Where you grow up and your family’s resources can strongly influence your access to critical educational opportunities and services from early childhood through to adulthood.
Ardoch seeks to change this.
Ardoch is a children’s education charity focused on improving educational outcomes for children and young people in communities facing disadvantage.
To support children and young people from disadvantaged communities to engage in learning and believe in a future of possibilities.
Every child’s potential is realised through full participation in education.
National Volunteer Week is celebrated every year at the end of May. This year’s theme was “changing communities, changing lives”, and represents all the amazing volunteers in Australia that work so hard to make not only the community a better place but also the lives of the individuals. This year Ardoch’s celebrations were quite different……
When Ardoch engaged our strategic Partner, ORIMA Research, to evaluate the 2019 Learning Through Lunch program, the results were very rewarding and a testament to the strength and value of the program. Learning Through Lunch is an inspiring program that sees primary school students from areas facing disadvantage experience hospitality in a way they may……
Thanks to you, our wonderful donors and partners, over the past year Ardoch has supported more children and young people living in disadvantaged communities than ever before. In 2019, we partnered with 135 early years centres, primary and secondary schools, mobilised 1,773 volunteers, delivered over 30,585 program participations and helped improve educational outcomes for 18,815……
