In June 2021, we progressed from our initial Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to the next step, with the launch of our Stretch RAP.

The Stretch RAP May 2021 - May 2024 supports the National Reconciliation movement and focusses on the areas of relationships, respect, opportunity, governance and reporting. BSL’s RAP has been formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

The Stretch RAP was launched in an online event on 2 June 2021, with over 250 attendees coming together to celebrate the launch. 

BSL has a network of over 40 Reconciliation Representatives across our work sites to drive actions on the ground. The Reconciliation Representatives support active and consistent engagement to build and maintain relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and support BSL to deliver on its commitment as articulated in our Stretch RAP.

Such commitments include providing a culturally safe workplace. To support this, in 2020, an online Cultural Awareness Training module was developed in consultation with the national voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children – SNAICC . Aboriginal cultural awareness training will be provided to a minimum of 90% of BSL staff across all sites by 2023.

Another example of our commitment and embedding Reconciliation at BSL is our membership to Supply Nation - an Australian leader in supplier diversity. This relationship will provide us with opportunities to promote greater inclusion of Indigenous people.

Our Stretch RAP document carries our new RAP logo which we thank Tara-Rose Butterworth for creating. Tara-Rose is a talented Wagiman artist and worked at BSL for two years as a Local Area Coordinator (LAC) within our NDIS Division. Her logo was inspired by the 2020 National Reconciliation Week theme and was named 'In it Together’, outlining that we must all work together to achieve the actions set out in our three-year RAP.