Please i need your support

Dear Friends, Partners and Potential Funders,

It has been a long time since I have reached out, but I am writing today because I believe we have an opportunity to make a real and lasting difference.

For the past several years, the Australian Anti Ice Campaign has been working with young people in youth prisons, supporting them to break free from addiction and begin transforming their lives.

We have witnessed incredible change.

But we have also seen the reality these young people face when they are released.

Many have nowhere safe to go.

For some, home means returning to addiction, trauma, violence and the same environments that contributed to their offending in the first place. Without a safe place and the right support around them, the cycle can continue — and sadly, some reoffend simply because prison provides them with a bed, food, structure and support.

We believe there is another way.

We are inviting you to help us build it.
The Australian Anti Ice Campaign is seeking founding partners and philanthropic investors to help establish a dedicated Restoration Home for young people transitioning from youth prison into the community.

Our goal is to raise $3.2 million to purchase a suitable property and establish a safe, structured environment where young people can begin rebuilding their lives.

The home will provide the foundation for young people to:

Transition safely back into the community
Receive ongoing recovery and psychosocial support
Develop life skills and personal responsibility
Access education, training and employment pathways
Build positive relationships and healthy routines
Address the underlying issues contributing to addiction and offending
Develop the confidence and skills to create an independent future
Our vision is to support 9 young people each year through this program — giving them the opportunity to move from incarceration and addiction towards recovery, purpose and a meaningful future.

We need people who are willing to stand with us.
We are inviting philanthropists, foundations, businesses, community leaders and organisations committed to social change to join us at our upcoming event.

This is an opportunity to hear directly about the problem we are seeing on the ground, learn more about our Restoration Home vision and explore how you or your organisation could become part of making it a reality.

We are looking for people who can:

Invest. Partner. Introduce. Advocate.

Whether you are able to make a significant financial contribution, connect us with someone who can, or become a long-term strategic partner, your involvement could help change the trajectory of a young person's life.

$3.2 million is a significant goal — but so is the cost of doing nothing.

We cannot continue watching young people leave prison only to return to the circumstances that brought them there.

We believe every young person deserves the opportunity to experience restoration, regardless of where they have come from.

I am asking you to stand with us.

Come to the event. Hear the vision. Meet us. Ask the questions. And consider becoming one of the people who helps make this possible.

Together, we can create a place where young people don't simply leave prison — they leave with somewhere to go, people to support them and a genuine opportunity to build a different life.

I stand in hope.

I hope you will stand with us.

With love,

Andre’a Simmons
Founder & CEO
Australian Anti Ice Campaign

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