The Noosa Foundation strongly encourages donors to support school, university and other training by donating to the Foundation and specifying “education” as the charitable cause you want to support.

You will be helping financially challenged;

  • school age children get some of the extra study, social and activities that will make their school years more memorable and keep them engaged in their studies to offer life long improvement in opportunities
  • school leavers and mature age students enrolling in university study to boost their lifelong employment and income opportunities
  • locals of all ages to engage in trade and other training certificates to give them career opportunities they might otherwise miss out on

How to donate to support education

With your help, the Noosa Foundation supports local charities that help financially challenged school age, university and vocation training students stay in training. They progress further, and with better experiences than they might otherwise have. Support in these few critical education years has a lifetime impact on income and the quality of life. It is a great return on investment.

Two Questions every Donor Considers

Every doner finds themselves thing two things; (1) how much should I donate and (2) will my donation be put to good use? Lean more on this link

Revolutionary Thought; Not All Noosa Kids Rich

People think of Noosa as "rich" so why donate to local education charities. In fact, Noosa average wealth is just that; the Australian average. And some 1013 kids are from the lowest 25% income families.

School Education Support

A good school education is critical if financially disadvantaged children are going to have a better career and life. Far too many drop out from schooling because they can’t afford activities or they are different and don’t find school a pleasant experience

University Education Support

School leavers and Mature Age students wanting to go to university face a host of non-tuition costs as well. This can be too much for finacially-disadvantged students and they drop out. You can help cover these extra expenses of such students and get them started on a much more successful career path.

Vocational Education Support

Many school leavers will not go on to University. They will go into the building trades, retail, office admin and a host of other vocational careers. The good news is they can increasingly study VET at school. The bad news is not all can afford the extra fees. Learn how you can help.

List of Education Support articles

Noosa Foundation materials on education support for local residents are collected under this heading