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20 October 2005
Millers Point Youth and Employment Partnership Wins Australian Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award for Excellence in Large Business Category
The Millers Point Youth and Employment Partnership has won the Prime Minister’s 2005 Community Business Partnership Award for Excellence in Australia in the Large Business Category.
Lend Lease led the establishment of the Partnership when it relocated its head office to Millers Point, and was the catalyst for its formation. Lend Lease now chairs the Partnership.
“Lend Lease is in the business of building places where people want to live and work, so community engagement is part of our culture. Building a corporate headquarters in an inner-city area was a good opportunity to show our commitment to community collaboration,” said Ms Adrien Meredith from Lend Lease, who accepted the award on behalf of the Partnership.
The Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership is a group of business and community leaders appointed by the Prime Minister to advise the Australian Government on community business collaboration, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.
The Awards started in 1999 and recognise those businesses and community groups which come together to generate long-term benefits for their local area.
The MYE Partnership
The Millers Point Youth and Employment Partnership focuses on youth and employment in Millers Point, Sydney, and is a working example of public/private collaboration between 13 organisations in a community.
The Partnership operates on the premise that communities are stronger when individuals, community groups, government and businesses work together to achieve social outcomes.
The Partnership includes groups that often have no interaction; for instance, large companies, education, community services and community groups.
For more information:
Adrien Meredith
Lend Lease
Tel: 02 9236 6423 | Ann Austin
Lend Lease
Tel: 02 9237 5516 |
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Background
Members
Partnership members include: Lend Lease, City of Sydney, Ultimo Campus – Sydney Institute of TAFE, The Rocks Police, The Rocks Chamber of Commerce, Westpac, Sydney Cove Rotary, NSW Department of Housing, Fort Street Primary, Sydney Secondary College – Balmain Campus and Millers Point Residents Action Group.
The Millers Point Community
Millers Point is on the fringe of Sydney’s CBD with a rich industrial heritage. Millers Point was a public housing area, but has changed in recent years with affluent residents and companies coming into the community.
Activities
The collective wisdom of all partners helps solve local problems, and as a result of its successes, the Partnership is recognised by residents, local business and the City of Sydney Council.
Youth Mentoring Program
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 | 4-tiered mentoring program comprising young people |
| Year 6 at Fort Street Primary |
| Years 7- 10 at Sydney Secondary College – Balmain Campus |
| Years 11- 12 at Sydney Secondary College – Blackwattle Bay |
| Post School through Abraham Mott Youth Centre |
| Includes 25 Lend Lease volunteers acting as mentors |
| Mentor training and supervision by Ultimo Campus – Sydney Institute of TAFE |
Rocksfest05
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| Festival of films made by young people |
| Festival designed and executed by young people |
| Young people supported by Abraham Mott social worker, Fort Street principal and Lend Lease mentors |
| TAFE accreditation for young people involved |
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