Common Ground: Future Fit Masculinities
St Bede’s College is proud to be at the forefront of student wellbeing with an innovative new program for students in Years 7 to 11, Common Ground: Future Fit Masculinities.
Delivered with our partner, The Foundation For Positive Masculinity, this educational pilot program centres on understanding and preventing gender-based violence. Gender-based violence, especially against women, is a serious and widespread problem in Australia.
This program aims to understand the complex world our teens have to navigate and how gender stereotypes shape their experiences. We are privileged to be the only educational provider in Victoria to participate in this program and look forward to sharing the insights and outcomes with you throughout the year. Future Fit Masculinities will allow us to promote, educate and encourage healthy and respectful relationships among school aged boys. Discover more about the program here at The Common Ground.
‘We believe in a whole community approach, working together with parents/guardians,
students (of all genders), and educators… our plan is to establish evidence-based activities
and programs that encourage healthy expressions of what it means to be a man today and
tackle social attitudes and behaviours that drive violence against women and children,
stopping gender-based violence before it starts’.
Dr Ray Swann, Executive Director
The Foundation for Positive Masculinity
