Annual Report 2018-2019
Celebrating 136 years of making a meaningful difference
Our Vision & Values Our vision is to create a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people and families who are facing disadvantage. 1. INVOLVE AND BE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES We endeavour to work alongside and with communities to design and deliver positive responses to identified needs. Our approach and processes help build capacity, resilience and independence for key groups facing disadvantage. 2. BE LOYAL, DEDICATED AND POSITIVE We ensure our reputation is built around being a trusted and collaborative partner. We are committed to making a positive difference and seek opportunities which are responsive and innovative. 3. MAKE IDEAS HAPPEN Our passion is to discover new ways of doing things, which are responsive of social needs, while honouring the legacy of our founder, WM Forster and his vision for positive, meaningful social action.
Our Vision & Values A Message from our Chair Our Heritage Our Board of Directors Our Executive Team We are TRY TRY Children, Youth & Families TRY Children's Services TRY Children's Services in Action TRY Mentoring TRY Mentoring in Action TRY Enterprises Enterprise Divisions Our People Financial Summary Trusts, Foundations and Supporters Contacts
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The TRY Australia Group are registered charities under the rules of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC). The ACNC provides accreditation to Australian non-profit organisations that demonstrate compliance with established standards for financial accountability, transparency, fundraising, and board governance. The financial results in this annual report are taken from the 2018/2019 audited financial reports. A copy of these reports can be obtained on request. Please send enquiries to: The Company Secretary TRY Australia info@try.org.au
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A Message from our Chair As expected, FY19 proved to be a wonderful year of change at TRY – across both our activities and results. FY18 concluded with the creation of a new strategic plan, and significant investments made in new social enterprises, setting in place the forward momentum for FY19.
On the major structural front, the most significant change was the Board decision to exit the Mega Bingo Centre in Clayton. This was done with due care for all employees and resulted in one off restructuring costs to complete the wind up of accounts.
I would like to start with some highlights of the excellent social impact results delivered by our 760 staff and volunteers. As a high level snapshot (social impact reports follow further into this report), our highlights for the year include:
Creating green shoots
yy 324 young people engaged in mentoring programs, 58% increase in 1:1 matches, 94% increase in participants in group programs as compared to the previous year yy Increase in enrolments across our Children’s Services from 3,796 in 2018 to 4,265 in 2019 yy Three external apprenticeships were gained by students working within UnContained yy 92% of the unemployed students recently graduating from the Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care course gained employment prior to their graduation ceremony. Our original mission: still creating meaningful difference All the social impact results are in line with our strategic plan and our originating mission: to bring positive, meaningful social impact as envisioned by our founder over 136 years ago. The results also drive us as an organisation to invest in the capability of our people, our systems, and our processes.
Our Strategic Plan detailed a range of initiatives across all aspects of TRY’s operations. Results of major initiatives tackled in our fruitful year included: yy the introduction of 8 new centres in the Children’s Services sector yy an expansion in the numbers of mentees in the youth mentoring area yy the expansion of our UnContained client base as we delivered new change room facilities for local government agencies enhancing community recreational reserve upgrade programs. To improve organisational efficiency, a new cloudbased payroll system is now in place. In addition, a major cyber-readiness audit and review has allowed us to scope and set in place a realistic investment plan to shore up any vulnerabilities in our online systems. Alongside this we introduced an internal audit function that has already provided valuable insights that will help to strengthen our business. Many upcoming strategic initiatives will take more time to bed in, of note is the pleasing, early progress on the outcome’s frameworks for programs across TRY.
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Bringing renewal On the financial front, Children’s Services performed well in a difficult market and made a significant contribution to other beneficial programs such as youth mentoring. One setback was the underperformance of social enterprises, especially UnContained, where orders for converted shipping containers lulled after an initial strong start. The UnContained team have used the lull in activities effectively, building a more robust operational model, improving their market offerings, and re-engaging in marketing and customer relationships. Many early customers have generously supported UnContained, helping the business improve and are now coming back with new opportunities. After a shaky eight months, the Board is pleased to announce that this key employment pathway has an optimistic future. Successful reconfiguration: wider skill sets At the start of FY19 the Board recognised the need for renewal, taking the opportunity to look at the skills of the current members and strategically recruiting new members to broaden the skills base. After long and insightful service to TRY, Mr Basil Jenkins, Mr Bernard Morris and Mr Peter Guy stepped down from the Board during the year. After a leave of absence, Ms Ronda Jacobs resigned from the Board due to external commitments. We sincerely thank our valued colleagues for their dedication to TRY over many years. The Board were also pleased to welcome new members Ms Jo Watson, Ms Katherine Ellis, Ms Nikki Clarkson and Mr Greg Oliver. TRY also saw change at the Chief Executive level. After nearly six years as CEO, Ms Julia Cambage left TRY in January 2019. The position was filled on an interim basis very successfully by Ms Joy Nunn, who continued to drive implementation of the Strategic Plan and our culture change program.
