Our commitment

As part of its community support program Hodges has become a partner of Berry Street, a leading Victorian provider of services to underprivileged and abused children and young people. Throughout 2010, the Hodges team will be conducting a series of walks and other fund-raising events, including a Super Walk from Mt Eliza and Port Melbourne to Mentone involving all of our offices on Sunday 17th October.

Training Walks and the Walk for Berry Street

Berry Street’s education program

Most of the children and young people in Berry Street’s care cannot live safely at home because of traumatic family violence, serious abuse and neglect. Many of these young people have been excluded from mainstream education and require support to get back on track, or have dropped out of school. To address this problem, the Berry Street Education School and Training (BEST) Centre was established in 2004. Located in Noble Park, the BEST Centre is an alternative school that supports the social, emotional and academic development of students to enable them to reach their potential in the community. Instead of following traditional educational models, BEST Centre students negotiate individual plans for their education with their teachers on a regular basis. This tailored approach enables students to set their own goals for learning under the expert guidance of the centre’s committed teaching staff.

How we’ll be helping Berry Street

The objective of the Hodges VISION TWENTY 10 program us to raise the necessary funds required to put 40 young people through the BEST centre courses during 2010 and provide them with a solid foundation on which to build their adult lives.

HOW YOU CAN HELP BERRY STREET

If you would like to sponsor Hodges in the Berry Street Walk, please click here.