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COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
Investing in the people and communities that make up the dairy industry is critical to the sustainability of dairy farming in Victoria.
The Gardiner Foundation is committed to strengthening dairy communities and providing opportunities for the development of capability and leadership skills in dairy people.
Demographic data shows the Australian workforce is shrinking for the first time in 60 years. An imperative for dairy is to ensure it competes with other sectors to “attract, retain and develop” talented people.
The same demographic data shows that of
100,000 people who work in the Australian dairy industry, 60,000 live
in and contribute to small rural communities of less than 5,000
people.
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The Foundation has a proud track record of investing in Community and People Development.
Recent examples of the Foundation's investment in Community and People Development are:
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Pioneering Cows Create Careers project which provides Year 8 and 9 students with a first taste of dairy and now runs nationally (Lions Club of Strzelecki/Jaydee Events Pty Ltd).
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Building the Young Dairy Development Program to a State-wide program with 1000 members (United Dairyfarmers of Victoria).
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Building the Sustainable Dairy Farm Families initiative now operating as the National Centre for Farmer Health funded by the Victorian Government. (Western District Health Service).
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Developing a Volunteerism in Small Communities project now run across South Western Victoria (Community Connections (Vic) Ltd/South West Community Capacity Building Consortium).
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Pioneering the DairySAGE Mentoring Program that now runs across Victorian and Queensland dairying areas (WestVic Dairy Inc).
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Leadership Programs that have helped develop the next generation of dairy leaders (Alpine Valleys, Fairley and Gippsland Community Leadership Programs, Community Leadership Loddon Murray, and Nuffield Australia).