Wright of Passage

Fully Funded Youth Opportunity

Wright of Passage is a workplace-learning program designed to support and grow the personal and social development skills of young people (16-25 years of age) to help their entry into paid work or further education. Participants are coached and mentored whilst undertaking hands on, trade-based experiences, developing workplace expertise, with the additional opportunity to participate in adventurous, multi day, offshore sailing experiences.

Key Outcomes

Our participants:

Increased practical, life, personal and inter-personal skills
Improved self-confidence and a sense of achievement, through passing the core competency training modules and increasing their skill base
Improved ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively and with confidence
Improved resilience by being able to recover from and treat mistakes as a learning opportunity, being able to self-critique, and being open to professional feedback and advice

Who is it for

Wright of Passage is aimed at young people, aged 16-25, who have disconnected from school, and are in a position of disengagement, disability and/or disadvantage. Participants need to be able to attend 2 days a week at Woolwich Dock, Sydney, where our yacht Wright of Passage Mercator is docked.

About The Yacht

Wright of Passage Mercator, a 53-foot Herreshoff ketch, was kindly donated to us in early 2017. While being principally sound, the vessel was in a state of disrepair. Since then, a major restoration project has been underway, with the work being done by the young people in the program.