In July 2019, following an extensive national search, Ms Angela Forbes was appointed as our new CEO. We welcome Angela and look forward to her leadership and stewardship of TRY. We wish Julia and Joy every success in their future careers and thank them for their commitment and significant contributions to TRY. Future promise What does FY20 hold? The Strategic Plan remains the focus of the Board and TRY Executive. A continued focus on improving our impact, enriching more lives, and positioning ourselves for a bigger future, continuing our successful social enterprises and building a highly skilled and professional organisation. As you will see in the stories and outcomes that follow, our vision and passion are as strong as ever. We will only continue to learn and grow from here, as we empower and support people facing disadvantage. I thank and acknowledge all our staff, volunteers, and the Board for their passion, hard work, and commitment over the past year. James Meares Board Chair
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Our Heritage 2019 marks our 136th anniversary in making a meaningful difference.
1883
In 1883, on the streets of Melbourne an entrepreneur called William M Forster believed, “if you TRY, you will succeed”. However, he believed this was only possible if everyone was given a chance and the tools to succeed.
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From there, in 1894 the Girl’s TRY Society was created, later being renamed to the Hawksburn Girls Club, it helped over 500 girls before closing in 1910. Classes on offer, included gymnastics, dress making, cookery, elocution, writing, and singing.
1900s
2019
Through the next half century, TRY continued to expand its operations. In the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s a focus was on establishing community centres, youth clubs and even football teams (sporting AFL greats such as Kevin Sheedy and Kevin Bartlett played for ‘TRY’). In 1951, TRY established a youth hostel in Prahran and in 1979 a refugee hostel in Greensborough. In 1996, the first kindergarten and childcare services were included in TRY’s portfolio of community services. Fast forward to today, similarly to WM Forster, we seek to meet identified social needs, which create meaningful outcomes that influence a community and a generation. Mentoring continues to support vulnerable youth in line with Forster's vision. We remain committed to providing young people with opportunities, guidance and skills through our work and employment pathways, and continue our commitment to early education and care.
Forster was a merchant, saddler and philanthropist. Concerned for the welfare of children and young people, he offered street children leadership and guidance at his home by also offering them a warm meal. From there TRY was formed and grew from strength to strength. It was the beginning of a self-help movement that quickly garnered support from politicians and wealthy donors across Melbourne and was guided by social equality. Initially a ‘club’ where boys could find recreational activities, Forster eventually introduced educational activities, such as, boot repairing, carpentry, book keeping, reading, writing, elocution, printing, and singing. He was a man ahead of his times with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. In 1892 he extended TRY’s activities to include an employment bureau and a penny saving bank. He also inaugurated a sickness insurance scheme. Members paid threepence a month and when unable to work because of sickness drew a sickness benefit of five shillings a week.
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Our Board of Directors
James Meares
Anne King
Craig Bryan
Chair, Finance Committee
Greg Oliver
Member, Risk & Compliance Committee
Jane Brockington
Jo Watson
Katherine Ellis
Keith Louie
Board Chair; Member, Board Performance & Audit Committee; Marketing Working Group
Chair, Board Performance & Audit Committee
Nikki Clarkson Chair, Marketing Working Group
Member, Marketing Working Group
Sharon Smith
Member, Finance Committee
Member, HR Remuneration & Nomination Committee
Member, Finance Committee
Chair, HR Remuneration & Nominations Committee
Directors who have retired in the period under report comprise Basil Jenkins, Bernard Morris, Peter Guy and Ronda Jacobs.
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Our Executive Team
Angela Forbes
Jon Perry
Bradley Frohnert
Jennifer Gray
Carly Middleton
Sheryl Le Good
Greg Lavis
Executive changes: TRY's CEO, Julia Cambage, resigned in January 2019 and Joy Nunn was appointed as Interim CEO.
