Raise The Youth Mentoring Foundation focuses on positive mental health and wellbeing outcomes for high school-aged youth.
We are all extremely concerned about the impact on our young people. We know young Australians are feeling incredibly anxious and isolated, and many are increasingly being exposed to severe health and financial concerns of their families and friends.
We also know that having access to a neutral positive role model in the form of a trusted adult outside of their immediate sphere is the most significant contributing factor for mental wellbeing in young people. They really need access to Raise’s mentoring programs.
Raise are poised to help more than 1,300 young people across our country right now and they remain committed to ensuring they all experience the difference a mentor makes, but they urgently need your donation to support them. The wellbeing of young Australians will be impacted severely by this crisis.
Are you able to donate to Raise’s urgent appeal and support young people in Australia today, please?
Every little bit really helps. If you are able to consider a tax deductible donation to Raise at this time, they would be incredibly grateful.
Thank you for supporting Raise Foundation’s work with your generous donations. Your valuable gift is helping us provide long-term support to our young people. By working with a Raise mentor our young people feel supported and heard. Ruby (13) says, "It changed me and made me a better person.” Here's a summary of our impact which includes: • Significant improvement for young people in resilience, coping skills, confidence, communication skills, help - seeking , goal setting, important relationships, educational engagement, and hope for the future. • Mentors are more confident in their ability to relate to young people, and more likely to mentor a young person in their own community. • Mentors experience many positive outcomes including personal growth, a sense of purpose, and connection to their community. • Corporate mentors gain many skills including leadership, and listening skills, and are more likely to stay with their current employer because of mentoring. • Schools love our program - 100% requested it again in 2020 and 90% say that Raise helps to build individual and collective wellbeing at their school. We have also made 5,421 mentor-mentee matches since our inception 11 years ago We have provided an accredited mentor for 1,027 young Australians this year alone. We are looking forward to continue working towards reducing problems faced by our young Australians by providing mentors to help them learn the skills they need to navigate adolescence successfully. In order to do this, we will have to step in courage to navigate the challenges presented by the Coronavirus pandemic, to ensure we emerge stronger out the other side. In behalf of Raise Foundation, we would like to thank you for being part of our village. Your generosity goes a very long way in an organisation like ours.