Our community, our passion
Dragons Community is driven by its role as a representative of the Red V community and committed to playing a positive role across the St George, Illawarra and South Coast regions.
The mission statement of Dragons Community is a simple one: to have a positive impact on people's lives within our community; a community that stretches from Earlwood in the north to Bateman's Bay in the south.
Entrenched within Dragons Community's mission statement are a number of objectives. They are as followed:
- To support and encourage young people, especially youth, to make positive choices around health, education and other social issues
- To promote respect for self and others, responsibility and self-esteem
- Promote rugby league as a means of delivering health benefits and promoting positive social interaction
- Use the profile and the strength of the Dragons brand to assist selected local charities and associations
St George Illawarra Dragons players, in particular, understand too, that they are in a unique position, whereby they can promote and encourage – either directly or indirectly – the physical, cultural and intellectual welfare of young people in our community.
Dragons Community will again utilise three pillars of focus that reflect the needs of the community to deliver their programs in 2023.
These three key areas of focus remain as: Health and Wellbeing, Education and Social Inclusion.
These three focuses will expand to the following key initiatives and programs that have been planned for 2023.
- Second phase implementation of our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
- The implementation of the 2023 'Best You Can Be' school resource (6th edition) will present students with different focuses and tips for students to follow.
- Community valued initiatives including: the Dusty & Friends Early Childhood program and NRL School to Work
- Back 2 Juniors - respect program with player support for junior rugby league clubs
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St George Illawarra Dragons respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples, where our games are played, our programs are conducted and in the communities we support.
