Stars of the Shoalhaven

Bundanon Trust’s education team was recently awarded a Stars of the Shoalhaven Award for developing positive life skills in the community. Education Manager Mary Preece and Education Officer Jim Birkett accepted the award from John Fahey at the Shoalhaven Area Consultative Committee Industry Dinner. John Fahey is the former Premier of New South Wales and Federal Minister for Finance in Australia. John Fahey is currently the chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Through its’ Outreach program, the Bundanon Trust has supported Access Community Group and the Youth Pathways program since 2006 through the provision of art workshops at Bundanon and Riversdale. In 2009, over eighty young people who are at risk of disengaging from school prematurely are participating in art workshops, a trip to Canberra museums and galleries and a residential weekend in order to prepare for and organise an art exhibition to be held at Shoalhaven City Arts Centre from 27 June to 4 August. Students from five local secondary schools are involved in the program which involves a high proportion of Indigenous students.