Flashback: 2022 HVIA Community Leadership Award

The Community Leadership Award, presented by Caltex, recognises HVIA Members who have engaged positively with the community.

This engagement can be direct or through involvement in some activity that highlights the proactivity of the heavy vehicle industry.

The engagement may also be indirect, whereby the community gains a benefit from a new innovation that improves road safety, vehicle noise or emissions.

The 2022 HVIA Community Leadership Award, was presented to Penske Australia for their support of Outback Futures, a not-for-profit organisation whose mission it is to nurture and empower the outback by renewing hope, building resilience and strengthening community.

Nominations for the 2023 HVIA National Awards close Friday 25 August 2023.

Pictured above: Craig Lee with Penske Australia’s HVIA Community Leadership Award

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Community Leadership Award

Sponsored by Caltex

WINNER:  Outback Futures

by Penske Australia

Outback Futures is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission it is to nurture and empower the outback by renewing hope, building resilience and strengthening community.

Their vision is to see rural and remote communities equipped with the confidence and tools to identify and address their own mental health and well-being challenges.

The prevalence of mental health and well-being issues is similar across Australian communities, but the impact runs far deeper in rural and remote communities. Social, economic and geographic barriers to help, prevent many from accessing support, leading to poor mental health and well-being outcomes.

Outback Futures routinely deploy teams of qualified practitioners into these rural and remote communities providing much-needed mental health and allied services to people living in remote western Queensland that would otherwise be inaccessible to these communities.

Penske Australia, through its rugged truck brand, Western Star, contributes much-needed funding to Outback Futures supporting these important activities.

Read about all the 2022 HVIA National Award winners here