PRUE MYER SUB FUND

This grant was proudly funded by the Prue Myer Sub Fund, established by the Trustees of the Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust.

The Sub Fund supports projects for immigrants and refugees and other disadvantaged girls and young women that:

• provide them with positive mentoring opportunities,
• improve their academic and educational outcomes, or
• encourage their engagement and participation in political life.

Project: Girls’ Circle Program Expansion

Grant type: Sub Fund
Amount: $10,000 grant
Year: 2019-20
Website: banksiagardens.org.au/

Following on from the success of the Girls’ Circle in Broadmeadows, and the pilot program in Meadow Heights, in 2020 Banksia Garden established a new iteration of the program at Kenley Court Neighbourhood House. There they will assist over 200 members of the local community, including 150 refugees from countries such as war-torn Syria and Iraq.

Kenley Court Neighbourhood House Girls’ Circle aims to:

• help build the girls’ social network and create greater social cohesion in the community,
• build confidence, leadership skills, to foster gender equality and respectful relationships in a safe, supportive and inclusive environment,
• involve parents, and
• recognise and celebrate girls’ achievements.