Funding
How are we Funded Fountain for youth is a non-profit charitable organisation. We raise funds through public events, private donations, bequests, corporate partnerships and grant funding. Donations can be made directly online, by going to ‘Donations' and following the prompts or you can [download a form] and post/fax to our office. Grants The Australian Government has supported the Literacy Empowerment Project created by Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for youth since 2005. Under the Government of Prime Minister John Howard, the Federal Minister for Education, Dr Brendan Nelson announced a grant of $1million over three years (2005-2007). When Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister in November 2007 his Government extended support ...
About Us
OVERVIEW - What is Fountain for youth? Our vision: 'Supporting Indigenous Learning' Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for youth will focus on advocacy for the needs of children living in impoverishment and great disadvantage. We build alliances with the corporate sector, organisations and general community to raise awareness and funds to bring positive changes to the lives of children, especially Indigenous children and their communities by improving health and education. We recognise that education is a crucial pathway to better health. Ian Thorpe believes that all children should be given the opportunity to live a healthy and fulfilling life and has made a long term commitment to work ...
Partners and Sponsors
It is the unsung individual who takes action to help while seeking nothing in return that ultimately will close the space between us and improve the lives of all of our children. We thank all of those who contribute to Australia's greatest national challenge. PARTNERS & SPONSORS SUNRISE HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION provides health care in twelve remote communities to the east of Katherine. With funding from Fountain for youth the Sunrise team also delivers health education and early learning to the younger children and supports mothers and their infants in early learning programs. NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs most schools in the region. Under the ...
Programs
INDIGENOUS PROGRAMS: Supporting Literacy & Health Education Supporting Literacy & Health Education - A Partnership between Aboriginal Australians and Ian Thorpe's fountain for youth All Australian children have the right to good health and a first rate education. We are committed to achieving this equality. In 2003 Fountain for youth began funding maternal and child health education carried out by the award winning Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation, in the remote communities east of Katherine, NT. In 2012 the Literacy Empowerment Project is reaching as many as 2,600 children and their families in 21 remote communities. Our research confirmed that the essential foundation for ...
Close the Gap
CLOSETHEGAP Indigenous Health Equality Summit STATEMENT OF INTENT CANBERRA, MARCH, 2008 PREAMBLE Our challenge for the future is to embrace a new partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The core of this partnership for the future is closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on life expectancy, educational achievement and employment opportunities. The new partnership on closing the gap will set concrete targets for the future: within a decade to halve the widening gap in literacy, numeracy and employment outcomes and opportunities for Indigenous children, within a decade to halve the appalling gap in infant mortality rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and, within ...
Donate
At Fountain for youth we believe that the issues we address are issues that all people can embrace. I believe we are at a crucial turning point where your support, voice and knowledge can make a substantial difference in closing the gap for some of the worlds truly neediest children - The First Australians. I have witnessed a significant change in people's outlook towards Indigenous Australians, especially amongst young people. Unfortunately there are still too few people that are recognising the dire need in this country to close the gap on inequality - the true emergency and urgency to face the health and education ...
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VIRGIN Australia launches Thorpedo back into the pool
SYDNEY, 2 February 2010: Australia’s most successful Olympian Ian Thorpe today announced that he intends to compete at the trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and that the Virgin Australia Airlines has played a major role and will act as his official airline. At a media conference in Sydney, Ian confirmed that he had applied this morning... [Read more]
3 Inspirational Stories
From the Iconic Australian song written by Neil Murray comes an exciting and inspirational story for children of all ages. Every page is bursting with colour to depict the song lyrics as seen by the paintings of school children of the Kintore and Galiwinku communities. Neil Murray travelled back to these places that inspired his beautiful song with... [Read more]
10th Anniversary Dinner Nov.24th
Ian Thorpe celebrated 10 years of Fountain for youth at an intimate celebration on the foreshores of the beautiful Sydney Harbour, in what promised to be a night of magic. Ian reflected on the past 10 years of his work at Fountain for youth and his partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The evening celebrated the richness... [Read more]
Thanks to Corp8 Online
Ian and all at Fountain for youth would like to thank Jason Lim and Corp8 Online for designing and building our new website. Thank you for your generosity and time dedicated to this task. Your support is greatly appreciated. The site is fantastic and SO USER friendly – thanks Jason! Read More →
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