street - corporate brochure for if foundation

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www.ifoundation.org.au

Shaping the uture o Western Australia’s youth.



Our mission& valuesOur mission is to create stable

communities where violence is not

perceived as either acceptable ornecessary. We will be a leader and catalyst

in eradicating violence on our streets.

Through awareness and education we aim

to provide a bright uture or WA’s youth

and make a real dierence to their uture

and to the wider community.

We will achieve this by delivering

educational based programs, events and

advocacy grounded by research and

act based content throughout Western

Australia. We will partner with the local

community to ensure a sae, riendly

and successul program is delivered.

Our mission is to work with WestAustralia’s youth and to shape a bright,

positive uture.

“Eradicatingviolence on our streets.”

Sometimes your uture does not always end up how you planned.IF you could change it, would you?



About IF Who are we?

We are educators. We are advocates. We

are collaborators. We are committed to

the healthy and sae development o

youth through quality skill-based ’primary’

prevention strategies addressing the

reduction o risk and Increase in protective

actors.

At the IF Foundation our primary goal is

to encourage WA youth to step away rom

violence and towards an environment that

is nurturing and encouraging. Through

positive parental interaction and engaging

the whole community (both young and

old) we believe we can have a positive,

bright impact.

What we doFor the individual

We develop and deliver social and

emotional learning programs grounded

by research and act based content to

empower the young, their amilies and

communities to make healthy, ree choices

and peaceully resolve conict.

For the community

We take prevention education beyond

the classroom and into the community

through partnerships and events that give

kids and their amily’s opportunities to

demonstrate and celebrate their dedication

to living healthy and nonviolent lives.

At the IF Foundation we help youngWest Australian’s step away romviolence and towards a uture that is bright.



“Implement, acilitateand support programs toeducate our youth on theimpact o violence withinour community.”

The IF Foundation’s delivery structure.

1. Education4. Partnership

3 Research 2. Awareness& Advocacy

1. Education

The IF Foundation works closely with our

target groups delivering relevant, engaging

and culturally sensitive education programs

which help develop social, emotional and

behavioural skills in a manner that resonates

so as to attract our audience not coerce.

Primary prevention approaches can be

eectively targeted by embedding messaging

and education tools into activities that are un

and engaging, like the arts.

The overall aim is to enhance a healthy and

peaceul community environment which

will lead to success at school and success in

employment. Nurturing the natural creativity

o youth in particular and keeping it alive as

they advance through the education system

and into proessional lie will play a clear role

in building stronger communities.

These educational programs include:

• Roebourne Girl FX Academy

• SHAHRP

• Leading for success – in school

program

• Nanna’s FX

• Engage to Achieve

• Head Start; Mums and Bubs

• Head Start; Father & Sons

• Nite Star

Community violence and anti-social

behaviour touches almost everyone’s lie.

It does not discriminate, is widespread,

harmul and in our opinion o increasing

concern. The IF Foundation takes a

public health approach to addressing

the issue o community violence in line

with recommended strategies rom the

World Health Organisation (2002) and

Injury Control Council o WA (2012) and

numerous other green papers.

The IF Foundation provides a platorm to

tackle community violence and to make

a signifcant dierence to the lives o WA’s

youth. Our health promotion approach

is a process o enabling people to take

control over the determinant o their

health.

This is achieved through our core

elements impacting both the individuals

and their communities.

To make a real dierence to West Australia’s youth we ensure we assist all parts o their

community to encourage a positive environment or the long term.

The people that need our help

How we do it

Healthy

behaviours

established

during

childhood

protectagainst uture

risk and are

more likely to

be maintained

through lie.

Young people

– especially

males, are at

the highest risk

and are more

likely to engagein harmul

behaviours.

The home

environment

inuences short

and long term

behaviours or

children andparenthood marks

a critical stage

when adults are

more likely to be

receptive to health

messages.

