Local businesses making a splash!

A LOCAL business is aims to spread kindness and generosity by providing premade or build your own hampers filled with local products from small enterprisers in the region.

Teesdale-based Ripple Effect Gifts are delivering locally sourced handmade hampers throughout the Golden Pians and beyond.

Delivery is available to the Shire as well as Geelong, Ballarat and surrounding areas and next day delivery is available for orders placed before 4pm.

“Online you get to choose from a bunch of locally sourced products from Golden Plains, Ballarat, Geelong and the Surf Cost from other small businesses,” said owner Jaque Gill.

“I then make the hampers which are made out of wood.”

Ms Gill said the idea behind the business is to support other organisations with a “ripple effect”.

“The whole concept of this business is to give back to the community,” she said.

“It’s called Ripple Effect because I want to give back to other small businesses by getting their name out there.

“It’s that constant domino effect of the gift of giving.”

The business is already receiving an influx of orders heading into the holiday season and Ms Gill encouraged people to get their orders in early.

“We’re definitely looking to get bigger over Christmas and we’re already doing some settlement hampers from real estate agencies,” she said.

“We also already have orders coming in for staff Christmas gifts, so I think we’re going to get a lot of that coming into Christmas.”

To find out more visit rippleeeffectgifts.com.au.