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- 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
  Learning for Life is an innovative, evidence-based program that supports students throughout their education to achieve positive long-term outcomes for young people experiencing disadvantage.
- 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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- Ways to fundraise
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  Share your skills to help Australian children in need transform their lives through education.
- Corporate partnerships
  Corporate partnerships give young Australians in need the chance to change their futures through educational support. Discover how you can join forces with The Smith Family to create a mutually-beneficial, impactful partnership.
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  We aim to provide a working environment where staff and volunteers have the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.
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  Learn about VIEW, a leading women’s volunteer organisation and support network with over 13,000 members, across Australia.
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  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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  Become a monthly donor and provide continual support throughout all stages of a child's education.
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  Through your philanthropy, you can ensure that young Australians impacted by poverty get the education that all children deserve.
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  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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Australia's education gap: Poverty holding back our most disadvantaged kids

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2017/150517-australias-education-gap-winter-appeal

The Smith Family’s commitments to Australia’s First Peoples outlined in its 2017–2020 Reconciliation Action Plan

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2017/210817-rap-launch

As Australians start to think about the gifts they will share over the festive season, children’s education charity The Smith Family urges them to also consider stepping up to help change the course of a child’s life, by supporting their education to break the cycle of poverty.

CEDA: Young Australians and disadvantage - disrupting the cycle

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2019/young-australians-and-disadvantage-disrupting-the-cycle

Following the release of Disrupting disadvantage: setting the scene, CEDA is releasing a series of articles from leading thinkers in the field that explore different aspects of disadvantage in Australia.

New Chairman appointed to The Smith Family board

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2019/new-chairman-announcement

Nicholas Moore has been appointed to the Board of The Smith Family and will take up the role of Chairman following the organisation’s Annual General Meeting on 28 November 2019.

Australian of the Year Dr Craig Challen announced as The Smith Family's new ambassador

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2019/australian-of-the-year-dr-craig-challen-announced-as-the-smith-familys-new-ambassador

Children’s education charity The Smith Family today announced joint 2019 Australian of the Year Dr Craig Challen as its new ambassador.

Australia's poverty trap: Children who most need education support are missing out

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2019/australias-poverty-trap-children-who-most-need-education-support-are-missing-out

Australia's poverty trap: Children who most need education support are missing out. The Smith Family launches 2019 Winter Appeal to raise $4m for Australian children in need

Thousands of volunteers making a world of difference for children in need

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2019/national-volunteer-week-2019

This year marks 30 years of National Volunteer Week [20–26 May] and to celebrate, children’s education charity The Smith Family is acknowledging the world of difference its volunteers make on the lives of Australian children in need.