Mar 12, 2026 | National Scholarship Program, News and updates
We are now accepting nominations! Enter or nominate a young person here until 4pm 15 May 2026 At Youth Off The Streets, we believe that all children and young people deserve the chance to achieve their potential. That’s why our founder, Father Chris Riley, created the...
Mar 3, 2026 | Home page, Impact stories, National Scholarship Program
Applications for the 2026 National Scholarship Program will be accepted from Monday 9 March 2026 until 4pm Friday 15 May 2026. Click through here to learn more. Sunrise fell in love with performing when she was in Year 2. “I felt the most validation when I was...
Mar 26, 2025 | Impact stories, National Scholarship Program
Just over three years ago, Emery and his friends decided to go ice skating. “We all made fun of each other, because we were so bad at it,” Emery laughs. Emery soon enrolled in a ten-week skating course. He was surprised to learn that he had an innate talent for the...
Jul 3, 2024 | First Nations Services, Impact stories, National Scholarship Program, Youth homelessness
In 2005, Sam Alderton-Johnson applied for a scholarship through Youth Off The Streets’ National Scholarship Program at his caseworker’s suggestion. “I had ambitions to go to university, but I failed all my trial HSC exams,” Sam remembers. “That’s when I realised...
Jun 18, 2024 | National Scholarship Program
Rasha remembers the day her parents decided to flee Iraq. An envelope arrived in the mail, stained with blood. “It was an anonymous letter, and our family was threatened to be killed,” she says. “Though we loved our life and community there, it no longer felt...
