleasure to have Tantrum Youth Arts at The place, we’re enjoying getting to know your awesome staff and look forward to working together! Find out more about Tantrum and sign up for a free trial via the Tantrum website HERE

















