Please help 596 children start every school day with the essentials they need.

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
  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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Get Involved
- Ways to fundraise
  Learn about fundraising and give back to the community with The Smith Family.
- Volunteer with us
  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.
- Careers
  We aim to provide a working environment where staff and volunteers have the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.
- Events
  Participate in events and activities that support young Australians experiencing disadvantage.
- VIEW Clubs of Australia
  Learn about VIEW, a leading women’s volunteer organisation and support network with over 13,000 members, across Australia.
Ways to Give
- 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.
- A gift in your will
  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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Give monthly

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Help change the story of young Australians. Join our monthly donor community to provide vital learning support and change their future. Donate today.

Give monthly

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/donate/give/monthly

Help change the story of young Australians. Join our monthly donor community to provide vital learning support and change their future. Donate today.

Tales of the One in Six

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/tales-of-the-one-in-six

Watch ‘Tales of the One In Six', an animated web series based on the real stories of Australian children experiencing disadvantage.

What is poverty?

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/poverty-in-australia/what-is

Find out what poverty in Australia looks like and how it can impact the education and future of more than 1.2 million children and young people.

Conversations with impact

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/conversations

A video series featuring The Smith Family CEO Doug Taylor, in conversation with members of The Smith Family Community.

Single donation

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Your donations to The Smith Family help to ensure disadvantaged Australian children receive critical learning support. Learn more on how you can give.

Contact us

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Contact The Smith Family and help to support disadvantaged children create a better future.

Media centre

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Visit the The Smith Family Media Centre to view our latest media releases, opinion pieces or contact our media team to learn more about our work.

Student details

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The ‘digital divide’ and other learning related challenges remain major issues according to a new survey by The Smith Family

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2021/the-digital-divide-and-other-learning-related-challenges-remain-major-issues

After almost two years of the COVID crisis, The Smith Family says digital inequity remains an overwhelming challenge for the students and families.

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