Australia needs more carers and educators than it ever has before. By 2050, it is projected that our country will be short by around 200,000 full-time care workers. Behind that number are real people. They are children who need a great start, older Australians who deserve to age with dignity, and families counting on someone who knows what they’re doing.
Meeting a challenge like that begins with training. It’s the work we exist for and now we’re doing it under a name that matches the mission.
Introducing For Purpose Education.
If you’ve known us as Catalyst Education, you’re in exactly the right place. The same trusted training and the same dedicated people now with a name and a home that more clearly say who we are.
Part of something bigger
As For Purpose Education, we sit within the wider For Purpose family, a group brought together by For Purpose Investment Partners to drive positive social impact across Australia. Carrying that name connects our training to a brand built on purpose and emphasises our place within it.
We’re the organisation behind three of Australia’s trusted Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), Selmar Institute of Education, Practical Outcomes, and ARC Training. Through these RTOs, we deliver nationally recognised qualifications across early childhood education and care, aged care, disability, health and community services and business training, the sectors Australia leans on most.
Built to meet the care workforce challenge
The shortfall in care workers won’t be solved by training alone, but it certainly won’t be solved without it. We are a trusted training partner that’s compassionate, innovative and responsive.
We listen to learners, employers and communities, and ensure our training is accessible and genuinely fit-for-purpose. Continuous reflection and evolution of our delivery models ensure that the people we train are ready for the realities of care work, not just the theory of it.
It’s why we see ourselves not simply as a training provider, but as a leading partner in building the care workforces Australia needs, now and well into the future.
A more active voice in the sector
Our new brand is also a statement of intent. Expect us to be more visible, more connected and more active in the conversations shaping education for the care sector in this country, advocating for training that meets real needs and championing the people who choose this work.
Explore the new For Purpose Education
We’d love you to take a look around our new home at FPEducation.com.au. You’ll find the same quality and care you’ve always trusted, now under a name that says exactly who we are and what we’re here to do.
Same purpose, same quality, same care: For Purpose Education.