Fosters Group supports The Song Room in the NTFosters Group CEO, Trevor O’Hoy, had great pleasure in presenting a cheque for $50,000 to The Song Room under its ‘Foster’s in the Community’ program to be put towards development of an early intervention project for members of remote indigenous communities. The Barkly Community Rhythm Project in the Northern Territory is a two-year early intervention project for children, youth and families in remote indigenous communities. The project has been implemented at selected primary schools and aims to reduce anti-social behaviour and juvenile crime through a music and creative arts workshop program, thereby enhancing participants' social skills, self-esteem, learning outcomes and community engagement. This project will work in partnership with the Indigenous Coordination Centre to develop skills and qualifications of local aboriginal men and women to achieve sustainable outcomes. “The Fosters in the Community Grants Committee, headed by retired General Peter Cosgrove, received hundreds of quality applications from all over Australia and North America and The Song Room was one of just 18 organisations to be successful in our most recent granting round, which just goes to show how highly this project was regarded,” said Mr O’Hoy. “In fact, The Song Room has been the only organisation that Foster’s has decided to fund a second time, because we can really see the value in their programs and the impact they have on disadvantaged children”.
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