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    CHARITIES WE SUPPORT

    Charities Supporting Disadvantaged Young People - AU

    BackTrack

    BackTrack is a not-for-profit organisation that enables young people who have lost their way to reconnect with education and training, become work ready and secure meaningful employment. 

    BackTrack offers a lifeline for many kids (aged mostly between 12-19 years) who would otherwise fall through the cracks of society.  With BackTrack's support, these youth get 'back on track' and become happy, healthy and positive participants in the local community.   

    The support from the Kennards Family Foundation to BackTrack has included funding and the provision of equipment such as trailers, chainsaws, welders and more. This equipment has been instrumental in providing training and work experience opportunities to BackTrack's young people, enabling them to not only develop aspirations to work, but to have the experience to gain employment in the local trade and Agricultural sectors.

    Country Education Foundation (CEF)

    Country Education Foundation’s local foundations across the country are run by community volunteers all with one thing in common – a passion for seeing rural and regional youth succeed.

    Their mission is to promote and enable equal access to further education and career opportunities for rural and regional youth irrespective of background, circumstances or location through community-based encouragement and financial assistance. It all started in Boorowa, NSW, in 1993, when a group of community members came together to raise funds for students who couldn’t afford post-school training or further education.

    The idea soon spread and similar foundations were formed in Yass, Cowra and Harden and CEF has since grown into a family of nearly 50 local education foundations across New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. The CEF approach to locally based fundraising, grants and support is a proven success with independent research showing that for every dollar invested in our work a return of $4.99 is created in social value, changing the lives of young Australians, their families and their communities.

    Dismantle

    Dismantle is a charity that supports vulnerable young people who are having a tough time in Perth and regional Western Australia. Working with around 400 young people annually, Dismantle helps to provide them with the skills they need to take an active role in their own self-development.

    Dismantle’s flagship program is BikeRescue, where youth workers and Occupational Therapists appear as Bike Mechanics and deliver an Earn-a-Bike program - one bike is restored and donated to charity, to earn a second to keep. Along the way, participants are slowly encouraged to open up about their barriers, explore opportunities and connect to supportive pathways.

    Beyond BikeRescue, Dismantle connects young people to social enterprise initiatives that further the soft and hard work-readiness skills and abilities.

    Ganbina

    Ganbina is Australia’s most successful Indigenous school to work transition program. Ganbina has a unique approach - they mentor young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, from the ages of six to 25 years old, to make sure they gain the education, skills and life experiences they need to unlock their full potential. The program includes learning support, life skills training, cultural appreciation, career guidance and financial assistance.

    Ganbina empowers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth to successfully overcome the disadvantages they face so that they can go to on to live fulfilling, independent lives.

    Karrkad Kanjdji Trust (KKT)

    KKT is a philanthropic trust that was established by Traditional Owners of the Warddeken and Djelk Indigenous Protected Areas in 2010, to support their vision for healthy Country and is a shared resource to eight First Nations community-controlled organisations in Arnhem Land. Their work spans 50,000 square kilometres of land and sea Country and encompasses traditional land management, on-Country employment, carbon abatement, bi-cultural education and the preservation of Indigenous languages.

    KKT’s role is to connect each partner organisation with the strength of philanthropy, further resourcing their vital efforts to care for Country, culture and community. Every single project or program is community-owned and led, from concept to implementation.

    The Kennards Hire Foundation is incredibly proud to work alongside KKT in supporting projects such as:

    • Nawarddeken Academy, helping bring full-time, culturally responsive education to more than 50 children across the remote communities of Kabulwarnamyo, Manmoyi, and Mamadawerre.
    • Contribution towards the establishment of the Homeland School Company, an ambitious initiative to register and launch three independent schools at Gamardi, Buluh Kaduru, and Gochan Jiny Jirra, deep within the Djelk Indigenous Protected Area of West Arnhem Land. 
    • Investing in critical infrastructure needs across the remote communities of Kabulwarnamyo, Mamardawerre, and Manmoyi, home to an estimated 200 people. This included funding for community and sports facilities that provide essential spaces for physical activity, cultural celebration, and social connection, as well as supporting the build of a new teacher facility Balabala at Manmoyi, helping ensure stable, high-quality education delivery in one of the most remote parts of Arnhem Land.

    KidsXpress

    KidsXpress is a specialist trauma focused organisation providing Expressive Therapy Programs and Trauma-Informed Education Services. A registered charity, KidsXpress was established in 2006 to address the lack of services available to support children who were living with the effects of childhood trauma.

    Through the delivery of nationally accredited and evidence-based therapy and education services, KidsXpress is leading the way in early-intervention services by protecting children from the insidious and cumulative effects of toxic stress – and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.

    “There is no greater support one can receive than unwavering belief, in the good times and in the toughest. Belief we are worthy, belief in who we are as people and the tangible difference we strive to make to the most vulnerable.

    Lighthouse Youth Projects (LHYP)

    Lighthouse Youth Projects was established in 2013 with the vision of helping young people to realise their full potential and support them into positive pathways, through life skills mentoring and engaging with bike riding, co-founders, Jamie Moore and Ryan Lloyd, created the concept based on the belief that bicycles can change lives and be a springboard to a new positive way of living. 

    Currently LHYP delivers three key mentoring programs: Cadence, Balance and Life Behind Bars. These programs have been developed in partnership with a range of organisations, who support the delivery of the programs through funding or provide a referral pathway for young people into the programs supporting young people in Adelaide between the ages of 6-22 years, who are often disengaged from school and struggling with low numeracy and literacy. Many have experienced juvenile detention and child protection and have few if any positive adult role models and support. 

