Past participants are welcome to contact Operation Flinders Foundation for support and information about activities and services available in their local area to help them make, or maintain, positive changes after returning from our program. Kylie Pointon, Our New Directions Manager, can help with;
- - Sport and recreation activities
- - Art and cultural ideas
- - Strategies for controlling smoking and addiction
- - Finding and preparing yourself for apprenticeships/ traineeships, jobs or further education
- - Counseling and anger management
- - Leadership opportunities
- - Further involvement with Operation Flinders.
Alternatively, click here to visit the links to youth & help services and access information about some of the youth focussed services available in South Australia.
We encourage participants or parents/caregivers to make contact with the Foundation on (08) 8242 3255 (24 hour office and mobile) with any questions or ideas on activities and services that can be accessed through Operation Flinders.
If you would like to submit a testimonial about positive directions that participants have taken after an Operation Flinders experience we welcome all contributions, and will post them on our website with permission. These can be emailed or posted to Kylie Pointon. To view current testimonials please click here.
What is a PGM?
Peer Group Mentors (PGM's) are graduates of the Operation Flinders program. They are the bright light on top of a hill shining as beacons of possibility, personal growth, and hope. These are young people who have responded to the team ethos of the Operation Flinders experience, and who have learned the thrill and satisfaction of physical adventure and have found the courage and mental toughness within, to relish the challenges. Furthermore, following further training provided by Operation Flinders, they then return to our wilderness program to help other 'first-timers' who are going through what they once did. These are young people who have been willing to reach down and lift up others to help them achieve their goals.
Their Role
The PGM is to act as a communication conduit between the team members and the Team Leader. They monitor team morale and individual performance potential, providing encouragement and support. The PGM participates in all team activities during the exercise.
How are they selected?
Exercise participants are offered places in the PGM Development Program on the basis of the recommendation of their Team Leader at the completion of the Exercise. Potential candidates are required to undertake a minimum of two training weekends which further consolidate skills learnt, before returning to the Flinders in the role of PGM.
There have been instances however where those not nominated by their Team Leaders at that time, have subsequently contacted the Foundation and requested to be included on the program, or have had teachers, case workers or others contact on their behalf and request that they be included.
The latter recognises that past participants after further maturation may develop post-Exercise and be more likely to benefit from the PGM program.
For more information on PGM's and how you can get involved, contact the New Direction Manager.
Kylie Pointon
New Directions Manager
OPERATION FLINDERS FOUNDATION
246 Victoria Road, Largs North, SA 5016
T: 08 8242 3255 F: 08 8242 3157
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