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Beyond the Badge’s Career Transition Program was developed to support first responders who are considering a transition to an alternative career or work opportunity, providing real life skill development through role play and Q&A, providing participants an opportunity to polish their skills before applying for their next role. In a tri-club deal funded via the ClubGRANTS scheme, Wests Group Macarthur, Campbelltown Catholic Club and Ingleburn RSL have once again contributed $22,500 to fund the training program this year, totalling $67,500 over the past three years.

The 2023 program commenced Tuesday 25^th July and ran over three days at each of the respective venues, with the one key difference of 100% online delivery this year. The program was originally open to current and/or former Police, Ambulance, Fire & Rescue and Corrections personnel residing in Macarthur, but has now opened up to participants nationally.

Sean Haran, co-founder of Beyond the Badge and passionate first responder advocate shares, “The new online iteration of the program has allowed us to connect with a broader range of people and remove some of the barriers that participants can face in attending a face to face training program. Participants are accessing the same quality training material in new and more accommodating means for their individual circumstances.”

Wests Group Macarthur Chief Executive Officer Daniel Perkiss comments, “Wests Group Macarthur is honoured to be a supporter of the Career Transition program. his is an incredibly worthy cause, to a highly valuable target audience and we feel very strongly about taking care of those that have spent a career taking care of others”.

Perkiss continues, “Wests are proud to partner with the Ingleburn RSL and Campbelltown Catholic Club in this important community initiative”.

Pictured: Wests Group Macarthur Group Human Resources Manager Leanne Craig with Sean Haran of Beyond the Badge at the Career Transition Program held at Wests on Tuesday 25^th July