{"id":12792,"date":"2022-12-07T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/?page_id=12792"},"modified":"2023-02-03T09:50:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T01:50:23","slug":"young-alumni-helping-hand-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/graduates\/young-alumni\/young-alumni-helping-hand-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Alumni Helping Hand Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/YoungAlumniHelpingHandFund-1000x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/YoungAlumniHelpingHandFund-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/YoungAlumniHelpingHandFund-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/YoungAlumniHelpingHandFund-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/YoungAlumniHelpingHandFund-1260x630.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/YoungAlumniHelpingHandFund-1520x760.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/YoungAlumniHelpingHandFund-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, the Young Alumni Helping Hand Fund initiative was created in collaboration with a group of Curtin Young Alumni, to provide immediate short-term relief to students experiencing financial difficulties, whom are seeking support from Curtin\u2019s Psychological and Counselling Services team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, the young alumni community wanted to ensure as many students as possible, could remain confident in their studies and focus on what&#8217;s most important besides staying healthy &#8211; their education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the Curtin\u2019s Psychological and Counselling Services team, they provide vouchers or small grants to students so they can purchase study-related materials, pay for their groceries or bills, or access services such as public transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, the young alumni community have raised over $20,000 and supported 43 international and\/or domestic students in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re in a position to lend a helping hand, please consider donating today.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"button\"\n        class=\"inline\"\n        data-align=\"left\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Button block\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n    \n<div class=\"block-heading hidden\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"button-block\">Button block<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n                    <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/give.curtin.edu.au\/how-to-give\/young-alumni-helping-hand-fund-donation-form\"\n    class=\"button  button--deep-blue filled\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Give to the Young Alumni Helping Hand Fund\">Give to the Young Alumni Helping Hand Fund<\/a>\n    <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>\u201cI chose to donate to the Young Alumni Helping Hand Fund because I knew what it felt like to be strapped for cash. I knew what it felt like to fork out $200 for a rather thick textbook. As I am now working full time I am able to give back. I love that I can give back to something that was part of helping me get to where I am today \u2013 so in a sense I am paying that forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>Kieron Safstrom, former Program Coordinator (Fundraising), Young Alumni Advisory Board<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>\u201cThanks for providing this support as this has made a huge impact. It helps with the most basic needs, which allows them to have a start to a better outlook for the future\u201d.<\/em><\/p><cite>Jagan, Social Work Advisor, Curtin Counselling<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, the Young Alumni Helping Hand Fund initiative was created in collaboration with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12792","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12792"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13207,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12792\/revisions\/13207"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}