By Sarah Collier If you’re an aspiring leader living in Gippsland and want to meet like-minded people and form lasting connections, then the Gippsland Community Leadership Program (GCLP) could be for you. Applications for the comprehensive 10-month course are currently…

By Sarah Collier Investing in emerging leaders and fostering regional leadership programs is important to creating  sustainable and profitable regions. Leadership Great South Coast, an annual community leadership program, plays a pivotal role in building the capabilities of people working…

By Sarah Collier Each year Gardiner Foundation offers two places in the Gippsland Community Leadership Program to people living and working in Victorian dairy regions – on dairy farms, in dairy processing, as service providers or in community organisations. This…

By Sarah Collier Elise Hill, a dairy farmer from Cudgewa, never thought she’d apply, let alone be accepted for a leadership program. But she just completed her project ‘A Chair to Share’, to advocate for mental health across the north-east…

Greg Cole entertained the idea of doing a community leadership program for 15 years before “the timing felt right”. In hindsight, he said “prioritising time” for Gippsland Community Leadership Program (GCLP) would have been valuable while growing businesses, parenting and…

From hearing a child’s reflection on hope that emerged from the East Gippsland fires to observing his employer’s determination to keep their employees safe from COVID, has led Jon Webb to take a different perspective on life. Jon, who works...

As dairy farm numbers decline, leadership program graduate Roisin Powles believes it’s more important than ever that farmers have confidence to step up into leadership roles. Roisin, from Gillieston near Tatura, has had her confidence boosted after completing the Fairley...

Suzie Jacobs is passionate about helping her dairy community create a positive narrative for the future. Living the last 10 years in Ballendella, near Lockington in northern Victoria, Suzie wants to “plant the seeds of possibility” to enable the community...

Dixie dairy farmer Brad Collins wants to hear more farming voices in community leadership roles. In 2019 Brad participated in Leadership Great South Coast, a community leadership program that gave him an opportunity to develop his leadership skills. He was...

Joy Coulson thinks it is vitally important that people with a range of job titles, from varying backgrounds and with differing personalities pursue leadership roles. “Our dairy industry needs industry-experienced people from many and varied backgrounds to bring their unique...