The Lead On mission is to grow the capacity of a community through the young people of that community.

Growing community capacity - we believe each time you grow the capacity of a person within a community - by capacity we mean their self confidence or self esteem, their sense enterprise, their ability to engage with other people, their work readiness or business skills and just their general sense of purpose - you grow the capacity and prospects of that community.

To achieve this outcome, there needs to be many different outcomes from Lead On. It 'leads on' to many thing. Lead On is not a 'one size fits all' model.

Lead On will initiate, contribute to and/or participate in any project or activity that builds or enhances the capacity of the community. Our activities will form a link between youth, older persons, business, civic, education, and community organisations - integrating all segments of our community.

A recent survey of 100 Lead On participants told us that "self confidence", "self esteem" "ability to talk with older people" and " a sense of being part of the community" were what the young people gain from their Lead On experience.

We value this as a great contribution to the development of the young people and their community. Young people who have a sense of confidence and connection usually make good decisions about themselves and their community.