Strategic Plan
We believe education is the key to generational change
Our direction
Yalari's vision is to be one of Australia's great educational and leadership foundations for Indigenous people from regional and remote Australia.
Each priority has a defined set of actions and measures of success: create equitable opportunities and outcomes for successive generations of Indigenous children; develop programs that support students and alumni to become qualified, contributing, culturally connected, and influential Australians; and honour all Australians by sharing Indigenous cultures through stories, healing, laughter, and truth.
The 2026-2028 Strategic Plan translates that purpose into three connected priorities. Stronger student outcomes produce alumni ready to lead. Alumni who lead expand what Yalari can offer the next generation. A growing community of support makes both possible.
Our three priorities
What the evidence shows
Twenty-one years of scholarships and wraparound support to more than 630 alumni shapes our plan.
Education changes trajectories
Boarding school scholarships combined with cultural and pastoral support improve Year 12 completion rates for students from regional and remote communities.
Pathway support beyond graduation
A secondary school ATAR is just the first stepping stone. To turn educational opportunity into lifelong leadership, Yalari provides alumni with structured wrap-around support covering housing, career mentoring, and mental wellbeing.
Culture as foundation
Programs that keep students connected to identity, family, and community produce better academic and wellbeing outcomes. Yalari's camp program is built on this evidence.
Succession is strategy
Building pathways for alumni into leadership is how Yalari sustains impact across generations.
Scale depends on depth of support
Yalari's ability to grow is directly tied to the strength of its partner school, donor, government, and community relationships.
Cultural safety is a daily practice
Staff who can engage respectfully and confidently with Indigenous students, families, and communities are central to how Yalari operates.
How we work
Yalari's approach is a connected set of programs, relationships, and practices that support students from Year 7 through to adult life.
Aspire Academic program
Targeted tutoring, career action planning, and structured academic support from Year 7 through to post-school pathways.
Thrive Wellbeing Program
Pastoral support for students living away from home. Helps young people from regional, rural, and remote areas adjust to boarding life, manage stress, and build resilience.
Culture and connection camps
A growing camp program keeps students connected to identity, community, and each other. Cultural connection is built into the student experience.
The Yalari Way
How Yalari works with every partner school to build culturally responsive environments for students.
Student Support Officers (SSOs)
A more connected SSO model, covering the full student journey from high school through to alumni. Wraparound support helps young people stay connected to family, culture, and Country while away from home.
Alumni pathway support
Support carries on from student life. Career planning starts in Year 10, and after graduation Yalari supports alumni through housing, employment, education, and life skills.
Alumni leadership programs
Support continues into leadership and community: mentoring, business and arts incubators, and community project funding give alumni the tools to lead, and to bring others with them.
21 years
Supporting Indigenous students from regional and remote Australia
630+ alumni
Working across law, medicine, education, business, and community leadership
23 schools
Leading partner boarding schools across Australia walking alongside Yalari
National
Yalari scholars from over 180 remote and regional communities across Australia
Looking ahead
The 2026-2028 plan is grounded in Yalari's vision: to be one of Australia’s great enduring educational and leadership foundations empowering Indigenous people from regional and remote Australia.
Our Impact
Yalari measures success across academic achievement, cultural identity, and family and community connection.
Community
Yalari walks alongside our partner schools, alumni, and regional and remote communities.
Legacy
The $200 million Foundation target, tiered partnerships, and alumni succession plan are designed to ensure Yalari can operate in perpetuity.
Become part of Yalari's story
You can partner with Yalari to help provide secondary school education, boarding scholarships, and wrap-around support to over 270 children at 23 boarding schools across Australia.
Our Vision
Yalari’s vision is to be one of Australia’s great enduring educational and leadership foundations empowering Indigenous people from regional and remote Australia.
Our Purpose
To create equitable opportunities and outcomes for successive generations of Indigenous children.
To develop leading programs educating and supporting Yalari’s students and alumni, individually and collectively, as qualified, contributing, culturally connected and influential Australians.
To honour all Australians by sharing Indigenous cultures through stories, healing, laughter and truth.
Our CORRIE Values
- Compassion
- Openness
- Respect
- Resilience
- Inclusiveness
- Excellence
