Author: ABCN Team

Our thanks to Hall & Wilcox for hosting our Victorian end-of-year event in which nine scholarship students were welcomed to ABCN through the Foundation Accelerate program. Other states are hosting similar events to celebrate a...

A record 45 deserving young students from across Australia will receive scholarships through the Australian Business and Community Network (ABCN) 2022 Accelerate Scholarship Program this year.  ‘No one puts their children in a boat unless...

Sheeza Shakeel, an ABCN mentor from Accenture, reflects on the gift that comes from mentoring a student In the middle of personal and professional challenges and change management during and post-COVID, I have realised what’s...

Is this the quote of the year? Plus read about our new long-term impact research and a face-to-face program in the regions. Read more

ABCN Foundation scholarship winner Zali is a proud student of Northlakes High School on the NSW Central Coast. Currently in Year 11, Zali is completing a School-Based Traineeship as well as studying a Certificate III...

As 2022 rolls on, ABCN’s face-to-face and blended programs are returning thick and fast. Even ABCN’s regional schools are getting in on the face-to-face fun. In Australia, 70% of low socio-economic status schools are located...

At 15, while studying at Lalor Secondary College in Melbourne, Sarah Pervaiz didn’t know what she wanted to do as a career. She considered law ​as a potential option, and after attending a GOALS program through ABCN where...

Business mentoring programs boost the confidence and skills of students from low-socio economic backgrounds, laying the foundation for more positive post-school outcomes 10-12 years later, a new study of students has shown. The study by...

Ranie Nguyen was a Year 9 student when she participated in an ABCN GOALS program at Cabramatta High. Fifteen years later she has returned to volunteer as a mentor with ABCN member company Westpac in...

A simple coin left an important impact on ABCN alumni Yasmina Elmerkhaoui, who now works full-time as a social media influencer with an online following of almost 95,000. ‘I was someone who was nervous in...