Bridges for Learning Competitors

At The Smith Family, we believe that education is one of the world’s most powerful change agents. That’s why we focus on helping young Australians to overcome educational inequality caused by poverty. As a national, independent charity, every day we work with thousands of children and their families to help them unlock better futures for themselves.

Able Australia is one of Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisations, delivering high quality, person-centred services to people living with multiple disabilities, including deafblindness and in community support services. From its humble beginnings in 1967 as an association for people with deafblindness and rubella, Able Australia has grown into a diverse and dynamic organisation that supports more than 4000 people throughout the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and Victoria. Today, we employ more than 500 staff and are assisted by over 200 volunteers who are passionate about ensuring every person we support is seen, heard, respected, valued and connected.

Brighter Futures Foundation is a non-profit organisation which aims to positively impact the lives of families living in disadvantaged communities in Cambodia. Founded over six years ago as a Rotary venture, Brighter Futures has since developed into an independent organisation led by passionate Aussies. Previous donations have contributed towards much-needed resources such as bikes, school uniforms, bags of rice, and women’s sanitary items.