Melbourne Victory has launched Victory Rising, a new program that focuses on personal and professional development, accessing opportunities, expanding networks, and tapping into the aspirations of 18–25-year-olds.
The Club, which has traditionally worked with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, aged 12-18, has identified many emerging leaders who would benefit from a deeper, ongoing connection with mentors and the Club, beyond the existing programs.
Victory Rising is a year-long program, providing experiences, excursions and employment sessions, with opportunities to excel in support of young people who often face barriers to employment, highlighting the Club’s committed support of multicultural communities before and beyond U-NITE Multicultural Round.
This officially opened on the occasion of the A-League Men’s 4-1 win over Macarthur FC on Sunday, March 15, when 36 participants – all from migrant and refugee backgrounds – were hosted at AAMI Park. They heard from inspirational speakers from the community, people with lived experience, who shared personal stories with participants on the topics of Employ, Experience, Expansion, and Leadership.
In respect of a large Muslim contingent in the program, they broke the Ramadan fast together at half-time of the fixture.
Victory is uniquely positioned to support these young people to develop across a range of disciplines. The program will take a strengths-based approach, which supports program participants with experiences across the Club, including coaching, finance, social media, commercial and more.
Beyond internal opportunities, program participants will be linked with the Victory in Business network to establish further connections to employment.
This is being led by Victory Rising’s presenting partner, Airmaster, one of Australia’s leading B2B air conditioning technician companies. Airmaster is committed to supporting a program that improves its connection with multicultural Victoria and creates pathways to employment.
