Defence
The Prince’s Trust of Australia are offering this fantastic opportunity to attend a 4 day Boot Camp (no active wear needed and there will be no burpees!). Free child care is provided. Limited spaces are available.
Enterprise for Veterans & ADF Families
Join us in Townsville this March!
Our free, four day boot camp is designed to support participants exploring self-employment, interested in intrapreneurship, or looking for professional development and/or exploring new career opportunities.
We work with twenty participants per boot camp in small teams across four days and touch on business model canvas, the lean start-up method, the future of work, and design thinking. Our design thinking immersive is experiential, coaching participants on entrepreneurial methodologies & applying these concepts to your own business or idea by focusing on a real business’ growth opportunity.
We include opportunities to network with guest entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and small business owners, with follow on specialist workshops and virtual mentoring & volunteering opportunities.
Get a sense of the ‘vibe’ here.
The program is open to:
- ADF partners of current or former serving members;
- Transitioning defence members; and
- Ex-serving members at any stage of their employment journey
You do not have to have a business idea to participate in the program.
Our Agenda is:
Day 1: Future of Work, enterprise skill activities, and storytelling workshop
Day 2: Working through a business problem with Business Model Canvas
Day 3: Understanding design thinking
Day 4: Harnessing networking and mentoring
What does self-employment include? You can be self-employed if you’re a freelancer, running a home business, a contractor, consultant, hobby business, sole traders, a franchise owner, small business owners.
Our Townsville boot camp will run from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. from Tuesday, 3 March to Friday, 6 March. We understand life can be busy. If you need to leave early, or can’t make a day, that’s okay! Let us know via email. We also offer free childminding for all of our programs. Please email us at events@princes-trust.org.au to discuss your requirements.
Can't make a program in Queensland? View our complete list of 2020 program dates in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and Queensland.
For any questions or further information, please reach out to events@princes-trust.org.au.