Where you grow up and your family’s resources can strongly influence your access to critical educational opportunities and services from early childhood through to adulthood.
Ardoch seeks to change this.
Ardoch is a children’s education charity focused on improving educational outcomes for children and young people in communities facing disadvantage.
To support children and young people from disadvantaged communities to engage in learning and believe in a future of possibilities.
Every child’s potential is realised through full participation in education.
More than 1800 kindergarten children across Dandenong, Melbourne’s South East, Melbourne’s Western suburbs, and Geelong received an early education boost in late 2019 through Ardoch’s innovative new STEM school readiness program, and we are pleased to report on a highly successful debut program. Ardoch’s new STEM (science, technology, engineering & maths) based program assists children……
Each year, over 1,750 individuals volunteer with Ardoch across many different programs. The incredible work they do goes straight to the heart of Ardoch and the amazing outcomes we achieve. Ardoch’s Education Volunteers form positive relationships with students at our partner schools and early years services as adult role models. We know that these relationships……
Meet our Education Volunteer Joanne Meet Joanne, one of our amazing Education Volunteers based in New South Wales. Originally, from Scotland, Joanne started her life in Australia on a working holiday. Now having spent over two years living in Australia, Joanne is a student studying her Masters in Office Administration. When asked a few questions……
