The A-Lead is a joint project between The University of Western Australia (UWA) and OACWA. UWA is dedicated to achieving social equity and providing opportunities for social advancement to disadvantaged groups, through comprehensive engagement with community organisations. The OACWA-UWA A-LEAD Program seeks to create a lasting partnership between UWA and the community in order to build leadership capacity in ways that will have a wider impact not only in WA, but across the nation.