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Funding

Upcoming Info Sessions

The next funding round opens on 6 March 2023 for Community Wellbeing and Early Childhood Development Expressions of Interest (EOIs).

Prior to this, we will be running Information Sessions where the program managers will talk through the specific funding objectives and hold a Q&Asession to help grantseekers determine if they should submit an Expression of Interest.

Welcome Workshop for new Public Health Research grantees

In early February 2023, we will be holding a Welcome Workshop for the latest recipients of Public Health Research grants (December 2022). Grantee contacts will receive an email inviting their staff to attend a virtual workshop.

Grantee news

EC Defence books win award

Grantee news

Our Yarning books launched

Project lead Dr Marg Rogers with one of the award-winning storybooks she has written for children in military families.

Our Yarning library is launched!!!

OurYarning is a free digital library of culturally relevant education resources

Early Childhood Defence Programs at the University of New England has won a national award for 'Distinctive Work' in the Council of Humanities,Arts and Social Sciences award for 2022. The program has been recognised for creating 12 free, online research-based children's storybooks created from the narratives of Australian children and their families from the defence and veteran community. The books build children's resilience to deal with the stresses of military family life or when their parent gives their physical/mental health in service. For the first time,Australian young children's narratives from defence and veteran families have been voiced, enabling them to see their lives reflected in young children's literature.The books are being used by OpenArms (Department of VeteranAffairs), and the research team is also looking to adapt the book for use in other countries.

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Grantee news

Giving children the EDGE

The Educational and Developmental Gains in Early Childhood (EDGE) study is being carried out byThe University of Melbourne's REEaCh Centre in partnership withThe Front Project, working closely with the Victorian Department of Education and Training, for a five-year evaluation of the state-wide roll-out ofThree-Year-Old Kindergarten in Victoria.

created by and forAboriginal andTorres Strait Islander peoples.

OurYarning aims to address the disproportionate impact of illiteracy and low education attainment among Aboriginal children and young people by providing access to stories and reading material that mirrors their own, varied experience of the world and their diverse identities acrossAustralia.

Partnering with communities, authors, and storytellers acrossAustralia, Library forAll is creating 500 books written byAboriginal people forAboriginal children, putting learning in their hands. Delivered with offline and off-grid technology, this library will help pave the path of literacy attainment acrossAustralia to unlock educational opportunities for the next generation.

Reading is the foundational skill that sets a child up for success throughout their literacy and learning journey. Confident young readers become engaged lifelong learners.The gift of story is a powerful and bonding way of ensuring children learn about the world in which they live –and gain the literacy they need to learn and thrive as they grow older

The OurYarning collection is free, and readily available via Google Play and Apple Store

The evaluation runs from 2022–2026, delivering interim findings at regular intervals.

Find out more fromThe Front Project's CEO, Jane Hunt, and Professor Patricia unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Eadie fromThe University of Melbourne in this short video.

The Ian Potter Foundation office will be closed from Friday 23 December until Monday 9 January 2023. The staff of the Foundation wish all our not-for-profit partners and counterparts in the philanthropic sector a safe and happy festive season. We look forward to working with you all in 2023.

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