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Our Programs
- Literacy programs
  Providing resources and support to help children living with disadvantage achieve the required reading standard.
- Technology programs
  Providing children and young people living with disadvantage with the critical skills, access, and equipment they need.
- Numeracy programs
  We support early years educators and community professionals in building foundational math skills in children under their care.
- Learning for Life
  Providing holistic, long-term support for disadvantaged young Australians throughout their education.
- Mentoring programs
  Mentoring programs for students living with disadvantage that provide the encouragement they need to build aspirations for their future.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs
  Our work engages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in learning through education, life skills and role models, promoting culturally responsive practice.
Our learning support and mentoring programs in 90 Australian communities directly help children in need achieve their goals through education.
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  Share your skills to help Australian children in need transform their lives through education.
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  Learn about VIEW, a leading women’s volunteer organisation and support network with over 16,000 members, across Australia.
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- Sponsor a child
  Through child sponsorship, you will be matched to an Australian child in need, helping to support the cost of their school essentials.
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  Ensure that future generations of Australian children have the support they need to make the most of their education.
- Monthly donation
  Become a monthly donor and provide continual support throughout all stages of a child’s education.
- Philanthropic giving
  Through your philanthropy, you can ensure that young Australians impacted by poverty get the education that all children deserve.
- Single donation
  Your donation will help young Australians in need by providing access to our Learning for Life education support programs.
- Workplace giving
  Making small, regular donations to The Smith Family through Workplace Giving is an easy way to help change the lives of young Australians living in poverty.
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Passport

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/programs/school-transition/passport

Discover how Smith Family programs like Passport improves the lives of disadvantaged Australian children.

Officeworks

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/get-involved/partnerships/corporate-social-responsibility/our-current-partners/officeworks

Learn how our current partner Officeworks supports children in need. Partnership with The Smith Family, support your community.

Resilience in the face of adversity

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2024/resilience-in-the-face-of-adversity

Pathways engagement and transitions: Young people's insights on navigating post-school pathways

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/research/reports/young-peoples-insights-on-navigating-post-school-pathways

This fourth Pathways, Engagement and Transitions (PET) report shares the stories of six young people who were in Year 12 in 2020 and on The Smith Family’s long-term educational scholarship program, Learning for Life.

Conversations with The Smith Family Anne Hampshire: National School Reform Agreement

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/conversations/national-school-reform-agreement

Explore the vital conversation between The Smith Family's CEO, Doug Taylor, and Head of Research and Advocacy, Anne Hampshire, as they delve into the significance of the National School Reform Agreement.

Addressing educational inequity through the national school reform agreement

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/conversations/addressing-educational-inequity--through-the-national-school-reform-agreement

Join Travers McLeod, Executive Director of Brotherhood of St Laurence, as he shares crucial insights on supporting students facing disadvantages in their education.

From School to Success: Completing Year 12 and Beyond

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/conversations/from-school-to-success-completing-year-12-and-beyond

In this special episode of Conversations with The Smith Family, we feature highlights from our recent webinar, exploring how we can collectively support more young Australians to achieve success at school and beyond.

Investing in the Early Years

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/conversations/investing-in-the-early-years

Our evidence-based programs targeting early years literacy and numeracy are designed to support parents, and early childhood educators, to gain the skills and confidence to help young children to dream big and be ready to start school.

Pathways, engagement and transitions: experience of early school leavers

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/research/reports/experiences-of-early-school-leavers

Tipping the balance towards a better future

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/sponsored-students/ciemaras-story

Ciemara does everything she can for her children and your support helps ensure that her boys have what they need to level the playing field and have a fair go at school.

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