We will work with a small number of communities over the next five years, where we already have strong relationships.
For the immediate future (next 12-18 months) we’re deepening our focus on the Hume region: Particularly Benalla, Seymour & Shepparton where we have existing long-term partnerships.
Granting Strategy
2025–2030
OUR PURPOSE
Improving the wellbeing and futures of Victorian children and young people in greatest need.
OUR IMPACT DOMAINS
Supporting services for children and young people
Foresight and innovation in climate and agriculture
OUR APPROACH
Trusting, collaborative, transformational
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
Thriving Places
Supporting communities to put children and families first.
- Long-term collaborations and partnerships
- Enabling integration of services and equity of access to services and technology
- Backing community-led and First Nations led responses
- Fostering meaning and belonging
Sustainable Futures
Supporting connections for young people with jobs and skills for the future.
- Creating education and training pathways for young people
- Building rural futures for young people through agriculture, climate and technology
INITIATIVES WE SUPPORT
- Working at the forefront of issues affecting children and young people
- Seeking transformative impact that demonstrates that change is possible
- Emphasising prevention, systemic change and long-term solutions
- Backing foresight and innovation and willingness to test and learn
- Supporting initiatives that are community identified, led and sustained
- Collaborating and joining up impacts for systems change
- Sustaining trusted long-term commitments