13 Nov 2018
Minister Announces Grant for Entrepreneurship at Riverside GHS.
The Hon. Kelly O’Dwyer, Minister for Jobs and Women, accompanied by the Hon. Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer, The Hon. Trent Zimmerman, the member for North Sydney and Mr Peter Strong, CEO Council of Small Business, Australia, chose Riverside to announce the release of a significant grant to support girls’ entrepreneurship nationwide. A huge media presence underlined the significance of this announcement with radio, television and social media all represented at the launch.
The grant will support 55,000 participants in 55 workshops focussing on the process and creativity behind the development of initiatives which could be expanded into startups and eventually lead to apps and products with commercial possibility.
The guests were introduced to the science of “real” coffee making by the trained baristas, then taken to meet a class of year 7 entrepreneurs who introduced the visitors to their creative designs each of which may eventually be developed into a product to benefit their community.
The visitors were impressed with the work being produced by Ms. Mihailou and her class. They asked many questions and showed obvious interest in the girls and their work and were surprised by the obvious maturity of this year 7 group.
The announcement of the grant took place outside the front portico and was followed by a Q & A session with the guests quizzed about the discrepancy between the pay rates of women and men, flexibility for both sexes in employment, superannuation initiatives to assist women and the funding of the ABC. More pics