Chief Executive Officer
General Manager, People & Culture
Executive Officer, Board & Company Secretary
General Manager, Corporate Services
Divisional Manager, Children & Youth Operations
General Manager, Manufacturing & Enterprises
Divisional Manager, Youth & Family Programs
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We are TRY
Since 1883, we have been creating opportunities for young people to change their lives through the dignity of work. We successfully deliver access to early learning, mentoring for young people, training and employment opportunities for those wanting to TRY, but who have not had the opportunity.
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Children, Youth & Families – Children's Services We are the Department of Education and Training's Approved Provider for 45 early learning services. Our aim is to create a play based environment, which helps every child reach their full potential.
TRY Build We deliver accredited Certificate II in Building & Construction and life skills to disadvantaged young people who have experienced barriers to education and employment opportunities.
TRY Learning We deliver fully accredited courses in Early Childhood Education and Care and Construction in face to face and online training combined with practical placement curriculum.
Children, Youth & Families – Mentoring We connect at-risk and vulnerable young people aged 7 - 20 years old with a positive adult role model, and support volunteers to empower, guide and listen to young people as a trained mentor.
TRY Social Enterprises We support activities such as shipping container conversions to create job pathways and work based training opportunities to young people facing barriers to employment. We also manage a cleaning, property maintenance and a furniture making service to create entry level jobs for young people facing long term employment barriers.
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TRY Children, Youth & Families FY19 was a substantial year of growth and development for Children, Youth & Families. TRY delivers a wide range of activities in communities across Greater Melbourne. The success of our efforts is the result of the incredible hard work of our teams within those communities. Additionally, expanding the role of the Family Support Facilitators strengthened TRY’s community connections, delivering improved inclusion and access within our early years services and youth programs. Working alongside our Area Managers and Youth Program Coordinators, the Family Support Facilitators provide an additional level of resources, community knowledge and support. Having developed professional relationships with external agencies and stakeholders, the Family Support Facilitators build the capacity of our teams of educators in the delivery of quality early years’ services. Our dedicated teamwork and strengthened community connections resulted in: Localised initiatives: TRY has extensive experience in responding to community disadvantage through localised initiatives, co-designed with the community, for their community. Continued, high quality service delivery: TRY Children, Youth & Families demonstrated capacity to deliver high quality early childhood education and care and youth programs, made even more successful through close collaboration with the local community. A successful restructure: TRY Children, Youth and Families undertook a restructure with the introduction of a Regional Place Based Model to support our early years and youth services. Valued partnerships: Alignment with the Department of Education and Training regions, enhanced TRY’s partnership opportunities and stakeholder engagement.
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TRY Children’s Services In FY19 we welcomed eight new early years services Barngeong Reserve Kindergarten, Bruthen Street Kindergarten, Greater Beveridge Children Youth & Family Centre, Heidelberg Preschool, Kallista Kindergarten, Lalor East Preschool, The Patch Kindergarten, Richmond Multicultural Children’s Centre.
We are committed to: yy Inclusion, equality and access - extending every child’s learning experience and supporting individual growth and development. yy Acknowledging every child and family’s situation, and ensuring our services are available to all by aligning our fee structure with Department of Education and Training guidelines. yy High quality educational outcomes for children: highly skilled and experienced teams of educators designing and delivering strengthbased programs guided by the National Quality Standards and approved learning frameworks. yy Collaborative practice - early years’ services teams work together with local agencies in achieving positive educational and social outcomes for children and families. yy Respectful relationships - children achieve better outcomes when their diverse strengths, abilities, interests, and cultural practices are understood, embraced and celebrated.
• An increase in Early Start Kindergarten enrolments from 58 at June 2018 to 73 at June 2019. • An increase in enrolments across our Children’s Services from 3796 in 2018 to 4265 in 2019. • 88.5% of our services are rated as Meeting or Exceeding under the National Quality Standards, as compared to 83% Victoria-wide.
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yy Acknowledging and respecting diversity as the norm, rather than the exception, and that diversity positively contributes to the value of Australian society. yy Promoting professional practice - providing opportunity to all educators through the delivery of professional learning and development. yy Extra support for students - supporting services within regions with access to School Readiness Funding, to enhance transitions between educational settings. yy Continual quality improvement - through performance monitoring across our network of early years services, we view high quality service delivery as an ongoing cycle of continual improvement. yy Community partnerships - in understanding and responding to community needs, we work alongside our families and communities to deliver high quality and culturally relevant early learning opportunities.