Evidence shows

that prevention

strategies are most

eective when arising

rom, or linking

with communityengagement

(Department o

Planning and

Community

Development 2011).

Secondly, community

development

approaches help

build networks,

participation and

inclusion. All o which

can be protective

actors against

community.

Children Teenagers & Parents & Family CommunityYoung Adults



Proud Major Sponsor o the IF Foundation

Proud Sponsors o the IF Foundation

Sponsorship

4. Partnership

This priority area lacks the benefts o strong

leadership and interagency collaboration.

Accordingly the IF Foundation aims at creating

a participative approach to solving the most

critical o social issues acing our community, by

leveraging the collective energies o all in a way

that amplifes them.

The IF Foundation works closely with key

stakeholders such as local government, criminal

justice agencies, education institutions and local

groups to aggregate eorts and create a critical

mass that builds momentum to bolster the eorts

and eectiveness o all initiatives.’

Working in isolation makes it impossible to address

the issues eectively. Change will only happen with

a collective eort based on common principles.

The IF Foundation would not be where it is today without the ongoing support o our sponsors. We are

proud they are working together with the IF Foundation to achieve a positive goal; to shape a bright uture

or West Australia’s youth.

2. Awareness & Advocacy

Traditionally violence has been the domain o

the criminal justice system. But as the leading

cause o death and injury worldwide, and

the single largest burden on our healthcare

system, it is time to address the root causes by

involving all sectors o society in prevention

eorts, and raising it’s priority on our State and

National agendas.

The IF Foundation aims to raise awareness

about the impact o violence and what we

can do to make a dierence. To achieve

and maintain awareness the IF Foundation

leverages the strength o the media, social

media & high profle Ambassadors to generate

discussion in the community about the issue

o violence on our streets & position the

IF Foundation as the primary not or proft

organisation against violence in WA.

The IF Foundation ocus is to nurture young

people and help them achieve their greatest

potential by ensuring they have access to

support, guidance & legislation that protects their

interests. To eect these large scale population

level changes, this means mobilising all sectors

o the community to raise it voice, discussing the

issue at every available opportunity, especially

public speaking orums and engagements and

across their own individual social mediums.

Our ambassadors include:• Nic Naitanui

• Leisel Jones

• Damian Martin

• Scott Cummings

• Gary Ablett Jnr

• Liz Ellis

• Corporal Mark Donaldson VC

• Corporal Ben Roberts Smith VC

• Buddy Franklin

• Scott Pendlebury

• Shae Bolton

3. Research

The IF Foundation respects the importance o

researching the key driving actors behind violent

behaviour and how programs can be tailor made

to dramatically reduce youth violence.

Clearly the act o violence is not the beginning o

the problem, but in act the end. The IF Foundation

aims to work with the appropriate agencies to

identiy where it all begins and increase support or

data collection and evaluation on programming.

Research clearly demonstrates that the reduction

o actors that place youth at risk o violence and

the strengthening o actors that protect youth

rom violence can occur. Approaches proven

to eectively address these actors are available,

and a growing body o evidence indicates these

approaches can be cost-eective and have longlasting benefts.

Most research is in o an international context,

thereore supporting and evaluating locally created

solutions can ultimately lead to national models

or community based social services that are

relevant, culturally sensitive, replicable and scalable.

Furthermore, primary prevention strategies aimed

at reducing violence can lower the risk o other

critical social issues such as alcohol and substance

abuse, academic ailure and obesity.



Support rom the community through

organisations and individuals are a vital

part o the IF Foundation and their help

allows us to strive or our goal; to end

youth violence.

With the same goal in mind and working

together we are confdent the uture o

West Australia’s youth will be healthy,

sae and bright.

I you would like to help the IF

Foundation your support would be

appreciated or years to come.

Visit our website:

www.ifoundation.org.auor donation and support details.

How can you help

www.ifoundation.org.auU/1 7 Rothschild Place, Midvale 6056

Phone: (08) 9273 0666

Email: [email protected]

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