Youth

Dream the Pathways

'Inspiring Rural Youth to Make Dreams Happen'

Through its Dream the Pathways programs Centacare works with over 600 at risk young, and mainly Indigenous people aged 13 – 24 in Central and Far West NSW. Dream the Pathways aims to make a positive impact in the lives of young people in each of the following areas:

• Personal significance
• Connectedness
• Engagement in enterprise

To achieve these aims, Dream the Pathways creates opportunities towards:

• Developing self confidence, life-skills and motivation
• Encouraging positive engagement in mainstream schooling
• Engaging early school leaver in alternate learning towards Year 10 and/or vocational accreditation  
• Developing job-readiness skills
• Expanding awareness of training and employment opportunities
  
• Increasing engagement in traineeships and employment

Moving Beyond Barriers

For many young people, the challenges to move beyond social, cultural and geographical barriers are complex, as they deal with family hurts, poor role models, isolation and limited local resources. Dream the Pathways provides the opportunity for a new start through the sensitive support, perseverance and dedication of the team of 15 dedicated youth workers spread across Central and Far West NSW.  With the support of Social Ventures Australia, Dream the Pathways is developing a comprehensive evaluation framework to identify trends and best practice models.

Funding

Dream the Pathways is supported by State and Commonwealth Departments,  Social Ventures Australia, AMP and Vodaphone.