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VFFF recognises that backing young people means listening and responding to their needs, priorities and insights. Acknowledging the need to practice what we preach, VFFF began exploring avenues to embed youth representation into our decision-making structures. Philanthropy is at its best when working alongside those communities it seeks to support – and a Youth Advisory Group offered an opportunity to incorporate youth voices into the grant making process for Backing Young People.
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In June 2022, VFFF approved $900,000 over three years to build Little Dreamers’ capacity to respond to increased demand. In this Q&A, we spoke to Maddy about Little Dreamers, her recent experience at the 2022 Philanthropy Australia Conference, and what it is like being a young leader guiding an organisation through a significant growth period.
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VFFF’s involvement with the First Steps Count team in Taree dates back to 2011. At that time, our early place-based work had identified Taree as an area of need and opportunity, and we had come across a local working group, led by Rosemary Sinclair. This group of dedicated community members had a vision to create a community hub offering wraparound support, programs and services for children and their families.
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Alpha Youth has strong alignment with VFFF’s Christianity funding goal to provide young people with the opportunity to make life choices informed by an understanding of Christian faith and belief. VFFF’s multi-year core operations grant aims to help Alpha accelerate its encouraging growth trajectory with an ultimate goal of over 100,000 Australian young people participating in Alpha Youth from 2022-2024.
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