Australian Charities for Children and Youth: Making a difference
- Monster- Mum
- Dec 30, 2015
- 3 min read
Listed below is just a small handful of Australian Charities that cover many different causes that affect Australian children and youth. Many of the charities listed below you can volunteer your time or make a donation to help. This is a great way to start the New Year by supporting and making a positive difference to Australian children.
The Smith Family
The Smith Family is Australia’s largest national education-oriented charity that supports disadvantaged Australian children. They do this by supporting Australian children giving them the best chance at breaking the cycle of disadvantage. Their learning support and mentoring programs help children in need to fit in at school, keep up with their peers, and build aspirations for a better future for them.
How can you help?
LINKS
Villa Maria
Villa Maria is a not-for-profit, values-based organisation providing quality services and life enhancing opportunities for older people and children and adults with a disability, their families and carers.
Check out the 2015 Out and About Fun Day HERE
How can you help?
LINKS
Marist Youth Centre
Marist Youth Care has over 110 years experience helping young people at risk in Australia. Marist Youth Care has developed into one of the largest service providers for youth at risk in Australia today. They provide services to over 4,000 young people and their families every year.
How can you help:
Links
Camp Quality
“Our programs are designed to foster strength, confidence and courage – at hospital, at home, at school and away from it all. We bring optimism and resilience to families living through one of the most traumatic times of their lives.” Camp Quality
How to help:
Donate https://www.campquality.org.au/donate
LINKS
Child Wise
Child Wise is dedicated to protecting children from abuse and exploitation :
Raising awareness of the prevalence of child abuse and its impact on individuals, families and the broader community.
Educating children, parents, carers on protective behaviours that improve child resilience to abuse.
Working with child-focused organisations to improve child protection mechanisms and create child safer environments.
Researching and responding to emerging risks to children.
Providing counselling, support and referral to victims, families and concerned members of the public through our toll-free Helpline.
How you can help:
LINKS
Australian Childhood Foundation
The mission of the Australian Childhood Foundation is to:
apply the evidence from neuroscience to help children heal from the hurt of abuse and neglect;
promote and build stable and secure relationships for all children;
work in partnership to have a collective impact on the lives of traumatised children and families;
be relentless in advocating for the needs of children; and
educate and empower communities to safeguard children.
How you can help:
LINKS
Children’s Cancer Foundation
The aim of the Children’s Cancer Foundation is to ensure every family gets the best possible and complete support needed through treatment, and to improve the welfare of children and adolescents with cancer by funding clinical, research and family support programs.
How you can help:
Starlight Children’s Foundation
Starlight's mission is "To brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families".
How you can help:
LINKS
Sunny Kids
“Sunny Kids believes everyone deserves a fair go; therefore we work tirelessly to break intergenerational cycles of poverty and disadvantage. Too many kids today simply aren’t getting a realistic chance to be the best that they can be. The Sunshine Coast community alone identifies 5,000 at risk children every year. In response SunnyKids provides over 10,000 nights of emergency accommodation, and we partner with health, education and child protection agencies to keep these kids safe.” SunnyKids
How you can help:
LINKS
Children’s Hospital Foundation
Children’s Hospital Foundation mission: For every sick child to have the best possible health care, with access to world-class research and clinical treatment in a healing environment
How you can help:
LINKS
There are many other children and youth Charities that cover a wide variety of causes all around Australia. I still have around 100 charities on my list so hopefully soon I will do another charity blog post to be able to share more of them. If you would like a charity added to this list please send a message from the Kidz B Kool contact page
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