Australian Char – makers of Heat Beads^® BBQ Briquettes – is pleased to announce our continued partnership with HEAT as a major sponsor to the youth displacement program. Amongst other initiatives, this year’s sponsorship will give two students the opportunity to complete the full HEAT program and equip them for a pathway into employment or further training.

HEAT continues to maintain consistent results among its graduates with 31.9% moving into apprenticeships or employment, and an additional 39.1% pursuing further education.

Earlier this year, we were honoured to be part of the successful Melbourne Food & Wine Homeless World’s Longest Lunch where we helped to feed over 150 homeless people with an entrée of BBQ Kofta cooked over Heat Beads^® BBQ Briquettes (recipe from the HEAT: The Way Forward is Good Food cookbook). Here’s another recipe from the book that we’ve tried and loved! Miniature Duck Pies by Ian Curley.

HEAT: The Way Forward is Good Food is available for purchase with 100% of all proceeds going back into the HEAT program. It includes recipes by Australia’s award winning chefs and true accounts from young people who’ve turned their lives around thanks to the program. Buy one today.

To find out more about HEAT, visit www.heat.org.au

*Image courtesy HEAT: The Way Forward is Good Food.