Grant Listings
April 2010
Barwon Youth
High Challenge Camp
Barwon Youth will conduct a free high/low ropes adventure activity camp for up to 15 young people involved in the Barwon Youth Justice Programs. The camp will be run in conjunction with the Victoria Police through their High Challenge Camp Program. The aim of the camp is for young people to develop self-reliance, self esteem and confidence that will assist them in choosing a non offending life. The camp will be a part of each young persons overall case support plan which aims to reduce the rate, severity and frequency of offending behavior. Follow up support by Barwon Youth staff will be provided before and after the camp to maximize the outcomes of the camp.
Website: www.barwonyouth.org.au
Evolve At Typo Station
Young Men's Program
The Newsboys Foundation will provide support for young men experiencing disadvantage to take part in Evolve’s Young Men’s program. The program is conducted over two years and includes a 12 day bush hike in the Victorian Alps, pioneer style stays at Typo Station in the King Valley and follow support for the young men and their families throughout the program. The aim of the program is for young men to reengage with education, vocational training or employment opportunities whilst building positive relationships with their family and community.
Website: www.evolve.org.au
Family Dog Theatre
No-one Leads an Ordinary Life
Family Dog Theatre provides opportunities for young people with special needs to participate in the arts, express themselves and in some cases, develop a career in the arts. Family Dog Theatre will continue their work with Croxton School and will also work with students from Northcote High School and Platform Youth Theatre to conduct a series of workshops with young people that will lead to the development of a new performance piece – No-one Leads an Ordinary Life. The new work will be performed at the Awakenings Festival and local Darebin events.
Website: www.familydogcircus.blogspot.com
Family Life
Youthworx
Family Life has developed a successful social enterprise (an up-market opportunity shop in Cheltenham) to support vulnerable young people and adults. The Newsboys Foundation grant will support the replication of the successful social enterprise to establish a new opportunity shop in Chelsea. Young people experiencing disadvantage will have the opportunity to participate in life skills and retail operations training and gain practical experience by working in the new opportunity shop. Personal support and mentoring will be provided to the young participants by the trainers, Family Life support staff and trained volunteers working in the shop (many of whom are older retired professional people). The aim of the program is for young people to develop life skills and reengage with education, vocational training or employment.
Website: www.familylife.com.au
Westside Circus
This is Sami - A New Performance Works by Young People
The Westside Circus in partnership with the City of Yarra, Collingwood Alternative School and La Mama Theatre is initiating a new youth circus project. The project will include circus performance, film development and a music workshop program culminating in the development and presentation of a new performance work at La Mama Theatre. Young people experiencing disadvantage will work with Westside Circus Trainers and the Westside Circus troupe to develop and perform the new work titled: This is Sami.
Website: www.westsidecircus.org.au
February 2010
Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House for the Yarra Community Music Network
The Big Song
Young people will be an integral part of the Big Song project conducted by the Yarra Community Music Network. A number of community groups in and around the public housing estates in Fitzroy, Richmond and Collingwood will sing and record the popular song: All You Need is Love. A short film clip will be made featuring the various groups singing the song and it will be posted on youtube. Young people will perform, dance, record and film the project. This creative initiative will bring together diverse groups of people and it will provide an opportunity for young people to work with others in their community in a positive and supportive way.
Website: www.yarranet.net.au/banh/
Clontarf Foundation
Clontarf Foundation Victoria
In 2010 the Clontarf Foundation will expand its programs into Victoria. The Newsboys Foundation support will be directed towards the Clontarf Academy commencing at Mildura Secondary College. The aim of the Academy is to improve the health, employment, education and life skills of teenage Indigenous males. The Clontarf Foundation’s programs are delivered through a network of Acadmeies, each of which operates in partnership with a school or college. Australian Rules Football is used to attract Indigenous young males to school and then keep them there. As well as delivering a footy program, Academy staff act as mentors and trainers who address many of the issues impacting on participants’ lives. Participants must attend school regularly, apply themselves and embrace the Academy’s requirements in relation to behaviour and self discipline.
Website: www.clontarf.org.au
The Australian Children's Music Foundation
Corio Bay Senior College Music Program
The Australian Children’s Music Foundation will work with the Ardoch Youth Foundation to deliver a music program to teenage parents attending the Young Parents Access Project at Corio Bay Senior College in Geelong. Specialist music teachers will work with young parents over the school year. Weekly music sessions will be conducted, music equipment will be provided and students will have the opportunity to record their work and illustrate books to accompany the song lyrics. Opportunities for the young parents to perform live at school and community concerts will also be an integral part of the program.
Website: www.acmf.com.au
Tomorrow:Today Foundation
Benalla Education Program: Reducing barriers to joining and participating in community sports and activities
The visionary Benalla Education Program takes a whole of community approach in addressing social disadvantage. This 10 year program integrates school readiness and early years; student wellbeing; and student transitions. The aim is to turn around the low level of educational attainment in the Benalla community and break the cycle of disadvantage. The Newsboys Foundation grant will support the student wellbeing component by providing funds for teenagers to join and participate in community activities and sports. Often financial resources can provide a barrier for young people from financially disadvantaged backgrounds to participate in community activities. It is extremely important for young people to connect to local clubs and pursue positive recreation activities. This program will ensure that financial disadvantage is not a barrier to participation.
Website: www.tomorrowtoday.com.au
Western Edge Youth Arts Inc.
Song Line Chronicles
Song Line Chronicles is a major new community art project working with culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged young people in Melbourne’s West. It addresses issues of cultural identity and inter-cultural exchange and aims to foreground youth voices frequently marginalised in Australian society. Furthermore, the artistic process is designed to improve the literacy and social inclusion of the participants, while providing them with peer-support networks and much needed positive recreational opportunities.
Website: www.westernedge.org.au
Hands on Learning
Hands on Learning at Mornington High School
Hands On Learning seeks to reengage young people with their school and community. The program caters to the needs of disengaged secondary students in their own schools, providing relationship based support whilst embarking on a range of creative building projects. The Hands on Learning program, is a one day a week in-school early intervention program for years 7 to 10 students that significantly increases confidence, attendance and retention of students. Students are invited to take part in creative building projects that benefit the school and local community. The program is long term and delivered in a cross-age supportive environment where role modelling, continual feedback and mentoring are found to be highly effective. The Newsboys Foundation grant will support the continuation of the program at Mornington High School.
