{"id":2,"date":"2026-06-09T00:20:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-22T02:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:53:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Willan means &#8220;guiding spirit&#8221; of the yellow-tailed black cockatoo in the language of the Gunditjmara people. It is a name that reflects everything we stand for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Other-WF-22.6.2026png-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Other-WF-22.6.2026png-1.png 331w, https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Other-WF-22.6.2026png-1-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Willan Foundation was established as a Company Limited by Guarantee on 22 May 2024, co-founded by Uncle Ricky Morris and Kaelun Brown, who had been acting as guiding spirits for young Aboriginal people for many years through their work in the plumbing and construction industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">As a result of our combined lived, work and voluntary experience, we have the cultural knowledge, reputation, qualifications, skills, and extensive experience of working with Aboriginal people, particularly young people, to support their journey to obtain an apprenticeship and permanent employment in the plumbing and construction industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The vision of our founders is to enhance the sustainable economic prosperity for First Nations peoples. Our purpose is to inspire First Nations communities&#8217; economic prosperity through leadership and innovation, ensuring First Nations peoples achieve self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">We are an Aboriginal Company Limited by Guarantee and an ACNC registered charity with Public Benevolent Institution (PBI), Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), and Income Tax Exemption status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willan means &#8220;guiding spirit&#8221; of the yellow-tailed black cockatoo in the language of the Gunditjmara people. It is a name that reflects everything we stand for. Willan Foundation was established as a Company Limited by Guarantee on 22 May 2024, co-founded by Uncle Ricky Morris and Kaelun Brown, who had been acting as guiding spirits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willanfoundation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}