The Ladder Project Foundation

The Ladder Project Foundation (Ladder) is an independent not-for-profit organisation born out of the Australian Football League (AFL) industry. We are the official charity of the AFL Players’ Association and a charity partner of the AFL.
We level the playing field for young people to thrive. This mission is at the heart of everything Ladder does.
Ladder delivers tailored, holistic development and mentoring programs to help young people in need across Australia. We build critical skills, self-belief and meaningful opportunities for young people to create the future they deserve.
Ladder specialises in addressing youth disengagement and disadvantage. We tackle this national problem by working with local communities to design and implement local solutions. We deliver a tailored prevention and intervention model which can be scaled and taken to many different communities, whilst still being responsive to specific needs in each local context.