This Winter, 19,583 children need your support to keep up at school.

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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- 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.
- Careers
  We aim to provide a working environment where staff and volunteers have the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.
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  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.
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  Ensure that future generations of Australian children have the support they need to make the most of their education.
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  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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Commonwealth must not water down key national responsibilities in education in response to Commission of Audit

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2014/010514-commonwealth-must-not-water-down-key-responsibilities

Read our media releases: Commonwealth must not water down key national responsibilities in education in response to Commission of Audit

Commonwealth Bank gives generously to The Smith Family

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2014/300614-commonwealth-bank-gives-generously

Read our media releases: Commonwealth Bank gives generously to The Smith Family

Opinion: Dr Lisa O'Brien - What we need to avoid a generation of jobless youth

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2014/290514-what-we-need-to-avoid-a-generation-of-jobless-youth

Read our media releases: Opinion: Dr Lisa O'Brien – What we need to avoid a generation of jobless youth

The real cost of public school getting beyond most disadvantaged families

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2014/240114-the-real-cost-of-public-school

Read our media releases: The real cost of public school getting beyond most disadvantaged families

Students travel to Sydney for jazzy experience

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Opinion: Dr Lisa O'Brien - The importance of school attendance

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2014/180314-lisa-obrien-australian-financial-review

Read our media releases: Opinion: Dr Lisa O'Brien - The importance of school attendance

Opinion: Give schools more autonomy, but also the right resources

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2014/150114-give-schools-more-autonomy-but-also-the-right-resources

Read our media releases: Give schools more autonomy, but also the right resources

Volunteers helping to transform the lives of children in need through education

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2018/volunteers-helping-to-transform-the-lives-of-children-in-need-through-education

It can take as little as an hour a week of someone’s time to help a child succeed at school – and for thousands of disadvantaged children across Australia, that little bit of time makes all the difference.

NAIDOC Week celebrating emerging leaders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2018/naidoc-week-celebrating-emerging-leaders-among-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-girls

During NAIDOC Week (8-15 July), children’s education charity The Smith Family is celebrating the educational achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls who are stepping up as leaders in their community.

Why careers support for young people should start in primary school

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/centre/releases/2019/why-careers-support-for-young-people-should-start-in-primary-school

"Kids can't aspire to what they can't see": schools urgently need a better approach to career support, says The Smith Family's Lisa O'Brien.

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