Through a collaboration with six Mornington Peninsula primary schools and kinders, No Limits addresses low rates of oral language development and explores the link between oral language and literacy in the early years and the impact on longer term engagement with learning. 2019 – 2021

Literacy Support at Tyabb Railway Station Primary School addresses low rates of literacy and employs one on one daily intervention by Educational Assistants, based upon individual assessments and learning plans.

Healthy Eats @ Wallaroo Primary provides all children at the school with a nutritious daily breakfast and lunches each day for a different class, students of which learn about kitchen hygiene, how food is grown, prepared and cooked, enjoyed in a communal setting and beautifully cleared away.

In 2020 two generous donors provided a school bus for Mornington Park Primary, enabling children to participate in extra curricula activities and support greater engagement with the broader community.

A small grant to students who have ceased attendance at Rosebud Secondary College is supporting the case work provided by Anglicare within the school.

The Learning Guarantee investigates why only three out of ten students enrolling at Western Port Secondary are at required standards for this transition. It is exploring academic and well being measures and service and environmental factors contributing to these data. 2020

After School Tutoring through Anglicare at Eastbourne Primary addresses high rates of disengagement from learning and low rates of literacy and numeracy through one on one weekly tutoring based on individual assessment and learning plans.

The Feuerstein Program addresses low rates of engagement in learning for students who have been excluded from mainstream education and are enrolled at the Advance Community College and is based on Feuerstein’s theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability.

The Abecedarian Program at Eastbourne Primary and Seawinds Community Hub focuses on increasing oral language in pre school years to support greater engagement with learning and literacy development.

The Housing and Homelessness Program at the Western Port Community Support Centre provides specialist case management for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. To date over 230 clients plus family members have been supported with over 50% securing stable housing.

Assertive Outreach, Rosebud has recently been provided on the Rosebud foreshore as tensions and numbers have risen to crisis point. This program is currently being reviewed with a view to ongoing support.

The Southern Peninsula Laundry and Shower Program provides bi-weekly outreach support to people experiencing homelessness on the Rosebud foreshore and surrounds. To date over 180 individuals at over 1200 presentations have been supported with food, companionship, shower and laundry facilities.

Rooming House Outreach, Hastings and Rosebud provides weekly food and connection by Salvocare to people living in rooming houses. Includes referrals, community linkages and support towards training, employment, health and more stable housing.

The Mighty Good Men’s Group provides weekly connection and support for men who are isolated, experiencing mental health issues and are seeking reintegration with community. Weekly activities are led by the members and provide a vehicle for restoration through community and professional engagement.

The Women’s Program at Willum Warrain has gathered a group of proud, local Aboriginal women who are working through culture to empower their families and communities to stand tall and look forward.

OzAssist is a volunteer organisation providing support to people who are navigating the social support system. Often they are in vulnerable circumstances and face the complexities of the system which are impenetrable and overwhelming.

Uniforms4U provide freshly laundered second hand and sometimes new uniforms for families in need on the Southern Peninsula. Volunteer run and always cheerful, this is a connection that is about more than uniforms. It’s about building a community.

Presentation Family Centre provides respite to families experiencing vulnerabilities and recently was supported by MPF to enhance the holiday programs with fund and educational activities.

Hastings Primary sought support to purchase headsets for all of their students so that when they returned to school they could all safely use the IT equipment.

Mobile phones were provided by emergency relief agencies and housing workers to reduce client isolation which was exacerbated during the crisis.

Big thanks to our Boomerang Bag volunteers at Mt Martha Neighbourhood House who are making facemasks for essential service staff and volunteers. They are in hot demand!

Somers Camp provided healthy cooked meals during the school closures to over 350 families per week across ten Peninsula primary schools utilising the Camp staff who were underutilised with the camp being closed during term 2.

Some primary schools experienced significant increases in family crisis with children requiring increased support, which was provided in the form of on site counselling.