We are excited to launch of our new Youth Ambassador program with the announcement of our first Youth Ambassador, Alicia Bilyara Finlay Bennett, a young Sydney based indigenous artist. Bilyara will be engaging with young people through our arts and infrastructure programs in 2021, using
In case you've missed it, we’re excited to announce that we’ve won the 2020 Beyond Sport Global Award for Decent Work and Economic Growth that we were shortlisted for! We're very grateful to Beyond Sport for the honour of this award as well as providing
We are so proud of long-time Charity Bounce program participant and coach Sediqa for winning Beyond Sport's Courageous Use of Sport Award! Sediqa is an absolute pleasure to work with at Bounce. With her combination of resiliency, empathy and courage, we can't think of anyone more
We’ve had to keep this under wraps for quite some time now, but we’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with the Under Armour to launch Steph Curry’s new brand in Australia! The launch day began with a couple of one-on-one interviews featuring Tracy, Ian and
We're very excited to announce that Ben Madgen has joined the Bounce team as our Corporate Partnerships Officer! Ben is a former professional basketball player, with successful stints in both the Australian NBL and various European leagues. After securing the 2010 Rookie of the Year Award
If you haven’t seen our social or newsletter posting yet, we’re excited to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for the 2020 Beyond Sport Global Awards! In partnership with global organisations such as UNICEF and ESPN, the UK based charity works to promote charities all over
We are excited to start training for our new career mentors with former Harlem Globetrotter Tracy Williams joining us this week for the online session. The Rising Stars Career Mentoring program will connect young people aged 18-25 from challenging backgrounds with successful mentors from business and
Our first school program since March of this year was a great success! We are so grateful to get back on the court with our Hoops for Harmony programs after such a challenging period. It was also great to continue building on our relationship with
We are excited to announce one of our new Expert Panel of Advisors, Hamish Stephenson who will be taking a global lead in our recruitment and employment pathways programs, including the Rising Stars Career Mentor project. With experience in recruitment and as a youth mentor
Charity Bounce is set to launch its Rising Stars Career Mentoring Program in Australia and abroad in response to Covid-19 and the expected challenge for young people to access employment. Charity Bounce in consultation with a number of new partners is set to launch its
With all the Covid-19 changes currently taking place, we thought it might be good to reflect on what happened last year as we consider the times ahead. As we consider the health and well being of our staff and community we have been planning for how to
At Charity Bounce we take the health and well being of our staff and community very seriously. Over the last few weeks, we have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely to ensure we are doing everything we can to minimise the risk to staff and
With more than 42% of young people in our programs being young women we are serious about making the programs as empowering as we can. Today is the UN observance of International Women’s Day to promote women’s rights and gender equality taking centre stage in 2020. We
Charity Bounce have been announced as the Official Charity Partner for the RAY ALLEN GALA DINNER on Thursday the 2nd April 2020. Ray Allen is a 2 x NBA Champion with a list of individual accolades including ten NBA All-Star designations, Olympic gold medallist, holding the NBA record
After a short history since launching in June 2016, we have made some big steps towards the future by the end of 2019. With more than 11,000 participants across our resiliency basketball programs and more than 100 young people placed into jobs through our employment
Finding courts can be challenging in Sydney so it's exciting to be opening our Bounce Academy court at Matraville sports High School. The court has been installed after a many months of planning and thanks to the assistance of Sports Australia to support the project
The Women’s Stand Tall Programs have launched a new program in Chifley for the students from year 7 to year 10. The first session was a great turnout with 17 young women turning up after school to get involved! The students from Chifley come from
We were excited to launch our new partnership with South Strathfield High School recently to deliver the Stand Tall program with students from diverse backgrounds. The students have been enthusiastic and engaged with the program as we have promoted positive inclusion and diversity. The young
Charity Bounce have partnered with Sydwest to deliver a Stand Tall Program for young refugee women around the Mount Druitt area. It was a great experience to work on some on court skills as well as share with these young women and hear their stories
We spent time down in Indulkana and Mimali in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands last week as part of our Bounce Courts innovation project building a full basketball court and a community gym. The innovative court projects use an innovative lightweight concrete panel system with