Website: www.handsonlearning.com.au
December 2009
The Mirabel Foundation Inc.
FLAGSHIP GRANT - Mirabel Social Inclusion Program with Outward Bound
The Mirabel Foundation supports children and young people who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use and are now in the care of extended family. Mirabel provides a diverse range of support services which aim to minimise the negative effects of parental drug use on children and strengthen the capacity of kinship carers to provide a stable and nurturing environment for children. Mirabel's activities are all inspired by a vision based upon the belief that every child deserves a childhood and its mission to break the negative cycle of drug addiction.
Mirabel is currently supporting more than 800 children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use. These children and young people remain the most profoundly overlooked casualties of substance abuse in our society. Exposure to parental drug use effects the way these young people interact, think and feel about themselves and others. Left unaddressed, such feelings can escalate into obstacles preventing the development of healthy adults and perpetuate the negative cycle of addiction. Referrals to Mirabel continue to average three new young people each week. The growing demand for Mirabel’s services over the past 11 years is testament to the need in the community.
The Mirabel Social Inclusion Program with Outward Bound will address the complex needs of disadvantaged young people aged between 12 and 17 years. These young people have lived through immense loss and trauma and are at a particularly vulnerable age as they approach adulthood. The stigma associated with parental drug use together with the challenges of living in kinship care, often results in these young people becoming isolated from their peers and withdrawn from school, extra curricula activities and other social outlets. This time in the young person’s life provides a window of opportunity to provide intensive support and opportunities that will inspire them towards a positive future. Without intervention, these groups of young people are at a high risk of repeating the cycle of negative behaviours connected with exposure to addiction. These young people do not have the means or opportunity to participate in life in the way that most Australians take for granted. This program will bridge this gap and let these young people know that they are cherished and valued members of our community.
The program will combine the expertise of both Outward Bound and Mirabel to provide maximum benefit to participants. Mirabel will implement a comprehensive selection process to identify 15 young people to take part in a unique 9 day outdoor adventure camp. Outward Bound and Mirabel will work together to develop the specific characteristics of each camp in order to best cater for the individual needs of the participants. The camps will involve adventure activities such as bushwalking, caving and rock-climbing together with goal setting workshops, counselling sessions, group feedback and debriefs, planning meetings and spontaneous group interactions which will combine to provide a unique environment for personal growth.
Mirabel will provide two leaders to assist Outward Bound’s two instructors during all aspects of the implementation of the course. These leaders will provide valuable insight into the past of the participants and the difficulties often faced by this vulnerable group of young people. Outward Bound’s instructors will use their expertise to ensure a safe and enjoyable wilderness experience for all participants. Young people take part in the planning and implementation of all aspects of the program, and will be given opportunities to lead the group at various times during the camp. They will be encouraged to develop resourcefulness and determination while learning skills such as time management, communicating with others, how to discipline oneself, thinking openly and listening to the ideas of others, working in a team, how to control or release ones emotions, taking initiative, and how to have confidence in oneself and their own abilities.
Following the intensive course of self discovery, Mirabel will continue to work with participants to provide post-course care and follow up. This will provide a rare opportunity to connect with the young people on a deep level and assist them to address areas of difficulty identified during the course. Mirabel will continue this intensive support while assisting young people to build supportive networks at school, develop positive relationships at home and establish a helpful peer network. A follow-up reunion camp at Mirabel House will be provided to offer participants the chance to reconnect with one another and reflect on their progress towards achieving the goals made during the Outward Bound camp. The combination of the Outward Bound course and Mirabel’s post-course care will provide participants with renewed direction and focus with the necessary skills to make a positive transition in to adulthood.
The proposed program will take place over a three year period to maximise outcomes and cement the program as a permanent and essential component of the Mirabel calendar. The program will cater for young people living throughout metropolitan and rural Victoria with camps taking place in the Snowy River National Park.
Ardoch Youth Foundation
Enhanced Transition in Frankston North
Ardoch Youth Foundation makes education a reality for children and young people, especially those experiencing disadvantage. The Enhanced Transition Program in Frankston North is an education and welfare program that helps students remain at school and improve learning outcomes. The program provides additional support to students as they make the transition from primary school to secondary school.
Berry Street with the Goulburn Region Foster Families Association
Goulburn Region Foster Families Association Annual Summer Camp
Berry Street and the Goulburn Region Foster Families Association will conduct the annual week-long summer beach camp for foster families and the young people they care for. The camp gives young people the opportunity to experience positive and fun activities that help them achieve success.
Breakaway Camps
School's OUT - Breakaway's IN
A school holiday program for disadvantaged young people living in the cities of Darebin and Whittlesea. The program provides them with opportunities to take part in constructive activities during the school holidays, and enables them to learn new life skills and develop self-esteem and self-reliance.
The Alannah & Madeline Foundation
Intensive Support Program
The Alannah and Madeline Foundation’s aim is to keep children and young people safe from violence. In doing so, the Foundation supports young people who are survivors of violence. The Intensive Support Program is an evidence-based program that works closely with young people and their families following a traumatic or violent event. The program is holistic in its approach and focuses on individual needs including emotional, educational, social and health.
Vermont South Special School
Camping Program for Disabled Students
The Program provides financial assistance to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend an appropriate school camp regardless of their family’s capacity to pay.
Yalari Limited
Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship
The Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship Program provides scholarships for Indigenous students to attend leading boarding schools in Australia. The vision of the program is to create opportunities for Indigenous students to receive a quality education so that they can reach their full potential. The aim is to provide scholarships for 250 students over 10 years, creating an alumni network of indigenous people who will become leaders in their chosen fields. Funds were provided under the scholarship program to sponsor a Victorian Indigenous student to board at Geelong Grammar.
October 2009
Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service
Educational Support for Disadvantaged Young People
The Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service works closely with staff and students at Lynall Hall Community School, in Richmond, to help disadvantaged young people stay connected to their school and community.
The Centre for Multicultural Youth
Hume Futsal Program
The Hume Futsal Program operates in the suburb of Coolaroo and provides an indoor soccer program for newly arrived young people. The program is designed to remove the barriers to participation in sport for young people aged 12 – 18 years from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The program brings together a number of cultural and ethnic groups in a friendly, safe, enjoyable and culturally respectful environment.
