Christmas has come early for an Ipswich after-school homework club, with CleanCo employees donating an array of books and stationery to support local students.

SALBAGOSS (Sudanese Australian Lost Boys and Girls of South Sudan), based at the Redbank Plains Community Centre, provides after-school tutoring, encouragement and healthy snacks to help primary and high school students stay engaged in learning.

CleanCo supported the club earlier in 2025 through a donation from our Community Futures Fund. When Swanbank Site Manager, Trevor Turner visited SALBAGOSS to present the donation, he identified further opportunities for CleanCo to support the group’s work.

One ongoing challenge for SALBAGOSS is providing enough learning resources for students. In response, teams from CleanCo’s Swanbank, Wivenhoe and Brisbane sites came together to collect books and unused stationery, resulting in a substantial donation. SALBAGOSS members visited our Swanbank site in December to collect the donation – and it was certainly much more than they were expecting!

This week, members of SALBAGOSS visited Swanbank to collect the materials, which will help local students start Term 1, 2026 well-equipped for the year ahead.