Seaford Independent Learning Centre (SILC) consists of 120 students, ranging from Year 9 - 12. SILC provides students with a flexible, tailored learning program for young people that are unable to connect in a mainstream education setting. This is generally as a result of the challenging and diverse backgrounds such a mental health/trauma, family life and community connection.

Operation Flinders is located 600 km north of Adelaide, on Yankaninna Station (Northern Flinders Ranges). Over the eight days, we will be self-sufficient, carrying all sleeping, camping and personal equipment and walking up to 100 km. Daily activities will include bush survival skills and cooking, team building activities, learning about local Indigenous culture, long days of walking and talking and more!

Operation Flinders aims to transform young people’s lives through evidence-based remote, outback intervention programs. And that is exactly what they did! It’s hard to put into words just how Operation Flinders influenced and changed the lives of the young people. This is a snapshot of a reflection from one of our young people from 2022: ‘It’s been over a month since flinders…Even now, I’m different than what I was before flinders…I’m a better person now, not a good person, but I’m working on it day by day, and it would be so much harder if I hadn’t had gone on Operation Flinders.’

This year, we will be taking 10 of our young people in June to experience this life changing journey for themselves and looking to our community to support such a great cause!