WELCOME TO WABI SABI CREATIONS!
Wabi Sabi Creations is a brand new Compass social enterprise, which opened in August 2021! Located in the heart of Nambour at C-Square, Wabi Sabi Creations sells hand-crafted pieces made with Love by many of the people with disabilities that attend one of our many Compass Campuses.
This store was born out of a vision to do two things. The first is to showcase to the world the incredible talents that people with disabilities have. In addition to our core learning and development curricula, each of the Compass Campuses offers creative programs that allow our Trainees to explore and express their unique talents.
Wabi Sabi Creations offers a fit-for-purpose outlet where these unique and beautiful pieces can be showcased and sold to the public, with all proceeds going back into Compass to further support our programs. And we are constantly blown away by the beauty of the products that are created – from jewellery to pottery, chopping boards, hampers, paintings, ceramics and more!
MEANINGFUL VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
The second vision is to offer meaningful vocational opportunities for people with disabilities looking for real-world retail and customer service experience.
Wabi Sabi creations offers traineeships for people with disabilities in a supported environment, covering all essential retail skills from store set-up, to pricing, tagging, stock take, point of sale and customer services skills. For our Trainees, the opportunity to learn these skills and serve the community is a dream come true.
We hope to see you in our store soon!
SO WHAT DOES ‘WABI SABI’ MEAN?
Wabi Sabi (‘wahbee – sahbee’) is a Japanese concept that encourages us to find beauty in every aspect of imperfection in nature.
It is a beautiful way to describe what is natural and pure and to acknowledge the exquisite nature of any substance or being in its most natural, raw and inherently imperfect form.
It is via this essence that our products have been brought to life.
Wabi Sabi provides a wonderful opportunity for the people of Compass to learn to work both with and for you… we thank you for your generous support!
For more information about what’s on offer at Compass, or to chat to someone about beginning your journey with us, please fill out the below details and our team will be in touch really soon.
BECOME A TRAINEE
trainee stories
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Meet Trainee Nienna
When we were first looking at options for Nienna after finishing at Special School, the most important thing for us was finding somewhere that would help her work towards more independence.
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Meet Trainee Caitlin
It’s a smile we all love – not just Compass staff, but also, pretty much every visitor that comes to Compass Farm knows Caitlin, as she’s often the first to greet them and make them feel welcome with her big and vibrant personality.
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Meet Trainee Dylan
He has gained more confidence and become more adaptable to ever-changing situations. He has connected with his peers and trainers and become quite a happy young man.
Wabi Sabi Creations
- C-Square, 52-64 Currie St, Nambour, QLD 4560
- Mon – Fri (9:00am – 3:00pm)
- 0456 778 850
- [email protected]
our enterprises
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Compass Connections Café Maroochydore is centrally located in Baden Powell Street and offers a full breakfast and lunch menu, along with tasty treats all made in-house with LOVE and served with a smile and lots of laughs by our amazing team of Trainees and café staff!
Located in the picturesque Maroochy Bushland Botanical Gardens, Compass Garden Café offers an oasis of relaxation accompanied by coffee, tea, milkshakes and the warmth of our Trainees and team. Be sure to try Deharn’s famous home-made scones!
Located at Compass Farm, Harvest Kitchen is a commercial-style kitchen that offers catering services to the Farm and also produces a wide range of beautiful home-made condiments including jams, chutneys, pickles, sauces and flavoured salts, which are sold to the public as speciality hampers. Produce can also be found in our Garden Café and Wabi Sabi Creations.
Located in the heart of Nambour at C-Square, Wabi Sabi Creations is a unique store selling hand-crafted creations made by Compass Trainees from across our many campuses – from pottery, to woodwork, paintings, hampers and more – you won’t be disappointed!
Rakes and Panes is a property maintenance service that covers lawn and garden maintenance along with window cleaning. Our Trainees, along with Compass Farm Trainer Jack, are only too happy to service your residential or commercial property for you at competitive rates and of course – always with a smile!
