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About the Ballarat Office
Lead On Ballarat opened its doors in February 2005 and has since assisted over 500 young people to build their skills, confidence and networks within their community as well as create links into education and employment opportunities. Lead On Ballarat have delivered over 50 diverse projects offered by local community groups and business.
In July this year Lead On Ballarat officially became incorporated!! Now officially Lead On Ballarat Inc.
Lead On Ballarat Inc. has a Youth Advisory Board with 10 current members who meet regularly to develop exciting ideas to take on going forward. We are always looking for new people to become involved in sub-committes and event management.
Lead On Ballarat Inc. is located at the Ballarat Learning Exchange (BLX), 36 Camp St. For more information please contact Sarah-Kate on 03 5336 5023; 0417304782, or email sarahkate@leadon.com.au
Ballarat Office Lead On Partners
We fully appreciate and thank the organisations listed below who have helped enable Lead On to establish and grow in the Ballarat community.
In particular we acknowledge the continued support of Bendigo Bank as Lead On Australia’s main corporate partners. Bendigo Bank provide considerable investment to assist with Lead On Australia’s infrastructure and therefore our ability to support so many communities and their young people across Australia.
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Latest News
 | Drive On Award Drive On Program awarded City of Ballarat Community Safety Award!!! |
 | Right Click Records In October Right Click Records was awarded the Regional Arts Victoria RAVE award for business partnerships! What a great recognition for this very prductive group. |
 | Lead On Ballarat was successfull in their application to TAC for funding to develop a driver education program specifically for new arrivals settling in the Ballarat area. |
| The Office for Youth have confirmed that they will continue to fund the Grampians Regional Mentoring Network (GRMN) through to 2011, as part of their committment to supporting the Regional Coordination of Mentoring Initiative. |
| Ballarat Youth Recognition Awards The young people of Ballarat, along with their their adult mentors, were congratulated and recognised for their achievements at the annual Ballarat City Council’s Youth Recognition awards on Friday, November 7. |
Projects & Testimonials
| It has been an exciting year for the Youth Recording Company that has now been officially named Right Click Records. Their website is up and running and can be accessed at www.rightclickrecords.com.au |
 | Drive On aims to provide young people who have been identified to have a significant barrier to them obtaining their probationary licence, with the opportunity to gain supervised driving practice. |
 | Loop is the news, issues and entertainment supplement produced entirely by young people for the broader community, it is printed each Wednesday in The Courier. |
 | Log_on is giving young people the opportunity to work alongside Industry Mentors to develop the skills required to build a professional quality website. |
| Before the Drive is a TAC funded series of workshops which aims to better prepare new arrivals for driving. The workshops cover all aspects of owning and driving a vehicle. |
 small.jpg) | The Grampians Region Mentoring Network (GRMN) The Grampians Regional Mentoring Network is one of six coordination projects accross the state, covering all regions of Victoria, developed to help to facilitate effective regional delivery of new and existing mentoring programs through workshops, one-on-one support and activities to establish links between mentoring programs and the broader community.
Read more about The Grampians Region Mentoring Network (GRMN) |
