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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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  Share your skills to help Australian children in need transform their lives through education.
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  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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Thousands of volunteers helping kids out of disadvantage

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2015/110515-national-volunteer-week

Read our media releases: Thousands of volunteers helping kids out of disadvantage

Volunteers like Jenny make a lasting impact

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/jennys-story

Volunteers like Jenny create life-long change. See how Jenny’s contributions have been recognised in big ways - and have lasting impacts on our students.

National Volunteer Week a chance to celebrate the role of volunteers in connecting communities

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2025/national-volunteer-week

This National Volunteer Week [19-25 May], children’s education charity The Smith Family is celebrating the role of volunteers in strengthening local communities, while helping to improve the lives of students experiencing disadvantage through education.

The Smith Family has proudly joined the Coalition of Support for the National Strategy for Volunteering to help make volunteering the heart of Australian communities

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/national-volunteer-strategy

Watch our volunteers share Christmas with 30,000 children

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/christmas-2022-thank-you

In December, our inspirational supporters and volunteers helped us share Christmas with 30,000 children through our Toy and Book Delivery Day.

100 years of volunteers and more

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/100-years-of-volunteering-and-more

Lauren Stocker, our National Volunteer Manager, provides an overview of our new Five-Year Strategy, how it draws on our rich history of 100 years of volunteers and how you can help us strengthen our impact into the future.

Volunteer Spotlight! Meet Christine

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/christines-volunteer-story

Christine shares what volunteering means to her

Innovation team discovers the simple joys of volunteering

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/nicks-story

See what happened when Nick’s high-tech team swapped app design for a day helping us pack Christmas presents and books for disadvantaged families.

The season to be a volunteer

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/the-season-for-volunteering

Experience real life results, meet children on our programs & discover more Smith Family stories - The season to be a volunteer

Beryl's volunteering experience has been fulfilling

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/volunteers/beryls-story

After 21 amazing years as one of our volunteers, Beryl has decided to retire. Over the decades she has helped to transform the lives of countless students. Read more.

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