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For five generations, members of the Baguley family have plied their skills in Narrabri, passing on their trade of tiling, brick laying and rendering from one generation to the next.
In the late 1890s, Sam Baguley came to the area, and passed on his trade to his son Charlie, who in turn taught Doug, who trained his son Kevin, and now Kevin’s Son - Cameron - is doing his apprenticeship under his father’s tutelage
The Baguleys are one of many families in the Narrabri Shire who have been able to carry on their training locally, living fulfilly lives and providing services to the local community.
There’s no doubt that Narrabri’s most valuable asset is its young people, the future generations who will live and work in the community.
Retaining these young people in the local community is a task which has exercised the minds of many organisations and individuals.
One way which can help smooth the pathway for young people to remain in their home town for career training and jobs is to offer financial support to help meet the cost of training.
The Courier is proud to be playing its part this year in fulfilling this aim with the Live & Learn Locally promotion, the focus of The Courier’s annual ‘Shop Locally’ Christmas campaign.
Working with the Narrabri Education Foundation, The Courier will put a strong focus on supporting young people, along with older trainees, in their endeavours to learn and live locally, as part of this year’s annual Christmas promotion.
Last year’s promotion, ‘money-go-round’, was dedicated to supporting Narrabri Shire community organisations, and with the generous support of donors and participating businesses, over $10,000 was donated to CanAssist, Narrabri Hospital Auxiliary, Wee Waa Hospital Auxiliary, the VRA and Boggabri Lions.
This year, The Courier hopes to again play its part, by supporting training, and accordingly, retention, of young people in our area by contributing towards the cost of their studies, whether in trade apprenticeships, training in agricultural work, machinery operation, cabinet making, hair styling or hospitality.
Importantly, if we didn’t have local businesses, we wouldn’t have a young workforce coming through.
When people shop locally, they provide the opportunities for jobs, training and sustaining a local workforce.
As part of this year’s promotion, the community is invited to be involved, by shopping at the participating businesses.
Those who shop will go into the draw to win prizes valued to a total of $15,000. The promotion will culminate in a draw on December 19, at which the $15,000 in prize money will go to six lucky people who have shopped at local participating businesses. The major prize will be $10,000, with five separate prizes worth $1000.
The promotion will begin in October, and The Courier will shortly announce which businesses are participating in this year’s promotion.
So this Christmas season, shop locally and you’ll not only go into the draw for great prizes, you’ll be helping local businesses and contributing towards assisting young people to remain in their home town while undertaking career training - the people who will sustain Narrabri Shire for many years to come.