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TRY Children’s Services in Action The Patch Kindergarten Within the Yarra Ranges Shire, TRY has recently launched a close, collaborative partnership with The Patch Primary School to manage a kindergarten on the school site.
"Bush Kinder is all about the children exploring nature and that is what we did!”
Being involved in collaborative, strategic planning and program evaluation has led to The Patch School and The Patch Kindergarten developing an integrated “Forest Classroom” program which is delivered across the kindergarten children and grade 5 students. The Forest Classroom program enriches children’s learning through an experiential, authentic, hands-on immersion in nature. Year 5 students assist the 3 and 4 year old kindergarten children as they explore, investigate, and engage in activities under the careful guidance of their Environmental Educator and Early Childhood Teachers and Educators.
The Patch Kindergarten
Jo Rouse - Kindergarten Teacher,
“Through this program, we shall be shaping students who will be the custodians of green space for the future, who will understand the importance of nature and who are prepared to defend it and take responsibility for it. Together we will awaken their senses and establish connections that should endure to adulthood.” Michelle Rayner – Vice Principal, The Patch Primary School
The “Forest Classroom” utilises the school’s multi-award-winning landscapes, many designed and built by students, to discover the joy and connectedness resulting from an understanding of the world in which we live. Together, the students experience an environmental education that comes from a place of discovery, leading to a place of knowing and valuing.
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TRY Mentoring Making a difference FY19 was an exciting year exploring opportunities to further develop our mentoring programs. Taking the opportunity to review and update policy and procedures, to improve efficiencies of volunteer training, and to ensure rigorous quality assessment is keeping outcomes on track with expectations. At TRY Mentoring, we strive for continuous improvement, and to that end we aligned our strategic direction to those of community partners, funders, sponsors and other TRY ventures. Consequently we have had many more opportunities to provide mentoring programs in schools, new communities and within the TRY Build community. Our youth-centered, strengthsbased approach has enabled TRY Mentoring to redefine and improve both our service delivery model, and the activities provided. We are now excited to offer a variety of community and school-based programs depending on identified need.
The Youth Program Coordinators continued their comprehensive supervision and assistance to the one-to-one (1:1) volunteer mentors and young people, building on and sustaining the 1:1 relationship whilst monitoring and supporting often complex issues.
"My child has really benefitted from the program. He comes home with a smile on his face, he absolutely loves it. It's been the best thing for him. He and his sister would always hang out. Now that she's at high school she started doing her own thing, he's meeting other guys and they do football down the road. They want to go to the footy together. He's much happier at home, helpful and understanding. Now he has friends in his own age group he's not hitting his sister anymore. It's had an impact on all of us, he's happy and we're happy." - Parent of participant
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Partnerships
In communities across Victoria
Our FY19 vision was to seek and foster partnerships with local foundations and funders. With the additional goal of supporting TRY Mentoring in enabling greater access and inclusion of young people in our mentoring programs.
Other partnerships developed and continued including Primary Care Partnerships Network Frankston, Berry Street Seymour, CTC Stonnington and Wandong Wallan Lions Club.
We successfully exceeded the targets of the Menzies Caring for Kids funding requirements through the participation of 72 young people within the 1:1 and group programs across the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston regions. Menzies generous support further enabled TRY Mentoring to address community needs and build further partnerships in the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston. After listening to the local community, we submitted a new grant application to build on our capacity to provide mentoring programs into 2020 and 2021. We look forward to our continued partnership. In June 2019, the students from the Frankston South Community program, as funded by Menzies, graduated following a year of fun, achievements, challenges, friendships and individual growth. The Frankston South Community & Recreation supports the TRY program delivered from its facilities. We are seeing the valuable results and gains in the community from this great initiative.
TRY facilitated mentoring programs at: Berwick, Cranbourne East, Kambrya, Lyndhurst, Mount Waverley and Werribee Secondary Colleges; Hallam Senior College, McClelland College and Hastings, Kingsley Park and Werribee Primary Schools. With the opening of the Greater Beveridge Community Hub, TRY Australia consulted with local secondary schools in Wallan and Whittlesea and with the Wallan Police and Mitchell Shire Council. Through this consultation TRY Australia launched the community hub youth group to engage the local youth aged 12-17 who may be experiencing isolation or have limited opportunities to connect and create. The program provides a safe and supportive environment for young people to participate.
