14,012 children urgently need your support before 30 June.

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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Meet our sponsored students

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/sponsored-students

Meet our sponsored students, experience real life results, meet children on our programs and discover more Smith Family stories.

Meet our supporters

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/supporters

Read firsthand accounts of why The Smith Family’s supporters choose to help children experiencing disadvantage get the most from their education.

Our supporters get active about fundraising during lockdown

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/fundraising/covid-fundraising

See how three supporters came up with unique fundraising ideas during COVID-19, that rallied their friends and family.

Australia's oldest bike ride turns 25 in style

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/fundraising/around-the-bay-2017

Our Centenary Champions

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/our-centenary-champions

At The Smith Family, we’re delighted to have Wendy Harmer and Today’s Brooke Boney on board as Centenary Champions, to help us celebrate a century of creating better futures for children in need.

Trust is the most important way for NFPs to create sustained and enduring impact

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/trust-is-most-important-way-for-nfps

Trust between a not for profit and the community in which it operates must be at the heart of any strategy, writes Doug Taylor, but how do you achieve it? Read more...

Rediscovering not for profit ‘superpowers’ for the challenges ahead

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/rediscovering-not-for-profit-superpowers-for-the-challenges-ahead

How can we think about the future unless we know why we exist, who we are and what’s come before, asks Doug Taylor, in the first in a four-part series on how NFPs can look to the past to guide the future, written to coincide with The Smith Family’s centenary. Read more...

New Ways of Thinking About Volunteering

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/executive-team/new-ways-of-thinking-about-volunteering

Volunteering has been a feature of our history at The Smith Family, ever since our organisation began in the 1920s. Back then, most of our family relief work was done by members and volunteers, and while our present-day focus has shifted to education support for children experiencing disadvantage, volunteers continue to be a critical enabler of our work.

Frontline worker speaks out for older carers

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/learning-for-life-staff/karas-story

Your support fills the gaps so students can flourish

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/learning-for-life-staff/trishs-story

Our Learning for Life Coordinators get to know the students and families, and their needs. Watch Trish see first hand how your support helps.

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