Each year the Acteum
Management Group tithes a perentage of its profits to the Acteum
Trust. The Trust also seeks
support from mainstream Australian businesses.
The two aims of the Trust
are:
To increase the number of
Indigenous people in senior management positions in
Australia
Each year the Trust supports a
number of Indigenous trainees who wish to enter or study business. The
nature of the
support provided is flexible, depending on the funds
available and the needs of the individuals concerned, but may include
financial
support, job placements, coaching and mentoring. Where appropriate,
cadetships will be offered within the Acteum Management Group.
The
Trustees believe that helping Indigenous people "get a seat at the Board
table" is one of the most powerful
long-term
strategies available to reduce the disgraceful disadvantage
of Indigenous people in Australia.
To recruit senior managers
from the mainstream Australian business community to help solve the problems
faced by Indigenous
Australians
The Trust will also arrange visits
by senior mainstream business executives to Indigenous communities to see
and hear for
themselves the problems faced by
Indigenous communities in Australia.
The Trustees believe that members of this often veryinfluential group largely know little
about the lives of Indigenous people in Australia.