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Sacred Heart Girls’ College recognises that we part of a wider community. Students are encouraged to participate in the world around them. Our Social Justice program includes opportunities for students to engage with residents at an aged care residence and to assist a local support centre in organising food donations for vulnerable members of our community. 

Student Social Justice Programs

We believe that putting faith into action is key to developing our students into young women with courageous voices who value compassion and justice.

We have a range of programs that reflect this ideal.

SHGC has its own St Vincent de Paul Society College Conference. School conferences increase student awareness about issues that exist in local communities and beyond. They introduce students to the St Vincent de Paul Society and to living their faith through action. By way of these fund raising and collection opportunities, the students deepen their understanding of poverty and homelessness and seeing the needs of vulnerable people in our own community.

Here are a few Vinnies initiatives at SHGC:

Winter Appeal – through fund raising, collections of blankets, socks and non-perishable food, and awareness raising events.

Christmas Appeal – through the popular toy appeal, donating food items and making Christmas hampers for families in need.

Vinnies School Sleepout – Every year we have our Year 11 School Sleepout, as a fund raiser and to engage students with the issue of Homelessness.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Stall: A fund raising event where students cook and sell pancakes for the College community.

Outreach Programs

Sacred Heart Girls’ College recognises that we part of a wider community. Students are encouraged to participate in the world around them. Our Social Justice program includes opportunities for students to engage with residents at an aged care residence and to assist a local support centre in organising food donations for vulnerable members of our community.

FIRE Carriers Program

FIRE is an acronym of Friends Igniting Reconciliation in Education. The program is led each year by our FIRE Carriers, four Year 9 students who volunteer to learn more about indigenous disadvantage and how to promote reconciliation.

The College aims to develop awareness of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by including Aboriginal perspectives into our teaching program, marking National Sorry Day each year, and running our indigenous garden program.