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Salvation Army Major Peter Sutcliffe Left, with T2S staff and Dulux accredited painters at completion of Salvation Army community project

Rockhampton bloke engaging kids out of crime and into painting community buildings

Rockhampton’s own Dean Loram is reshaping lives with his 41 years of painting expertise, empowering at-risk youth through hands-on renovation projects. Partnering with Transition To Success, Dean has mobilised 35 young people to breathe new life into local buildings while gaining invaluable skills and a renewed sense of purpose.

Carinity Education Rockhampton and Wadja Wadja High School students collaborated at a multi-day team-building camp as part of the City-Country Partnerships.

Rockhampton and Woorabinda schools building relationships

What’s Happening? Carinity Education Rockhampton is fostering positive change in the community by collaborating with a Woorabinda school as part of the City-Country Partnerships. Why It Matters The program develops formal partnerships between high-performing independent schools and remote schools with a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Carinity Education Rockhampton has linked with Wadja Wadja High School for the Australian Government initiative, which is facilitated by the Yadha Muru Foundation. It is one of 14 partnerships forged by schools across Australia aimed at improving student outcomes and attendance rates and paving the way for a brighter, more inclusive future for all Australians. The program provides classroom, diagnostic and relational supports to the country school and delivers external

Salvation Army Major Peter Sutcliffe Left, with T2S staff and Dulux accredited painters at completion of Salvation Army community project

Rockhampton bloke engaging kids out of crime and into painting community buildings

Rockhampton’s own Dean Loram is reshaping lives with his 41 years of painting expertise, empowering at-risk youth through hands-on renovation projects. Partnering with Transition To Success, Dean has mobilised 35 young people to breathe new life into local buildings while gaining invaluable skills and a renewed sense of purpose.

Carinity Education Rockhampton and Wadja Wadja High School students collaborated at a multi-day team-building camp as part of the City-Country Partnerships.

Rockhampton and Woorabinda schools building relationships

What’s Happening? Carinity Education Rockhampton is fostering positive change in the community by collaborating with a Woorabinda school as part of the City-Country Partnerships. Why It Matters The program develops formal partnerships between high-performing independent schools and remote schools with a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Carinity Education Rockhampton has linked with Wadja Wadja High School for the Australian Government initiative, which is facilitated by the Yadha Muru Foundation. It is one of 14 partnerships forged by schools across Australia aimed at improving student outcomes and attendance rates and paving the way for a brighter, more

Salvation Army Major Peter Sutcliffe Left, with T2S staff and Dulux accredited painters at completion of Salvation Army community project

Rockhampton bloke engaging kids out of crime and into painting community buildings

Rockhampton’s own Dean Loram is reshaping lives with his 41 years of painting expertise, empowering at-risk youth through hands-on renovation projects. Partnering with Transition To Success, Dean has mobilised 35 young people to breathe new life into local buildings while gaining invaluable skills and a renewed sense of purpose.

Carinity Education Rockhampton and Wadja Wadja High School students collaborated at a multi-day team-building camp as part of the City-Country Partnerships.

Rockhampton and Woorabinda schools building relationships

What’s Happening? Carinity Education Rockhampton is fostering positive change in the community by collaborating with a Woorabinda school as part of the City-Country Partnerships. Why It Matters The program develops formal partnerships between high-performing independent schools and remote schools with a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Carinity Education Rockhampton has linked with Wadja Wadja High School for the Australian Government initiative, which is facilitated by the Yadha Muru Foundation. It is one of 14 partnerships forged by schools across Australia aimed at improving student outcomes and attendance rates and paving the way for a brighter, more