Community
Boeing is committed to empowering communities through its global giving program focusing on mentorship and family support for veterans, STEM career pathways for Australian and New Zealand students, and supporting First Nations’ youth.
As part of the Boeing Invictus family we are excited to cheer on Team Australia and Team New Zealand as they prepare to harness the power of sport in their recovery journey at the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a long-standing tradition of serving with honour among Australia’s military forces. We are supporting the storytelling of their service through the Australian War Memorial acquisition project of artworks by First Nations’ artists that depicts and commemorates their Defence of Country.
Our STARS Foundation partnership centres on expanding the establishment of in-school mentoring programs that support First Nations’ girls and young women focus on completion of Year 12 and transition into work or further study. The Australia wide initiative combines education, emotional and mental health.
The Clontarf Foundation creates ‘academies’ embedded within schools to help young First Nations’ men transition to meaningful employment and achieve better life outcomes. Our support, which includes individual mentorship, contributes to the program’s focus on building self-esteem, confidence and a fulfilling future.
In supporting FIRST NZ we’re helping introduce mentor-based programs engaging students throughout New Zealand in science, engineering and technology, using Lego robotics challenges. This program includes Kura Kaupapa (schools which teach Maori values and where Maori is the language of instruction), students in bilingual units and those with diverse learning needs.
Our commitment to the Victorian Space Science Education Centre supports the expansion and redesign of an immersive, futuristic Expedition to Mars program and laboratory, designed primarily for Grade 5 and Grade 6 Victorian school students. More than 4,000 students will take on the role of an astronaut and mission controller, using knowledge they have learnt in the classroom to complete a life-like mission to the Mars Space Laboratory.
Our Boeing Australian Youth Aerospace Association partnership amplifies the pathways for youth to establish the skills and interests leading to rewarding careers in the aerospace industry. Australian Youth Aerospace Forum, Australian Universities Rocketry Competition, and Aerospace Futures Conference & Astra program, engage high-school students, undergraduate and research level students, and young professionals respectively.
Boeing volunteers have enthusiastically replanted native trees in Brisbane and Melbourne as part of our revegetation partnership with Greening Australia. The program will enhance the diverse floral and faunal habitats creating a quality nature-based recreation destination ideal for birdwatching.
Boeing Australia employees also support charities throughout the year on fundraising or awareness drives and can also contribute to charities through our workplace giving program.
