We would like to acknowledge a wonderful donor of ours, Annette from Heavensent Cupcakes. Heavensent Cupcakes started in early 2014, working first at Warrandyte Market and then Whitehorse Market in Nunawading in August. Since then, Heavensent have appeared at St Kilda...
We are very grateful to have recently received funding and IT equipment from FRRR (Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal) towards two of our programs. We received a small grant for our one-on-one tutoring and mentoring program, through the FRRR Small...
In October 2014, we applied for a grant from The Readings Foundation for our Aspire program, and we are very happy to announce we were successful! The Readings Foundation was established by Readings Managing Director Mark Rubbo in 2008...
The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation is back on deck for 2015, and we are extremely excited to begin what we are sure will be a positive and impactful year in the area of Indigenous literacy and education. 2014 was a...
The Bank of Melbourne Neighbourhood Fund Advisory Committee recently approved a grant for our project entitled ‘Pathways – A catalytic communities program’. The pathways program aims to boost the education and life opportunities for a minimum of 100 Indigenous...
It’s End of Year/Christmas time for our Bacchus Marsh/Darley homework club. Yesterday we held a small Christmas gathering to not only celebrate Christmas, but also the wonderful achievements of our students over this year! ALF CEO, David Perrin, attended...
ExxonMobil Australia employees took part in the annual Day of Caring volunteering initiative on Thursday 20th November. Eight volunteers from the company joined us at the ALF office for the day, helping to sticker our Healthy Living Series books...
Our most recent Literacy & Heritage camp took place on Saturday 25th October at Federation University’s newly built BCTC building in Ballarat, Victoria. 16 children from the Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh areas attended, along with 5 volunteers and 5...
We were delighted to recently receive a donation of nearly 500 books towards our Books for Learning program from Mount Eliza Secondary College in Victoria. The Year 11 students organised a book drive for our foundation, which was wonderfully...
The Year 12 English students at Mentone Girls’ Secondary College in Victoria recently held a second-hand book sale, with all proceeds being donated to The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation. The book sale was greatly assisted by Mr Amedeo Astorino, a...