September 2009
Casey North Community Information & Support Services
Back to School
A high proportion of the population of the City of Casey is made up of young families, many of whom are experiencing significant financial hardship. The Back to School Program helps disadvantaged young people with the costs associated with returning to school. Education is an important foundation for all young people. If they are supported at school, disadvantaged students can plan, succeed and build hope for the future.
Melbourne Youth Music
2010 Summer School and Saturday Music
Funding to subsidise fees for disadvantaged students with musical talent to enable them to attend the Summer School and Saturday Music Programs.
Whitelion
Youth Development Camps
Whitelion provides services to vulnerable young people within our community, particularly those in, and at risk of entering, the statutory systems. Whitelion Youth Development Camps provide opportunities for young people to achieve personal excellence and build self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-motivation and respect for others.
Uniting Care Geelong (formerly Uniting Care Concern)
Education Assistance Program
The Education Assistance Program helps low-income families meet the education costs for secondary students going back to school.
No website provided.
July 2009
Echuca Specialist School
Swan Hill Sports Camp
Support for secondary students from the Echuca Specialist School to compete in the annual Swan Hill Sports Camp. The camp gives the students the chance to mix with their peers from Swan Hill, Mildura, Bendigo and Maryborough and display their athletic talents. It also reduces geographic isolation and helps students feel they are a part of a broader social group.
Holy Trinity Mission for Kombiz Youth Network
Transition Project
Kombiz will pilot a transition project for young people in the City of Port Phillip who are transitioning from public primary schools to public high schools. The aim is reduce the level of fear and isolation experienced by disadvantaged young people as they move from primary to secondary school. This is particularly important for the local areas with the City of Port Phillip that are not currently serviced by a local high school (the closest is Elwood Secondary College).
St. Luke's Anglicare
Real2Reel
Real2Reel is an early intervention strategy developed over the last six years for young people in the rural and regional area of north central Victoria who are not involved in formal education or meaningful daytime activity. Over 50% of participants are Indigenous youth who attend with the support of the Njernda Aboriginal Corporation in Echuca and the Bendigo District Aboriginal Corporation.
The Resource, Information, Support and Education Centre Inc. (R.I.S.E. Centre Inc.)
Autism Spectrum Disorder Adolescent Social Development Program
To help combat the development of low self esteem, depression and social isolation in young people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder it is vital that support programs are made available. The Rise Centre, based in Shepparton, will pilot a social development program for young people in and around Shepparton. Providing positive recreational activities for young people with ASD enables them to socialize in a safe and understanding environment.
No website available.
The Smith Family
The Monash University, Churchill Camp for East Gippsland Students
The Camp will provide a ‘university experience’ for 70 Year 10 & 11 students from six low socio-economic secondary schools in Orbost and Bairnsdale and from secondary schools across the East Gippsland and Wellington shires. The camp will encourage students who have no family members with tertiary educations to attend. The experience will help to broaden the horizons of participants at a critical time in their education and life planning.
Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS) for A.R.A.B.
A.R.A.B. Mfuse Project
The Anti Racism Action Band (A.R.A.B.), is a community development, youth performing arts project with a long term vision for its youth, their families, their schools and local communities. The project opens its doors to young people of any cultural background as a proactive initiative to raise self-esteem, increase confidence, challenge racial tensions and promote social inclusion whilst imparting performance skills, generating employment, mentoring opportunities, life and social skills. A.R.A.B currently has around 200 youth participants and presents two major productions each year and up to 70 smaller “gigs” reaching audiences totaling 15,000 - 20,000 annually. This project will assist A.R.A.B to overcome the complex barriers to participation when working with large numbers of highly troubled disengaged youth particularly in Moreland’s Glenroy and Fawkner areas, allowing approximately 70-80 young people from low income, culturally diverse backgrounds to fully participate in all activities within the A.R.A.B program.
June 2009
Skyline Education Foundation (SEFA)
VCE Bursary Program
The Skyline Education Foundation assists socially and financially disadvantaged and talented young people to step out of adversity and embark on a journey of opportunity where they can realise their potential through education. The Skyline Education Foundation VCE Bursary Program supports young people at a financial, social and emotional level for the duration of their VCE. The Newsboys Foundation grant will support two young people to complete their VCE and successfully transition to higher education or employment.
Somebody's Daughter Theatre Company
Harnessing The Talent
Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company has arisen out of a commitment to give voice to those who have none. The Newsboys Foundation grant will support the Highwater Theatre project working with marginalised young people in North East Victoria. The project works with young people from Years 7 to 10 at Wodonga College who are at risk of leaving secondary school.
The program encourages disengaged students to join a creative arts program working with Somebody’s Daughter Theatre artists and the young people from HighWater Theatre. Through a combination of workshops incorporating theatre, art, music and media, the participants discuss and select issues that interest and engage them. As the group gains cohesion, scripts will be developed followed by rehearsals in the lead-up to public performances.
Sunshine Heights Cricket Club
Introduction to Cricket for Refugee Children in West Sunshine
The Sunshine Heights Cricket Club is used as a vehicle, in conjunction with St Paul’s, the local Primary school, to encourage newly arrived refugees and families, especially Sudanese young people to participate in the community. The Club provides a welcoming environment whereby community members can build their social and friendship networks with other kids and families. The Club actively encourages young people who may be socially isolated to join the Club and make friends with a view to creating lifelong friendships. The Newsboys Foundation grant will assist to establish and support an under 13’s cricket team including Sudanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Maltese and Ugandan young people.
Western Chances
Scholarship Program
Western Chances works to ensure that a lack of money, resources or networks does not stand in the way of opportunity for talented young people in the west of Melbourne. The Scholarship Program supports disadvantaged young people with practical resources and social support. Western Chances also supports them to work towards their education and career goals. Ongoing opportunities for young people that enable them to reach their full potential are created through an extensive network of Western Chances supporters.
Youth For Christ Australia Gippsland
Bridge House
Bridge House is a relationship-based activity and support program based in Warragul that aims to help meet the needs of at-risk young people by providing a positive peer group, role models and the development of strong trusting relationships. The Newsboys Foundation grant supports a program of recreation activities and therapeutic wilderness camps.
April 2009
Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare Inc.
