A small number of businesses including Townsville City council, Queensland Country Bank and Legal Sense NQ came together recently to kickstart the project.
The Jigsaw project aims to find opportunities within the community connecting an individual to employment based on their interests and skill sets.
Joanne Lynham is a mother of a child with autism and wanted to use her daughter’s employment rejections as fuel to turn it into a business.
The group says, “Everyone benefits from building an inclusive community.”