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Collingwood Alternative School
The Collingwood Alternative School is an annex to the Collingwood College at 7
Stanley Street Collingwood and has provided a base from which the program works. There are many
resources which the program has access to including administration classroom space and equipment
storage. Interviews and Parents evenings are conducted here. The CAS staff support is essential
to the running of the program and is greatly valued by Newstart staff.
Save The Children
The International Save The Children Alliance is the world’s leading independent
children’s rights organisation with offices in 30 countries and development programs in over 120
countries. They deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide. Save the
Children has assisted the program for two years supplying sponsorship for food on all camps.
Their direct assistance is a reflection of their philosophy in bettering children’s educational
position and improvement in life.
Country Fire Authority
The Country Fire Authority have invited Newstart students to attend the Fiskville training facility to learn about fire
safety—one of the best science lessons students will ever sit through– and then how to extinguish fires using extinguishes and fire hoses.
This is a rare opportunity for students to experience the same training the professionals use. Fiskville is a unique training facility, which
is not accessible to members of the public and is run by dedicated staff of professional people. The facility allows our students to experience
a realistic fire scenario in a controlled and safe environment.
Department of Education & Training Victoria
The Department of Education and Training, Northern Metropolitan Region. DET have recognised the need for an early intervention
outdoor education program for students who are at risk of disengaging from the school system. DET see the program as a unique way of detailing
with social and emotional issues that have prevented them from reaching their potential. Presently they have funded one teacher to co-ordinate
the program that services Government secondary schools in the Northern Metropolitan Region.
Other Foundations and Organisations
The Variety Club of Victoria and The Jack Brockhoff Foundation have come together to
purchase a brand new bus for the program. This has formed the basis of the whole program allowing us to be completely mobile and unique in the sense
that we participate in activities in different locations each day.
Shell in Australia
Shell Australia have been an invaluable sponsor by donating all fuel for the Operation Newstart bus. Our bus is our classroom
because students are picked up at the station where they are driven to a new activity each day. Whether it is caving at Labertauche or a camp at
the Grampians, Shell are removing the single biggest cost to the program.
Victoria Police
The Victorian Police have been with us from the start. Senior Constable Di Bradford has been a police member for 13 years and has
a Graduate Diploma in Adolescent Health and Welfare. Di’s current position as the police facilitator on the program is attached to The Pro-active
Police Unit at Broadmeadows. This unit specialises in working with a number of community areas to enhance community/police relationships. Constable
Mark Helyer has now joined Newstart as an extra Police Facilitator and has been involved in the program with the RAAF as an outdoor adventure trainer.
The police have contributed $6000 in funds for equipment from Broadmeadows Criminal Investigation. Unit– Neil Clinch fund.
The Transport Branch provided our bus and fuel for the first 18 months as well as supplying a coach and driver for two ski trips.
Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force have provided the program with qualified instructors from their Officer Adventure Training School.
Without their input students wouldn’t be crawling through caves or leaping off or scrambling up cliffs. The self development in the students through
this partnership is hard to quantify. I guess you just need to look at the ear to ear smile at the end of one of these days.
In particular the program is supported by members from Officer Training School at Point Cook and the members from 21 City of Melbourne Squadron
at Laverton.
The Royal Australian Navy
The RAN has invited the students down each term to experience the combat course and mud run.
This has proved to be a fantastic day where students experience an exhilarating and physically challenging team-building day with the Defence Force
Physical Training Instructors. Students also experience life on a Navy Base and find out career options in this area of the Defence Force.
This day is a culmination of all areas of self-development that students have gained throughout term and represents the final challenge offered by
the program.
Jobs Pathway Programme
The Jobs Pathway Program is a federally funded program that assists young people between the ages of 14 and 19 to make a smooth
transition to employment and/or training and further education. The Jobs Pathway program in the North has been associated with Newstart for two years and has
provided taster days in NMIT TAFE departments in Hospitality, Engineering, Agriculture, Horticulture, Shopfitting and Joinery Departments.
Additionally, JPP has worked closely with students to create a resume’ and give important advice about future career opportunities during and after
the Newstart program.
Computelec Pty. Ltd.
Computelec is a unique team of IT specialists supplying educational computing products and services to schools, teachers and students.
Computelec have donated a laptop to Operation Newstart which will provide a valuable resource to our work as an information reference or for maintaining
records on location.
R E Ross Trust
The R E Ross Trust is a perpetual charitable Trust established in Victoria in 1970 by the will of the late Roy Everard Ross.
The R.E Ross Trust has donated a total of $18,000 to the Northern and Western Newstart programs for surfing and canoeing equipment.
By eliminating the hiring of equipment the grant has enabled programs to become more sustainable and cost efficient by sharing resources.
Surfing and canoeing form a large part of the wilderness component on the program .
These activities are important to the personal development and achievement of students on the Newstart program.
NRMA Insurance
NMRA Insurance Australia Limited gave $5000 for a community help grant. The communityhelp Grants program helps to support community
organisations that are committed to making our community safer, particularly in the areas of crime and injury prevention, emergency services and the
environment. NRMA believe that Operation Newstart is an important player in early intervention of students who are at education risk.
By engaging students in a high challenge wilderness experience, the program promotes community and personal responsibility.
The program was able to buy a digital camcorder and computer to record and edit a dvd movie for all participants on the program.
This has contributed immensely to the personal growth of each individual student.
DOXA Youth Foundation
The DOXA Youth Foundation is a philanthropic organisation which was formed in 1972.
It shares common aims with Operation Newstart in seeking "to create opportunities for disadvantaged young people".
DOXA has pledged an annual donation of $15,000 to support us in our work.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
The Austin Hospital have provided professional support through the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
There are two parents evenings that explore adolescent development and parental relationships throughout the term and this provides
parents with information and support for them at a crucial time in their parenting.
RACV
Operation Newstart would like to thank RACV for their generous grant for the Community Safety Award which was given for a project
that includes additional police youth resource officers to support the young people on the program.
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