Debutante Ball
A debutante ball to mark the transition of young people from the State Government care system to adulthood and independence.
Church of All Nations (Ernies Club)
Ernie's Club 28th Birthday Celebrations
Ernie's Club for young people living in the Carlton high-rise estate will celebrate its 28th Birthday in June 2009. Young people attend the Club to enjoy a range of social and recreational activities (No website available).
Evolve @ Typo Station
Young Men's Program
Support for 20 disadvantaged young men to take part in Evolve at Typo Station's two year supported life skills and alternate education program. For many families experiencing hardship, only a portion of the subsidised program fee is achievable and the sponsorship program enables those experiencing hardship to take part.
MIND
Transition to Independent Living
Mind provides services to people recovering from a mental illness. The Transition to Independent Living program offers opportunities to young people whose lives have been interrupted by a mental illness. Through the program young Victorians can start to rebuild their lives with confidence, re-establish relationships, secure stable accommodation, gain skills to manage their illness and qualifications to secure employment.
Prison Fellowship Australia Victoria
Extraordinary Lives
The damage from crime spreads far beyond the specific offence. High on the list of victims of crime are the children of the convicted. Extraordinary Lives provides positive experiences in the form of camps, day trips, mentoring and ongoing support for the children of prisoners. The program seeks to break down stigma whilst bringing hope and joy into the lives of young people whose parent is in prison.
Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre (Foreva Young Youth Committee)
The Yellow Brick Road: Pathway to Opportunities
This project will provide young people residing in the municipality of Hume, predominantly of Assyrian Chaldean migrant background, opportunities to participate in education, employment and recreational activities.
The Portsea Camp
Safe in The Shade
The Portsea Camp has been conducting holiday camps for disadvantaged children and young people for over 60 years. Each year over 1,500 young people participate at charity camps with a further 10,000 young people staying at the camp with school groups. The grant will provide funds to construct essential shade cover in a large outdoor area where the young people gather prior to outdoor activities beginning.
Victorian YMCA Youth & Community Services Inc.
North Melbourne Youth Health Club Program
The North Melbourne Youth Health Club Program is conducted at the Community Centre located at the high rise housing estate in North Melbourne. The Program is run by the YMCA with hands on support from the Essendon Football Club, Victoria Police and Doutta Galla Community Health Service and encourages health and fitness whilst introducing young people who are newly arrived in Australia to local health and community services.
February 2009
Cottage by the Sea
Five Day Camp
A five-day camp at Cottage by the Sea in Queenscliffe for 20 children from fire affected areas in Victoria. The camp will include excursions, adventures and health-promotion activities. It is hoped that a holiday by the sea in a relaxed, caring and homely environment will help to ease the intense trauma experienced by the children affected by fires.
Operation Newstart
Establishment of Operation Newstart Eastern
Operation Newstart is a personal development program for disengaged young people. Building upon the successful Operation Newstart model, a program will be established for young people in Eastern metropolitan areas. The Newsboys Foundation grant will be used to purchase camping equipment used throughout the program. Operation Newstart Eastern aims to contribute to and bring about a gradual, positive, consistent and sustainable change to the opportunities and quality of life of young people at risk. (Website under construction)
Pathways Foundation
Economically Disadvantaged Scholarship Program
Pathways Foundation mission is to provide contemporary rites of passage programs to every boy and girl across the nation, regardless of their location, education, economic standing or religion. The Economically Disadvantaged Scholarship Program will provide financial support for 10 boys and girls with their respective parents/carers from economically disadvantaged backgrounds in Victoria to participate in the Pathways to Manhood and Pathways to Womanhood programs.
Phunktional
Melbourne Breaks
Phunktional successfully delivers arts projects with and for young people that deal with sensitive issues including sexual assault, body image, drug addiction, depression, bullying and racism. Melbourne Breaks is an award winning dance theatre performance featuring some of Australia’s best break dancers. Touching on issues of depression, bullying, social isolation, substance use and risk-taking behaviour, Melbourne Breaks tells the break dancers’ own story of struggle, hardship and survival through developing a passion for dance to become some of the best break dancers in Australia. The Newsboys Foundation grant will support the Melbourne Breaks tour and workshops for young people to three regional Victorian areas in July 2009.
St. Kilda Youth Service
Young Mum's Program
St Kilda Youth Service is a generalist youth service that supports young people at risk in the City of Port Phillip. The Young Mum’s Program provides a broad range of support services and access to vocational training for young women who are mothers or who are pregnant. The program enables the young women to feel respected and provides them with a safe place to express themselves and develop their skills.
The Youth Junction Inc.
Multi-media Art Project (MAP
The Youth Junction, located in the heart of Sunshine provides a holistic approach to the provision of services for young people in the City of Brimbank. The Multi-media Art Project will engage with young people in an inclusive way and provide workshops for young people to create art in the following art forms: spoken word poetry; sculpture and digital story telling. During National Youth Week, the art work will be exhibited and performed in the Sunshine community to show case the young peoples’ creative work. Through the project, young people will become familiar with the range of support services provided at The Youth Junction so that they may access the holistic services if required.
Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (VACRO)
School Holiday Program
Children and families of offenders are often the hidden, secondary victims of crime, experiencing marginalisation, stigmatisation and poverty, frequently as an unintended consequence of the incarceration of a family member. The School Holiday Program will offer a range of community based active outings for children of offenders during the 2009 school holidays. The program will be both challenging and fun and will increase the participation and engagement of children who are often socially marginalised.
Very Special Kids
Music Therapy Program
Very Special Kids provides continued care and service to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. For many seriously ill children who are unable to speak, music can be their voice. The music therapy program for children at Very Special Kids House provides an important therapeutic, fun and creative outlet.
December 2008
Back to Back Theatre
Residency at Nelson Park School 09
Back to Back Theatre Inc. is one of Australia's leading contemporary theatre companies and a supported employment service for people with intellectual disabilities. Back to Back will undertake a two term residency at Nelson Park School, a day specialist school that caters for students aged between 5 and 18 years with a mild intellectual disability in Geelong. The residency will provide important development and artistic opportunities for the students.
Berry Street / Goulburn Region Foster Families Association
Goulburn Region Foster Families Association Annual Summer Camp
Berry Street and the Goulburn Region Foster Families Association will conduct the annual week-long summer beach camp for foster families and the children they care for. The camp gives children the opportunity to experience activities that help them to achieve success. At the camp, the foster carers are able to attend training that further develops their skills in caring for vulnerable children.
