Early Morning Fun combined with a focus on youth

Early Morning Fun
combined with a focus on youth unemployment
At Regional Business Breakfasts
Post Business Breakfast Reflections
During the month of June, Sureway hosted 7 Business Breakfasts in Griffith,
Albury, Wagga, Bendigo, Shepparton, Orange and Dubbo to promote the issue of
regional Youth Unemployment. Altogether, approximately 1000 invitations were
sent out to businesses across these areas with staff following up with personal
invitations to many other businesses.
Because Sureway employed “high profile” guest speakers we were able to attract
attendance from a significant representation of regional businesses. This also
resulted in extensive media coverage in print, electronic and social media and this,
in itself, was very beneficial in enabling Sureway to broadcast the messages
around Regional Youth Unemployment. These messages include:

The overall unemployment rate is 5.9% however youth unemployment is
more than double at 12.4% nationally and in some regional communitites it is
as high as 18%;

High youth unemployment has a significant impact on local communities both
socially and economically because excluded people cannot contribute
productively to regional communities;

Many young Australians are being consigned to a new underclass, something
we have not seen before in really large numbers in affluent Australia; and

An extended period out of the workforce for a young person places them at
risk of a life sentence of poverty and exclusion from mainstream society.
To Sum Up
It was a great achievement to attract about 600 business people to our Business
Functions. Their success was the result of much hard work by many people – a
great Team Sureway effort! Thank you to all those who worked so hard to pull this
together and we look forward to sharing the results achieved and we hope you
enjoy the reading on the following pages.
Judy Galloway
Founding Director
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Sturt Breakfast at Griffith
Take a Chance! was the theme of our Business Breakfast at Griffith on 3rd June.
Excerpt from the Area News:
"GIVE us a go".
That was the simple, but heartfelt message delivered by
18-year-old Griffith job seeker Jenna Hams during a
special breakfast held at the Ex-Servicemen's Club
yesterday.
The business breakfast, which attracted more than 50
people, was organised by Sureway Employment and
Training to highlight the problem of youth
unemployment in the city and featured an address by
guest of honour rugby league legend, Wayne Pearce.
Miss Hams, who is looking for administration or retail
work, said all she wanted was to be given a chance.
"The difficulty I have found in finding a job here is that
they want us to have experience, but how can you get
experience without someone taking a chance," she said.
"As a job seeker you do get sick of being rejected and
not being called back.
"It affects your self-esteem and you start to wonder
what is wrong with you, what am I not doing right.
Rugby League legend Wayne Pearce,
young job seeker Jenna Harris and Area
Manager Craig Tilston, discuss youth
unemployment at the Griffith ExServicemen's Club.
"Mr Pearce was really good to listen to and his message
about not giving up was inspiring."
With a staggering one in three people aged between 15
and 24 living in Griffith unemployed, Mr Pearce
highlighted the important role business leaders play in
Picture: Area News
the community.
He is one of Australia's most respected and highest profile rugby league identities and
represented and captained the Balmain Tigers, NSW and Australia from 1980 to 1990.
"Business leaders have a responsibility to provide opportunities for young people, who are
willing and able to contribute to society," he said.
"We need to encourage these young people otherwise they will learn to feel helpless rather than
empowered. We just need to give them a sense of belief so they can achieve."
The project is called "Providing the First Step for Our Youth" and Sureway's regional manager,
Craig Tilston, said he hoped the breakfast would encourage businesses to help young people
take that first step.
"It would be nice to see between 15 to 20 young people in Griffith in the next couple of months
ideally in sustainable employment," he said.
"Youth unemployment in the ages of 17 to 24 is at 8.9 per cent, which is a little bit higher than
the national average.
"I'd say one in three are either unemployed or underemployed. Let's see if we can rise to the
challenge and give some of these young people a go."
Good News: Young job seeker Jenna was placed in a full time position on 19th June with
Griffith Real Estate. Prior to that she had also found a casual two day weekend position at a
Griffith motel. So, from not getting any, or little, work she has now been “Given a Go” by
