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Somewhere out there is a student who has all the potential, but not the means to achieve it. Despite working most nights to help contribute to the family income, they attend school every day. While...

ABCN Media Release: ABCN Foundation Applications

Help a young person become an Accelerate scholar; First impressions count; Entrepreneurship is a mindset and skillset; Scholar success – Rachel Bonic

2016 was a busy year for ABCN founding member Optus. The business worked with over 840 disadvantaged students Australia-wide across many mentoring activities. It was also instrumental in pioneering a new program, Pathways to Employment. ‘Optus...

Every year when ABCN produces its member company impact reports, we find ourselves humbled by the number of hours individuals contribute to our programs. We also marvel at the additional time some corporate volunteers give...

New ABCN member EnergyAustralia has kicked off 2017 with enthusiasm for its first round of ABCN programs. The business will undertake a variety of activities this year including FOCUS, Interview to Impress, Aspirations, GOALS and Spark. Excitingly...

ABCN’s 2016 impact statistics are in and we’re delighted to share them with you. What an incredible year for everyone involved in ABCN programs – it saw us work with 18,298 students in total. Of these, 5,649 students received...

2016 impact and outcomes; EnergyAustralia hits the ground running; Above and beyond – MinterEllison; Optus creates Pathways to Employment

This year we were delighted to build on the success of last year’s pilot program Innovate in partnership with ABCN member, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Innovate is designed specifically to inspire engagement and uptake of STEM subjects among secondary students. Initially...