“My name is Rashad. In my sixteen years, I have had two life-changing journeys on a boat. The first was when I came out to Australia from Afghanistan. The second was The Helmsman Project.”
We work in schools located in areas affected by disadvantage, inspiring students to engage with and give back to their local communities.
We designed our program based on robust evidence from the fields of developmental and coaching psychology.
Our approach is designed to positively impact more than just our individual participants. We engage parents, teachers and the school community, developing long-term partnerships to bring about social change on a broader scale.
Our initial research results show that the programs have a positive effect on participants’ hope, self-efficacy, self-confidence, as well as their overall well-being.
Our program is a world-first in developmental coaching for young people.
Everything we do, from our program design to our volunteer strategy, is driven by our pursuit of excellence.
Our work has changed the lives of our young participants, their families and the wider community.
We incorporate cutting-edge research from the fields of psychology, coaching and adventure education into our unique program. Our impact is evaluated through an extensive research project.
The Helmsman Project celebrated four years of operations last month, a milestone to which more than 120 volunteers have contributed and which has impacted just over 300 young lives. It has been no small feat - hope, self-regulation and resilience have been essential ingredients to our progress.
The Helmsman Project CEO, Kim Larochelle, presented at The Funding Network event hosted by Macquarie Foundation in March 2018. Kim explains the impact of The Helmsman Project's coaching and experiential learning programs on young people from communities experiencing disadvantage.
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