{"id":337734,"date":"2023-09-27T13:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T03:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=337734"},"modified":"2023-09-27T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T03:59:55","slug":"hen-pen-wins-national-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/09\/27\/hen-pen-wins-national-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Hen Pen Wins National Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dearne “Dee” Acland moved to Nanango in 2022 where she is now organising Hen Pen Australia activities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 27, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

The efforts of Nanango’s Dearne Acland have been recognised at a national level with her business, Hen Pen Australia, taking out a major award.<\/p>\n

Dearne was presented with a trophy for Hen Pen winning the “Women\u2019s Organisation” category at the 2023 Australian Women\u2019s Small Business Champion Awards at the weekend.<\/p>\n

The gala awards event was held at the Western Sydney Conference Centre on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Dearne accepted the trophy on stage before almost 1000 attendees.<\/p>\n

Hen Pen’s mission is to encourage, empower and build self-esteem among its growing number of women members.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It connects women and offers activities focussed on teaching useful skills … everything from tyre maintenance and using power tools safely to clay shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis award showcases every woman who has become involved in Hen Pen, and it shines a light on the South Burnett and Townsville area for supporting women in business,\u201d Dearne said.<\/p>\n

Precedent Productions have been running the Australian Small Business Champion Awards since 1999.<\/p>\n

Thousands of businesses entered this year which were whittled down to finalists in 65 categories from a broad cross-section of industries.<\/p>\n