Blackwood Special Schools Outdoor Education Centre
Fun, Games & Adventure
Each year, Blackwood Special Schools Outdoor Education Centre provides a camping experience to over 1,000 students with special needs. Table tennis tables, giant games and mountain bikes will be purchased to provide additional challenging and fun activities for the children who attend the camp.
Breakaway Camps
School's OUT - Breakaway's IN
A school holiday program for disadvantaged young people living in the Cities of Darebin and Whittlesea. The program provides opportunities to take part in constructive activities during the school holidays, enabling them to learn new life skills and develop self-esteem and self-reliance.
Concern Australia
Newsboys for Life Scholarships: Helping young people break their predicament and turn their lives around
Concern Australia uses a holistic and relational approach to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people in Victoria. Hand brake turn is an eight week training course with follow on support for young people aged between 15 - 19 years. The training is conducted inside a fully equipped automotive workshop leading to Certificate 1 Automotive and includes motor mechanics, spray painting, panel beating, detailing, workshop safety, driver education and first aid.
Deaf Children Australia
Deaf Sports Camp Program
The Deaf Sports Program will deliver three, two-day sports camps in Geelong for Victorian young people who are deaf or hearing impaired. The program will focus on skill development whilst also celebrating diversity and achievement of young people who are deaf or hearing impaired.
Don Bosco Youth Centre & Hostel
Equipment for the Enjoyment of Children & Teenagers at the Don Bosco Youth Centre and Hostel Renovations
The Don Bosco Youth Centre and Hostel located in Brunswick provides an important recreation and residential service for many disadvantaged children and young people. A new kitchenette for hostel residents will be established and the trampolines in the Youth Centre will be repaired.
Vermont South Special School
Camping Program for Disabled Students
Financial assistance to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend an appropriate camp, regardless of their family's capacity to pay.
October 2008
Access Ministries
Chaplaincy Program at Ararat Community College
A full time Chaplain will support the school community of approximately 900 students at the Ararat Community College. Individual support as well as community support is provided to students and their families who have experienced significant disadvantage.
Casey North Community Information & Support Services
Back to School
A high proportion of the City of Casey population is young families - many of whom are experiencing significant financial hardship. The Back to School Program assists disadvantaged young people with the costs associated with returning to school. Education is an important foundation for all young people. By supporting all young people to stay at school, disadvantaged students can plan, succeed and build hope for the future.
CERES Community Environment Park
Organic Farm Training Program
Ceres (Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies) is a community environment project set on four-hectares beside the Merri Creek in Bruswick East. The Organic Farm Training Program involves students at risk and those with intellectual or physical disabilities in horticulture and hospitality skill development. Training is hands on and set in a real environment. The program culminates in an end of year camp at Camp Bambara where the horticulture students will attend to the maintenance needs of the camp, while the hospitality students will cater for the entire camp.
Taralye - The Oral Language Centre for Deaf Children
Classroom Refurbishment
Taralye is an oral language centre for deaf children providing services to deaf and hearing impaired children and their families throughout Victoria. Due to the expansion of Taralye's teaching services, a staff room will be converted into a classroom. As such, the room needs to be refurbished to make it into a suitable learning environment including sound proofing.
Travellers Aid Society of Victoria (TASV)
Pathways to Education
Travellers Aid has a proud 92 year history of assisting a diverse range of people in need. The Pathways to Education Program assists homeless young people and young people from low income families to the meet the costs associated with staying at school - particularly public transport costs to and from school.
Westside Circus
In my Footsteps: A new circus and theatre work by young people
Westside Circus uses circus and physical theatre to cultivate innovative artistic expression and in doing so makes a positive difference to the lives of young people from diverse social, economic and cultural backgrounds. Westside Circus will create a new circus performance based at Signal, a youth focused arts space situated on the north bank of the Yarra River in the CBD.
September 2008
Aboriginal Literacy Foundation
Literacy & Heritage Camps for Indigenous Young People
The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation provides literacy programs for Indigenous children and young people experiencing major learning difficulties. Six literacy and heritage camps will be conducted for Indigenous students where they will receive one on one intensive literacy support.
Ardoch Youth Foundation
Primary School Support Project - Mahogany Rise
Ardoch Youth Foundation makes education a reality for children and young people especially for those experiencing disadvantage. The Primary School Support Project - Mahogany Rise, located in Frankston North, is an education and welfare program to assist students to remain at school and to improve learning outcomes.
Doxa Youth Foundation
Malmsbury Camp Water
The Doxa Youth Foundation creates opportunities for disadvantaged young people. One of Doxa's flagship programs is the Doxa Malmsbury Camp. The camp provides a safe holiday experience for disadvantaged young people. The camp has recently undergone a major renovation. Due to its location, the camp has no mains water but instead relies on tank water. The grant will enable the water tanks to be repaired and replaced to ensure an adequate supply of water to the camp.
Helping Hand Foundation Inc.
Lifeskill Education
The Life Skills Education Program works with 400 young people in and around St Kilda to develop skills and strategies to help them believe in their own capacity to influence positively their achievements in all areas of life.
No website provided.
Lighthouse Foundation
Lighthouse Counselling to all
The Lighthouse Foundation works in innovative ways to provide long-term benefits to homeless young people in Victoria. A regular counselling service will be provided to all Lighthouse residents and young people who are involved in the Lighthouse Outreach Program to address complex issues relating to homelessness.
Open House Christian Involvement Centre
Attitude Management Program
The Attitude Management Program works with young men who struggle with maturity, relationships and self-esteem. The program provides opportunities for these young men to grow in self-esteem and develop new skills.
SkillsConnection
Tools for Change (T4C)
Tools for Change prepares students in Colac and the surrounding area to successfully make the transition from primary school to secondary school. A two day workshop provides students with experiences and information that will enable them to better manage the change and prepare them for the school year.
Uniting Care Geelong (formerly Uniting Care Concern)
Education Assistance Program
Assist low income families to meet education costs for secondary students going back to school.
July 2008
Mallee Family Care
Chances for Children
Chances for Children supports children and young people from Mildura and the Mallee to make the most of their capabilities regardless of their financial situation. The fund is used to identify what monies are required to make up the difference to fill the financial gap so that young people can undertake education in order to realise their career and life potential.
