Interested in sponsoring WACSSO Conference 2024?
Get in touch with our Conference Coordinator via email and we will let you know the partnership options still available.
Thank you to our incredible 2024 Conference Supporters, Partners and Sponsors:
Major Supporter, Rural, Regional & Remote - Lotterywest
Lotterywest is committed to supporting Western Australia through impactful community grants. This includes events like the 2024 WACSSO Conference, which will support training and educational awareness, and community connectiveness for parents and citizens groups across our great State.
Platinum Partner - Containers for Change
Containers for Change work with the local community, beverage companies, recyclers, and the waste industry to recycle 10¢ containers and put money back into the Western Australian community. With more ways than ever to return, over 3.2 billion 10¢ containers have been returned since October 2020.
Containers for Change are proud to be the Platinum Sponsor for the 2024 WACSSO Annual Conference in recognition of the enormous contribution that WA P&Cs have made toward the billions of containers returned over the last 3 years.
Gold Sponsor
FreshSNAP is a comprehensive all-on-one plate FREE support service available to all WA schools. Funded by the Department of Health Western Australia, freshSNAP engages the entire school community, including canteen staff and volunteers, teachers, school leadership, parents and students, to create nutritious food and drink environments. The freshSNAP website is packed with canteen-friendly recipes, classified using the WA School Food and Drink Criteria, cross-curricular nutrition-focused lesson plans, templates, guides and much more. FreshSNAP has also made FoodChecker, a one-of-a-kind digital tool that classifies products, recipes and menus using the traffic light system, available to WA schools. Let our team do the hard work by booking your FREE consultation today!
Silver Sponsors
At adventure+, we take play seriously. For over 40 years adventure+ has developed creative and engaging playground experiences for schools all around Australia. We are well known for our serious approach to play, customised playground design, quality Australia made equipment and impressive service.
Australian Fundraising is a second-generation family owned and operated business offering fundraising solutions for schools, sports clubs, and community groups Australia wide. They provide a turn-key service with no upfront costs and guaranteed profit, ensuring a stress-free and profitable experience. Their programs include the Colour Explosion Fun Run, Slime Spectacular Fun Run, Colour Splatacular Fun Run, Glowtastic Disco Party, and Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough fundraiser.
Committed to sustainability, their Care For A Cause program redefines incentive prizes. Instead of redeeming credits for incentive prizes, students can now support two charitable causes and two nature-positive organisations, making a meaningful impact on the environment and communities in Australia.
We all know that every school has its quirks. And then there is the one woe that tired teachers hear again and again… the universal complain about the boring bubbler. It’s the classic complaint about the outdated school drinking trough – or, as the kiddos call it, the water fountain. Rings a bell, doesn’t it?
Fear not. We have a solution that’s as refreshing as a long summer break. Let’s jazz up those hydration spots and go from the Bubbler Blues to Water Bottle Refill Bliss.
For 35 years the Constable Care Foundation has been keeping children and young people safe through creative harm-prevention programs using theatre, technology, film, and art.
Constable Care Foundation is an evidence-based organisation that works with tens of thousands of children and young people and is committed to demonstrating that our work makes a difference in the lives of the young people who take part.
Crunch&Sip® is a primary school nutrition program delivered by Cancer Council WA and funded by Healthway. Developed to increase the amount of vegetables, fruits and water being consumed by Western Australian children, Crunch&Sip® is an easy way to help kids stay healthy and happy during class time!
Students bring vegetables and/or fruit in a reusable container and a clear water bottle to school each day for the Crunch&Sip® break, which occurs at a set time during class.
Giving students the chance to re-fuel in class with vegetables and fruit helps to improve physical and mental performance and concentration, as well as promoting long term health.
Department of Communities - Working with Children Check
The Working with Children Check is a compulsory screening strategy for people engaging in child-related work in Western Australia and the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The Department of Communities’ Working with Children Screening Unit's role as the regulator is to engage with stakeholders, educate the community and enforce the legislation.
