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Investing in Communities Lendlease are committed to working with our clients to create meaningful pathways towards job creation. Our programs focus on building capacity in regional locations, developing school-to-work pathways and providing on-the-job learning opportunities. Our procurement approach is underpinned by the desire to engage and contract work with local businesses, wherever possible. This approach is based on building the capability of the local workforce through education, training and employment initiatives. Key examples include local participation outcomes of 98% on the Palmerston Regional Hospital, Northern Territory and 96% on the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Queensland. Sunshine Coast University Hospital Lendlease awarded approximately 118 of the 123 work packages on the Sunshine Coast University Hospital to South East Queensland companies. One of the success stories was the local contractor from Forest Glen-based Spence Doors, which supplied 5,933 doors for the public hospital. Lendlease also supported and funded a pilot project, The Workshop on the hospital construction site. The Workshop was a new way for jobseekers and contractors to engage with each other. It also provided an opportunity for Lendlease to partner with the Sunshine Coast Council and with The Hornery Institute. From this partnership in excess of 800 (actual 807) jobseekers were placed into employment, of these approximately 82% were local people; 19% were previously unemployed and 13% were young people*. Indigenous Engagement Lendlease’s vision for Reconciliation is one in which all our employees acknowledge and celebrate the proud heritage of Australia’s First Peoples and promote opportunities for career development, sustainable business growth, and economic participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Gosford Hospital In 2016, Lendlease signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council. The objective of the MOU was to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through economic participation in the project by connecting Indigenous people to work opportunities and Indigenous businesses to supply goods and services to the project. Thanks to this partnership, at project completion, more than 142,000 hours of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were worked on the project and supported apprenticeships and traineeships to 31 young Indigenous workers. A first for Lendlease in Australia, the partnership forged between the company, Darkinjung and the Aboriginal Employment Strategy has proved to be a successful pilot, gaining momentum for Indigenous employment in the Central Coast region. Community and Indigenous Engagement *Young People is defined as 18 and under. Palmerston Regional Hospital, Northern Territory Leadlease Healthcare 15