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ABCN scholar Lucas faced a dark time when the pandemic hit. He had only just overcome years of stress and isolation during his transition from female to male, but when work and university stopped he...

We’re ramping up the number of sessions we’re running, using a safe mix of digital and face-to-face formats.   In Term 3, we have massively increased the number of programs we’re running, using a mix...

In 2005, a dozen CEOs created ABCN with the aim of inspiring business to collaborate on making a difference to the lives of young Australians in low socio-economic communities. ABCN has been creating joy ever...

Accelerate is a whole support system that I didn’t know I could have,’ says Gina, an ABCN Foundation scholar who has overcome enormous challenges to emerge strong and ambitious about getting into medical school. The Year 12...

Learning from home throughout the COVID-19 pandemic was no easy task for Josephine, a Year 11 student and keen dancer. But thanks to ABCN’s partnership with Optus, hundreds of students like her received a free prepaid SIM card to allow them to learn...

An overwhelming response from schools to our Laptops4Learning initiative led to a small army of ABCN partner companies joining forces to battle the digital divide. As soon as it became clear that students would be learning from home during the start of the...

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ABCN has been working quickly to transform many more of our core programs into digital formats, building on pilots run in 2019. Here’s where we’re at. There was a lot of laughter in the...

Former ABCN Foundation scholar Joseph reflects on the mentoring and financial support he received through the scholarship, and how it changed his life for the better. ‘Never underestimate the power of wisdom,’ says Joseph Charrouf,...

Growing up in a Burmese migrant family, Michelle had little exposure to the corporate world. This changed when she participated in several ABCN programs during her time at Auburn Girls High School, which she says...