At Tweed River High School, the Clontarf Foundation’s academy is making school a place young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men want to be — and Tweed Community Clubs is proud to stand behind them.
“Our role is to work around the six pillars — trying to make school as attractive as possible for boys to come to school every day, graduate school, and then progress on to get jobs or go into further study,” says Cameron Campbell, director of the Tweed River Clontarf Academy.
The week is full: two morning trainings, two afternoon activities, and up to six camps a term — plus breakfast, so the boys start the day with full bellies. It works. “A lot of the year 12 boys we’ve had come through have been the first boys in their families to ever graduate from school,” says Adam McCormack, Clontarf’s North Coast regional manager.
And the story doesn’t end at graduation. “The boys that finished when we first started on the North Coast have been out ten years now. They still connect with us. We now meet their kids, we see the jobs they’re in, and all the success they’re having. We like to bring those boys back in as mentors for the young fellows in our program.”
You can learn more about the Clontarf Foundation and the work of its academies across the country.
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