Thursday, 8 December 2011
The Collingwood Football Club Foundation and AFL SportsReady have partnered in a program that is designed to increase Indigenous participation in employment and training with a strong community football and local government involvement.
Collingwood Football Club and AFL SportsReady share a commitment to providing opportunities to enable improved sporting, leadership, education and employment outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
In order to stimulate change and to support Indigenous communities, the Collingwood Football Club Foundation together with AFL SportsReady has created the ‘Barrawarn’ program, a three year program aimed at providing young Indigenous people with education and employment opportunities in metropolitan and regional Victoria. Barrawarn is the Woi wurrung (the language of Wurundjeri people) word for ‘Magpie’.
The Barrawarn program will create up to 15 new employment positions within regional Victoria and within the City of Yarra and Darebin communities,with the training to be housed at Victoria Park and the trainees fully supported by Indigenous mentors.
AFL Sportsready
AFL SportsReady has employed over 1,000 Indigenous trainees across Australia in its 17 year history and
continues to strive to be the leader in creating change for Indigenous
communities and families through
education, training and employment.
AFL SportsReady is a not for profit
organisation that has delivered many
programs but of most significance is
its strong Indigenous Employment
Program.
School based Traineeships
10 school based trainees will be fully
supported by an Indigenous mentor
through AFL SportsReady who will
provide personal and career pathway
support, access to attend trainee
network meetings and regular contact
and further support with their AFL
SportsReady Field Officer.
The trainee will work for a range of
different organisations within the
cities of Yarra and Darebin.
• Sporting Administration
• Business Administration
• Local Government
• Hospitality
• Parks & Gardens
• Retail
• Finance
• Community Services
• Aquatics
• Education |
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Full-time Traineeships
5 full time trainees will be placed
within AFL Victoria’s regional
development areas with the aim
to increase football engagement
amongst regional Indigenous
communities, and with vision,
structure and identified role models
this program will have a positive
impact in these areas.
Regional areas identified include:
• Shepparton
• Morwell
• Dandenong
• Ballarat
• Mildura
The 5 trainees will work closely with
the Regional Development Managers
and Regional Manager and may be
involved in the following programs:
• Auskick
• Football Clubs
• Talent Identification
• Welfare and Community Services
• Administration
• Management
All trainees will be fully supported by
AFL Victoria, AFL SportsReady and an
Indigenous mentor who will provide
personal and career pathway support.
 Download Barrawarn Flyer
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To apply or for more information please contact:
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Courtney Bannister
National Special Projects Officer
Indigenous Employment
Ph: (03) 8413 3509
Fax: (03) 9417 1697
Mob: 0427 776 142
Em: Courtney.Bannister@aflsportsready.com.au
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Victoria Park
Level 3 Bob Rose Stand
Cnr Lulie and Abbot Streets
Abbotsford VIC 3067 PO Box 305
ABBOTSFORD VIC 3067 |
TAGS: AFL SportsReady, Barrawarn Program, Collingwood FC