Make change possible. Sponsor a program.
When you sponsor a leadership program, you create powerful opportunities for people across rural, regional and remote Australia to grow their leadership and lead with purpose.
Your support fuels courage, connection and community strength where it matters most.
By backing a program, you can help build the future
Across rural, regional and remote Australia, communities are filled with people ready to lead. They just need the opportunity. When you sponsor a leadership program, you help create that opportunity. You support people to grow their confidence, strengthen their networks and take action on the challenges that matter most.
This isn’t a one-off investment. It’s the beginning of something bigger. A ripple effect of leadership, resilience and local impact, driven by the people who live it every day.
Why sponsor an ARLF program?
Our leadership programs are not off-the-shelf. They are immersive, practical and designed with rural, regional and remote Australia in mind.
Each program is place-based, meaning participants learn from the land, the community and each other. The experiences are hands-on and challenge participants to lead in real-world contexts, not just the classroom.
We tailor our programs to reflect the diversity and complexity of the regions we serve. Whether it’s responding to drought, strengthening industry networks or building cross-cultural leadership, we meet people where they are and support them to lead from there.
The result is leadership that’s grounded, connected and ready to act.
Your sponsorship enables us to deliver these transformative experiences, fostering leaders who:
Enhance leadership capabilities across sectors and communities.
Bring back valuable insights and innovative approaches to their organisations.
Develop strong peer networks, often becoming collaborators, mentors, and community catalysts.
Shift from role-based leadership to values-led and impact-focused leadership.
The impact of your investment
Sponsoring a program with ARLF ensures your investment delivers measurable outcomes
Stronger leaders, stronger network
100% of participants report increased leadership and networking capability.
Leadership that includes everyone
83% demonstrate more inclusive decision-making and collaboration.
From learning to leading
Participants often take on board roles, advocacy positions, or cross-sector collaborations post-program.
Real impact, local solutions
Programs have led to community-driven initiatives addressing issues like youth unemployment, family violence prevention, and mental health.
Which leadership program aligns with your values?
When you sponsor a program, you’re supporting leadership development in some of the most impactful initiatives across rural, regional and remote Australia. Here’s a look at the programs you can sponsor:
Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP): Our flagship program, developing leaders who drive transformative change in their communities and industries.
Milparanga Emerging Leadership Program: Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders with the skills to create lasting change in their communities.
Milparanga Established Leadership Program: For senior leaders in the First Nations community, supporting them to influence policy, industry and cultural resilience.
Australian Agribusiness Leadership Program (AALP): Focused on strengthening leadership within agribusiness, preparing leaders for the future of food and agriculture.
TRAIL Emerging Leaders Program: An immersive leadership development experience for young, emerging leaders in rural, regional and remote Australia.
Changemaker Workshops: Short, dynamic workshops designed to build leadership capability and tackle local challenges head-on.
When leadership thrives, communities and industries do too.
There’s more than one way to make a difference
Whether you want to empower individuals or amplify the reach of a program, your investment helps leadership thrive where it’s needed most.
No matter the size or style of your investment, we’ll work with you to align it with your goals.
Invest in leadership
Support the long-term impact of leadership across rural, regional and remote Australia by investing in the organisation that makes it possible.
Your contribution helps us design bold programs, grow our reach and respond to emerging challenges, ensuring leadership continues to thrive where it matters most.
Sponsor a participant
Support scholarships that give someone the chance to step into their leadership potential – regardless of postcode, background or bank balance.
You’ll be backing someone ready to lead change in their community, industry or region.
Partner with us
If your organisation is passionate about strengthening leadership in rural, regional and remote Australia, we want to collaborate with you.
Whether you bring local insight, sector expertise or funding capability, your involvement can help us co-design and co-deliver programs that make a real difference.
Hear from our long-standing partners
Discover why leading organisations choose to invest in rural leadership—and the lasting impact they see on communities and industries.
“We see this as the pinnacle of our leadership development. It’s the Rolls-Royce of leadership programs.
People come back more confident, more self-aware, and they know they’ve got something to offer—not just inside the business, but across the sector.
It becomes viral. The feedback mindset spreads throughout the organisation, not just with those who’ve done the program.
Years later, they’re still saying it’s the best thing they’ve done. That’s why we keep investing—year after year.”
Peter O’Keeffe, Commercial General Manager at NuFarm
“These partnerships are building the future leaders we need to keep our regional communities and industries thriving.”
Ben Gursansky,
“We have a very strong focus on leadership at Syngenta, and the beauty of working with the ARLF is the networking opportunity; to plug into a much greater resource,”
David van Ryswyk, Managing Director, Syngenta ANZ
Why partner with the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation?
We’ve spent over 30 years walking alongside people who lead from the ground up. Our programs aren’t theoretical. They’re immersive, place-based, and proven to create ripple effects across communities, industries and generations.
When you partner with us, you’re not just funding leadership. You’re backing people with the courage and capability to lead through complexity – and bring others with them.
We tailor every investment partnership to your goals, values and the kind of impact you want to make.
Sponsor a program
If you are interested in becoming a partner and sponsoring a program, please fill out this form or reach out to our partnerships team directly at partnerships@rural-leaders.org.au
Want to know what investing in leadership really looks like on the ground?
Our blog is full of stories from across rural, regional and remote Australia – where leadership is driving resilience, innovation and lasting change.
From community-led recovery efforts to industry transformation, each case study shows the ripple effect of supporting people to lead with purpose.
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