Free help is available at our Career Development Centres – for underemployed and unemployed people, those facing redundancy or retrenchment, school leavers, people looking to return to the workforce, or those seeking a career change.
An innovative partnership to prepare job seekers for employment in the food industry has garnered major acclaim in recent months, winning three awards from the Training and Skills Commission and the Adult Learners’ Week awards.
Since starting Ryde Clothing, Nathan Woodrow has achieved hundreds of online sales, formed a charity partnership, and won the attention of the surf culture crowd. All while still at high school. RDA Murraylands and Riverland business coaching has helped him take his business to the next level.
For three weeks in July, small food producers from the Murraylands and Riverland showcased their wares at the Producers in Residence stall at Adelaide’s Central Markets, with local chefs also spruiking food from the region at the Demonstration Kitchen.
People in the region’s food, beverage and agribusiness industry now have an avenue to share their produce, as well as their experiences, challenges and successes working in the sector.
Up-to-date, credible demographic and economic analysis on the Murraylands and Riverland region is available free of charge online, and our businesses and councils are using it to make better decisions and obtain more funding.
In the first round of the Australian Government’s highly competitive Building Better Regions Fund, support from RDA Murraylands and Riverland saw more than half of South Australia’s infrastructure funding come to three projects in the region.
Using new skills and connections obtained through RDA Murraylands and Riverland’s pilot Export Development Program, Brayfield Park Lavender Farm is planning a major expansion in response to a formal offer from a Chinese buyer.
RDA Murraylands and Riverland has secured the contract to be the NDIS hub for the region, and is helping job seekers and businesses in the region to capitalise on the many economic opportunities the new disability funding will offer.
