This monthly newsletter is our opportunity to share with you the latest news, community updates and celebrations across the RISE remote employment, enterprise and community projects space. As we reach the mid-point of the year, RISE Ventures would like to reflect on the past 6-months and celebrate some of the incredible projects, partnerships and success stories…
Thursdays are a special day for our Pormpuraaw clients and teams. They are our Cultural Wellbeing days. Our teams run a men’s group and a women’s group, taking community members out on Country to reconnect with cultural practices and have a yarn about their wellbeing. The sessions have been a wonderful success! Check out three…
RISE Ventures Celebrates the Opening of the Kowanyama Bakery! Wednesday 29 June was a day of celebration for the Kowanyama community with the official re-opening of the Kowanyama Bakery! This venture is not just about delicious breads and pastries; it signifies a significant step towards economic development and improved health for community residents. The…
Sharissa Charlie and Kim Smith are two RISE Ventures clients in Kowanyama, Far North QLD. Both ladies had been CDP clients with us for nearly 2-years and in February 2024, they both started on a new life and career path as NDIS Support Workers for uLaunch. RISE Ventures and uLaunch, an established DES and NDIS…
This monthly newsletter is our opportunity to share with you the latest news, community updates and celebrations across the RISE remote employment, enterprise and community projects space. This month, we are proud to share three successful launches – Pormpuraaw youth engagement, NDIS in Kowanyama and GATHER AROUND, a consulting and training services enterprise! Happy reading! ⭐…
Charmaine is a proud Kunjen woman that has lived in Kowanyama all her life. She loves her community, is a well-respected Traditional Owner and a newly elected local Councillor to the Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council and looks forward to being of service to the community as one of their representatives. Her greatest accomplishment in life…
In February, we shared this story of three young men who had started learning carpentry with our Supervisors in Pormpuraaw. Since then, our youth engagement has taken off! We’ve welcomed 12 disengaged young people in the past 6-weeks. Seeing what their mates had been doing with the RISE Ventures team prompted more young men to…
The Pormpuraaw Land & Sea Project is a small but mighty team doing great things for their community. Made up of RISE Supervisors and eager clients, they are a men’s group in action. Their mission? To restore, beautify and maintain the outdoor spaces in their community and help locals along the way. …
Cody Henaway is a self-driven young man from Pormpuraaw who is turning his talents into a sustainable career. Cody completed year 12 of high school in 2022 and returned to the Pormpuraaw community. At school, he had already gained Certificate II in Engineering Pathways & Certificate I in Construction. After graduation, Cody got casual work…
We celebrated the grand opening of the RISE Retail Arts ‘N’ Craft Store in Kowanyama on Wednesday 28 February! We had 30 community members join us along with the RISE Ventures gardening team, office staff and uLaunch support workers. Josh, our baker at the Kowanyama Bakery, kept everyone well-fed with a sausage sizzle and…
