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RedDoor runs real, working businesses across Cloncurry and Mount Isa — cafés, a commercial kitchen and a recycling service — where the people we support learn real skills in real jobs, and every dollar goes back into the community.
RedDoor Café — Cloncurry
The one that started it all. Opened in 2015–16 as our first social enterprise, RedDoor Café is a full café and commercial kitchen at 32 Short Street, Cloncurry — open to the public and home to our hospitality training programs.
- Open to the public 7:30am–2pm, Monday to Friday
- Full café & commercial kitchen
- Catering available
- Hospitality training for young people
32 Short Street, Cloncurry — drop in and say g'day.
Groundwork Café — Mount Isa
Our café in the Mount Isa centre — good coffee and drinks, simple sandwiches, fridge food and sweets, served by people building their first work skills. Groundwork provides entry-level employment training in a real, working café.
- Open 7:30am–1pm, Monday to Friday
- Coffee, drinks & sweets
- Simple sandwiches & fridge food
- Entry-level employment training
Containers for Change
Our Containers for Change depot runs from our Cloncurry site at 32 Short Street — with home pickups across Cloncurry, Julia Creek and Mount Isa. It turns bottles and cans into refunds, and into first jobs: excellent entry-level work for the students and clients we support — sorting, counting, customer service and teamwork.
- Depot at our Cloncurry site — 32 Short Street
- Home pickups in Cloncurry, Julia Creek & Mount Isa
- Entry-level work for our students & clients
Book a home pickup
In Cloncurry, Julia Creek or Mount Isa? We'll come and collect your containers — and every load helps a young person build work skills.
Call (07) 4742 2887Beyond the cafés
Our enterprises also span cabin building, lawn care and cleaning — every one a real workplace where young people and NDIS participants build skills and confidence.
Social enterprises — FAQs
What are RedDoor Café's opening hours in Cloncurry?
RedDoor Café at 32 Short Street, Cloncurry is open to the public 7:30am–2pm, Monday to Friday. It's a full café and commercial kitchen, and catering is available.
What are Groundwork Café's opening hours in Mount Isa?
Groundwork Café in the Mount Isa centre is open 7:30am–1pm, Monday to Friday — coffee, drinks, simple sandwiches, fridge food and sweets.
Does RedDoor's Containers for Change do home pickups?
Yes. Our Containers for Change enterprise does home pickups in Cloncurry, Julia Creek and Mount Isa. Call (07) 4742 2887 to arrange one.
Why does RedDoor run social enterprises?
Our social enterprises are real, working businesses where the young people and clients we support build job skills, confidence and a work routine — with income returned to RedDoor's community programs.
Come and support us — or join us.
Grab a coffee, book a catering job or a container pickup — or refer a young person who'd thrive in one of our enterprises.