Accelerate is designed to break the cycle of economic disadvantage in low-SES young people by partnering with schools and corporate Australia to empower students. Our unique three-year program combines one-on-one ongoing corporate mentoring, financial assistance, and workplace access to support Year 12 completion and the transition to further education/training/employment.  

Act for Kids’ Integrated Therapy Services provides high quality, evidence-informed specialised multidisciplinary services for children and young people. Our occupational therapist uses play-based or educational activities (determined by the client’s age) to support development of meaningful, age-appropriate gross and fine motor skills, emotional regulation, sensory integration, and relationships/attachment.

The Adelaide Day Centre for Homeless Persons Sports for All project addresses a need for young, indigenous Australians to have a healthy pastime which can help build confidence, establish a routine, break social isolation, reduce antisocial behaviour and improve mental health outcomes.

Thriving Youth is an early intervention program that aims to engage vulnerable young people from a refugee and migrant background to remain in schools and on a positive settlement pathway in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide.

Anchor Packs are geared to the needs of young people aged 12-25 years experiencing homelessness. Anchor Packs make a positive difference by providing engagement with agencies, emergency items and a boost to self-esteem through awareness that there is help available and a community who care about them.

Careworks’ Strength in Numbers project delivers Financial Counselling Services to families with young children who are escaping domestic violence and find themselves with little or no financial resources, children to maintain and unmanageable debt.

Neurofibromatosis SA Community Day. The Children's Tumour Foundation is the only support organisation in Australia for people impacted by the genetic condition Neurofibromatosis (NF). This SA Community Day is a chance for children, families and adults with NF to connect, educate and support each other while also trying new activities with their peers.

Around 4,022 SA children under-18 have epilepsy. Many experience serious physical and mental-health impacts. Epilepsy Action Australia will help by delivering our Strong Foundations intensive service to 20 of these children and their families for 12 months, connecting them with personalised support and seizure-safety education from Specialist Epilepsy Registered Nurses.

Genesis Pregnancy Support's eMbrace program offers early intervention to reduce the incidence of child neglect or abuse by helping participants through parenting and nurturing issues that are present, or anticipated, due to inappropriate, inadequate or absent role modelling.

Care Packs for South Australian families accessing paediatric palliative care or bereaved families. The Care Packs are designed to provide a nurturing, personal, and soft welcome to a club no-one ever wants to be part of.

Little Steps empowers women to overcome intergenerational trauma, deal with exposure to Domestic Violence, grief, and loss, which has continuously impacted their lives, helps women build strength and resilience in their lives. Little Steps is a 12-week program, incorporating strength-based narrative therapy in a trauma-informed and culturally endorsed framework.

NurtureGroup is a free play and support group for babies and young children affected by prematurity or sickness and their families. It offers a safe environment where children can learn and develop through play and socialisation, whilst offering families ongoing peer support after leaving the safety of the NICU

Operation Flinders is an adventure therapy program conducted in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia, creating opportunities for young people, who are facing challenges, with a unique experience that provides personal development opportunities and pathways to wellbeing and life success.

Our Books from Birth project is unique because we target disadvantaged children/families with language and cultural barriers who are not accessing traditional pre-school services. We work closely with our partner Allcare Community Support in Adelaide to distribute literacy packs to families in need, using their database and networks.

Career Grit addresses the lack of developmentally responsive career supports for young people experiencing multiple life challenges. The program delivers a strengths and evidenced-based career coaching model within the context of work volition and adaptability. Offering holistic wrap around support to address barriers to participation in employment.

The Act for Kids’ project delivers trauma-responsive occupational therapy services to children with developmental difficulties resulting from experiences of harm, neglect and/or abuse.

The Adelaide Day Centre for Homeless Persons ‘Sports for All’ project addresses a need for young, indigenous Australians to have a healthy pastime, which can help build confidence, establish a routine, break social isolation, reduce antisocial behaviour and improve mental health outcomes.

