NEWSBOYS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2018 21 GRANTS VicSRC Annual Congress Each year, VicSRC brings together secondary student delegates from all over Victoria at a congress meeting held at Ormond College, Melbourne University. In 2018, 215 students attended Congress and discussed key education issues that are important to their school communities. Leadership, communication and skills-building workshops are also conducted with the students over the three-day meeting. In addition, VicSRC engaged 40,345 young people online during Congress through their student directed communications strategy. vicsrc.org.au WESTERN CHANCES Western Chances Newsboys Foundation Scholarships Western Chances supports talented and motivated young people from Melbourne’s west who lack the finances, networks and opportunities to pursue their goals and realise their potential. With funding from the Newsboys Foundation, scholarships provide access to additional educational, personal and professional development opportunities for young people. Newsboys Foundation has been a proud supporter of Western Chances since 2009. westernchances.org.au WESTERN EDGE YOUTH ARTS Developing Young Leaders Through Theatre Western Edge Youth Arts is conducting a two-year youth drama program with projects based in Wyndham and St Albans. In both of these geographic areas, WEYA is delivering in-school residencies, after-school performance projects and community youth theatre projects for students at risk of disengaging with education. The project actively includes 190 young people each year with a focus on refugees and migrants from South Sudan and the Pacific Islands. westernedge.org.au WESTERN PORT SECONDARY COLLEGE Mobile STEM Lab Western Port Secondary College is leading an innovative Mobile STEM Lab initiative for six feeder primary schools located in Hastings, Victoria. A five-week program is based at each of the primary schools including access to high-quality STEM resources and support. A NAO Robot and 20 Lenovo high-specification laptops have been purchased for the Mobile STEM Lab Program. The program focuses on 325 students in years 5 and 6. The program also includes five weekly visits for primary school students to the Western Port Secondary College, which helps students prepare for their transition to secondary school. westernportsc.vic.edu.au Western Port Secondary College Western Edge Youth Arts