Trusted by over 1,700 primary, secondary, and combined schools across Australia, Flexischools offers everything you need in an online ordering system! All your services, from canteen to uniforms and events, can be seamlessly set up for online ordering, providing parents with the flexibility to place orders anytime, anywhere. Our platform effortlessly integrates with various point-of-sale systems, facilitating convenient over-the-counter payments via student ID cards. Holding an Australian Financial Services Licence, ST4S and ISO 27001 Certification, we provide local customer support and unlimited free thermal labels, to ensure a smooth experience for schools and suppliers alike.
Just Pizza Company is a family-owned and run local business in WA. We have been supplying school canteens since 1990 - over 33 years. We stock a full range of canteen-approved products, from frozen ready-made meals to ice creams, icy poles, drinks, packaging and more. Our signature Focaccia Pizza range is handmade daily on-site in our factory in Malaga. This range is green coded through school canteens. Just Pizza Company offer quality products and services for your school - either for your canteen or for fundraisers, special lunch days, and carnivals.
Gifts to Give encompasses several brands and will be featuring Moon and Back at the WACSSO Conference. Moon & Back supply a range of gifts that can be used for Mother’s and Father’s Day stalls, Christmas stalls activities and / or fundraising.
Alongside the fundraising gift range is the Bear Memories signature plush products and engraved items to create memorable graduation moments. The range includes Graduation Bears, Koalas, Puppies, a sporting range and more!
Just Click are sustainable, refillable permanent markers, whiteboard markers, neon and pastel highlighters designed for precision and convenience. Elevate your mark with our premium products, crafted to make every stroke single-handedly effortless and impactful.
At Officeworks, we believe all young Australians should have access to a quality education. Providing the resources schools, teachers and students need to support learning is just one of the ways we help make bigger things happen for our next generation.
Our growing range of education resources provides everything students need to learn, create, connect and explore. We are committed to providing products and services that deliver value to the classroom, to schools and family budgets - while also ensuring we build sustainable practices and products which protect the planet.
School Fun Run, established in Perth, WA in 1987, is an Australian-owned, family-run business that provides comprehensive fundraising support to primary schools. They have won the title of Fundraising Company of the Year seven times and have helped multiple schools raise over $100,000 in single events.
Their school colour fun runs are risk-free for schools, as they are 100% self-funding with guaranteed profit. They also provide a full support fundraising service, so you’re never alone. As a result, Mount Hawthorn Primary School raised $94,410.64 with a School Fun Run last year.
School Fun Run is dedicated to offering BIG, FUN, EASY, and FAST fundraising for schools.
Spriggy Schools is the all-in-one school payments app. Spriggy Schools removes the headaches of handling cash in your school. Our reliable and easy-to-use app provides both a cashless system to run your canteen, uniform shop, events & fundraisers and a convenient way for families to make payments. Brought to you by the team behind Spriggy Pocket Money - Australia’s top-rated pocket money app.
State School Teachers Union WA
For over 125 years, the SSTUWA has played a leading role in protecting and improving public education across Western Australia. With the support of parents, educators, community members and organisations like WACSSO, the SSTUWA strives to continuously develop our strong public education system. Our commitment to social justice and equity demands a fair go for every child and young person. The SSTUWA-commissioned independent report Facing the Facts identifies a series of issues (and solutions) for key problems that need fixing in the public education system. You can read that report in full or in summary here.
The National SunSmart Schools program delivered by Cancer Council WA assists schools to provide effective sun protection to students and staff. The free program aims to minimise the impact of student and staff exposure to UVR from the sun at school and school-associated activities.
Criteria to join the SunSmart program:
- Most or all students wear sun protective hats when the UV Index is 3 and above
- Sunscreen is available throughout the school and use is supported
- Outdoor events are rescheduled to avoid peak UV
- UV protection is encouraged through role modelling and classroom activities
- School has sufficient shade or is working towards increasing shade
- Uniform code includes UV protective items (e.g. shirts with collars, longer sleeves)
- School has a UV protection policy that meets Cancer Council WA criteria
WA’s largest offering of sustainable packaging products under the one roof, including compostable food packaging, Chemform Green cleaning chemicals and a large range of FSC certified paper washroom products.
WACSSO is supported by the Department of Education