AnglicareSA’s ‘Turning Point Program’ delivers up to three months’ accommodation, support and referrals for families with young children who are experiencing homelessness – often due to fleeing domestic violence.

Careworks’ ‘Strength in Numbers’ project delivers financial counselling services to young families who are escaping domestic violence and find themselves challenged by the costs of caring for young children, while facing unmanageable debt with little or no financial resources.

Foodbank SA is being supported to deliver nutritious apples to hundreds of children in metropolitan, regional and outback schools who are experiencing food insecurity.

Genesis Pregnancy Support’s ‘eMbrace’ program offers early intervention to reduce the incidence of child neglect or abuse by helping participants through parenting and nurturing issues that are present, or anticipated, due to inappropriate, inadequate or absent role-modelling.

The Holiday Explorers project helps address the problem of social isolation for young people with intellectual disability, by delivering social support and adventure in a safe and enriching environment.

KWY Aboriginal Corporation’s ‘Little Steps’ program is a therapeutic program with one-on-one case management for Aboriginal women with young children in Port Augusta. The program addresses problems associated with parenting and child protection, health and wellbeing, family and domestic violence, and intergenerational trauma, grief and loss.

The Operation Flinders project provides at-risk young people the opportunity to participate in an 8-day outback intervention program focussed on adventure-based therapy.

OzHarvest’s funding supports two, 18-week ‘Nourish Programs’, providing hospitality-based education, mentoring and employment pathways to at-risk youth who have become disengaged from mainstream education.

Sammy D Foundation’s funding helps expand their highly regarded ‘Community Mentoring Program’ into Mount Barker and Murray Bridge, to support the wellbeing of youth living without positive adult role models.

The Humour Foundation’s funding helps support the ‘Clown Doctors’ program, offering humour and distraction therapy programs at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, to help spread happiness for sick children and their families.

The Smith Family’s ‘Passport to Success’ program equips Year 6 students at disadvantaged schools with skills, knowledge and confidence to successfully manage the transition to secondary school.

The Kids Under Cover project delivers education scholarships for young people at risk of homelessness, to help address the problems disengaging from school and reduced opportunities for employment.

2023

CareFlight's 'Sick and Injured Kids in the Bush' program provides specialist paediatric clinical training in rural and remote areas to tackle health inequalities and improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of babies and children. ​

2023

Children's Charity Network's 'Young Indigenous Teens' program offers art and literacy workshops striving to align Indigenous teens with their communities. With art and story-telling a hallmark of many mobs' culture, we offer teens the opportunity to further explore these modes of cultural expression while facilitating a deeper sense of connection to their mob.

2022

Shooting Stars’ ‘Seven Sisters’ project offers a 10-week wellbeing program aimed at teaching participants how to recognise their emotions, manage their emotional triggers, build positive relationships, and develop strategies for cheering themselves up or calming themselves down. The funding supports 115 Aboriginal girls aged 10-18 who are participating in the program in Whyalla.

2021

Nature Foundation’s Kids on Country program builds employability skills for young Aboriginal people by improving wellbeing, teaching life skills, building confidence 'on country' and sparking interest in conservation and land management.

2020

Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s funding supported the publication of board books in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language. The books are age and developmentally appropriate and allows children to develop essential pre-literacy skills, as well as experience the joy of books.

2022

The Australian Schools Plus project aims to increase activity levels of students with intellectual disability and complex sensory needs. The project is supporting 110 students at Errington Special Education Centre, all of whom have an intellectual disability and 60% of whom are non-verbal.

2023

Schools Plus continues to partner with Errington Special Education Centre to purchase adapted equipment including recumbent tricycles, to accommodate the needs of its students and ensure accessibility for all. Students will participate in events including the Pedal Prix, to foster a sense of belonging and pride.

2021

Special Olympics Australia’s Young Athletes program is designed to enhance the wellbeing of young children with intellectual disability, autism, or developmental delay, who experience challenges developing movement and social skills and are frequently less active than children without disabilities.

2020

Riding for the Disabled’s new accessibility ramp at their Northern Centre will enable wheelchair clients to access the services.