The Charity Bounce Stand Tall All Stars competed in the Newington Classic last week. This year’s All Stars team was made up of young men aged 14-17 from diverse cultural backgrounds, including Aboriginal, Syrian, Turkish, Sudanese, Samoan, Cook Islander/New Zealand, Indian, Sri Lankan & Australian. The Stand
Just a few weeks ago, a group of high school students from diverse backgrounds came together through a round of try-outs to create the Charity Bounce Stand Tall All Stars 2018 team. The Stand Tall All Stars program is designed to provide access to ‘out
It’s hard to believe our first full calendar year at Charity Bounce is coming to a close and it has been great to hit our stride. Over 6,000 young people have participated in our programs including the Stand Tall All Stars team and launch of
FOUR-TIME Olympian Laura Hodges delivered the Stand Tall program in Adelaide for Aboriginal students from Whyalla yesterday. The program was a partnership event for Charity Bounce and the Australian Basketballer’s Association with support from the Adelaide 36ers and Adelaide Lightning basketball teams. The program was delivered at
Charity Bounce and the Australian Basketballer's Association have partnered to deliver the Stand Tall program in Adelaide for 22 students from Whyalla. FOUR-TIME Olympian Laura Hodges will deliver the program for the students from Nicolson Avenue Primary School (NAPS) and Memorial Oval Primary School (MOPS) this Sunday
For the second year in a row, a group of young men from Port Macquarie travelled to Sydney for a jam-packed experience of fun, education and basketball, participating in a Charity Bounce Stand Tall Program with Illawarra Hawks captain Kevin White and former Sydney Kings player
The Commercial Management team from Telstra jumped on the basketball court yesterday with other colleagues for a bit of team building and collaboration whilst at the same time supporting the Charity Bounce Stand Tall Employability Skills programs across Sydney. By participating in the Charity Bounce Certified corporate
At Charity Bounce, we are excited to announce our official partnership with FutureYou, one of the fastest growing recruitment firms in Australia. This partnership is key to ensuring that young people can seamlessly transfer the employability -skills they learn on the basketball court through Charity
In any business, taking time to invest into the strength of your team is invaluable. At Charity Bounce, we are excited to launch the Charity Bounce Certified Program — an opportunity for companies of any size to experience the programs we deliver for young people
Yesterday, the students at Mount Pritchard East Primary had a great afternoon celebrating their diversity and unity with the Charity Bounce Hoops for Harmony program. Hoops for Harmony teaches primary school students key life lessons through an interactive basketball program engaging every student to participate
The Australian Basketballers Association (ABA) and Charity Bounce have established an Official Partnership to deliver effective community programs to inspire young people. The partnership has been developed between the ABA and Charity Bounce to facilitate opportunities for players to participate in community initiatives using basketball
The latest Stand Tall All Stars team was made up of an amazing group of young men who did themselves proud with a fine performance in the recent Sydney Schools Shootout. The team made it through to the semi-finals and were proudly supported by the
We had the privilege of being welcomed to the Mutijulu community in Uluru recently with Illawarra Hawks player Kevin White. The trip was an amazing opportunity to deliver a Stand Tall program and learn from the community, being inspired by their stories and the incredible
Students of Defence Force families at Oran Park Primary School had plenty to smile about last week at the Hoops for Harmony program, learning the art of basketball from surprise guest 6’ 11” (211cm) professional basketballer Julian Khazzouh. Julian was joined on the day Newington
Illawarra Hawks player Kevin White and Townsville Fire player Darcee Garbin joined NBL Hall of Famer Cal Bruton to inspire positive change in Aboriginal communities in Central Australia last week. The NBL and WNBL players delivered Stand Tall programs with the Nyewente and Ltyentye Apurte
Two of Australia's professional basketballers will next week head to Alice Springs in support of community outreach initiatives by Charity Bounce. The players will bring the program to the local Nyewente Basketball Club in support of an initiative championed by Baker IDI indigenous research fellow,
There was a special visit from the survivor of a skydiving incident at the Stand Tall session yesterday at Saint Francis Xavier College in Canberra. The students had an absolute ball and a chance to hear the inspiring story from their special visitor Elijah Arranz, who survived
Its been 12 months since we launched on the 28th June 2017. We have been working hard to achieve positive outcomes for young people and wanted to provide a snapshot of our progress so far to all of our great supporters. Check out some of
This week is Refugee Week and as part of our commitment to refugee young people we were able to focus on education pathways for refugee youth through our Stand Tall program at Macquarie University. Partnering with Macquarie University's LEAP (Learning, Education Aspiration, Participation) program which
NBA Global Directors Jennifer Azzi and Blair Hardiek delivered an outstanding program for Charity Bounce’s all female basketball clinic in Sydney. Young women from across Sydney travelled to The Rocks with 20 cultures represented on the night including; Aboriginal, Afghani, Burmese, Chinese, English, Equatoguinean, Fijian,
