Sir David Martin Foundation

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Mountaineer Andrew Lock's Challenge

Challenging you to challenge yourself. Here is your opportunity to sponsor Andrew Lock as he attempts to climb Mount Everest without oxygen!

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Our Programs

About our Programs

Tonight, across Australia, 36,000 teenagers and young adults will bed down in youth refuges, inner city squats, parks and other public places in our big cities. For many of these kids, homelessness begins the descent into alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness, violence, crime, prostitution and other behaviours damaging to their physical and mental health.

Sir David Martin Foundation helps to get young people off the streets, away from unhealthy situations and into care and rehabilitation. We support particular Mission Australia programs that deliver high levels of care and encouragement, allowing homeless and troubled young people to regain their health, develop a new sense of self belief and turn their lives around.

Our Programs include

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CYI Student Blog - March 2010

Students who are within the programs we support have written short pieces about their progress and how they are feeling. In some instances identifying information will be removed.

Creative Youth Initiatives

Creative Youth Initiatives runs a variety of creative programs where young people have opportunities to develop in visual arts, music, drama, multimedia, performance, creative writing and computer skills.cities.

Did you know?: Of the 36,000 teenagers who are homeless on any given night, half of those who seek a bed in emergency accommodation will be turned away because the services are too full