California - USA
The Clinic helps victims of domestic violence to access legal services and secure physical and psychological safety for themselves and their families. In this way, victims are given the opportunity to rebuild their lives and break the cycle of violence. The Clinic also conducts outreach activities to raise awareness about domestic violence, and recruit volunteer legal officers.
"This contribution will have a significant impact in the lives of people we serve by allowing clients and their families to establish safety and pschological well-being while asserting their legal rights", Marianne Kennedy Executive Director WSP
California - USA
The K-12 project aims to provide the next generation with the necessary motivation and tools to restore and protect the ecologically important Sonoma Creek watershed. Local school students will receive hands-on science education and participate in real-life restoration work, boosting their environmental awareness and the prospects of protecting the local environment into the future.
California - USA
The Education Enhancement Program provides a year-round after school program for low-income Hispanic youth. Responding to parents who saw their children failing in school, the program provides invidualized lesson plans and family support, including accompanying parents to school conferences where requested. Educators work with the children on study habits and academic skills, as well as complementary environment and arts activities. A specialised Learning Center is stocked with a wide range of educational resources available to students and families.
California - USA
This project is a specialised after school program which aims to provide a safe environment for at-risk youth to learn valuable skills and deter deliquency. Participants learn how to create digital movies, graphic art, websites, commercials and broadcast news segments. Particular emphasis is placed on reinforcing core sills including reading, computing & problem solving.
Arizona - USA
This project helps young women aged 18-21 who are no longer eligible for child welfare funding to become self-sufficient. The program provides housing along with training in independent living skills, money management and job readiness over a period of two years. These young women have no family support, and some are themselves already mothers. Without assistance many would face homelessness and permanent welfare dependency.
Western Australia - Australia
Within an environmental framework, the project will use case studies and local role models to educate and inspire women to achieve their full potential as community leaders and change agents.
Chicago - USA
Urban Missions is an innovative program demonstrating how a university and community-based arts organisation can collaborate to provide a wide array of arts programming from theatre, writing and audio arts to graphic design, dance, and music. Programs bring together undergraduates and youth from low-income urban communities surrounding Chicago to enjoy and create art.
Victoria - Australia
The building of a wheelchair ramp will ensure that the Community Centre, and the training programs it conducts, are accessible to all community members.
We are so excited and pleased that with your generous help our hard work will make a positive and lasting difference to the community", Cathy Briant Upper Beaconsfield Community Centre.
Queensland - Australia
This resident-initiated project aims to revegetate creeks close to urban Cairns. Rapid development has damaged riparian health, biodiversity and water quality, which residents will tackle through planting indigenous vegetation and removing weed species.
Northern Territory - Australia
Community Night Patrols are wholly Aboriginal initiatives that aim to prevent crime, settle disputes, and mediate solutions to conflict within their own communities, language and family groups. The provision of a vehicle to the Belyuen community will ensure vital community support activities are maintained. Under the direction of Belyuen community elders, the vehicle provided by a Fosters Community Grant will be used to provide respite and cultural learning activities for young people and also to operate a community night patrol.
Western Australia - Australia
A skate / blade / ball / bike park will be built for the youth of the district, providing much needed facilities for healthy and safe recreation. A feature of the project is the involvement of young people, together with the local youth worker, in planning, designing and managing this park.
'This will realize a dream come true for the youth of Northcliffe", Jenny Mawdsley Northcliffe Family Centre
South Australia - Australia
The project will deliver a multi-artform event inspired by the ocean. It will involve dance, film, live music and surf art, all providing opportunities for local artists to exhibit and express their passion for the coast and ocean, and their fragile environments.
NSW - Australia
In collaboration with the Wiradjuri artists group, this project will involve the building of a permanent structure ("shed") in the NSW regional town of Condobolin. Men will build the shed and use it as a centre for cultural learning, dance, cooking and instrument making. Along the way, project participants will connect with their culture and community, and learn skills on a structured pathway towards TAFE (vocational) training.
Victoria - Australia
'You Are Not Alone' is a pilot project aimed at supporting people living with depression in the drought affected areas of Northern Victoria. It will be delivered by depressioNet, an organisation which provides a comprehensive online information resource and 24 hour peer support service for people and families coping with depression.
The Foster's Community Grants Program provides real opportunities for organisations like ours, to implement programs that will be of direct benefit to people living with depression", Terry Houguet-Pincham GM depressioNet
NSW - Australia
The Youth Outreach Program aims to increase the participation of young people in decision making on environmental issues in their communities. Focusing on rural and regional educational institutions, the project consists of a series of practical workshops and motivational talks.
Queensland - Australia
This project will train advisory agents to recognise signs of mental illness and respond appropriately, including by connecting individuals and families with specialised services and information.
NSW - Australia
The Family Excursion Program aims to assist families recently released from immigration detention centres. Volunteers arrange and lead free monthly excursions to parks, zoos, movies and the like. Excursions bring a sense of social connection to a group of people whose uncertain legal status makes them particularly vulnerable and marginal in our community.
"We are very grateful for your assistance and look forward to providing many wonderful programs for the families we work with", Zoe Ross ALIV President
Victoria - Australia
A licenced catering service and retail café in the heart of Ballarat, this supported service will offer both employment and training opportunities to people with disabilities, helping them to build fulfilling careers in the mainstream workforce.
