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Kids Camps
(AU, 61107589574) Browse events
YTD Raised: $79,371.76
(AU, 61107589574) Kids Camps runs camps for children and young people who have an intellectual disability. Camps are a fantastic opportunity for both our kids and awesome volunteer camp leaders to get out there in the community, meet heaps of new friends, learn new skills and try new experiences. Camp also provides a vitally important service for the families of our campers. That respite time allows them to reconnect with other friends and families and take some time to recharge.
Future2 Foundation
(AU, 43090835227) Browse events
YTD Raised: $68,433.42Future2 was established in 2007 by a small group of passionate financial planners seeking to demonstrate the profession’s commitment to social responsibility. The foundation supports young people who are socially excluded and financially under-privileged, seeking to give them a second chance and hope for a better future. Now in it’s seventh year, Future2’s Make the Difference! Grants program has pledged grants of $250,000 to grassroots projects helping disadvantaged young Australians. Future2 has a strong link with financial planners and advisors who identify projects for funding, raise funds, and promote Future2’s work in the community. For details, visit www.future2foundation.org.au
Sydney Story Factory
(AU, 71645321582) Browse events
YTD Raised: $58,281.71The Sydney Story Factory nurtures young people’s creativity and well-being through sustained personal attention to their writing. At its home in Redfern, Sydney, volunteer tutors work with students one-on-one or in small groups to write stories of all kinds, which it publishes in as many ways as possible. Programs target marginalised students, and those from Indigenous and non-English speaking backgrounds, but are open to everyone. All classes are free.
Lighthouse Foundation
(AU, 12101549508) Browse events
YTD Raised: $52,823.89Lighthouse Foundation provides homeless young people who come from backgrounds of long term neglect and abuse with a home, a sense of family and around the clock therapeutic care. Through their Lighthouse experience, the young people heal, learn again to relate to others and rebuild their lives. Young people usually stay for 6-24 months following which they are welcome to access ongoing support through the Lighthouse Outreach and Aftercare Program at any time. There are ten Lighthouse homes in Melbourne and regional Victoria where young people are supported by live-in Carers as well as specialist therapeutic services including case management and psychological services. Lighthouse cares for up to 40 young people in our homes and over 600 young people in our Outreach Program.
Mater Dei
(AU, 44054606987) Browse events
YTD Raised: $51,736.34Based in the Macarthur region, Mater Dei is an organization that provides early intervention therapy services, education and residential programs for babies, children and young people with an intellectual disability or developmental delay. The underpinning philosophy for all that we do at Mater Dei is "Inclusion for all".
Operation Flinders
(AU, 51380255779) Browse events
YTD Raised: $48,081.20Operation Flinders Foundation is a South Australian based organisation that offers a unique wilderness adventure program for young persons at risk. While on an eight day exercise in the northern Flinders Ranges, participants are provided with an opportunity to break away from their past and grow as valued members of the community.
Southern Cross Kids' Camps
(AU, 36094170975) Browse events
YTD Raised: $28,298.93
(AU, 36094170975) Our camps create happy memories for children who have experienced abuse, neglect and abandonment. Children between the ages of 7 to 12 years are referred by psychologists and other welfare agencies. The five-day program of each camp is filled with activities designed to build trust, self-esteem and confidence within each child. All camp personnel are fully committed, experienced, trained and most importantly screened. The camp offers these children an environment that is safe and non threatening.
NSW Scouts - Supporting Scouting in Vanuatu
(AU, 42460434054) Browse events
YTD Raised: $27,363.00Make a difference to young people in Vanuatu via Scouts - the only youth program. Income is $52 PW. Top prizes: 2 air tickets to Vanuatu and a Blue70 Helix wetsuit
Concern Australia
(AU, 62648170797) Browse events
YTD Raised: $25,089.01Concern Australia is in the business of transforming lives for 'the least of these' - marginalised young people who society has forgotten or rejected and disoriented young people growing up in a values vacuum in primary and secondary schools. At Concern Australia, we work to be carriers of hope for the young people in our programs. We can’t always solve their life issues but by holding onto hope we can begin to see lives change. We do this by presenting them with new opportunities, new ideas, and a new way of seeing the world.
Indigenous Marathon Project
(AU, 62106504492) Browse events
YTD Raised: $18,995.57The Marathon Project is a initiative by Australian World Marathon Champion Rob de Castella that annually selects young indigenous men and women from across Australia to run in the New York Marathon. The program provides comprehensive training and education for these indigenous runners and a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their people in the world's most famous marathon event. The Indigenous Marathon Project has recently obtained DGR status. All donations over $2 are now tax deductible.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia
(AU, 75071682294) Browse events
YTD Raised: $16,309.44
We provide children, in need of additional support, guidance and friendship, with a caring volunteer mentor, who is a long term positive role model.
