The Edmund Rice Centre Mirrabooka (ERCM) ran a leadership camp on the weekend of 7th – 9th May at the Keith Maine Centre in Whiteman Park. The camp was attended by Youth Leaders from the Youth Leadership Group as well as potential members. The aim of the camp was to improve the leadership abilities of the participants.

The Senior Leaders of the Edmund Rice Centre Youth Leadership Group attended an Advanced Leadership Camp on 16th – 18th April 2010 at Keith Maine Centre in Whiteman Park. The purpose of the camp was to deliver higher level leadership theory to our best and brightest, with 6 Senior Leaders attending. The leaders watched the movie Gandhi, and were then asked to discuss certain themes and how they were applied by Gandhi and how they could be applied in their own lives. These themes included ‘Honesty’, ‘Understanding Actions’, ‘Relationships’, ‘Non-violence and Respect’, ‘Determination, Logic and Strategy’ and ‘Being a Good Leader’. The group would begin by discussing the issues themselves for 20 minutes and then the Coordinator would be allowed to ask questions and provide feedback. The camp went extremely well and the leaders learned a great deal. Some even remarked that they had a much better understanding of the same movie which they had watched last year.

The inaugural Migrant Got Talent was launched in early 2010. Young migrants from all across Perth were invited to audition in whatever talent had a special meaning to them. These young people then attended a leadership workshop and had another audition where 5 finalists were selected. These competed in a finale held at Perth Town Hall on Saturday March 6th 2010. The Youth Leadership Group Media Team filmed the whole process, including the grand finale, and were contracted to make the final DVD.