NEWSBOYS FOUNDATION
TURNS 120 IN 2013
The Newsboys Foundation will celebrate its 120th anniversary in 2013. As a lead up to these celebrations we hosted a reunion of former Melbourne Newsboys Club members and associates on Wednesday April 18, 2012 at the Famous Spiegeltent at the Arts Centre forecourt, Melbourne.
If you were a former newsboy or were connected to the Melbourne Newsboys Club in some way please contact the Newsboys Foundation office on 03 9682 4077 or by email to info@newsboys.org.au to register your interest for 2013.
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The Newsboys Foundation provides grants to community organisations working with disadvantaged young people aged 11 – 18 years in Victoria.
The Newsboys Foundation has an interesting and impressive history, first as a Melbourne-based Club for newsboys from 1893 until 1973, and then as a Foundation supporting community organisations working with disadvantaged young people in Victoria.
Throughout its long life, the organisation has remained true to its core objective of supporting young people in our community who need assistance to realise their full potential.
VISION
That all Victorian young people have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
MISSION
To fund community organisations to provide programs and activities for disadvantaged young people in Victoria. We will do this by:
- Maintaining a strong financial strategy
- Building a best practice model of a philanthropic foundation
- Ensuring rigorous assessment of grants
- Honouring our newsboys club heritage by paying particular attention to ages 11 – 18 years
- Maintaining high awareness of emerging community needs
- Being expert at working with other organisations
- Building organizational capacity including infrastructure of community organizations
