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ARLF Changemaker Workshops coming to our region: Clermont, Mackay, Collinsville and Charters Towers

Are you passionate about your community?

Do you want to make change happen in your community?

Join the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation for a two-day Changemaker Workshop

Clermont

Date: 12 – 13 May 2025, Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: Clermont Civic Centre, Clermont, QLD

Register: https://qrcodes.pro/cdbSWn 

Mackay 

Date: 15 – 16 May 2025, Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: Magpies Sporting Club, Mackay, QLD

Register: https://qrcodes.pro/BOhluM

Collinsville

Date: 19 – 20 May 2025, Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: Opal Ridge Motel, Collinsville, QLD

Register: https://qrcodes.pro/st172L

Charters Towers

Date: 22 – 23 May 2025, Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: Arthur Titley Centre, Charters Towers, QLD

Register: https://qrcodes.pro/aPORv1

Join a network of changemakers across rural, regional & remote Australia

  • As a collective, delve into your region’s readiness for change.
  • Explore how change happens, practise how to adapt to change and how to overcome resistance.
  • Become a changemaker, adapt your skills to enable your involvement in creating new and exciting things, managing setbacks and work collectively and purposefully with others.

Take part in diverse community conversations

  • Understand the local ecosystem; undertake purposeful and inclusive engagement; step into informed and authentic conversations.
  • Learn how to have those conversations, suspend judgement and assumptions, and build trust and transparency for connection and diverse relationships.

Create momentum within your community

  • Unpack what forms and shapes a community.
  • Learn how a community can be more inclusive.
  • Considering the impacts of drought, trauma, and other events, gain the tools to better support others and balance giving and taking within a community.

Contribute to and inspire your community’s future

  • Explore ideas to shape the future you would like to see for your community.
  • Understand the importance of language and the power of storytelling in motivating and mobilising others.
  • Learn what makes a good story and how to connect with the hearts and minds of others.

Join us for a transformative two-day face-to-face workshop.

What is included:

  • Delicious, fully catered morning tea and lunch on both days.
  • Qualified, engaging, and supportive Facilitators to guide you along your changemaker journey.
  • All required stationery and participant resources.
  • The opportunity to immerse yourself in a local network of driven, community minded individuals.

This workshop is fully subsidised with thanks to the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund. It is delivered by the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, as part of the Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative.