Category: Recent Grants
Newsboys-funded program reduces youth depression: study
New research, conducted in partnership with Ocean Mind – a charity supported by Newsboys Foundation since 2019 – has shown that “surf therapy” can help reduce mental illness symptoms. Researchers at Deakin University studied 36 young people at Ocean Mind aged between eight and 18 who had reported symptoms of anxiety, depression or ADHD. Researchers…
Newsboys-supported group wins major award
A group supported by Newsboys Foundation has won the prestigious Victorian Government Group Achievement in the Community Award at the 2025 7NEWS Victorian Young Achiever Awards. Newsboys has been supporting the Very Special Kids Youth Advisory Group (YAG) since 2023. “We are proud to support the Youth Advisory Group and are delighted that the group’s…
Recovery from trauma does not travel in a straight line
For 26 years, the Mirabel Foundation has been dedicated to supporting children orphaned or abandoned by parental drug use. These young people, and their kinship carers (often a grieving grandmother), face a dauntingly difficult road and when it threatens to become too much Mirabel’s Intensive Support Program, supported by the Newsboys Foundation, steps in. On…
Camp helps young musicians hit the right note
Imagine having a gift for music but seeing your dreams fade because of geography and logistics. There are many ways for a gifted child not to reach their potential, but loneliness is recognised as one of the key likely dream-crushers. “There’s a lot of research into gifted and talented learning,” Dorian Jones, CEO of the…