    Through the support of LYP, it is hoped that these young people can redirect their risk taking behaviours into healthy appropriate activities such as BMX and mountain biking and build fundamental life skills to move into positive pathways.
     

    MITS

    Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS) has developed a new educational model to provide choice and opportunity to Indigenous students from remote and regional communities across Australia. Each year, 22 Year 7 Indigenous boys and girls  come to live at the MITS boarding house in Richmond, Victoria. They attend the MITS inside the Richmond Football Club, where they study a curriculum focused on numeracy, literacy, wellbeing and cultural strength.

    MITS provides a warm home-style environment that celebrates culture and understands the challenges of transitioning from a small community to a big city. At the end of their MITS year, the students move into scholarship positions at Melbourne partner schools, where they continue to be supported through MITS’s Pathways Program. From Year 8 onwards, some students continue to board with MITS while attending partner schools as day students.

    Our Place

    Our Place is a holistic place-based approach to supporting the education and development of children and families in disadvantaged communities. Our Place facilitates partnerships that enable the local school to be the central place for learning and support services that overcome barriers to educational achievement.

    Our Place is an example of when philanthropy, government and the social service sector come together to overcome the barriers faced by disadvantage to create a positive, inspiring and evidence-based outcomes in supporting the educational and well-being needs for families and their communities.

    The Smith Family

    The Smith Family supports disadvantaged Australian children to participate fully in their education, giving them the best chance at breaking the cycle of disadvantage.

    The Learning for Life program provides emotional, practical and financial support to help disadvantaged children and young people with their education. This support increases a young person’s likelihood of remaining engaged with school, completing Year 12 and developing realistic and informed study and career pathways for life beyond the school gate.

    Stepping Stone House

    For almost 30 years, Stepping Stone House (SSH) has provided accommodation and personal development to young people experiencing homelessness or who are unable to live with their families. With 38% of Australia's homeless population under the age of 25, SSH’s aim is to empower the individual to achieve responsible independence.

    Through educational development, adventure programs, community volunteering, mentoring and counselling, SSH equips young people aged 12 – 24 years with the self-care and life skills they need to become independent and succeed in life long-term.

    TRACTION

    TRACTION's purpose is to empower vulnerable young people to discover, connect and realise their own positive and successful future. Their key program, Bicycle Build, provides the opportunity for young people to gain experience in bicycle building and maintenance. Each program delivers over 50 hours of mentoring for young people and the chance to build resilience, teamwork and leadership skills. Founded in 2015 and based in Queensland, TRACTION has supported more than 1,400 young people through their programs, across seven south east Queensland regions.

    Charities Supporting Disadvantaged Young People - NZ

    KidsCan Charitable Trust

    The KidsCan Charitable Trust works in partnership with 700+ low decile primary, intermediate and high schools providing tangible items such as food, raincoats, shoes and basic health and hygiene items.

    Kennards Hire has been supporting KidsCan since 2014 and over that time have provided financial donations, in-kind donations and volunteers to help support Kiwi kids in need.

    Springboard Community Works

    Springboard works with marginalised young people and their families in New Zealand’s North Auckland area, empowering them with life changing principles, skills and mentors to facilitate personal transformation.  

    Working out of their values; ‘Hope, Belonging, Purpose, Wellbeing and Integrity’ Springboard continues to see positive changes with the young people in their programs and the ripple effect that it has on the wellbeing of the wider community.

    Charities Supporting Environmental Conservation

    Australian Wildlife Conservancy

    The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is a private (non-profit) organisation that protects endangered wildlife across almost 6.5 million hectares, in iconic places such as the Kimberley, Cape York, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and the Top End.

    Guided by world-class science, AWC’s practical approach to land management is generating exciting outcomes for Australia’s threatened wildlife, like the Numbat population which has increased by 350% under AWC’s management.

    The Kennards Hire Foundation has been a proud supporter of AWC since 2018, providing funding to support their general programs helping to establish additional wildlife sanctuaries where critically endangered native species can be reintroduced back into a safe and natural habitat.

    Bush Heritage Australia

    The Australian bush is a place of outback wonders and rugged beauty. Bush Heritage buys and manages land, and partners with Aboriginal people, to protect Australia’s irreplaceable landscapes and magnificent native species forever.

    The support from the Kennards Hire Foundation will directly improve the health of the Australian bush, allowing Bush Heritage to protect almost 6,000 native species across our reserves. The donations will be spent entirely in Australia, fighting threats to our environment such as wildfires, climate change, feral predators, invasive weeds and restoring waterways.

    Taronga Conservation Society Australia

    Taronga Conservation Society Australia (Taronga) is a not-for-profit organisation, caring for wildlife and creating transformational experiences that inspire guests and the broader community to become champions for wildlife. Taronga participates in regional and global conservation programs and is home to Australia’s largest conservation Science team, carrying out world-class research.

    The Kennard Family and Kennards Hire business have been involved with Taronga for many years. From supporting innovative programs that empower young people living near habitat wildlife hotspots to take action and become wildlife ambassadors, to supporting the Tasmanian Devil Insurance Breeding Program when the species were first identified as in crisis. Kennards Hire were also instrumental in the success of Taronga’s Wild! Rhino fundraiser where our employees went above and beyond to deliver almost life-sized Rhino sculptures all over greater Sydney.