‘Creating Your Future Job’ - Free Training For Local Youths
Published 20 July 2021
Local schools can sign students up for a free seven-week training program to help them start their own business - but you need to get in quick, there are just 100 places sponsored by Moreton Bay Regional Council.
The ‘Creating Your Future Job’ initiative is a self-employment program for youths aged 15-24 years who are disengaged from school or at risk of disengaging from mainstream education and employment.
“This is a unique program that provides face-to-face training for youths and gives them real-world skills in an area of work that aligns with their interests, needs and abilities,” Mayor Flannery said.
“During the seven-week program students will have to identify local problems and trained to brainstorm micro-business solutions to solve them.
“It will give them the skills and resources needed to start their own business, getting young people to think about how they can help us transform our economy for the digital age.
“COVID has changed the way we work, technology has changed the way we learn, the gig economy is disrupting usual employment pathways - I want this Council to continue changing too so we keep up with the times.
“So while this kind of initiative is outside the usual scope of a Council’s work, it’s the kind of thinking we need to deliver on the ambitions in our new Regional Economic Development Strategy in creating a bigger, bolder, brighter economy.
“We want to build a community of motivated and engaged individuals and help them turn their great ideas into successful businesses, so that they will stay, grow and employ more people in our region.
“I fundamentally believe that investing in young people is always a good investment, because it’s an investment in our future and the bright young minds that will grow our economy.”
Launching in Term 4 2021, ‘Creating Your Future Job’ will help develop young people’s entrepreneurial skills and generate an income for themselves.
Taj Pabari, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian School of Entrepreneurship (ASE), said the program will help young people generate an income for themselves and their communities.
“Some of the most innovative ideas in history have been born in challenging environments,” Mr Pabari said.
“We want participants to start real micro-businesses that have the capacity to make real change in Moreton Bay.
“Creating Your Future Job Moreton Bay will equip participants will the skills, resources and mindset they need to start their very own micro-business right here and right now.”
Expressions of interest from schools or youth organisations are open until 20 August 2021. For more information visit www.ase.edu.au/moretonbay.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Moreton Bay Regional Council: corporatecomms@moretonbya.qld.gov.au
ASE Program Manager: Tionne Young tionneyoung@ase.edu.au
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Moreton Bay Regional Economic Development Strategy (REDS) 2020-2041
Knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship is one of the four pillars of the REDS which will drive a bigger and bolder region and a brighter future for residents. Our region’s future will be brighter by focusing on our growth and talent and making Moreton Bay region one of the top 10 regional knowledge and innovation hubs in Australia. A key initiative in the strategy’s Action Plan is to develop a targeted program for 18-30-year-old founders to develop and support their entrepreneurial capabilities.
For more information about the REDS visit www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Business-Investment/REDS
Australian School of Entrepreneurship (ASE)
ASE is a community-led and purpose-driven education social enterprise that helps develop young people’s entrepreneurial skills and anyone aged 5 to 24 with a passion for innovation. Its mission is to provide every young person with the skills, resources and mindset they need to start their own business, regardless of their postcode.
For more info about ASE visit www.ase.edu.au