Coolaroo Foundation News
Latest happenings amongst our Foundation care partners and team.
What Helps Young People Face Climate Anxiety? Insights from Avalon Bourne’s Churchill Fellowship
In the 2025 Mission Australia Youth Survey of more than 17,000 people aged 14 to 19, climate change and the environment ranked as the third most pressing national concern, behind cost of living and mental health. It's this reality that Sonder Youth's CEO, Avalon Hope Bourne, set out to address in her 2024 Churchil Fellowship.
How training dogs helps heal marginalised boys
If you want to understand why our board is so invested in the work of BackTrack Youth Works, watch Backtrack Boys.
The Fastest-Growing Face of Homelessness: A Conversation with ROCC for Women
Older Women are now the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness and can often find themselves in these circumstances very quickly and unexpectedly.
Inside the Sonder Youth Changemakers Program
The Changemakers Program is Sonder Youth's flagship program for young people in the Shoalhaven and beyond. It brings young people together to learn about themselves, build strong connections with their peers, and develop the skills to design and deliver a project that tackles an issue that matters to them.
Welcome to our newest Grantee: Sonder Youth
We're delighted to welcome Sonder Youth as our newest grantee. The Coolaroo Foundation board has awarded a grant to bring the Changemakers Program to local high school, right here in Shoalhaven.
Paws Up: The Program at the Heart of BackTrack
If you spend any time at BackTrack, one thing becomes clear fast: the dogs are everywhere. Not as a mascot or a sideline, but as a genuine part of how the organisation works with young people, every single day.