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The new ‘Hide & Seek’ – Stories of Survival, Middle Years pilot is an educational program developed by the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne, with support from Gandel Foundation. It is a unique, interactive and engaging program that is also captivating the younger audiences and helping them explore basic moral, ethical and human rights issues. In December 2015 ‘Hide & Seek’ won the “Education and Early Childhood Award” in Victoria’s Multicultural Awards for Excellence.

Sacred Heart Mission’s GP Clinic has been revived thanks to a Community Grant from Gandel Foundation. Patients with complex health needs, who may otherwise not receive medical attention or treatment, can access the service at the Sacred Heart’s premises in St Kilda.

Shout Out is an innovative public speakers project that trains and nurtures young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds to share their experiences and views with the broader community. With support from Gandel Foundation, the Centre for Multicultural Youth created Shout Out to give these young people a voice and help them foster greater cultural understanding.

With the support of Gandel Foundation, The Wirrpanda Foundation is taking the Deadly Sista Girlz program back to Worawa Aboriginal College in 2015.

The program aims to build proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls, providing a chance to be personally mentored throughout the program and helping them connect with fellow sistagirlz in a fun and caring environment.

Gandel Foundation provides support to not for profit organisations that extends beyond just granting. One example was Polyglot Theatre’s appeal in support of their Voice Lab program, which received a matched-funding grant during the Giving Tuesday campaign in 2013, which is taking place again in December 2014. (Photo: S. Walker).

Gandel Foundation is supporting Hands on Learning through a three-year grant to enable the expansion of their program into north-western Melbourne. Trustee Laurence Joseph (second from left) and Deputy Chair Richard Rogers (first from right) visited the Werribee Secondary College, one of eight schools in the north-west taking part in the program that aims to support at-risk students to stay at school and realise their full potential.

My Place is a new program developed by Arts Access Victoria, the state’s leading arts and disability organisation. Supported by Gandel Foundation, My Place program is delivered in Nebula, a unique mobile arts space which is a workshop, a gallery, a performance venue and a meeting place – all in one!

On Friday 23rd May, 2014, in front of key members from the Jewish Community at Jewish Care Victoria, the results of the key findings from

Evolve is an organisation that provides a range of programs to disadvantaged or vulnerable young people, specialising in outdoor adventure and narrative therapy.
Evolve delivers programs such as the Young Men’s and Young Women’s programs, which are early intervention programs supporting young men and women at risk to evolve into strong, caring and purposeful individuals.