Armidale’s BackTrack has received $110,000 in funding for its AgLads Program thanks to a donation from the newly named Greater Bank.

It comes as an ongoing investment in the program from the bank who made a similar donation last year.

One of the young men who has benefited from the program is 17-year-old Jonathon Doyle.

“Johno” is enrolled as an agricultural trainee and is BackTrack’s first full time trainee.

AgLads co-ordinator Paul Dawson said Johno had a bright future in the agricultural industry and would set the benchmark high for younger AgLad’s participants.

The funding enables around 30 young people a year to work on local training farms to acquire accredited skills.

“The Greater Bank funding means the boys are learning a practical skill, business opportunities and also about lending a hand to other people,” Mr Dawson said.

He said changing a young person’s life for the better helps the community as a whole.