DUBBO Chamber of Commerce's monthly business breakfast will take on a new dimension next Wednesday, with Dubbo College Delroy Campus to host not only the city's business leaders but also students from the Clontarf Academy.
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Parkes MP Mark Coulton, an advocate for the academy, will be in attendance as will guest speaker Bill Wavish.
Mr Wavish will be discussing his involvement with Clontarf, as well as his exposure to both the corporate and sporting world in his past roles as chairman of the Auckland Warriors, executive chairman of Myer and former CEO of Woolworths Ltd.
His involvement with Clontarf, a foundation which exists to improve the education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects of young Aboriginal men, means this is an ideal time to include local academy participants in the chamber breakfast.
Since opening its first academy for 25 boys in 2000 the foundation has grown to cater for about 4200 boys in 68 schools across Western Australia, Northern Territory, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
The foundation believes that failure to experience achievement when young, coupled with a position of underprivilege can lead to alienation, anger and more serious consequences.
As a prelude to tackling these and other issues, participants are first provided with an opportunity to succeed and in turn raise their self-esteem.
Dubbo Chamber of Commerce president Matt Wright has encouraged people from all parts of the local business community to attend the breakfast
"This breakfast is a little different to many of our previous breakfast functions," he said.
"It will provide attendees the opportunity to hear from Bill Wavish and his experiences in the corporate world, as well as the chance to learn all about the great work being undertaken by the Clontarf Academy in Dubbo.
"They will also get the opportunity to meet with Clontarf students, many of whom could be potential future employees of Dubbo businesses."