Interflow has partnered with GO Foundation in its goal to improve lives with action and engage in meaningful reconciliation.
Leading provider of pipeline infrastructure solutions, Interflow, has entered a partnership with the Goodes O’Loughlin Foundation (GO) to provide young Indigenous people with vital funding towards the foundation’s scholarship and cultural support program.
Interflow Executive Manager of People and Capability, Tracy Keevers, is proud of this occasion in the history of the company. She believes that while there are many reasons Interflow has thrived for more than 85 years, they’re not all related to the innovative solutions the organisation provides to water authorities and councils.
“It is strongly related to the organisation’s purpose, which has always been about improving the lives of the people we work with and of those within the communities we serve,” Ms Keevers said.
“As a family business, we have always taken care of the people that worked within the business. That philosophy hasn’t changed, but it has grown to include the lives of people outside the business, too.”
Founded by proud Indigenous men and AFL legends Adam Goodes and Michael O’Loughlin – the ‘G’ and ‘O’ of GO Foundation – the organisation provides scholarships for Indigenous children during primary school, high school and university, putting culture at the heart of everything it does.
The holistic program creates opportunities for young Indigenous people by focusing on the students’ identity, culture and wider community as they complete their education.
The GO Foundation partnership ties in deeply with Interflow’s Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, currently in its third year, which is focused on building strong foundations to engage in meaningful reconciliation.
“Part of it is down to the industry we’re in. We really want to learn about sustainable land practices and have a closer connection to Country as an organisation,” Ms Keevers said.
“At the same time, we want to have a long-lasting, positive effect on communities, and that’s what GO Foundation is all about. It is very grassroots. Every dollar we give will make a difference to Indigenous children staying at school.”
In partnering with GO Foundation, which has been making a difference to Indigenous student education for 15 years, Interflow becomes a part of the achievement of a grand goal.
Having funded more than 660 scholarships to date, the GO Foundation wants that number to get to 1000 active scholarships, and Ms Keevers said Interflow is proud to support that goal.
“Maybe in the future, Interflow will be able to offer positions to candidates who have come through the program, but it’s really not about that,” Ms Keevers said. “If we’re truly committed to reconciliation and truly committed to improving lives, we need to put our money where our mouth is and do something about it.
“This is about us having a positive, powerful, long-term impact for generations to come.”
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