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Finding their Place – live streamed event for businesses

August 24, 2020/in News /by Beacon Foundation

Beacon are proud to be working alongside Burnie Works, North-West Industry Training Hub and business in Tasmania’s North West and on the Central Coast to deliver ‘Finding their Place’. This outcome focused campaign is a call to industry to offer VET placements to local year 11/12 students who will need to undertake a VET placement to complete year 12. We want to reach as many businesses as possible across the Central Coast, Burnie, Waratah- Wynyard, Circular Head and West Coast council areas to ensure that students in the Hellyer Regional Collective will have the best opportunity to complete their training in what has been a very disrupted year for all of our young people.

Thursday August 27 at 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Grab your lunch and listen to special guest speakers from our region discuss the importance of supporting our kids education at this time. How can your business help out? Tune it for details, register here.

Click here for more information and to download the Finding Their Place Poster.

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