What We Do - Help Kids with The Smith Family
How we unlock opportunities for disadvantaged Australian children through education and learning
The Smith Family is an evidence based organisation and seeks to understand how we can unlock opportunities for disadvantaged Australians. Research enables us to work with communities effectively to build their capacity to improve outcomes for children and young people and their families.
About our Learning for Life suite of education and learning programs. Almost 30,000 disadvantaged children are accessing our comprehensive Learning for Life programs, which span a disadvantaged child's early years through the vulnerable transition points in their development, such as moving from home to primary school and from school to further study or workforce entry. At every step along the way, our nationwide network of Learning for Life workers support our children, linking them with opportunities including literacy support, mentoring, life skills and personal development initiatives, in addition to financial scholarships to assist with essential school expenses such as uniforms, books and excursions. |  |
Financial Scholarships Our sponsorship program provides direct financial assistance in the form of a scholarship to the family of each sponsored student to help cover school-related expenses such as uniforms, shoes, books, excursions and equipment. |  |
Emotional literacy support We provide a network support through tutoring, coaching and mentoring and participation in extra curricular activities targeted at key transition stages in a student's education to support their ability to develop and manage relationships with different people for different purposes. These programs complement formal learning and help students to develop the skills they need to participate fully in society Other programs that support development of Emotional literacy |  |
Essential Literacies Our work focuses on developing the essential key literacies that are vital to enable all Australians to participate fully in society: Reading, Financial literacy and Digital literacy. |  |
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