• 324 Young people engaged in a mentoring program in the FY19 • 58% increase from FY18 in 1:1 matches • 94% increase from FY18 of participants in group programs
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TRY Mentoring in Action 1:1 Match
Match Activity and Graduation Days
Listen, guide, support and acknowledge.
Have fun, explore and participate.
TRY Mentoring has seen that having the support and guidance of a mentor can provide opportunities and experiences that improve a young person’s outcomes and help encourage recognition of their own strengths.
In addition to 1:1 and group programs, TRY Mentoring offers a monthly match activity and graduation day.
Group Mentoring Creating community connection.
“The Group Mentoring program is ideal for mentor volunteers who prefer a group setting and mentoring alongside another peer within a team environment. After every group mentoring graduation, we witness a positive difference in both the young people’s and the mentor’s confidence, self-development and social connection”. Willie Simmons - TRY Mentoring Coordinator
Activity days held at community gathering places such as Don Bosco Youth Centre, Scienceworks, Booran Reserve and Caribbean Rollerama are planned across four regional areas of Melbourne, to give young people with their mentor the opportunity to engage with other matches. The activity days also create the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the graduating matches.
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TRY Enterprises The Manufacturing and Enterprises division continues to deliver on its commitment to create education opportunities, giving mentoring support and providing employment pathways for young people and those facing disadvantage.
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Enterprise Divisions
TRY Work TRY Work is a social enterprise creating sustainable employment and opportunities for young people who need it the most. For those facing barriers to entering the traditional labour market, TRY Work creates opportunities to gain both practical work experience and training for qualifications. We have found our work creates additional, wider benefits. In both work and life experience this support often leads to sustainable and permanent employment. Our work is about social inclusion which brings improved outcomes in both health and education, even typically leading to a brighter future through the dignity of work for our young people.
TRY Work alleviates the effects of poverty and unemployment amongst youth and disadvantaged individuals in Greater Melbourne. This includes youth at risk of homelessness, individuals with a mental or physical disability and those coming from a socially adverse environment, as well as those at risk of educational disengagement, longterm unemployment, and past criminal behavior. Typically, these people face multiple barriers to employment, education and training. TRY Work provides a safe, secure and structured workplace where individual’s needs are met enabling them to reconnect to their community and creating long term employment outcomes. Key Highlight: TRY Clean secured cleaning contracts with the Westgate Tunnel Project, as well as with McConnell Dowell on their site in Laverton for the level crossing removal.
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TRY Build TRY Build delivers the Certificate II in Building & Construction course to young people facing barriers within the mainstream education system. The TRY Build program is an enhanced model of youth vocational training which integrates accredited industry-based experiential learning with a health and wellbeing approach. A multidisciplinary team, including experienced carpentry trainers, trade coaches, youth workers and mentors, provide a wrap-around support platform, creating a holistic education and growth experience for our students. Recognising that broader social impact and personal resilience is achieved through strong connection with community, the program is augmented through carefully selected partnerships with key agencies engaging with our students and providing services from our training centre, in addition to streamlined transition pathways. The TRY Build Certificate II in Building and Construction classes are delivered from our modern training facility in Dandenong South – Victoria’s traditional manufacturing heartland. Participation helps students gain valuable practical knowledge and skills, often leading to the student building up the confidence to realise their aspirations. Many students subsequently finding opportunities to explore a career in the thriving Victorian construction industry. The Certificate II Building and Construction course qualifications and certificates achieved by our students include: yy Manual Handling Qualification yy White Card Certificate yy First Aid Certificate yy Rail Industry Worker Card.
Key highlights: 1. In our collaboration with the Pivot Project – a consortium of key local youth agencies, we supported social outcomes for young people involved in the Youth Justice system. 2. Through TRY UnContained nine Participants from the TRY Build program completed 1,700 hours (207 days) of paid employment as part of our industry mentoring program in partnership with John Holland and McConnell Dowell.
