Worldview Foundation creates new futures and supports our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander team members to reach their potential. Worldview is an ACNC registered charity with DGR status. We are proudly Indigenous-led and are a Supply Nation Registered.

Young Aboriginal men need job opportunities which help them work alongside others who understand their culture and community, and empower them to access full time employment according to Albert Barker, a Mentor for Worldview Foundation’s Intensive Program.

“They need more programs like ours which involve Aboriginal mentors and advisors who understand their journey, and can offer them a safe space culturally, within their own communities,”  Albert said.

The comments come as the Productivity Commission released their study on Australia’s progress against the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, which calls for shared power and self-determination.

The Worldview Intensive Program paves the way to full-time employment, through award wages and employment via WV Technologies, a profit-for-purpose social enterprise, mentorship and coaching to help young Aboriginal men overcome barriers to entering the workforce through the Worldview Foundation, and worker placement and labour hire through Worldview Pathways.

Founding Director and ACT Australian of the Year finalist Kurt Gruber said the National Agreement to Closing the Gap must be supported with programs in Aboriginal communities around Australia to begin making any real progress.

“We consider the Intensive Program a stop along the way for young Aboriginal men, and we are keen to help them with self-determination, accessing full-time employment and applying newly learned life skills,” Kurt said.

Past program participants have gone onto work in a full-time capacity for the Australian Defence Force, Airmaster Australia and in construction, with Worldview Foundation holistic approach also teaching them to cook, and provide emotional support along the way.

“We know that over 60% of Indigenous young adults in non-remote areas of Australia are not engaged in full-time work or study, which results in low-income, and limited opportunity is hard to overcome,”  Kurt said.

According to Kurt, successful transition into full-time employment can reduce reliance on income support payments, and improve choice and access to quality food, housing, physical exercise, social participation, and health care.

Worldview Foundation alongside WV Technologies have approached the government for funding to further expand their program nationally beyond its current delivery in the Capital region and South-east Queensland.