On the Gold Coast today, Co-Owners John Paul Janke, Brian O’Rourke and Angela O’Rourke took part in the Yalari Orientation Camp to meet with new students as they begin their Yalari scholarships. Winanggaay Nguurrang – meaning the camp of thinking of understanding, in the Wiradjuri language – is an important step in each young Yalari students’ journey, bringing together new Year 7 students with their Year 8 …
Influencing a Nation
In recent weeks, our Co-Owner John Paul Janke has been busy across the country truth telling, knowledge sharing, and educating our community by speaking at a number of events; including the 2022 Australian Reconciliation Barometer Launch at Parliament House in Canberra, BLP’s Interrupting the Everyday series, and GJK’s Thought Leadership Lunch in Sydney. In Canberra, he joined Senator Patrick Dodson, …
Paine Reserve Randwick
We are proud to regularly partner with local governments throughout Australia to deliver vital community projects, and Sydney is no different. Work has commenced on the design and construct upgrade and extension of the public amenities building at Paine Reserve, for Randwick City Council. Originally constructed sometime in the 1940s-1950s, the existing structure provided limited facilities for the local community that frequent …
Indigenous Pathways in STEAM
Rork Projects was very proud to collaborate with our friends at GHD Engineering earlier this month to help to deliver a brand-new initiative for Indigenous students that are a part of the Melbourne Indigenous Transitioning School (MITS). GHD contracted Rork Projects to act as the client in an educational scenario where students are tasked with building a fictional 4-level contemporary …
Annual Yalari Dinner
Last week Rork Projects attended Yalari’s annual Brisbane dinner to celebrate the achievements of the many students that Yalari supports. Through Rork Projects’ Wa Initiative, we have partnered with Yalari – a not-for-profit organisation offering secondary education scholarships to Indigenous children at leading Australian boarding schools. One of these students is Nevaeh, who through the Wa Initiative, is supported to attend Clayfield …
Inspiring the Future with WIDAC
At Rork Projects we get particularly excited to see our team members achieving great things both in and out of the office. Recently in Queensland, our Bid Manager Lisa Ferris was invited to speak on a panel to the Year 10 students at St James College, Brisbane in Spring Hill. Lisa spoke about her experiences as a woman in the construction industry, her career …
Wa Initiative Wins
For the second consecutive year, Rork Projects has proudly partnered with the Canberra Raiders 50/50 Charity to raise funds for our Wa Initiative. The Wa Initiative supports Indigenous foundations and not-for-profit organisations in their work in offering quality, secondary education scholarships at leading Australian boarding schools for Indigenous children from regional, rural and remote communities. The 50-50 Charity Raffle is a not-for-profit …
RECAP: Subbies Lawn Bowls
After the year that was 2021, we were so excited to be kicking off 2022 with a face-to-face event celebrating our amazing subbies and their continued efforts. Canberra, Melbourne, and Brisbane have all held Lawn Bowls Networking Events over the last 3 weeks. It was great to have the chance to come together, with a casual (yet somewhat competitive) afternoon …
Welcome to Indigenous Business Month
October is celebrated as Indigenous Business month. Indigenous Business Month was established back in 2015 as a way of promoting First Nations’ business as a vehicle towards self-determination, a way of providing positive role models for Indigenous Australians, and improving quality of life in Indigenous communities. Indigenous individuals, businesses and organisations make significant contributions to the Australian economy every day. …
R U OK?
R U OK? Day is a day to remind ourselves to reach out to those around us, and ask them – are you really ok? Because it’s ok to admit that you are not OK. With four out of five of our Rork Projects offices in lockdown, this is a very timely reminder to not just check in on our friends, …