As leading financial advisors, our mission is to create great financial outcomes for our clients and our community as a whole. Aside from our professional services, we work to achieve this goal in partnership with The Smith Family and two of their exemplary programmes: Business Community Champions and Learning for Life.
Partnering with The Smith Family through their Business Community Champions programme allows us to help disadvantaged young Australians create better futures for themselves. Sponsoring a student helps pay for school essentials like uniforms, shoes, textbooks and excursions. It also provides ongoing access to The Smith Family's out-of-school learning and mentoring programmes, which are designed to help students build the skills they need to thrive at school and beyond.
We're proud to know that with the help of The Smith Family, the benefits of our work can extend beyond the individual and help break the cycle of disadvantage for young Australians.
The Smith Family is the largest children’s education charity helping young Australians from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed at school, so they can create better futures for themselves.
For almost 100 years, The Smith Family has been tackling the problem, one child at a time. Through their Learning for Life programme, they help children overcome their circumstances by providing long-term education support in three distinct ways.
1. Financial support for school essentials, like uniforms and books.
2. Access to additional learning programmes before and after school – tailored to each child’s individual needs.
3. Match each child with a dedicated coach at The Smith Family to help them get to school, stay at school and go on to further training or work.
This proven three-pronged approach equips these children with the motivation, resilience and life skills they need to complete their schooling and go on to better futures.
The effects of growing up in poverty go beyond the home environment. For over 1.2 million Australian children and young people1 this can negatively affect their school life.
At school, these children miss out on things other children may take for granted. Imagine how it would feel to go through winter without warm school clothes; to feel ashamed because you have no decent school shoes; to feel isolated and alone because you don't fit in, or to be stressed all the time because you don't have the internet at home or the books you need to do your homework.
These children are less likely to achieve their desired educational outcomes (and in turn employment opportunities)
I love playing basketball because it's my way of gaining confidence. I'm a 10th grader at Senior School.
Study, listen to music, sleep or play video games with my family.
My favourite boy group BTS or any other K-Pop groups.
Do what they ask me to do. I used to work at Domino's but that didn't work out because of my education.
Do what they ask me to do. I used to work at Domino's but that didn't work out because of my education.
A Prosecutor.
Becoming one was one of my main goals last year. I want to be a Prosecutor overseas.
Mathematics, history and physical education.
English.
They're doing a great job at supporting me.
We have 2 boys and 2 girls in the family. My older brother has moved out, so 2 sisters and me.
I like it because of my friends and I love when my mum comes and helps at school.
I like to play with my dog, jump on my trampoline and I love Lego.
We got to go to the beach last holidays for the day. I love the beach and water.
In the future I would love to go on a house boat with my mum, dad and sisters and go fishing.
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