Where does your money go?
Your support gives more children the support they need to get the most out of their education, regardless of their family’s financial circumstances.
Your donations fund our learning support and mentoring programs that provide disadvantaged children with practical and emotional support outside the classroom. With targeted support they can keep up at school, participate more in class and stay engaged with their education. The lifelong reward will mean they can create a better future for themselves.
Here are some of our programs:
Learning Clubs
Learning Clubs offer a safe, supportive environment for students to work with trained tutors (outside of school hours) who help them with homework so they don’t fall behind.
With your support, over 4,100 students regularly attended a Learning Club last year.
Student2student
student2student is a reading program for primary school students with poor reading skills. They read over the phone to a trained reading buddy three times a week, to help improve their reading skills.
97% of students who took part in the program improved their reading age.
iTrack
iTrack is an online mentoring program connecting students in Years 9 -11, to adult mentors who help them make effective study and career choices.
86% of students who participated in iTrack said that talking with their mentor helped them work out how to reach their career goals
Allocating resources for impact
We are grateful for all the contributions we receive. Financial resources are essential for building strong infrastructure and increasing our effectiveness and impact for children experiencing poverty, so they can build skills to change their futures.
In the five years to June 2023:
- 72% of donations from our supporters has been spent on our community programs
- 28% of our resources has been invested in the vital activities that build our continuing organisational capacity and sustainability
However, our funding allocation to community programs is just one measure of effectiveness. Another critical dimension is the positive impact our investment in resources and activities has in supporting our long-term program outcome measures.
