WHO WE ARE?
About Us
What We Do?
Our Mission
Our Vision
Our goals
- Enhance literacy skills among the children we support.
- Create and maintain a love for and a habit of reading within families and communities in Australia.
- Create awareness within the communities about the importance of early literacy development.
- Reduce the gap between children from a disadvantaged background and their wealthier peers.
- Train parents to support their children in their learning.
- Seek learning opportunities for children.
Our impact
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WHY WE DO IT?
Being literate is the key to accessing, interpreting and processing information around us. Targeting the years 0-5 is vital in creating an understanding of our complex language system.
Developing a love of play and reading from an early age feeds a child’s natural curiosity with learning. Being exposed to developmental play and storytelling are the very basic foundations of literacy and language progression. It is the key to academic success that can assist in breaking the cycle of poverty.
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THE PROBLEM
Too many children in Australia are entering the school system either illiterate or with low literacy skills. Many low-income earners struggle to afford books for their children, widening the literacy gap between children from low socio-economic backgrounds and higher-income families.
A lack of literacy skills can cause low academic performance across all curriculum areas, which lasts for a child’s entire school life. If children lack support in their literacy journey, it can contribute to an unbreakable cycle of poverty.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
meet our team
Committee of Management
Chair
Big Sisters Australia
Deputy Chair
Treasurer
Young Victorian of the Year 2022
Secretary
Victorian of the Year 1998
Founder of Refuge of Hope Inc
Limited Space
ROOP/WLF
Janico Pty. Ltd.
Mornington Peninsula
Our Patron
Our Friends and Supporters
Thank you to our Trusts, Foundations, Government and Corporate supporters:
Bendigo Bank Community Foundation, City of Greater Dandenong, City of Melbourne Community grants, Edward Wilson Estate, Mary MacKillop Today Community Grants, Norman Mavis and Graeme Waters Charitable Trust, Perpetual Trustees, Equity Trustees, Schiavello Charitable Foundation, The Andrews Foundation, The Estate of the Late GWA Griffith, The Hazel Peat Charitable Trust, The Pierce Armstrong Foundation, The Samuel Nissen Foundation, MCV Court Fund, Transuburan Community Fund, Victorian Multicultural Commission, Viva Energy, Zdraveski Charitable Fund, ISPT Super Property, The Mazda Foundation, Leith Charitable Trust, Readings Foundation, Ethical Jobs Foundation, Dyson Community Foundation, Booktopia, Australian Communities Foundation, Telematics Trust, Ansvar Insurance.
Awesome Foundation, Bank of Melbourne Neighbourhood Fund, Besen Family Foundation, Collier Charitable Fund, Foundation of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies, Harold Mitchell Foundation, Inger Rice Foundation, Minter Ellison, Nourish Foods, Peter William Trust Fund, Reading Foundation, Ren Barlow, The Calvert-Jones Foundation, The City of Casey, The Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation, The Marin Flack Trust, The Rali Foundation & Victorian Women’s Trust, Westpac Community Foundation.
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A special thanks to our many amazing partners across Victoria:
1000 Tales, Australian Catholic University, Awesome Foundation, Back to Basics Playgroup Leongatha, Ballarat central playgroup, Bass Coast Health Wonthaggi, Bayside City Council, Belle Uve Primary School, Best Start, Bethany Community Support, Blue Autumn Copy, Broadmeadows Community Hub, Brother of St Laurence Frankston, Chandler Park Playgroup, City of Greater Dandenong Playgroups, Cloverdale Community Centre, Community Hubs Australia, Craigieburn Community Hub, Dallas Community Hub, Damo Music for Kids, Dandenong Community Hub, Dandenong Hospital (Paediatric, Maternity & Emergency Wards), Dandenong Library, Dandenong South Kindergarten, Eleanor Curtain Publishing, Elizabeth Wilmot Playgroup Morwell, Geelong Cats, Geelong Mum’s Playgroup, Greater Dandenong Family Day Care, Healthwise Gippsland Speech Pathology Traralgon, Karmai Community Children’s Centre, Lake Press Pty Ltd, Latrobe Health Assembly Morwell, Latrobe Valley City Council Morwell, Live Literate by E.S. Karl, Maternal & Child Health Dandenong, Meadows Primary School, Milpara Community House, Moe Supported Playgroup, Monash Health, Mornington Library, Morwell Primary School Supported Playgroup, Mount Ridley College, Multiples Playgroup Traralgon, Newborough- Yallourn Playgroup, Old Gippstown Moe, Olinda’s Place Warragul, Play 2 Learn Playgroup Moe, Play & Learn Playgroup Korumburra, Possum Playgroup at Dandenong Library, Rotary Club of Bairnsdale Sunrise, Sara Court Playgroup Traralgon, Save the Children Moe, Seed to Sprout, Sing and Play – Playgroup Moe, Smalltalk supported playgroups, South Gippsland Shire Council, South Street Primary School Playgroup Moe, Sparrow Early Learning Drouin, Springvale Rise Primary School, Springvale Service for Children Playgroup, St Anthony’s Primary School, St Hilary’s Intergenerational Playgroup Morwell, St Michael and St Luke’s Playgroup, Supported Playgroup Traralgon, The Laundry Lounge Morwell, The Little Yellow Dance Spot, The Salvation Army, The Smith Family Hub, Traralgon East Support Playgroup, Traralgon South Bush Playgroup (Friday Afternoon), Traralgon South Bush Playgroup (Friday Morning), Traralgon West Playgroup, Two Birds One Scone, Tyers Playgroup, VicSeg Braybrook, Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, We Care Playgroup, West Footscray Library, Woodleigh School, Woorabinda Farm Playgroup, Yarraman Oaks Primary School Playgroup.
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