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  • Meet Zoe

    Zoe participated in the Raise Program when she was 15 yrs old. Here she shares with us what life was like for her before Raise, what she’s learned along the way, as well as the thing that surprised her the most – the power of someone showing up and just listening each week.

  • 'A Voice to Parliament' support statement

    Raise Foundation accepts the invitation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart to walk alongside First Nations Australians for a better future. We are an ally to First Nations people and embrace this once in a lifetime opportunity to support constitutional reform. In all that we do, we are guided by our strong values...

  • Wear It Purple Day 2023 - The importance of taking ownership of your own narrative

    Hear from LGBTQIA+ community member, Jody Marie, how her experience as a Raise mentor has helped her feel accepted and appreciated, which has spurred her to inspire others about the LGBTQIA+ community and perfectly exemplifies this year's theme for Wear It Purple Day, "Write Your Story"...

  • The Match Process: A Deeper Look into the Expertise of Our Programs Team

    Raise Foundation’s Program Counsellors play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of the Raise mentoring program in hundreds of high schools across the country. Find out more about the significance of meaningful connections and the match process. Read more...

  • Raise 2022 Evaluation & Annual Report

    Take a deep dive into our annual and evaluation report for 2022. Read more...

  • Mentor Moments - How mentoring helped Lily overcome her high school experience

    Lily shares her mentoring journey, how it helped her overcome her own high school experience and become one of our valued Youth Advisory Council members.

  • Maggie Dent's top tips for supporting adolescents

    Award winning author, educator, and speaker Maggie Dent shares her top tips for supporting adolescents.

  • An introduction to ACEs and Trauma Informed Care for mentors

    In this introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences, you'll learn about the 4 R's of trauma-informed care, understand the impact that trauma has on a young person's life and get some practical tips to support children and adolescents to build resilience after trauma.

  • Supporting teens to manage anxiety around disaster

    There has been no shortage of national and global disaster in the recent years. Feelings of fear, powerlessness and uncertainty have been felt by many adults and young people across the globe in the face of pandemic, war, natural disaster, and gun violence.  Here we look at some practical ways to support the teenagers in your life to manage their anxiety around disaster.

  • Q&A with award-winning student mentor, Kayley

    We recently spoke to Kayley Zielinski-Nicolson, an undergraduate psychology student who mentored with Raise. Kayley talks about the impact she had on her mentee and also the impact mentoring had on her personally....

  • Project Rockit

    PROJECT ROCKIT is Australia's youth-driven movement against bullying, hate and prejudice. Our key purpose is to empower young people to challenge bullying and discrimination when they see it happen at school, online and beyond...

  • The Story of Raise Foundation by Vicki Condon AM, CEO and Founder

    The theme for International Youth Day this year is “Intergenerational solidarity – creating a world for all ages” and at Raise Foundation, this is something that we put into practise every day.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we mentor across Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and acknowledge the connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to land, sea and community.

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Disclaimer: Some mentee and match photos featured within our website are real, though names have been changed for privacy reasons. Where real quotes or images are used, names and images are not related to the person(s) quoted/pictured.

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