YWCA Adelaide Annual Report 2016-17 Oct 17 | Page 14

PATHWAYS TO LEADERSHIP
Throughout 2016-17 YWCA Adelaide delivered the Pathways to
Leadership Project, funded by the Department for Communities and
Social Inclusion, and delivered in partnership with Enfield Primary
School and Roma Mitchell Secondary College.
The Pathways to Leadership Project worked
with girls and young women from culturally
diverse backgrounds in supporting successful
transitions to high school, mentoring and peer
connections, and pathways for leadership.
build relationships through a peer lunch club
that ran weekly during Term 2.
Participants reported that the project increased
their leadership skills, their sense of
connectedness and their confidence to apply
Over the project we connected with 71 young leadership skills in their communities.
women and girls on leadership development
activities, including the delivery of the Every
Girl program, the SHE Lead’s High program,
and opportunities to attend the 2017 SHE
Leads High Conference.
Transition workshops were also held at the
start of 2017 to support peer connections
between new year 8 students and students in
year 10-12.
A key highlight was a joint celebration of
International Women’s Day, and out of the
transition workshops the students continued to
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