two employers!
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Kiewa Breakfast at Albury
Dermott Brereton and Cindy
Wallace discussing the need
for youth to receive a helping
hand to find work.
Picture: The Border Mail
Pictured L-R: Area Manager Cindy Wallace, Dermott Brereton,
young job seeker Lucille, and PDM Don Intine
Kiewa ESA held a successful Business Breakfast on Wednesday 4th June at the Albury
Commercial Club with 109 guests from a diverse range of industries in attendance.
The breakfast featured written testimony from young people highlighting their skills, rather
than their resumes.
Ex-AFL footballer Dermott Brereton spoke at the function about opportunities he had been
given. “It does require somebody to extend the hand of friendship, and go out of their way to
supply an opportunity,” he said.
“It’s about extending a hand of good faith to people and helping someone who, years down the
track, might be able to repay the favour.”
The father-of-two said he believed there was more pressure placed on young people today than
there had been when he was growing up.
Staff are following up on the strong interest from various employers at the event.
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Bendigo Advertiser, June 12
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Bendigo Advertiser, June 12
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Breakfast at Bendigo
L-R: Youth Clients Rebecca Stewart, Chloe Tilbury, Rosie HarringtonBarker with Kerry Delcourt (Casual Trainer) and Youth Clients Rebeka
Taylor and Kyle Thomas.
L-R: Youth Clients Kyle Thomas and
Rebeka Taylor looking a little
apprehensive prior to the event.
L-R: Excited Youth Clients Chloe
Tilbury, Rosie Harrington-Barker
and Rebecca Stewart.
Megan Underwood EA (C) with Kirsty
McBride-Lourens & Ian Morley
representing Drake International, with
whom we have a close working
relationship.
L-R: David Galloway (CEO), Megan Underwood (EA)
and Judy Galloway (Founder)
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Wayne Pearce chatting
with Rosie
L-R: Simone Baker (EB), Michael
Hockley (EB) and Jodie Scoble (AM)
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Goulburn Valley Breakfast at Shepparton
The following two articles appeared on page 3 of our local paper, the Shepparton
News!
We had about 70 people attend the Breakfast.
Ongoing success stories:
 2 confirmed placements
 5 interviews already held – waiting on employers results which we will be following
up this week.
We also found that as a result of calling employers and making site visits, we had a
number of vacancies come through and a lot of employers advised us they will be
contacting us with vacancies early in the new financial year.
We had TV coverage of the event with local news show :Weeknights” on Southern Cross
Ten during which a couple of our job seekers were interviewed.
Reginna Vasi, EB
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Shepparton News, June 12
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Dubbo Daily Liberal, June 14
POLL: Battle is on for youth future
By FAYE WHEELER
Dubbo-based organisations have plans to cut the region's 14.1 per cent youth
unemployment rate, with one setting an "ambitious goal" to meet by the end of
July.
The need for solutions was
highlighted this week with
the release of analysis that
that showed an average of
1112 young people needed
jobs in the 12 months to
February in the Orana and
Far West region.
The analysis of Australian
Bureau of Statistics data was
done by the Brotherhood of
St Laurence, which has
raised concerns about the
impact of changes to under30s' eligibility for the dole.
The analysis underlined the
importance of efforts already
started by Sureway
Employment and Training,
and Regional Development
Australia (RDA) Orana.
Sureway was yesterday
making final preparations for
its forum to raise awareness
and engage regional
business leaders in
generating new jobs.
The employment services
provider has engaged former
rugby league player Wayne
Pearce to come to Dubbo on
Tuesday and address the
event, where job seekers in
their teens and 20s will also
be present.
Sureway Employment and Training indigenous mentor Paul Hausia, job
seekers Cody-Ross Hyde and Tenille Adimari, and Sureway employment
broker Carissa Perkins, employment advisor Emily Falson and regional
manager Margaret de Veau. Photo: LOUISE DONGES.
Sureway's goal with the
project is to assist 20 young
people into full-time
employment by the end of
July.
"This is an ambitious goal, however, we know by using traineeships,
apprenticeships and wage subsidies, we have the ability to make a difference to
youth unemployment," Sureway regional manager Margaret de Veau said.
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Orana Breakfast at Dubbo
