Drought Resilience Mentor Program
Applications are open for the Drought Resilience Leaders Mentoring Program.
Are you a farmer or rural professional interested in connecting with others to share your experience and knowledge to support the resilience and growth of individuals, farming operations, the agriculture sector and communities?
Be part of a national network of mentees and mentors committed to enhancing drought and climate resilience in farming enterprises and communities for the future.
The Drought Resilience Leaders Mentoring Program (DRLM), delivered by Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, will connect people to share knowledge and experience bringing together farmers and other rural professionals from all over the country.
Mentors and mentees will participate in six 1:1 mentoring sessions and have access to webinars and resources covering a range of topics relevant to agriculture and regional Australia, broadly contributing to drought and climate resilience.
Mentors will:
Identify as a farmer, drought or climate professional OR demonstrate connection to the agriculture sector or communities in rural, regional and remote Australia
Demonstrate their desire to share expertise as well as identify areas for their own development and learning
Embrace new ideas and possess a demonstrated willingness to learn, grow and adapt to change by working with others
Mentees will:
Identify as a farmer
Possess a demonstrated desire to learning, sharing knowledge and expertise as well as identify areas for their own development
Embrace new ideas and possess a demonstrated willingness to learn, grow and adapt to change by working with others
Participants will have opportunities to learn from one another and those with experience and expertise in the areas of climate science, resilience, wellbeing and agricultural practice.
Applications now open and close on 31 August, 2021.
