Source Direct was established in Melbourne early 2004 but quickly established a quality service offering in all major cities throughout Australia.
We are importers and wholesalers of selected fine food and beverages. We also assist a number of small manufacturers with distribution of their products.
Our range of products includes some of the best table waters in the world including Hildon Mineral Water (beyond compare), Aqua Diva Premium Australian Spring Water (Tasmania and Yarra Valley), Latitude 40 and Dew South certified BFA registered organic pure Tasmanian spring water, King Island Cloud Juice (Tasmania), Te Waihou Reserve (precious New Zealand spring water from the famous and pristine blue spring), Custom Labelled Bottled water (still and sparkling), Thorncroft Healthy Thirst soft drinks and cordials (UK), Custom labelled bottled wine (premium Australian wines), Infused Balsamic Vinegars (Tasmania), Custom wrapped mints (New Zealand) and printed chocolates (Victoria).
Our business model is unique to the extent that we are able to provide exemplary service from locally based (in most cases) independant sales managers and agents.
Our business is based on the principles of mutuality of benefit and long term relationships.
We are also looking to ensure that we maintain our position as a good corporate citizen and give something back to the communities that we work in. So to this end we have chosen a few select charities to donate a small portion of each sale.
The Clown Doctors exist to provide a very special type of care... to treat children with the best medicine of all – laughter.
Clown Doctors provide on-the-spot therapy of a special kind – the joy of fun and laughter. International research shows that laughter has both physiological and psychological benefits to patients. The Clown Doctors bring that urgent humour delivery right to the bedside of sick children in hospital.
By parodying the hospital routine, the Clown Doctors help children feel less traumatised by medical procedures, help calm distressed children in emergency, and encourage children in physiotherapy. Oversized medical equipment, red nose transplants, cat scans, humour testing and funny bone examinations are all part of the fun.
Even bringing back the glimmer to a child’s eye can create a beautiful moment and is enough for the Clown Doctors to know they have made a difference.
Clown Doctors help children forget they are ill. By bringing smiles to children’s faces, they have a huge impact on the entire hospital community…patients, families and staff. Clown Doctors can be found in all major children’s hospitals across Australia, and each year, they touch the lives of over 100,000 people.
The Humour Foundation is a registered charity supported solely by the generosity of the public. It receives no funding from government or the hospitals in which they work. It has been running the Clown Doctor™ program in Australia since 1997. Source Direct makes a quarterly donation back to the Humour Foundation based on the number of custom labelled bottles of water we sell. So if you feel inclined, please buy custom labelled bottles from us and you can be assured that your purchase will indirectly be of benefit to the Humour Foundation. Every purchase helps!
Clown Doctors are a group of gifted and talented professional performers selected for their high level of skill, as a well as personal qualities such as sensitivity, intuition, caring and flexibility.
The unique roaming nature of our program means that Clown Doctors can bring smiles and laughter right to the bedside, reaching children who are bedridden and non-mobile.
Source Direct also supports the Cotton On Foundation.
The Cotton On Foundation, is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2007. The aim of the Foundation is to create positive and measurable change in the lives of people around the world by being directly involved with community partners to help them achieve self sustainability.
Projects that the Foundation is currently involved with include Rainbow Riders in Barwon Heads who provide equine assisted learning to disadvantaged kids and teens, the KIDS Foundation who promote injury prevention and recovery, the redevelopment of the Geelong Hospital Children's Ward, and the small Ugandan village of Mannya where the Foundation is assisting with construction, medical assistance, education and community sustainability.
We supply Cotton On stores throughout Australia, New Zealand and the USA with custom labelled bottled water. Each purchase of bottled water helps to raise funds for the Foundation beneficiaries. We also make a separate donation back to the Foundation based on the bottles we sell. So if you feel inclined, please buy a bottle of Message-in-a-Bottle water from any Cotton On store and you can be assured that not only is your direct donation valued but Source Direct will also make an additional contribution based on overall sales.
