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• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Coaching , Community, Fundraising , Research 

As we welcome a new year, Kim gives an overview on how The Helmsman Project is kickstarting 2020.

• posted by The Helmsman Project |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Adventure education , Coaching , Community, Life skills 

On Wednesday 4 December, The Helmsman Project celebrated 63 young people from schools across Western Sydney completing our program. The Helmsman Project graduation is a highly anticipated event. It gives everyone an opportunity to hear directly from the students the impact the program has had on them.

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Community, Fundraising 

As we farewell another year, the time is ripe to take stock on where we are...

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

We are extremely privileged at The Helmsman Project to have a close community of truly remarkable individuals supporting our work. One of these is Dr Sean O’Connor...

• posted by Zena Dabaja |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Community

Zena shares her reflection on the impact The Helmsman Project has not only on the participants, but the surrounding community.

• posted by Tonnie Slater |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Community

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• category: About The Helmsman Project , Community

The Helmsman Project Youth Board was given the opportunity to run a two-hour workshop with 60 professionals from Macquarie Bank global offices.

• posted by The Helmsman Project |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

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• category: About The Helmsman Project 

Monday 22 July marked six years since the launch of our very first Helmsman Project program and we would like to take this opportunity to reflect on our journey.

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

Kim outlines The Helmsman Project's key focuses underpinning the goals of scale and growth.

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

Kim addresses the challenges faced by charities in Australia, touching on how The Helmsman Project manages these and the important role of strategy. 

• posted by Robert Milne |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Community

In my first week at The Helmsman Project I was lucky to visit the schools and meet the students enrolled in our programs. One of the highlights of The Helmsman Project’s program is the community projects which students plan and commit to once the program concludes....

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

This month, The Helmsman Project turns five - an achievement that would not have been possible without the generosity and commitment of many…

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

Innovation and growth can only happen when the client's needs or desires are understood. With this thought in mind and in line with our aspiration to continue to impact the lives of our graduates, we recently launched a new and exciting initiative...

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

We have recently held our fourth annual charity dinner, presented at The Funding Network’s Macquarie Foundation event and launched our 10th wave of programs. Amongst all this, we have developed, refined and launched a five-year strategy to support The Helmsman Project to grow and prosper into the future...

• posted by Sam Evans |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

This year is The Helmsman Project’s fifth anniversary and our organisation has seen many changes as it continues to evolve and develop further into new programs and opportunities. We have seen changes in management, staff, and programs, coupled with increased corporate sponsorship. Most importantly, we have witnessed vast changes in our most recent cohort of graduates.

• posted by The Helmsman Project |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

We are very excited to be launching a brand new opportunity for graduates of our programs: The Helmsman Project youth board.

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman Project 

Innovation is at the heart of The Helmsman Project. In line with this focus, we recently held a panel discussion on ‘Innovation in the workplace’ featuring three world leaders in technology: Atlassian, Amazon Web Services and Rackspace. It might be surprising to hear that the main topic discussed wasn't technology...

• posted by Kim Larochelle |
• category: About The Helmsman 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.

• posted by Dr Michael Cavanagh |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Life skills 

The Helmsman Project is an innovative blend of developmental coaching and adventure education targeted toward Year 9 students who are at risk of not fulfilling their potential. These students are drawn from schools located in communities affected by disadvantage. At its essence, the program seeks to help the students take bigger perspectives on themselves, others and the world. By doing this we help them build hope, self-regulation and resilience.

• posted by The Helmsman Project |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Adventure education , Life skills 

According to some researchers, self-regulation is one of the most important factors for encouraging academic engagement and preventing risky behaviour. While this is a skill that is important in every stage of life, it is particularly important for young people who are making critical decisions about their futures.

• posted by The Helmsman Project |
• category: About The Helmsman Project , Adventure education , Life skills 

For those who aren’t familiar with the word ‘helmsman’ it can be a little bit of a tongue twister. The ‘helm’ is what steers a ship, usually it’s a wheel. The ‘helmsman’ is the person in charge of steering the ship. He or she guides the rest of the crew to reach their destination.