Swan Grant gives $20 000 boost to the Midland Indigenous Youth Project
The City of Swan has awarded a grant of $20,000 to the Beacon Foundation for the Midland Indigenous Youth Project in Western Australia.
The City of Swan Mayor, Charlie Gregorini, presented the cheque to Beacon Foundation Chief Executive, Scott Harris, at a ceremony at Swan View Senior High School recently.
MIYP is an Indigenous retention program which has dramatically boosted school to work transition rates and reduced anti-social behaviour within the City of Swan.
The program is currently being run at Swan View, Governor Stirling and Lockridge Senior High Schools.
So far MIYP has provided 96 Indigenous students with continuous support from Year 10 to post employment, helping them prepare for work and identify potential career paths.
Mr Gregorini said the project was one which the City of Swan saw as of great value to the participants and the wider community.
The Beacon Foundation is a National not-for-profit organisation, that seeks to influence the attitudes and culture of Australians so that each young person develops an independent will to achieve personal success for themselves and their community.
A key strategy of Beacon is to initiate original and innovative projects that demonstrate solutions to youth unemployment and encourage self-help at the local level.
The implementation of these innovative projects relies on the support of local communities and the business community at a local and national level. Businesses providing support to Beacon in terms of funding, services in kind and time fall into two categories
Beacon National Sponsors and Beacon Business Supporters.
Today successful Beacon programs are being replicated around Australia.
Three successful Beacon programs now being implemented in mainland states and territories are No Dole and Real Jobs and Polish.
