Year 8s act on homelessness

Year 8 Philanthropic Project 2017

On Friday 25 August, during lunch, Year 8 students will be running a carnival as part of their Philanthropic Project. This carnival is open to all students and will include stalls such as: a bake sale, hot chocolate sales, a giant Kahoot quiz with prizes, sports and games, and lots more!

We will be raising money for a local charity called Ladder. Ladder is a Melbourne based charity founded in 2007. They raise money and help young people aged 16 - 25 to break the cycle of homelessness. Ladder was founded by three AFL players who wanted to do more to help tackle youth homelessness. As a result, Ladder works closely with the AFL Players’ Association, the AFL and the players themselves. Ladder currently operates in Collingwood, Broadmeadows, Glen Waverley, Geelong, Bendigo, Warrnambool, Mount Druitt (NSW), Adelaide and Perth, with plans to have a presence within each region that hosts an AFL team by 2020.

More information can be found at http://www.ladder.org.au/

For the 12 – 25 age group, there are 26,000 young people experiencing homelessness, and around 40% of young people who are homeless will spend an average of five months couch surfing and the average time in any one place is just two weeks. For young people the most common reasons for becoming homeless are family violence or a relationship or family breakdown. In both of these cases they can no longer live in the family home. Other pathways can be mental illness, substance use, financial difficulties or lack of affordable housing.

As young people, this is a cause we feel strongly about and we hope that the entire student body will get involved in our carnival to help us raise funds for Ladder.

Don’t forget to bring some gold coins on Friday 25 August and get involved!!!

Hannah Bartley 8J & Eve Beckford Saunder 8K

Year Level captains