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TRY UnContained As a social enterprise we engage our current students and those deemed to be at risk in employment and learning practical skills. The work undertaken is the conversion of shipping containers. Sold commercially the containers are reconfigured for a range of new purposes, from site amenities to accommodation units. FY19 saw TRY UnContained expand the work undertaken with the support of organisations including; McConnell Dowell, Boral, City of Kingston, City of Greater Dandenong and CPB Contractors, with the delivery of customised container builds on their construction sites. Through the TRY UnContained relationship, organisations have often engaged with our TRY Work business unit creating new opportunities for development and employment for students completing our Certificate II in Building and Construction courses.
From education and training through to work experience and, ultimately, employment, TRY UnContained is an integral cornerstone of our Social Enterprise and Manufacturing division. TRY UnContained supports young students facing disadvantage and barriers to employment. Key highlights: 1. Securing new clients for the supply of site amenities which directly engaged our current and past students for practical work experience and employment. 2. Three external apprenticeships were gained for students working within UnContained.
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TRY Learning We continue to deliver high calibre courses leading to meaningful employment pathways. More than 5,000 students have participated in our high-quality training programs since 2009. In FY19 TRY Learning continued to deliver high calibre courses including: yy Certificate II in Building and Construction yy Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care yy Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care yy Advanced Diploma in Community Sector Management. Key highlight: On commencement of the Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care course, 26 students were unemployed. 24 students have since found employment, a conversion rate of 92%. Students gained employment within various regulated childcare service providers, including with kindergartens, childcare centres, out-ofschool hours care organisations and council run family day care services.
• 98.3% of students reported that they would refer TRY Learning to others following their training experience • 94.8% reported being positively challenged by the training undertaken • 96.6% of students felt their training was practical and a realistic reflection of their chosen industry.
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Our People The key to TRY’s longevity is its people, and the passion and knowledge they bring to the table.
TOTAL EMPLOYEES AS AT 30 JUNE 2019:
405
EMPLOYMENT TYPE:
TOTAL VOLUNTEERS AS AT 30 JUNE 2019:
355
93% OF STAFF AT TRY ARE FEMALES NATIONAL AVERAGE IS: 38.4%1
33% = 5+
CASUAL (10.6%)
WITH US FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
PART TIME (61.3%)
33% OF OUR STAFF AT TRY HAVE BEEN THIS INCLUDES 44 STAFF WITH MORE THAN 10 YEARS’ OF SERVICE AND 4 WITH MORE THAN 20!
Source: 1. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Australia.
FULL TIME (28.1%)
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Financial Summary Total Revenue: $27.6M Gross Turnover: $27,608,212 Our revenue is generated from our social enterprises, Government service delivery funding, fees for services and fundraising. 100% of our profits from these activities are reinvested back into our social programs and initiatives.
REVENUE:
EXPENDITURE:
GOVERNMENT FUNDING (61%)
CHILDREN'S SERVICES (61%)
FEE FOR SERVICE (27%)
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES (19%)
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (11%)
ADMINISTRATION (17%)
FUNDRAISING (1%)
MENTORING PROGRAMS (3%)
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Trusts, Foundations and Supporters TRY Australia only achieves as much as we do each year with the support, contributions and assistance of all the following organisations. We are deeply grateful and we look forward to working together in the year ahead.
TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS
City of Port Philip
COMMUNITY & BUSINESS
Australian Women’s Donor Network
City of Stonnington
Afri-Aus Care
Barlow Foundation
City of Whittlesea
Bayside Community Health
Brasher Family Foundation
Corangamite Shire Council
Bellbird Kidz
Commonwealth Bank
Banyule City Council
Boral
Equity Trustees
Frankston City Council
BSG
Flora & Frank Leith Charitable Trust
Hobsons Bay City Council
Bunnings
Foundation of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies
Kingston City Council
CPB Contractors
Harold Mitchell Foundation
Manningham City Council
CTC Stonnington
Melton City Council
Doveton Neighbourhood Learning Centre
Helen McPherson Smith Trust Menzies Caring for Kids Multicultural Commission Percy Baxter Charitable Trust Perpetual Trustees Pierce Armstrong Foundation Scanlon Foundation William and Bessie Lennox Fund William Buckland Foundation
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority Department of Education & Training
VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT Department of Education & Training Department of Health & Human Services Department of Justice & Regulation Level Crossing Authority
Maroondah City Council Mitchell Shire Council Moonee Valley City Council Monash City Council Moreland City Council Mornington Peninsula Shire Nillumbik Shire Council Playford City Council Wyndham City Council Yarra City Council Yarra Ranges Shire Council
SCHOOLS Berwick Secondary College Cranbourne East Secondary College Hallam Senior College Hastings Primary School Kambrya Secondary College Kingsley Park Primary School Lyndhurst Secondary College
Melbourne Magistrates Court
Manorvale Primary School
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Mount Waverley Secondary College
Cardinia Shire Council
McClelland College The Patch Primary School
City of Casey
Werribee Primary School
City of Greater Dandenong
Werribee Secondary College
Early Learning Association Australia Early Learning and Care Council of Australia Early Learning Languages Australia Frankston South Community and Recreation Centre Fuji Xerox John Holland KPMG Uniting Care Lions Club Wandong Wallan McArthur McConnell Dowell Ozito Industries Primary Care Network Frankston Randstad Stockland – Long Island Retirement Village Stockland – Edgebrook Housing Estate Windana Drug & Alcohol Recovery Yooralla YPA Werribee
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Contacts CORPORATE OFFICE Suite 3, Building 2, 88 Ricketts Road, Mount Waverley, 3149 (03) 8545 9500 info@try.org.au www.try.org.au
ENTERPRISES TRY Build 297/301 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South, 3175 (03) 8768 7997 trybuild@try.org.au www.trybuild.org.au TRY UnContained 285 - 289 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South, 3175 (03) 8768 7997 uncontained@try.org.au www.trybuild.org.au TRY Clean 285 - 289 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South, 3175 0447 111 030 tryclean@try.org.au www.trypm.org.au TRY Learning 285 - 289 Abbotts Road, Dandenong South, 3175 (03) 8545 9500 training@try.org.au www.trylearning.org.au
CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES TRY Mentoring Suite 3, Building 2, 88 Ricketts Road, Mount Waverley, 3149 (03) 8545 9599 mentoring@try.org.au www.trymentoring.org.au TRY Children's Services Suite 3, Building 2, 88 Ricketts Road, Mount Waverley, 3149 (03) 8545 9500 cs@try.org.au www.trycs.org.au Childcare Centres: Lancaster and Frank Hartley House 698 - 700 Malvern Road, Prahran, 3181 (03) 9510 7385 lancasterhouse@try.org.au Peninsula Montessori Centre 9-11 Frank Street, Frankston, 3199 (03) 9783 2800 pmc@try.org.au Playford Children's Centre 3 Langford Drive, Elizabeth, 5112 South Australia (08) 8252 5032 playford@try.org.au Richmond Multicultural Children's Centre 16 Gleadell Street, Richmond, 3121 (03) 9428 6537 rmcc@try.org.au Showgrounds Children's Centre Government Pavilion, Showgrounds Village - P2, 320-380 Epsom Road, Flemington, 3031 (03) 9376 7486 showgroundscc@try.org.au
