A PROFESSIONAL styling business for unemployed, under-employed and low-income women and a meal sharing charity have each received $100,000 from Impact100.
The group that has now given more than $1 million to charities since 2012 held its vote and presentations at Fraser’s on Tuesday night.
Dress for Success, which is relocating from West Perth to Subiaco, involves experienced facilitators who provide career support and employability workshops for women to help them secure and sustain employment.
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The groups plans to create a social enterprise in the form of a food truck that will provide education and experience while fostering greater awareness of asylum seeker issues.
Three runners-up – Cahoots, Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Birdlife WA – received $10,000 each.
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