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Shooting Stars Year 11 and 12 leaders gave back to the community as part of the annual Senior Leadership Camp program thanks to the support of Premier Partner, the Gold Industry Group.
While on the camp in May, 16 participants identified a small project that would improve their school, their community or Shooting Stars.
Cultural awareness, regional facilities, diversity and influencing change were the key topics of discussion for more than 20 Netball Associations from across the State when Netball WA hosted a Leadership Camp in partnership with the Gold Industry Group.
West Coast Fever players teamed up with Netball WA’s charity, Shooting Stars, to share impacts of the Program and the importance of positive role models for Indigenous girls, through a series of inspirational TV advertisements and video stories.
As Premier Partner of Shooting Stars, the Gold Industry Group is proud to help the Program create strong, powerful, and confident women by using netball and other tools as vehicles to drive greater engagement and attendance at school.
Newmont and AngloGold Ashanti Australia joined nine other teams to test their skills in front of the wider Western Australian community at the 10th annual Mining and Emergency Response Competition (MERC) last month.
The Gold Industry Group was proud to be MERC’s industry partner for the second year in a row, as we brought back our gold panning activity.
In its sixteenth year, the 2020 NAIDOC Netball Carnival cemented itself as one of the largest Indigenous sporting events in Australia, with more than 100 teams coming together at the Gold Netball Centre on Sunday 15 November.
Supported by Principal Partner of Netball WA, the Gold Industry Group (GIG), the Carnival saw more than 2,500 netballers and their families take part, with teams travelling from across the State to proudly represent their communities.
Newmont has provided much-needed assistance to the South West Aboriginal Medical Services (SWAMS) as part of the company’s COVID-19 Global Community Support Fund.
Newmont’s support of SWAMS, through the company’s COVID-19 Global Community Support Fund, includes a donation of more than $30,000 and 300 flu immunisations for use in the community.
Two Shooting Stars’ participants and trainees are celebrating this month, after successfully completing their Certificate III in Sport and Recreation whilst living and working in their own regional Western Australian communities.
As Shooting Stars’ Premier Partner, the Gold Industry Group has been working with the charity to improve the lives of indigenous girls in WA since announcing their landmark agreement with netball in April 2019.
West Coast Fever players Jhaniele Fowler and Beryl Friday visited the Shooting Stars Narrogin site to help participants learn valuable skills and build their confidence, both in the classroom and on the court.
As a joint initiative of Glass Jar Australia and Netball WA, Shooting Stars commenced work on their Narrogin site in 2018.
