GenerationOne Blog - Mentoring



Tania Major - Connecting girls inspiring futures

Tania Major, GenerationOne spokesperson and proud Kokoberra woman from the remote community of Kowanyama in Cape York Queensland, was invited to attend the Coffs Harbour City Council celebrations for International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is observed by thousands of people all over the world and on March 8 Tania was part of the culturally diverse celebrations. The 2012 them was “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures”.  Tania was a keynote speaker at the event and shared her personal experiences from life, GenerationOne, and her Cape York Super Sisters Project with the attendees. She has reflected on the experience;      ... More...

14 March @ 03:32Add your comment

Career Ready - Vocational Training and Employment Centres

January 23 at Yaama Dhiyaan in Sydney’s inner west, stakeholders including Hon. Julie Collins, Federal Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, joined with Deb Nelson, Managing Director of Yarn’n Aboriginal Employment Services; Rhonda Parker, CEO Australian Employment Covenant; Tim Gartrell, CEO GenerationOne and other stakeholders to officially launch the Career Ready – Vocational Training and Employment Centres Policy. The policy is calling for two main things - an employer-driven training process that will eliminate training for training’s sake, replacing it with training for a guaranteed job and four VTEC training sites around Australia.  The policy was developed after a year’s worth of community consultation and research. &... More...

23 January @ 03:01Add your comment


The Alau Spirit

Some people join teams for fitness, others join for fun and competition.  The Alau Eagles Rugby League team from Umagico, Cape York, is all of these things - and much more.  It’s a brotherhood where men can grow, mature and ultimately fly. The Alau team have celebrated a decade of unprecedented success, with the highest number of wins and cups in the Northern Peninsula area. “They have won premierships and they have won carnivals and they have won the Torres Strait Cup,” says the team’s captain, Peter Lui.    ... More...

28 November @ 09:00Add your comment

Marist Youth Care - Media Release

Marist Youth Care welcomes 10 more Trainees to the 3rd Year of successful “Aboriginal Trainee Support Worker” Program Following an extremely successful retention rate of 81% over the past two years, Federal Minister for Indigenous Employment, Senator Mark Arbib launched Marist Youth Care’s 2011 Aboriginal Trainee Support Worker Program on Thursday 10 March 2011 at MYC Head Office (36-38 First Avenue, Blacktown).  ... More...

25 May @ 11:04Add your comment

Congratulations Cathy: Freeman named in 100 Most Inspiring Women

OLYMPIAN Cathy Freeman has been named among a UK newspaper's "100 Most Inspiring Women" as part of International Women's Day in Britain. A special lift-out from The Guardian newspaper on Tuesday named Freeman, 38, in a list alongside the likes of Margaret Thatcher, Oprah Winfrey, Aung San Suu Kyi, Hillary Clinton and Madonna. The un-ranked list which provides a short blurb on each woman, introduces Freeman as "the first Aboriginal athlete to win an Olympic medal". The article mentions the inspiration drawn from her cerebral-palsy-suffering sister, the criticism she drew for flying the Aboriginal flag in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and the establishment of the Cathy Freeman Foundation. Fellow Australian and academic Germaine Greer is also on the list, with The Guardian reporting that t... More...

10 March @ 11:59Add your comment

Course in Indigenous mentoring

Expression of Interest 28th February – 4th March 2011 COMPLETE a Nationally Accredited Training course in Indigenous Mentoring. We aim to improve your capacity to engage with the broader Indigenous community and or increase your organisational capacity for retention in schools, organisations or businesses. Download the Information Sheet Here... More...

20 January @ 01:31Add your comment


Madeleine Madden is a young woman with big aspirations.

13 year old Madeleine Madden from Sydney told the nation on Sunday 24th October, that all Australians must help create real jobs and a better future for Indigenous Australians in this generation.  Maddie has a passion for improving the lives of Indigenous Australians and for the performing arts. At 13 Maddie is already determined to make her mark and to continue a family tradition of advocating for greater opportunities for Indigenous Australians. Maddie is the daughter of Hetti Perkins and Lee Madden (deceased) and the granddaughter of Chikka Madden and Charles Perkins. Although Maddie has grown up in inner Sydney she has traveled to rural and remote communities and is only too well aware that many Indigenous Australians still face significant barriers in the pursuit for better e... More...

24 October @ 08:27Add your comment


Yaama Dhiyaan Fundraising Dinner

Help us support Yaama Dhiyaan. Yaama Dhiyaan is a local Indigenous Business that provides a hospitality training college & function centre for Aboriginal peoples. Aunty Beryl the creator of Yaama Dhiyaan is very clear about her vision to stand proud as an Indigenous business that showcases her people’s culture and a much-needed opportunity for training and employment. Yaama Dhiyaan needs your support! Currently Yaama Dhiyaan has been invited by Slow Foods Australia to participate and attend Terra Madre in Turin, Italy. Terra Madre creates links among food producers, cooks and chefs throughout the world. Slow Food cultivates the on-going expansion of this network. Yaama Dhiyaan has been given the opportunity for students who have completed their training at Yaama Dhiyaan, along ... More...

20 September @ 04:55Add your comment