The Rites of Passage Institute

The Rites of Passage Institute

In 2021, ROPI worked with a total of 14 schools successfully piloted two RoP programs at Pymble Ladies College (Sydney) and St Hildas (Perth) and supported them to embed the RoP framework into their school-wide wellbeing curriculum ran a Making of Men camp for 24 teenage boys and their fathers, a

Mother & Son camp for 18 boys aged between 10-13 and their mothers (April), and a Young Warriors camp for 24 children aged between 8-11 (May) trained 730 participants in RoP facilitation, both in person and online, and seeded multiple community-building programs nationally further developed free online webinars and resources, reaching an estimated audience of 15 000 people.

"I turned 18 back in October and I love the programs you do so much I would love to take the next step and become a volunteer facilitator...I believe it helped me overcome so much hardship in my life and I would love to give back to the people who helped me do that.

ROPI participant

Radiant Woman

In April, Radiant Woman ran a four day Rites of Passage program in Uki, NSW with five families, two paid facilitators, one volunteer and one trainee facilitator. A family who had lost their home in the recent bushfires received a substantial scholarship to enable them to attend.

As Radiant Woman is a face to face, transformational program, there were challenges in 2021 with lower participant numbers and meeting program costs, associated with COVID-19. RW worked towards greater sustainability via plans to train greater numbers of facilitators and to collaborate with other organisations training facilitators in delivering Rites of Passage programs for girls.

"The sincerity and kindness of all who participated was beyond our expectations. Amazing program, Amazing Women!!"

Mother on RW program

HIGHLIGHTS

Flourish Girl

In 2021, Flourish Girl delivered full day school programs to girls up until lockdowns adapted to online versions of school programs to girls in Victorian schools delivered face to face teacher training to Victorian school teachers, including strategies for better conversations with teenage girls to facilitate their wellbeing provided ongoing training to facilitators, face to face in Victoria and online during lockdowns started developing its online version of The Flourish Girl Journey for girls and teachers grew its overall reach since its founding to 6350 teenage girls in 45+ schools in Victoria & NSW, its total trained facilitators to 20 and its total number of trained teachers to 80+.

The Royal Hood

The Royal Hood offers a 10-week coaching and mentoring program for young people aged 10-18 in groups of up to 20 girls or boys. Topics covered include identity, positive thought patterns, the power of words, relationships, mental wellbeing and making positive choices.

In 2021, TRH navigated COVID-19 restrictions to safely facilitate two face to face

Royal Hood mentoring programs for 32 young people ran two programs based on a scaled back model of the teen program for 20 pre-teens ran a June school holiday activities event (including basketball and go-karting) for 14 young people saw 62% of graduating participants committing to ongoing mentoring.

"Before this program, Mum and I used to fight and argue all the time. Since starting this program, Mum and I have not fought once.

TRH participant