b'GRANTSWestern Edge.Photo: Damian VincenziRIGHTEOUS PUPS AUSTRALIAlife-limiting conditions. The five-night outdoor program The Wellness Warriors Project encourages participants to connect with nature and with Helps young people in central Victoria, who are deemed toeach other, without technology and modern distractions.be at significant educational and psychological risk, throughIt enhances individual resilience and fosters friendships.an innovative therapy dog program. Young people workYouth Advisory Groupunder the guidance of a counsellor and professional dogTo ensure the Very Special Youth program is meeting the trainer to learn how to train assistance dogs and in doingemotional, spiritual and physical needs of young people, so, develop their own self-awareness, self-confidence, andVery Special Kids established a Youth Advisory Group of up social skills. to 12 adolescents from diverse backgrounds. The advisory group provides feedback and guidance on the development STREATof programs, as well as important personal development Thyme Out opportunities for young people who face many challenges. A STREAT Caf, at the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct, provides intensive hospitality and horticulture training andWESTERN EDGE employment to enable young people who are exiting theStronger TogetherEdge to Edgejuvenile justice system to build their lives. This youth-led Community Youth Theatre program is open to young people across Melbournes western VERY SPECIAL KIDS suburbs, especially those from diverse and multicultural Very Special Kids provides holistic palliative care forbackgrounds, and those experiencing structural Victorian children and young people with life-limitingdisadvantage. It runs for 20 weeks with weekly two-hour conditions, and tailored support for their familiesthroughcreative theatre workshops, across Footscray, St Albanslife, death, and bereavement. and Wyndham, culminating in a public performance.Mittagundi Adolescent CampThe Mittagundi Adolescent Camp was introduced in 2015 as a result of feedback from adolescent siblings who suggested an adolescent-only camp. The camp, which now takes place every two years, involves about 18 siblings of kids with NEWSBOYS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 202417'