Charter for Business

The Charter for Business Program is a partnership between the NAA and individual Charter Member companies in the Australian business community, designed to increase access and participation of the Duke of Ed in Australia

Objectives

•   To provide a focus and opportunity for business to support projects of the Duke of Ed in Australia.

•  To focus on projects involving vulnerable youth nationally.

•  To provide members with the opportunity to conduct the Duek of Ed within the organisation for young employees 

Current Members

With the support of corporate Australia, this is what we can achieve!

Charter for Business Member – RossJuliaRoss/Chandler Macleod supporting The Halo Program in Western Australia

Charter for Business member, RossJuliaRoss/Chandler Macleod, generously donated $50,000 over the next 5 years to the Licensed Operator, The Halo Leadership Development Agency in WA, providing 30 young men deemed to be ‘at risk’, the opportunity to undertake their Duke of Ed Award and cementing a partnership between the two organisations. 

The Halo Agency is a non-profit incorporated career and personal leadership development agency, working with indigenous young people to empower them with the skills and opportunities to make meaningful decisions within their own lives and their communities. 

Halo became a Licensed Operator with The Duke of Ed as they identified a powerful synergy between the flexible and holistic framework The Duke of Ed offers, and their young peoples’ goals and aspirations. 

The RossJuliaRoss/Chandler Macleod funding will support the 30 young male Participants in achieving their Duke of Ed Award by covering the use of equipment, vehicle hire, sports uniforms, boots, a three-day cultural challenge and wages for three youth workers who will accompany the Participants on their Adventurous Journey. 

These Participants will now also be able to undertake and complete their Certificate II in Community Services and Fitness at Tafe as part of their Skill Section, giving them the opportunity to gain further education, and develop qualifications they can use towards a career and continued community involvement. 

Halo founder Lee-Anne Smith said the funding offers the organisation the ability to develop more programs which will support Participants in areas they are interested in, and provide them with skills, qualities and resources that will extend far beyond their participation in the Award. 

The first cheque for $10,000 was presented to Lee-Anne Smith in November 2010. “This money will give us what we needed to really run with it...We’ll be able to up the ante (with our programs) quite a bit,” she said. 

For many of the young people taking part in the Halo programs, which cover areas such as career development, independent living and motivational workshops, it will be the first time their ideas and opinions have been taken seriously. 

The programs provide real opportunities for Participants to develop skills, discover who they are, build competencies, acquire confidence and form aspirations, and with the support of RossJuliaRoss/Chandler Macleod, they will be able to do more than ever before.