17/12/14

Alinta learns how to soar like an eagle

Alinta Ward is 15 years old, and is one of 26 young people to attend Camp Mibunn – our first camp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. Alinta...

Posted in Camp life / Indigenous youth

12/12/14

SU QLD’s Racing Car

Do you know someone who is a racing car driver and a school Principal? We do! Simon Boss-Walker, Principal of Kawungan State School, races cars semi-professionally and proudly displays...

Posted in Chaplaincy

1/12/14

Being part of a 99% Indigenous school

If you stepped foot into Cherbourg Primary School, you’d be immediately swarmed by kids. They’d drag you to the playground to teach you how to play marbles. Or they’d...

Posted in Chaplaincy / Indigenous youth

25/11/14

What will chaplaincy look like in 2015, post-High Court ruling?

It’s been almost 18 months since the second High Court challenge began. Thank you for your support on this journey, we couldn’t have done it without knowing how much...

Posted in High Court

25/11/14

Diverse students create diverse learning

Gen Ys and Baby Boomers. High school graduates and workers looking for a mid-life career change. There is no mould for students enrolled in our Certificate IV in Youth...

Posted in Training

25/11/14

A Year in Review – What your generosity has achieved in 2014

Your support, whether through prayer, financial contributions or volunteering, has accomplished a lot in 2014. Here’s a look at 2014 in review, and the incredible growth that’s been achieved,...

Posted in Uncategorized

25/11/14

A chappy lifts a mum’s burden

Selena and Samantha are only 9 and 10 years old – but they are facing a situation no child should. Their mum, Lisa, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer....

Posted in Chaplaincy

11/11/14

Life in Chinchilla for our youth

We’ve heard it a lot in the media – there’s a mining ‘boom’… there’s a mining ‘bust’… mining is our country’s future… mining is our country’s collapse. Whatever your...

Posted in Chaplaincy / School life

21/10/14

120 at-risk youth supported

Build the Future (BTF) Managing Director, Melanie Minichiello, has always had a heart for at-risk youth. A former school chaplain, Melanie is passionate about helping young people find purpose....

Posted in At-Risk

21/10/14

Our volunteers are unstoppable

Splashout Far North Queensland Director Kristin Hohoi loves volunteering on SU QLD camps — so much so that even a diagnosis of cancer couldn’t keep her away! “I just love...

Posted in Camp life