Creating Next Steps
Discover Your Strengths, Design Your Future
Creating the Next Steps is a 20-week program that prepares students in Years 10-12 for their next step in life.
Built on our high impact Growing Great Teachers and Future Pathways program, Next Steps is a 20-week program built to support students to develop and demonstrate personal and work related competencies that help to increase their potential for a successful post school transition, across 4 key program stages:
Discover Your Strengths
Design Your Future
Display Your Talents
Launch Your Career
Take the Next Step with Creating Chances
Skills explored
Creating Chances is the trusted social enterprise partner of hundreds of schools across Australia, many in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. As a non-profit social enterprise, we specialise in evidence-based programs that promote positive youth development through sport.
We engage and partner with many organisations looking to help young people achieve their life goals.
The Next Steps program instils skills including:
Working in a team, communication & building relationships
Conflict resolution & managing the environment
Critical thinking, creating plans and adapting to change
Transition skills & job market readiness
Our mission is straightforward: to inspire, develop, and empower young people to make a lasting impact on society.
If you are looking for a program to help students transition from school, contact us.
Future Pathway: One step on the Pathway
The Youth Development Pathway is our flagship program and central to our mission at Creating Chances. This innovative and unique sports program is tailored to build confident, capable and future-ready young people. Through sport, we explore personal growth, community building, social change, and pathways beyond school, providing children and young adults with essential life skills in a supportive and enjoyable environment.
There are five modules in the Creating Chances Youth Development Pathway, each designed for different stages of student development.
Springboard
For students in years 5 and 6: Our Springboard program focuses on creating resilient and positive learners prepared to transition to high school.
Champions
For students in years 7 to 9, Our Champions program explores personal development, creating self-aware and responsible learners.
Coach
For students in years 9 and 10: Our Coach program trains young people to deliver fun sports sessions with nearby primary schools to create leaders and local school connections.
Gamechanger
For students in years 10 and 11: Our Game Changer program creates advocates and active citizens through real-life project-based workshops.
Future Pathways
For students in years 10 to 12: Our Future Pathways workshops create opportunities for post-school success with individual transition plans and skills portfolios.
School-Based Trainee Program (SBAT)
After participating in the Youth Development Pathway, students can join our facilitation and coaching team at Creating Chances as school-based trainees.They will develop skills and gain experience that will pave the way for their future success.
Trusted school partners
Since 2004, Creating Chances has partnered with over 100 schools, impacting 15,000 students annually. Our programs have significantly improved participants’ optimism, resilience, and confidence.
Support young people to champion themselves with confidence
If you are looking for a program for students in years 7–9 that explores personal development, resilience, and fosters responsible learners, contact us.
Real stories.
Real change.
