Home Operation Grows Into Empire
- Entrepreneur named Canberra Businesswoman of the Year

Ruth Bayley exudes a bubbly, infectious energy. It’s that energy which propelled her business from its beginnings in her spare bedroom to a 13-staff organisation bursting out of its Woden office.

Canberra’s Chamber of Women in Business has crowned Ruth Bayley as the 2008 Canberra businesswoman of the year. Ms Bayley, owner of training company Bayley and Associates was also shortlisted for the recent ACT Training Excellence Awards....

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Ruth Bayley’s Winning Week – Business Woman of the Year
Last week dynamic business woman Ruth Bayley of local training company Bayley and Associates won the coveted 'Business Woman of the Year Award' from the Chamber of Women in Business. It's been a big week for the company which was also shortlisted for the ACT Training Excellence Awards awarded on Thursday....

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Community partnership in disability sector goes ‘swimmingly’!
Local training provider ‘Bayley and Associates this week presented to community access provider ‘Sharing Places’ a generously donated ‘pool chair’ to recognise their diligent commitment to providing service excellence to people with disabilities.

The handover was attended by MLA Michael Gentleman, Member for Brindabella who said in his speech: “We tend not to hear the every day stories about how hard the staff work, the supportive relationships they form with their clients and the profound difference carers can make in the quality of life of their charges. It’s nice when you can get a good news story that’s about what’s right with the sector.”

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Canberra Nursing Home Providers Proactive About Protecting Staff

Yesterday’s alarming story in the TCT about abuse of nursing home staff by residents highlighted “a disturbing lack of training” for staff to deal adequately with ‘challenging behaviours’. Local firm Bayley and Associates is pleased to report that many facilities in the region are have taken a proactive approach in preparing staff to deal with just this issue.

Ruth Bayley, Director of local company Bayley and Associates yesterday described feeling both disturbed by the distressing news about widespread abuse in nursing homes around the country and yet confident that many ACT care facilities are in a much better position to protect staff. Because, she says, they have taken a proactive approach in training staff to deal with abuse and mental illness.

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