L-R: PDM Anthony Dawson, AM Margie de Veau AM,
Judy Galloway Director, Alex Curtis GM SST
with Job Seeker Shannon Forrester
One of Orana’s
Youth Ambassadors chatting with
Wayne Pearce
Breakfast at Orange
The Breakfast held on 16 June at Orange Ex-Services Club
proved to be a successful event with three job seekers,
Streams 1, 2 and 4, being placed in employment, one
securing an apprencticeship.
The Central
Western Daily
L-R: Darren Jordan TL/EB Parkes,
Wayne Pearce and Craig Ryan TL
Forbes discussing opportunities for
young people at Orange.
L-R: Phillipa Mielke EB with
Wayne Pearce and young job
seeker, Hayley Harris
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The Daily Advertiser, Wagga Wagga, June 5
Plea to help end Wagga's
youth unemployment woes
By Alex McConachie
The challenge has been laid down to the
Wagga business community - help end regional
Australia's youth unemployment crisis by finding
jobs for 20 young people by the end of next
Wallabies legend Mark Ella and Judy and David Galloway from Sureway
want to see Wagga businesses help end the city's youth unemployment
crisis. Picture: Laura Hardwick
month.
THE challenge has been laid down to the Wagga
business community - help end regional Australia's
youth unemployment crisis by finding jobs for 20 young people by the end of next month.
The initiative was launched by Sureway Employment and Training at a breakfast for the city's business leaders
yesterday, with Wallabies icon Mark Ella imploring them to get behind the city's youth.
"(Youth unemployment) is the biggest challenge for governments, it's the biggest challenge for communities particularly in regional (areas)," he said. "There aren't the jobs there for a lot of these guys."
The difficulty young people have finding jobs these days is an issue close to Mr Ella's heart, with his son having
struggled for the past four years in his search for a job.
If the roll-up at yesterday's breakfast is anything to go by - with about 100 people turning out - Wagga's businesses
appear to be getting right behind the Providing the First Step for Our Youth project.
Mr Ella shared anecdotes from his legendary rugby career with the gathering, many of which drew parallels with
the challenges associated with the present-day youth employment landscape.
Sureway founding director Judy Galloway is keen to see Wagga's business community give the city's youth a
helping hand. "(I'd like to see businesses) give those young people a go and to make sure they put them into their
workplace with some support," she said. "Most of them are really keen to have an opportunity to work. "Some of
them are probably doing four hours a week in a retail shop, but so that we can overcome this issue, they need
some full-time employment."
Youth unemployment sky-high in Wagga, statistics show
NEARLY two in every five people that visit Sureway for assistance in finding a job in Wagga are aged between 15
and 24 - a damning statistic highlighting just how deep the city's youth unemployment crisis is.
Nationwide, the youth unemployment rate in regional areas is around 18 per cent - close to 4 per cent higher than
the national average when factoring in the cities.
For Sureway founding director Judy Galloway, those statistics are "substantial" and deeply concerning.
"If we don't do something about youth unemployment, what we're doing is creating an underclass," she said. "This
is in a community that's affluent - we just can't afford to do that."
Former Wallabies captain Mark Ella, who addressed a breakfast of Wagga business leaders yesterday about the
issue, has a solution for young jobseekers he learned during his playing days - believe in yourself and be prepared
to work to achieve your goals.
"Sometimes, as glum as it may look, there's always hope but you've got to work hard for it," he said. "You don't get
rewarded or get a job because you're lucky, you've actually got to work hard."
But at the same time, Mr Ella believes businesses also need to be part of the solution by being prepared to "take a
gamble" on young workers and give them the experience they need to get a foothold in the workforce.
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Sth Eastern Breakfast at Wagga Wagga
L-R: Rikki Moore EA, Ben McKenzie Snr EB, Emma Smith AA SST,
Katrina Gain Business Analyst HO with Mark Ella
Founding Director Judy Galloway
welcoming guests prior to introducing
Guest Speaker Mark Ella
Mark Ella meeting HO Finance Manager Laura
Taber and her Dad Darryl Taber, Principal of
D&S Taber Electrical Contractors
Over 100 people attended the Breakfast at
Elements Restaurant located at the Wagga Wagga
Botanic Gardens
Guest speaker Mark Ella sharing his experiences
with the very attentive crowd
Cheryl Penrith discussing current
issues with Mark Ella
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