Cherbourg Leadership Program
The first Cherbourg Community Leadership Program was held in 2025, with six locals taking part in the pilot program!
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Module 1 was completed over two days in May against the beautiful backdrop of the Bunya Mountains where participants:
๐ฟshared their stories and values
๐increased their personal confidence, and
๐explored healthy communication and conflict resolution methods.
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Module 2 took place in June, with participants again returning to the Bunya Mountains (complete with cozy fire this time๐ฅ) to:
๐discover the difference between management and leadership
๐ชactivate creative problem solving, and
โ learn useful frameworks to support them in their leadership journeys.
Pilot Program 2025
Photographed after the Graduation Lunch at the Bunya Mountains Tavern are participants Stacy Christensen, Kim Barrett, Chrissy Collier-Bond, Emma Turaganivalu and Nicola Tizzard with Red Earth Program Manager Amanda Woodward and program facilitators Lindsay Davies and Aunty Linda Biumaiwai (absent from photo: Chantal Harth).
๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข…
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Red Earth Community Foundation has been running a regional Community Leadership Program at the Bunya Mountains every year since 2014. The Program now has over 240 Alumni throughout the Burnett Inland... many of whom describe the experience as transformative and empowering.
In 2024, Red Earth was privileged to have the opportunity to activate a place-based leadership program for the Cherbourg community. Drawing on their experience of running a successful leadership program for over a decade, and the alignment with the organisation’s purpose to “invest in people”, Red Earth began the journey of developing and delivering the first Cherbourg Community Leadership Program.
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Through community consultation with Elders, Council, local organisations, community members and local leaders, strong themes for the leadership program emerged, which formed the foundation of the program.
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The Bunya Mountains was confirmed as a culturally significant and beautiful location, and the four-day format was decided on through collaboration.
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Red Earth then worked with program designers and facilitators Lindsay Davies and Aunty Linda Biumaiwai to bring the program to life. The program outline was endorsed by the Elders Advisory Group and participants were nominated for the pilot program!
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Looking to the future, the program has been designed with the intention of raising up leaders from within Cherbourg that will take carriage of this program... ‘leading from within’. Over a three-year transition period Lindsay and Aunty Linda, supported by Red Earth, will share their knowledge with identified local leaders in order to equip them to lead the program in the future.
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It is Red Earth’s hopeful anticipation that the Cherbourg Community Leadership Program will retain the ‘Magic of the Mountain’ that is experienced during its flagship Red Earth Community Leadership Program... and that participants have a transformative and empowering experience.
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๐โ๐ ๐ถโ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐กโ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐น๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก’๐ ๐ถ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐ ๐น๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ & ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ (๐น๐ ๐ ๐ ) ๐น๐ข๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ข๐โ๐ก ๐น๐ข๐๐’๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ข๐โ๐ก ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Responses from Participants of the 2025 Cherbourg Community Leadership Program
Excellent facilitators.
Great balance of perspectives and
delivery of information.
Excellent for emerging leaders.
The program helped me overcome self-doubt and understand that I am capable of my leadership position.
The Bunya Mountains is the perfect place for this gathering.
Red Earth is a champion supporting Cherbourg and developing this program for community.
Learned some fantastic tools and frameworks.
Red Earth thank you for this amzing program. I see its potential. This will help shape our current and future leaders and role models for sure !
Deadly!
I am now leading the way with more knowledge.
Facilitators were top tier great people and made me feel so understood and welcome.