Skyline Education Foundation Australia
(AU, 40120737724) Browse events
YTD Raised: $15,311.93The Skyline Education Foundation Australia helps talented young people step out of adversity and embark on a journey of opportunity where they can realise their potential through education. Students participate in a unique two-year VCE Bursary Program and receive a comprehensive range of educational and financial benefits.
The Reach Foundation
(AU, 87069837627) Browse events
YTD Raised: $11,657.60Reach supports young people to get the most out of life. We aim to improve the wellbeing of young people so they can be healthy and resilient to meet life's challenges. Our youth-led workshops are for any young person between 10-18 years of age. By providing safe and supportive spaces where teenagers can share stories and experiences honestly – our workshops can improve the wellbeing of young people, increase their self-awareness, and support them to build deeper, more meaningful connections. For two decades, Reach has improved the wellbeing of tens of thousands of young Australians.
Variety Australia Limited
(AU, 55891232898) Browse events
YTD Raised: $10,191.89Variety – the Children’s Charity is a national not-for-profit organisation committed to empowering Australian children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs to live, laugh and learn. By giving practical equipment, programs and experiences, Variety helps children in need to overcome whatever obstacles they face and live life to the fullest – simply put, we help kids be kids.
Spur Afrika Australia Incorporated
(AU, 34169636631) Browse events
YTD Raised: $9,490.32Equipping children and young adults in Kibera slums through facilitation of literacy, leadership & life skills.
The Esther Foundation
(AU, 54154517827) Browse events
YTD Raised: $8,875.33The Esther Foundation facilitates an extensive young women's residential health, development and leadership program based in Perth. The program provides intensive support for young women to overcome life controlling struggles and issues .The Foundation aims to educate, encourage, empower and enrich young women with self-worth, skills and the confidence to lead successful lives within the community, and reach their potential. The Esther Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organisation that is not Government funded.
Edmund Rice Camps NSW
(AU, 20067072726) Browse events
YTD Raised: $8,436.00Edmund Rice Camps NSW provides activity based recreational programs to young people aged 6-15 years in NSW who would not otherwise be able to access such activities due to disadvantage, marginalisation and isolation. Our programs are run by young adult volunteers who provide positive interaction and model positive behaviours in all activities. We aim to engage leaders in reflective action for others, as well as building their leadership, confidence, and engagement in the community. In so doing we hope to work towards a more just society.
Musicians Making A Difference
(AU, 85637132048) Browse events
YTD Raised: $8,286.20Every young person deserves someone who believes in them and the opportunity to live their potential. For over a decade, MMAD has used the power of music, dance and mentoring to help young people overcome adversity and make their lives remarkable. Help us to change young lives. www.mmad.org.au
Achilles Running Club
(AU, 26190276232) Browse events
YTD Raised: $7,327.45The Sydney Chapter of the Achilles Running Club was started in 1996. It is part of a worldwide organisation represented within about 60 countries. Achilles aims to enable people from all walks of life, including those with physical impairments, to enjoy the health giving benefits of walking and running in a supportive, social and encouraging environment. In so doing it hopes to promote personal achievement, to enhance self-esteem and lower barriers between people.
The Girls & Boys Brigade
(AU, 40409258077) Browse events
YTD Raised: $7,265.99Our aim is to support children & youth in need by providing recreation, education & life skills activities as a foundation for a brighter future. This is achieved by: • Providing a stimulating, safe & trusting environment for children & youth • Providing a broad range of appropriate age, cultural & life skills activities • Advocating for the proper care & protection of children & youth • Being a service where cultural diversity, different family circumstances & individual needs are supported • Providing parent education to assist families to support themselves • Establishing appropriate community partnerships to enhance service delivery
NASCA
(AU, 66442463291) Browse events
YTD Raised: $7,200.00NASCA is an Indigenous organisation which gives Aboriginal young people the support they need to create the future they want. Working across the country, NASCA spends over 3,500 direct contact hours with 1,000 Aboriginal young people per year, providing educational support and mentoring, sports and healthy lifestyle programs and opportunities for careers pathways so that each young person is equipped to take control of their post-school life on their own terms.
The Helmsman Project
(AU, 17161379899) Browse events
YTD Raised: $6,538.65The Helmsman Project equips young people with the life skills and broadened perspective necessary to set meaningful goals, overcome setbacks and persevere in the pursuit of their dreams. Our innovative coaching programs are designed to unlock the potential in young people from communities affected by disadvantage.
TRY Australia
(AU, 90151552331) Browse events
YTD Raised: $5,516.94TRY Australia is a uniquely Victorian youth mentoring organisation that has over the past 131 years touched the lives of hundreds and thousands of Victorians. We respond to community needs with innovative, contemporary, inspired programs, drawing communities together, assisting children, youth and families to ensure they reach their full potential.