Is a RAP for you?
Every organisation has something special to offer. A great RAP includes actions that are unique to your business or service. Look at your strengths, your location, and your sphere of influence and explore new possibilities. That’s what makes the collective impact of RAPs so exciting.
All kinds of organisations are doing RAPs, from big corporations such as ANZ and Qantas to small businesses, local councils, sporting codes such as the NRL and AFL, hospitals, schools, universities, government departments, and more.
The RAP Community includes:
- Large corporations
- Small & medium businesses
- Local, State & Federal government agencies
- Indigenous organisations & enterprises
- Community organisations & not-for-profits
- Schools, universities, TAFEs
- Hospitals & health organisations
- Peak bodies & industry associations
- Faith groups
- Festivals, bands, sporting & creative arts organisations
The Benefits of Developing a RAP
By successfully implementing a RAP, your organisation not only helps create a fairer society and creates social benefits, it also leads to direct economic benefits to your business, including:
- Improved ability to ‘know your customer’ and to better welcome, understand and more fully meet the needs of Indigenous customers;
- Developing a workforce that is more representative of the community in which you operate, establishing community trust and deeper mutually beneficial relationships;
- Attracting and keeping loyal staff and customers who value your contribution to nation-building;
- A larger labour market resulting from increasing numbers of educated and skilled Indigenous Australians being ‘job ready’ - 60 per cent of Indigenous Australians are under 25 years old;
- New industries, services, products and ways of doing business emerging from joint ventures with Indigenous organisations;
- New two-way learning and lifestyle opportunities through working with Indigenous communities and participating in cultural activities;
- A greater ability for Australians to work together and build a shared pride in Indigenous culture and history;
- Access to relevant valuable resources and contacts, such as our cultural awareness training register, and online tools such as Share Our Pride, as well as Indigenous employment guides, etc.