Scripture Union Victoria
Inspired4Life Annual Camp
Young people from the western and northern regions of Melbourne will attend a camp in Gippsland. The camp provides a circuit breaker for young people to step out of their usual environment, feel challenged within a supportive structure and work through issues that they are facing in a positive way.
The Mirabel Foundation
Respite Program
Provision of therapeutic respite care for children aged 3 - 12 years, who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use. The respite provides a suitable environment for children to express their feelings and talk about their experiences while their kinship carers (usually elderly grandparents) receive the rest and support they require to continue to provide care.
Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
Deadly Kids Develop Deadly Books
This community literacy initiative will undertake community publishing activities with children aged from five to secondary school age and their families in the Indigenous community in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
June 2008
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Support for Young Asylum Seekers
Support for children and young people seeking asylum in Australia, including healthy food parcels, social and recreation programs, and other material assistance. The programs address issues such as economic hardship, mental health and well being.
Berry Street
Positive Memory Bank
Positive memories are the foundation of a positive future. Children and young people who have experienced the trauma of family violence, abuse and neglect have a memory bank overflowing with negative images yet they often express the same dreams and hopes of a better future as many others their age. The project will support young people wishing to pursue their interests, and create positive experiences and memories to build a stronger foundation for the future.
BEST Community Development
Delivery Van for Café BEST
Funds to purchase a new catering delivery van for Café Best, an employment and training program for young people with disabilities in Ballarat. Cafe Best is not only a gourmet cafe and catering service but also an innovative social enterprise.
Centacare Catholic & Family Services
School Refusal Counselling, Consultancy & Training - "cool2b@school"
The cool2b@school early intervention program aims to prevent students who show signs of school refusal or phobia, or both, from becoming school refusers. It offers counselling for students and their parents, and a consultancy to schools aimed at supporting students to stay at school.
Church of All Nations Carlton Welfare Agency (Ernie's Club)
Birthday Celebrations & Excursion to Sovereign Hill
School Holiday Program for young people living at the Carlton High Rise Estate.
No website available.
Croxton Special School
Family Dog Circus
A second grant was provided to support and extend a range of inclusive youth performance improvisation, lighting and sound opportunities, and the second Bow WOW! Festival.
Melbourne Legacy
Legacy Junior Public Speaking Awards
The program helps young people throughout Victoria develop and practice their public speaking skills while learning about Legacy. The subject matter of the speeches relates to the ideals of Legacy: voluntary service, social justice, caring, personal effort, personal sacrifice and mateship.
Menzies Inc.
Animal Assisted Therapy for Children Exposed to Family & Domestic Violence
The program addresses the social issue of domestic violence and its effect on children who have been exposed to family violence, abuse and neglect. Through a behaviour modification program and with the help of farm animals, children learn to develop the necessary social and emotional skills to support positive life choices and make life-long changes.
Righteous Pups Bendigo
Industry Program
The Industry Program supports young people to develop industry-based skills that will help them gain employment or further their education. Throughout the program, they are given opportunities to develop their self esteem, confidence and skills.
Urban Seed
Urban Seed Edge
In partnership with the Long Gully Neighbourhood Centre in Bendigo, Urban Seed is conducting Urban Seed Edge with young poeple at risk of long-term unemployment, low school attendance, antisocial behaviour and substance abuse. The program involves a mix of outdoor education along with leadership and community development training to address physical, social, spiritual and emotional issues.
April 2008
Doncare
Back to School
At a time in the year when the finances of many families are already stretched to the limit, the Back to School Program helps children from low income families begin the new school year on a positive note by assisting with the purchase of books, uniforms and shoes.
Glastonbury Child & Family Services
Youth HomELessness Prevention (Youth HELP)
This program encourages young people to take part in making decisions about their lives and futures. It offers the opportunity for immediate and extended family members to come together at facilitated meetings and put aside any differences to focus on making plans to prevent young people from becoming homeless.
The Australian Children's Music Foundation
School Music Program
The project expands the existing partnership between the ACMF and the Ardoch Youth Foundation to provide music programs at Albion North Primary School, in Sunshine North, and Sunvale Primary School, in Sunshine.
The Portsea Camp
Camp Canoes
The Portsea Camp provides positive recreation camps for disadvantaged children and young people - the purchase of 10 canoes and life jackets will enable all children who visit the camp to take part in canoeing activities. The canoeing program provides disadvantaged children and young people with fun and adventure, and gives them the opportunity to raise their self esteem and increase their confidence, and the challenge to work positively with others.
The Song Room
Music/Performing Arts Program, Bendigo
A music and performing arts program held in two schools in Bendigo (Bendigo Teaching Unit and St Monicas Primary School) and designed for children who are having significant difficulties in school. Such children are at risk of falling out of mainstream education due to poor school attendance, learning difficulties and other academic, social and emotional issues.
The Victorian Arts Centre Trust
First Call
The program offers young people who are disadvantaged (financially, geographically or by some other circumstance) to experience quality performing arts at the Arts Centre. Such an enjoyable experience can open up a whole new world for young people.
Victorian College for the Deaf
Tradeblock Cafe
Seed funding for the new and innovative Deaf Cafe located at the Victorian College for the Deaf. The Tradeblock Cafe plays an important role in addressing serious gaps in training and education of deaf youth, and provides real pathways to work, training and further study through the expansion of the VCAL program which promotes hands-on learning. Through the cafe, students can develop life and work skills in a nurturing environment within the school. The cafe also helps break down communication barriers between the deaf and the hearing community.
February 2008
Boronia Baptist Church
Combined Church Camp
Joint camp activity with the Knox Baptist Church for 70 students and leaders at the Forest Edge Adventure Resort. The activity will provide a supportive and interactive environment in which young people are valued, encouraged and challenged.
No wesbite available.
California Gully Primary School
Friendly Free Time Initiative - supporting ALL children to stay included
A lunchtime program that encourages all children to take part in recreational activities. Through play, games and appropriate adult involvement, the program provides the opportunity for all children, specifically those at risk of exclusion from school activities, to practice their social skills.
Ganbina
Koori Youth Driver Skills Program
Support to expand the Koori Driver Skills Program to incorporate driving supervision to complete the 120 Drive Time. The program helps to overcome a significant barrier for indigenous young people who do not have access to a suitable licensed driver or vehicle.
