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The Young Love Foundation has adopted the new name "Raise Foundation" to more accurately reflect the work we do as the youth mentoring foundation improving the lives of young people facing profound challenges. We continue to raise young people up from despair, raise their hope and confidence, and support them to raise the issues they aren't readily speaking about. Our three mentoring programs remain the same, as does our commitment to helping young people reach their potential.
Raise is about caring for young people and teaching young people to care about themselves. We are a non-profit organisation which contributes to the health and wellbeing of young people in our community. We put into practise the idea that it takes a village to raise a child.
Raise provides school and community based mentoring programs and personal development workshops for young people who are facing profound challenges in their lives, including mental health, substance abuse, and sexual health issues. These are very real and worrying threats to the health of Australian youth, and the prevalence of these issues is on the rise. Our families and communities are breaking down, and so is the self esteem of our young people.
1 in 4 16-25 year olds experience a mental health disorder
Suicide is the leading cause of death amongst 14-25 year olds in Australia
23% of 12-17 year olds consume alcohol weekly
1 in 5 Australian kids will be victims of sexual abuse before they turn 18
Australia has the fourth highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the western world
26% of year 10 and 47% of year 12 students have had sex with multiple partners
What can we do to help? Our mentoring programs assist to provide a community of support around young people. Mentoring from a positive role model provides a nurturing pathway for teenagers to feel supported through tough times, particularly if they feel they can’t talk to other significant adults in their lives. The power of having someone neutral to talk to, who really listens and actually hears you, is extraordinary. Mentors can change thinking and save lives.
With this in mind, we conduct three main mentoring programs, one in schools called Ismo (In School Mentoring Opportunity), one for teenage mums called Bump (including an extension program called Bump Up), and one in partnership with the Salvation Army and TAFE called Youth Connections. Ismo is for guys and girls in high school in years 9 and 10, Bump is for young mums under the age of 23, and Connections is for re-engaging young people with education or employment at TAFE. More information on each program is available by clicking their logo below.
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Please help us to provide a supportive community around young people in Australia.
Sources
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research 2008
National Survey of Secondary Students 2008
Medical Journal of Australia 2003
Australian Institute of Criminology 2000
Braveheart Foundation 2012
Inspire Foundation 2012