Bunnings Warehouse in Palmerston is working with the business to provide needed supplies to the local schools in the area.
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New Katherine Activities Hub
Attendees at the new Katherine Activities Hub have increased dramatically. Rise Ventures have leased a new site in the Industrial area of Katherine that will run all the activities. The site consists of a large shed for the base of our Construction and Grounds Maintenance skilling Activities, as well as an Accommodation Area where our…
Alistair Aiden kept his job through Covid
Alistair is a 43-year-old local aboriginal Kowanyama resident. The Geographic isolation of Kowanyama and the amount of jobs and participants looking for those jobs is hard enough to deal with never mind Covid coming into play as well. He overcame these and kept coming to see Karen Dunell Rise Ventures CDP Business Manager, every day…
Delivering Fresh Mangoes
We were contacted by the Local Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries to let us know that they had an excess of mangoes. They asked if we could help disperse the mangoes to the community. The Katherine Community Maintenance and Repairs team went to the Katherine Research Station to assist. The team filled a Wool…
Happy New Year
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year from all of us at Rise Ventures.
White Card Training
On the 3rd and 4th of November (Tuesday and Wednesday), Rise Katherine hosted two courses of Certificate 1 in Construction (White Card) which was facilitated by the Batchelor Institute. Jobseekers need a Construction WhiteCard to enter the Construction Industry. Invitations were sent to our neighbouring Region (33) and to our Lead Contractor (Kalano Community Association)…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from all of us at Rise Ventures. Wishing you a safe and happy festive season.
Kybrook Farm Community
The Kybrook Men’s Activity received above average attendance, with community coming out eager to yarn about current community issues, which included two young and keen men looking for employment opportunities. With renovations ramping back up for Power Projects NT post COVID, representatives from RISE and Power Projects NT met to address recruitment from the Kybrook…
Kalano Community NAIDOC Celebrations
RISE was invited to participate in the annual NAIDOC celebrations hosted by Kalano Community Association. RISE was well received to promote our services and treated visitors to our stall with fresh fruit salads, cold drinks and activities for the kids. Our recent CDP Projects were also on display which drew a lot of interest from…
Traffic Management Course
Indigenous Women in Construction On September 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Two women from Beswick participated in and competed a Traffic Management Course at Charles Darwin University Katherine in preparation for the Indigenous Women in Construction Project. The course contained practical and theoretical units which has resulted in 2qualified women who will now be suitable applicants…