b'A MESSAGE FROM OURCHAIRPERSONI am a firm believer that the closer the alignment between what we say and what we do, the more success well find. This has certainly been the case for the GO Foundation over the past year. As Chairperson of GO, I am incredibly proud ofGO, they set a goal of delivering 1,000 scholarships the outcomes weve achieved this year and theto Indigenous young people. I feel incredibly proud significant progress we have made towards ourto have reached this goal, not least because it 2022-2026 Strategic Plan.demonstrates just how much our organisation has matured in size, scale and impact. This kind A priority of our Strategic Plan has been to supportof evolution is a testament to GOs processes and young mob as they transition to high school. Datapartnerships, the solid trust we have built with shows us that many kids start to disengage withyoung people, and our amazing team and founders.schooling in Years 5 and 6, making the transition from primary school to high school a challengingAdam and Michaels vision for GO underpins one. After many years of work behind the scenes, everything we do and sets the tone for our I was personally very proud to launch our Year 5 organisations deep-seated commitment to and 6 Leadership Days, which focus on setting mobempowering through education. I am constantly up for success by building their aspiration, resilienceinspired by Adam and Michaels dedication to using and confidence, with culture at the core.their profile and personal time to strengthen GOs Program delivery and encouraging young people We will continue to explore ways that GO can deepento be strong in their culture and in their education. relationships with our current and former students,I am extremely proud to know and work alongside and build on the strong networks of support wethem both.already have in place. Part of this will involve thinking about early childhood development, andI am grateful to our Board, which was this year how we can support the transition from childhood bolstered by the addition of Professor Michelle to young adulthood and beyond.Trudgett and Professor Daryle Rigney, who bring significant experience in education to an already In 2023, we also achieved a significant milestone:high-calibre team. I greatly appreciate the strong we awarded our 1,000th scholarship. When Adamrelationships we have as a Board and our collective Goodes and Michael OLoughlin first establishedcommitment to building a strong, sustainable future 4 GO FOUNDATION'