Golden Gurus

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Golden Gurus means an idea submitted at the 2020 Summit with a catchy soubriquet to describe interested, successful older Australians who are "keen to give back" by passing on knowledge to businesses, communities and individuals in a mentoring role.

A Filipino migrant, Ernie Peralta, 76, who earned his summit guernsey in a competition run by Brisbane's Courier-Mail, was rewarded when Summit organisers adopted Ernie Peralta's plan to set up a team of Golden Gurus - retired and semi-retired people offering their skills and time to advise small business.

Seniors represent a wide range of careers, from doctors to police officers to plumbers. A lifetime of work develops a wealth of transferable skills, and retired people often thrive from an opportunity to pass on this knowledge.

Golden Gurus are recent retirees who have succeeded under the pressures of life and have acquired valuable life and business skills, and are "keen to give back" by passing on knowledge to businesses, communities and individuals in a mentoring role.

National Seniors runs INSTEP, the Indigenous Skills Transfer and Exchange Partnership, where seniors contribute their knowledge to Indigenous communities which is an existing application of the Golden Gurus concept with grey nomads travelling to remote Indigenous communities where volunteer Golden Gurus provide mentoring skills not limited to -

(a) business development;

(b) community management skills; and

On 22 April '09 then PM, Kevin Rudd, announced that Golden Gurus was one of nine ideas adopted by the 2020 Summit with employers, government and society needing to support the decisions of older people continuing to contribute to society, in whichever way they choose.

Golden Gurus website was administered by Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations ("DEEWR") 50 Marcus Clarke St, Canberra ACT 2601.