Kids Under Cover Inc
Bungalow Program
Construction of a bungalow for a young person experiencing hardship. The program aims to prevent homelessness among young people who are most at risk by helping them to find pathways to more stable living.
Ocean Grove Neighbourhood Centre
High Challenge Camp
The Victorian Police High Challenge Camp provides an opportunity for 15 young people to attend a camp with local police and a squad from the Victorian Police Academy. The aim is to improve leadership skills, confidence and self esteem, and to build a positive relationship between police and young people.
No website provided.
The Reach Out for Kids Foundation Inc. (ROK)
Broadening Horizons
This project establishes and promotes three separate but related programs that address the needs of young people who have experienced tragedy or abuse.
The Youth Junction Inc.
National Youth Week 2008 Celebrations (5-13th April)
Programs leading up to National Youth Week to provide young people with the opportunity to learn and test their creative abilities within structured workshops in art, music, dance, leadership, drama and theatre.
Thornbury High School
Community Click
Classnet provides a free online regulated platform for young people to post DVD's they have created using emerging digital technologies. Further development of the Classnet website to include "Community Click" will enable community groups to access the site and post their own DVD's made by young people, along with school films.
Youth For Christ Australia - Gippsland
Bridge House / YFC Youth Centre
The Youth for Christ Youth Centre provides a positive atmosphere in which local young people can meet, socialise, use the facilities, learn life skills and take part in a range of activities. The centre provides informal mentoring relationships and connects young people with positive role models.
December 2007
Autism Behavioural Intervention Association
Serenity Now
An education program teaching children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their parents, effective methods of coping with anxiety. This early intervention strategy offers the tools to recognise, prevent and deal with anxiety.
Best Buddies Australia
High School Project - Ashburton
A friendship program that matches young people with intellectual disabilities with students of a similar age from a mainstream school in Ashburton. The program provides opportunities for young people with disabilities to form lasting friendships with young people who do not have disabilities, and helps reduce the social isolation felt by those with disabilities. As one parent remarked: "I can buy most things my son needs but I can't buy him a friend."
Church of All Nations (Carlton Youth and Family Services)
2008 Recreational Activities at Ernie's Club
Recreational activities, including beach trips and country picnics for young people living at the high rise estate in Carlton.
No website available.
Goulburn Region Foster Families Association
Summer Camp
Funding of the annual summer camp, run in conjunction with Berry Street. The camp provides a summer holiday for children and young people in foster care, along with important networking and support for the Foster Carers.
No website provided.
Jesuit Social Services - Brosnan Centre
Garden Survival at The Brosnan Centre
Completion of the redeveloped courtyard garden at the Brosnan Centre, including the installation of rainwater tanks and a drip system. Young people recently released from Prison and detention centres worked on the project.
Melbourne Anglican Benevolent Society Inc.
South Melbourne Community Camp
The summer holiday camp gives local children and young people an opportunity to enjoy new experiences and engage with other community members in a relaxed, non-threatening environment.
Melbourne Youth Music
Financial Assistance Program
Funding to subsidise fees for disadvantaged students with musical talent to enable them to attend the Summer School and Saturday Music Programs.
Open Family Australia
Soccer Noodles Program
A program to engage Vietnamese drug users in Footscray, who are actively seeking drug treatment, in a weekly game of soccer. After the game, the team is taken to a local cafe for a healthy bowl of noodles. The program promotes physical activity, a healthy diet and positive social interaction.
Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre (Foreva Young Youth Committee)
Youth Contribution & Leadership Program
The Foreva Young Youth Committee, auspiced and supported by the Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre, is a group of young people from an Assyrian Chaldean background who want to make a difference in their community. The group provides opportunities for other youth from the same background, and offers information sessions for young people and their families to address issues relating to cultural identity and inter-generational conflict.
November 2007
Casey North Community Information & Support Services
Back to School
The Back to School Program seeks to help disadvantaged families in the City of Casey over the cost of their children returning to school.
Church of All Nations (Carlton Youth and Family Services)
Table Tennis Table
Replacement of a table tennis table at "Ernie's Club" in Carlton for young people living at the Carlton High Rise estate.
No website available.
Cottage by the Sea
Five Day Camp
A five-day camp for 20 disadvantaged children at the Cottage by the Sea, in Queenscliff, including excursions, adventures and health promotion activities.
Cystic Fibrosis Victoria
Kids Fitness Participation Program
The Fitness Participation Program is dedicated to improving the quality of life of children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and their families. It combines practical and financial support to help children with CF, particularly those who are facing financial hardship, better manage their health.
St. Kilda Youth Service
Young Mum's Program, Camping and Recreation Program
The Young Mum's Program provides a broad range of support services and access to vocational training for young women who are mothers or who are pregnant.
The Camping and Recreation Program provides outdoor activities to marginalised young people who live in and around St. Kilda. It offers them the opportunity to enjoy positive and fun activities they would not normally take part in, and provides opportunities to develop independence, self-esteem and social skills.
Villa Maria - St. Paul's College
The Liberty Swing
St. Paul's College caters for more than 90 students with disabilities. The liberty swing, a playground swing designed especially for children with disabilities, enables profoundly disabled students to enjoy a fun and pleasurable recreational experience. Loading a wheelchair-bound student onto the swing takes less than a minute and can be performed by one staff member.
October 2007
Breakaway Camps
Breakaway Camps School Holiday Program
A school holiday program for disadvantaged young people living in the cities of Darebin and Whittlesea. The program provides them with opportunities to take part in constructive activities during the school holidays, enabling them to learn new life skills and develop their self-esteem and self-reliance.
Doveton North Primary School
Boys Making a Difference Project
A hands-on project that enables boys in their primary years of schooling who are underachieving in the classroom, or who have attitudinal difficulties with work and school, to learn real-life skills though negotiated community-based projects.
Narre Warren South College P-12 Secondary
Operation Newstart Casey
Intensive personal development program that helps disengaged young people find positive solutions in a challenging and supportive environment.
Webiste under construction.
Somebody's Daughter Theatre Company
Expansion of Highwater Theatre
The program uses the power of the arts as a catalyst to help young people disconnected from mainstream education find their way back onto educational pathways. Highwater Theatre has developed several new short works as part of the creative education package for teachers, welfare workers, students and artists.
