What We Do
Up to 75% of youth living in out-of-home care don’t graduate high school. We aim to empower these at-risk students through tutoring and educational support by dedicated university student volunteers.
Foster the Future is an altruistic venture created by young people, for young people. We aim to connect school students with young adults who volunteer as tutors, so that those who want to succeed, can.
Our Mission: To help youth in care stay on-track academically.
Our Mission
Children in out of home care often experience disrupted educational experiences and difficulty in keeping up with their peers at school.
The Australian Institute of Family Services has also reported an increased risk of foster children not completing secondary school, and often requiring additional support to do so (Osborn & Bromfield, 2007).
We aim to provide this support, by linking tutors who can help with students who need it.
Foster the Future is an altruistic venture, facilitated by a team of young volunteers looking to make a difference.
All of our volunteer tutors are university students and young professionals who have not just completed, but thrived in high school, and are eager to share their experience to help others succeed.
We train our volunteers so that they are equipped to accommodate the unique needs of students in care. Our tutors provide students with in-depth advice and assistance through a semesterly program (coinciding with high school terms), giving youths the support they need to complete high school to the best of their ability. By fostering success at the high school level, we aim to set our students up for a life of opportunity.
Our Program:
Grade & Age
Foster the Future is now available for all students from kindergarten to Year 12 . Our tutors are university students who have recently completed their high school education and can provide advice and assistance to you for your year whether this is general homework help for a Grade 4 student or Advanced Math for HSC students.
Location & Time
Tutoring is usually completed in a mutually convenient location such as your town’s public library on a weekly basis. Our volunteers are from around the Greater Sydney and Melbourne Metropolitan area. If you are outside of this area get in contact as we are always looking for people from different places to grow the community! We also offer online tutoring - check out our online tutoring page for more details
HSC & Final Exams
For those students preparing for their final Year 12 Exams we strongly encourage applying for a tutor as early as possible as our tutors are able to build up your exam skills before exam time.
Subjects
Our tutors come from a wide range of academic backgrounds. Depending on a student’s desired subjects for tutoring, we will match youth with a tutor who has completed these subjects and can provide insights and assistance in studying.
We currently serve the suburbs of Greater Sydney and Melbourne Metropolitan wherever a tutor is available as well as online across all of NSW and VIC. If you are located outside of this area but would like to get involved, please contact us.
Find out more in our Foster the Future Quarterly Newsletter ⬇️
Commitment to Child Safety
Foster the Future condemns child abuse, exploitation, and harm of any kind, including the destruction of their communities and cultures. We are committed to developing an organisation and community that promotes the safe and healthy inclusion of all participants including all participating children. The number one priority and responsibility of all staff and volunteers is the safety, in all its forms, of children and young people.