Dig in your sock drawer and change lives

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August Dig in your sock drawer and change lives Dig in your sock drawer and change lives 27/08/2021 | 2 MINS Ashleigh Small (Bachelor of Arts, 2016 and Master of Social Work, 2019) founded her not-for-profit organisation Hello Initiative in 2019 after undertaking a student placement at LIT. Hello Initiative, or HI, seeks to improve outcomes for young people caught up in the youth justice system in WA. They do it by addressing practical gaps for young people who often come from disadvantaged families. In short, HI believes that young people should be given the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. The flagship program, Mobile Support, works to address poor outcomes and the broader challenge of electronic waste by connecting young people with disused smartphone devices. Phones support young people to successfully complete their justice supervision, and can connect young people to services such as crisis accommodation, food relief and mental health services like counselling. So many people in our community have a phone in their sock

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August Dig in your sock drawer and change lives Dig in your sock drawer and change lives 27/08/2021 | 2 MINS Ashleigh Small (Bachelor of Arts, 2016 and Master of Social Work, 2019) founded her not-for-profit organisation Hello Initiative in 2019 after undertaking a student placement at LIT.

Hello Initiative, or HI, seeks to improve outcomes for young people caught up in the youth justice system in WA.

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