The Australian Ballet
First Impressions
The First Impressions program enables disadvantaged (physical, intellectual, social and economic) young people up to the age of 18 to attend a ballet performance free of charge.
Vermont South Special School
Camping Program for Disabled Students
Financial assistance to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend an appropriate camp, regardless of their family's capacity to pay.
Very Special Kids
Music Therapy Program
Very Special Kids provides continued care and service to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. For many seriously ill children who are unable to speak, music can be their voice. The music therapy program for children at Very Special Kids House provides an important therapeutic, fun and creative outlet.
Whitelion
Youth Development Camps
Whitelion provides services to vulnerable young people within our community, particularly those in, and at risk of entering, statutory systems. Whitelion Youth Development Camps provide opportunities for young people to achieve personal excellence and build self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-motivation and respect for others.
September 2007
Camcare
Supporting Young People Through Education
Provides financial assistance to disadvantaged young people to help them pay their education costs.
Child & Family Services Ballarat
Annual Holiday Program for children in the Residential Care Program
Support for CAFS Summer annual holiday program for children in residential care. The camp provides an important summer holiday for eight disadvantaged children aged between from seven and 16. For many children, it is their first visit to the beach.
Don Bosco Youth Centre
Kitchen Renovation & Recreation Equipment
Recreation equipment for the Youth Centre in Brunswick, and equipment to refurbish the hostel kitchen to ensure it complies with health and safety regulations.
Karabiner Outdoor Education
Early Intervention Outdoor Education Program
A 10-day wilderness experience for 10 boys aged between nine and 15, followed by nine months of on-going support and mentoring.
Sunshine Heights Cricket Club
Camp for the Junior Teams
The Sunshine Heights Cricket Club provides a positive and inclusive environment for all disadvantaged young people in the Sunshine community, including recently arrived refugees. The Junior Club Member camp at Camp Boomerang provides an opportunity for 45 children to take part in a range of exciting adventures to build upon and strengthen their camaraderie and respect for each other despite their differences.
Uniting Care Concern
Education Assistance Program
The program helps low-income families meet the education costs of secondary students going back to school.
No website available.
Warringa Park School
Alfresco Cafe
Warringa Park School provides education for students aged between five and 19 years who have a diagnosed intellectual disability ranging from mild to profound. Funds enabled a dishwasher to be purchased and installed in the newly initiated School Cafe Project. The project, an extension of the VCAL program, aims to build the student's work and life skills in preparation for employment after they have completed formal schooling.
Wesley Mission
Wesley Kids Under Kanvas - Camping Activities
Wesley Kids Under Kanvas provides school holiday camps, weekend camps and day outings for children, teenagers and young adults with a disability. All activities place an emphasis on the abilities rather than disabilities.
Yalari Limited
Sponsorship of an Indigenous Student
The Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship Program provides scholarships for Indigenous students to attend leading boarding schools in Australia. The vision of the program is to create opportunities for Indigenous students to receive a quality education so that they can reach their full potential. The aim is to provide scholarships for 250 students over 10 years, creating an alumni network of indigenous people who will become leaders in their chosen fields. Funds were provided under the scholarship program to sponsor a Victorian Indigenous student to board at Geelong Grammar.
August 2007
Duke of Edinburgh Award (Vic) Limited
Harnessing Our Volunteer Energy
Development and resourcing of a youth advisory group to increase youth participation and voluntarism within The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Victoria. The project focused on supporting disadvantaged young people to participate in the Award.
Echuca Specialist School
Swan Hill Sports Camp
Support for Special Schools from Mildura, Bendigo, Maryborough and Echuca to meet in Swan Hill to compete in an organised sports day. It camp gives students the chance to mix with their peers and display their athletic talents, reduces geographic isolation, and helps students feel they are a part of a broader social group.
Good Shepherd
Bridge Program
Through BRIDGE (Building Real Independent Development through Group Education), the Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service works closely with staff and students at Lynall Hall Community School, in Richmond, to help disadvantaged young people to stay connected to their school and community.
Redkite
Financial Assistance Program
Caring for a sick child, particularly one hospitalised a long way from home, can have a devastating effect on the family, financially and emotionally. The Financial Assistance Program helps with essential household and living expenses, emergency payments and child-specific costs, such as wigs and special-needs items.
Royal Yacht Club of Victoria
Let's Sailaway
Sailing programs for disadvantaged young people living and attending school in the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
Verney Road School
Australian History Discovery Trip
Verney Road School provides education programs to meet the needs of students with mild to profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in the emotional, behavioural, physical and sensory areas. The funding provided 44 students aged from 11 to 15 with a two night school excursion to Ballarat to learn more about Australian history.
No website available.
July 2007
Barwon Youth Accommodation Services (BYAS) (Now known as "Time for Youth")
Cafe Meals Club
Cafe Meals Club provides subsidised meals at cafes in Geelong and Colac to young people who are at risk. Members of the program who pay $3 at one of the member cafes are able to order a meal up to the value of $10. The aim is to provide opportunities for homeless young people to eat healthy food in a socially inclusive environment rather than consume high fat take-away food.
Croxton Specialist School
Family Dog Circus
Family Dog Circus provides young people with disabilities with experiential learning opportunities in a creative environment. The project aims to develop innovative improvisation process using accessible technical equipment. shared experiences and skill development. Family Dog Circus also host the Bow WOW! Festival in the northern suburbs of Melbourne for artistic exchange and networking, and provide access to training opportunities.
Taralye - The Oral Language Centre for Deaf Children
Outdoor Language Room
The Outdoor Language Room at the Taralye premises will help hearing-impaired children learn the vocabulary and language that accompanies outdoor activities. To make these activities meaningful for the deaf child, the outdoor room is based around a children's character "Taralye Ted" who has a home and a backyard.
The Mirabel Foundation Inc.
Mirabel House Programs - Respite & Events
Provision of therapeutic respite care for children aged three to 12 who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use by one or both of their parents.
Travellers Aid Society of Victoria (TASV)
Homeward Bound Emergency Relief Program
Financial assistance and material aid to disadvantaged young people aged up to 21. The program aims to build and strengthen the capacity of marginalised young people and families, reuniting them whenever possible and where appropriate.
