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Community Grants

Helping the local community

Every year, the Coca-Cola Australia Foundation awards a series of Community Grants to local organisations throughout Australia. Up to 40 grants are awarded that vary in size from $1,000 to $10,000.

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Recent Community Grant Recipients

Organisation	Program	Awarded
Aboriginal Literacy Foundation	Literacy Program - Swan Hill A tailored literacy tutoring Program for disadvantaged and isolated indigenous youth in and around Swan Hill, Vic.	$8,000
Anglicare SA Inc	Generate A pilot Program working with young people who are out of the school system and on welfare. This Program focuses on the whole family and often the young person is third generation unemployed.	$10,000
Barnados Australia	Orana Far West Indigenous Learning Centres A Program to establish learning centres in Narromine and Wellington that are run before and after school. The centres are staffed by workers with a background in education and/or welfare. The young people receive individual homework assistance, access to the Internet, space and time to complete homework, as well as healthy meals. Recreational activities are provided during school holidays.	$10,000
Camp Kookaburra Incorporated	Camp Kookaburra A support service for young people who have had to take on the role of carer within their family. These young people face financial hardship, neglect, isolation and are at risk due to inadequate supervision. The Program provides young people with the opportunity to have a break from being the carer, information on additional support services they may be unaware of and counselling.	$10,000
Co-operative for Aborigines Ltd (Tranby Aboriginal College)	Certificate 1 in Access to Work an Training Tranby Aboriginal College runs an accredited literacy/numeracy course as the foundation studies Program for the College, providing an entry point for young people with little confidence and poor literacy skills. The main goal is to engage young Aboriginal people in the learning process, to improve their literacy, numeracy and computer skills and to encourage participants to work towards a better standard of living.	$10,833
FRANS (Family Resource & Network Support)	FRANSPlant The Program uses a plant nursery environment and facilitates a propagation, marketing and sales Program, which provides employment opportunities for people with disabilities.	$8,820
Life Changing Experiences Foundation	The Sister 2 Sister Program This is a 12 month mentoring Program for teenage girls at risk of abuse and/or neglect. It starts with a residential camp and is followed by ongoing monthly mentoring, activity and education sessions as well as a final evaluation session.	$10,000
Mission Australia	Triple Care Farm Music Program Triple Care Farm is a unique residential Program for highly disadvantaged young people (16 to 24 years) suffering from co-morbid mental illness and drug and alcohol problems. The grant funds a music Program to run for two and a half days per week over three ten week sessions.	$10,125
Mission Australia	Stronger Smarter Sisters The Stronger Smarter Sisters Group was set up to support girls at Katherine High School (predominantly indigenous students but open to all girls at the school) to reach their full potential through education. The Program encourages the girls to attend school, be rigorous in meeting educational outcomes and become role models for good behaviour. The Community Grant enables the funding of a reward cultural and educational trip to Melbourne at the end of term four.	$10,000
MJD Foundation	Young Men's Camp Machado Joseph Disease (MJD) is a slowly progressing, fatal, inherited neuro-degenerative disease. The vast majority of sufferers are indigenous and live in Arnhem Land or other remote indigenous communities. Funding enabled the set up of camps targeting those who have the disease in its early form and also those at risk of contracting MJD.	$10,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Ltd	Visual Art Education for Gifted and Talented Students An intensive, creative and experimental hands-on Program of workshops for very disadvantaged students who have been identified as gifted and talented. The Program gives these alienated and marginalised students the chance to work in a world-class institution with exhibiting artists.	$10,000
Pathways Foundation	Western Sydney Harm Prevention Program Providing families in the Western Sydney/Liverpool area with access to Pathways Programs such as Pathways to Manhood (PTM). The Program aims to provide boys with experiences that strengthen the father and son relationship, and to empower the youths with a sense of self respect, pride and the capacity to contribute.	$10,000
Slippry Sirkus inc	Cross Currents A collaborative Program with Rural Health, TAFE Outreach and LandCare in rural communities on NSW Mid North Coast. It provides a series of workshops and camps to reduce isolation, improve access, encourage leadership and build links to health, education and the environment.	$10,000
Sports Challenge Australia	Sports Challenge Program - Elizabeth, SA The development and implementation of Programs through schools to increase physical education, professional development of school teachers and community education Programs.	$10,000
Stewart House	Special Education Visit to Stewart House The grant enabled 30 children from special education units across NSW to attend a five day residential Program, providing children with new experiences, a sense of independence and interactions with peers from other schools across the state.	$10,635
Sunshine Coast Youth Partnership	MAX Program A Program that re-engages adolescent fathers (aged 16-24) in school by enrolling them in TAFE Lifeskills courses or providing access to alternative education Programs.	$10,000
Vision Australia	Children's Service in South Western Sydney A team of paediatric specialists working in partnership with families of young people who are blind or have low vision to offer one-on-one support, and facilitate youth skills development, access to education and independence.	$10,000

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Our support programs have helped many thousands of marginalised young people across Australia.

Over the years our partner programs have achieved positive and successful outcomes for those involved.

Community Grants

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