Background

Leadership Wimmera was established with a Board of Management in 2001.
Leadership Wimmera is an initiative of the business and community people of the Wimmera Grampians region which covers six municipalities. They are shires of Hindmarsh, West Wimmera, Yarriambiack, Northern Grampians, and the rural cities of Horsham and Ararat.

End of year events and activities:

Community Leadership Year – Project Presentations
Thirteen people, working across four project teams, presented their findings and recommendations at this years Project Presentations evening in October.
Their topic: This region has just experienced its most significant fire in decades, in addition to an extended dry period of eight years.

What do you want this region to look like socially,
environmentally, economically and culturally
– what do we define as liveable?

A summary their findings can be read on the links:
Culture Report
Economic Report
Environment Report
Social Report

2006 Gala Dinner

More than 140 people celebrated 26 people who took part in this years Leadership Skills Initiative and Community Leadership Years at Leadership Wimmera’s Gala Graduation event. Guest speaker and distinguished arts leader Ms Sue Nattrass AO returned to the region she grew up on for the event.

Program Updates

Leadership Skills Initiative
and Community Leadership Year in 2007

For the second year in a row both Programs have been over subscribed. To cater for the late interest received, the Board has invited 31 candidates to participate in these Leadership programs next year.

Businesses and communities represented in the 2007 intake include manufacturing, health and welfare sector, accountancy, natural resource service industries and agencies, and private business. Five candidates enter the 2007 program on scholarships.

Service Provider

Three high profile leadership development professionals will return to their home region to deliver Leadership Wimmera courses next year.

Leadership Wimmera Board has appointed Melbourne-based leadership development specialists Leading Teams to run two of its leadership programs in 2007.

Former Horsham man Ray McLean, Gerard Murphy, who grew up in Minyip district, and Kraig Grime, formerly of Stawell, will deliver Community Leadership Year and Leadership Skills Initiative courses.

Leading Teams, formerly called Athlete Development Australia, designs and delivers leadership programs for top-level clubs in Australian Football League, National Football League, basketball, rowing and cricket sporting codes.

2005 AFL premiers Sydney Swans and top-of-the-ladder NFL team Melbourne Storm are among groups that implement Leading Team programs.

Sponsorship Update

The Board of Leadership Wimmera wishes to acknowledge the support it has received from the Department for Victorian Communities to deliver the Community Leadership and Skills Initiative Program in 2005 and 2006.

Financial assistance from Regional Development Victoria, through the Provincial Leaders Grant will enable these two programs to be delivered in 2007 and 2008.

Leadership Wimmera wishes you a safe
and relaxing Christmas