South Melbourne Children's Centre Park Towers 185/332 Park Street, South Melbourne, 3205 (03) 9699 9662 southmelbourne@try.org.au Timboon Children's Centre 11 Hamilton Street, Timboon, 3268 (03) 5598 3020 timboon@try.org.au Whittlesea Children's Centre 57-61 Laurel Street, Whittlesea, 3757 (03) 9716 2153 whittlesea@try.org.au Kindergartens: Altona Gate Kindergarten 80 Walker Close, Altona North, 3025 (03) 9314 7895 altonagate@try.org.au Barngeong Reserve Kindergarten Cnr Lee-Ann Cres and Bambra Street, Croydon 3136 (03) 9726 0671 barngeong@try.org.au Bellevue Hill Preschool 14 Royal Crescent, Hillside 3037 (03) 9390 4701 bellevue@try.org.au Beverley Hills Kindergarten 2 Damala Street, Doncaster East, 3109 (03) 9842 6411 beverley.hills@try.org.au Blossom Park Kindergarten 59 Azalea Ave, Mill Park, 3082 (03) 9404 4787 blossompark@try.org.au Bruthen Street Kindergarten 2 Bruthen Street, Moorabbin, 3189 (03) 9555 5384 bruthenstreet@try.org,au
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Burnside Children's Centre 23 Lexington Drive, Burnside, 3023 (03) 9363 0244 burnside@try.org.au
Kallista Kindergarten Tom Roberts Road, Kallista, 3791 (03) 9755 26 47 kallista@try.org.au
North West Brunswick Kindergarten 34 Rose Street, Brunswick, 3056 (03) 9386 5676 nwbrunswick@try.org.au
Crib Point Preschool 7 Cayley Ave, HMAS Cerberus, 3920 (03) 5983 9348 cribpoint@try.org.au
Kingsway Preschool 1 Kingsway, Melton, 3337 (03) 9743 2691 kingsway@try.org.au
Oakbrook Kindergarten 36 Holroyd Drive, Epping, 3076 (03) 9401 1695 oakbrook@try.org.au
Diggers Rest Preschool 46-68 Plumpton Road, Diggers Rest, 3427 (03) 9740 1337 diggersrest@try.org.au
Lalor East Preschool 186 Darebin Drive, Lalor, 3075 (03) 9465 7564 laloreast@try.org.au
Panton Hill Preschool 601 Main Road, Panton Hill, 3759 (03) 9719 7396 pantonhill@try.org.au
Doncaster Gardens Preschool 53 Victoria Street, Doncaster, 3108 (03) 9848 7737 doncastergardens@try.org.au
Laurel Street Kindergarten 57 Laurel Street, Whittlesea, 3757 (03) 9716 2153 whittlesea@try.org.au
Parkwood Green Preschool Cnr Community Hub & Catherine Drive, Hillside, 3037 (03) 8361 6506 parkwoodgreen@try.org.au
Eltham North Preschool 30 Glen Park Rd, Eltham North, 3095 (03) 9439 7007 elthamnorth@try.org.au
Laurimar Kindergarten 10 Hazel Glen Drive, Dooreen, 3754 (03) 9717 8056 laurimar@try.org.au
Rockbank Preschool 26 Old Leakes Road, Rockbank, 3335 (03) 9747 1410 rockbank@try.org.au
Grace Park Preschool 179 Nepean Street, Greensborough, 3088 (03) 9435 6179 gracepark@try.org.au
Melton West Preschool 2-4 West Melton Drive, Melton West, 3337 (03) 9764 5914 meltonwest@try.org.au
Roycroft Kindergarten 114 Roycroft Avenue, Mill Park, 3082 (03) 9404 4369 roycroft@try.org.au
Greater Beveridge Kindergarten Cnr Lithgow Street & Mandalay Circuit, Beveridge, 3753 (03) 8733 7351 beveridge@try.org.au
Mernda Villages Kindergarten 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda, 3754 (03) 9717 6066 merndavillages@try.org.au
Harbard Street Kindergarten 1 Gladstone Street, Thomastown, 3074 (03) 9465 8693 harbardst@try.org.au
Mill Park Preschool Rear 7, Mill Park Drive, Mill Park, 3082 (03) 9404 2623 millpark@try.org,au
South Yarra Preschool Horace Petty Housing Estate, Rear of 259 Malvern Road, South Yarra, 3141 (03) 9804 7569 southyarra@try.org.au
Heidelberg Preschool 4 Orient Place, Heidelberg 3084 (03) 9457 2492 heidelberg@try.org.au
Mordialloc Preschool 26 Park Street, Mordialloc, 3195 (03) 9580 5935 mordialloc@try.org.au
Highett Preschool 3 Station Street, Highett, 3190 (03) 9555 8441 highett@try.org.au
Mt. Carberry Preschool 35 Exford Road, Melton South, 3338 (03) 9743 5755 mtcarberry@try.org.au
Hurtsbridge Preschool 8 Graysharps Road, Hurstbridge, 3099 (03) 9718 2417 hurtsbridge@try.org.au
North Cheltenham Preschool 71 Argus Street, Cheltenham, 3192 (03) 9583 7066 northcheltenham@try.org.au
Sundowner Kindergarten 19-21 Jacobs Drive, Clarinda, 3169 (03) 9551 7851 sundowner@try.org.au The Patch Kindergarten 53 Kallista-Emerald Road, The Patch, 3792 (03) 9752 1835 thepatch@try.org.au Warrawee Park Preschool 10 The Rameo, Bundoora, 3083 (03) 9467 4446 warraweepark@try.org.au Westall Kindergarten 35 Fairbank Road, Clayton South, 3169 (03) 9581 3057 westall@try.org.au
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We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Patron: The Honourable Linda Dessau, AC Governor of Victoria TRY acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government