Souths Cares is an independent not-for-profit public benevolent institution, closely affiliated with the South Sydney Rabbitohs Football Club. Our charter is to support disadvantaged, marginalised and indigenous youth and families with a specific focus on education, training, health and employment.

Souths Cares delivers a wide range of community programs including: 

- Nanga Mai Marri (Dream Big): A school to work mentoring program for Aboriginal high school students in South Eastern Sydney. The program supports students from year 9 onwards to complete their HSC and then successfully transition into employment, training and/or tertiary education. The program is delivered at ten high schools with over 110 students engaged. 

- Deadly Youth Mentoring Program: An early intervention program for Aboriginal youth considered at-risk of entering the Youth Justice system. The program provides each participant with 6 months of intensive mentoring and casework support and is delivered in partnership with a number of stakeholders including education providers, NSW Youth Justice and local Police. 88% of participants have not formal interaction with the Youth Justice system in the 12 months after completing the program. 

- Liverpool Opportunity Hub: Provides holistic education, employment and cultural support for Aboriginal school students attending school in Liverpool LGA. The program supports students from grade 5 until they complete their HSC and then transition into employment, training and/or tertiary education. The program is delivered at 22 schools in Liverpool LGA with over 320 participants. 

- Barranggirra Program: Mentoring support for Aboriginal apprentices, trainees and vocational learners, delivered throughout metropolitan Sydney. Over 350 apprentices, trainees and vocational learners are being supported with their training and employment pathways. 

- Rabbitohs Wellbeing Program: A health promotion initiative focusing on a range of critical health and wellbeing topics including nutrition, physical activity, anti-bullying, eSafety, oral health, healthy relationships, rising stars and gratitude. The program is currently engaging 23,000+ school students each year. 

Connect, Respect, Resilience: A health promotion program which addresses the stigma associated with mental health, promotes help-seeking during a mental health crisis and builds community capacity to address mental health, substance abuse and healthy relationships. Over 10,000 particiants each year participate in the program. 

- Regional Health Promotion Tours: Facilitated by Souths Cares staff and ambassadors, the charity visits at least four regional/remote communities each year to deliver health promotion workshops accompanied by physical activity sessions. 

- Holiday Clinics: Include physical activities and games, wellbeing workshops and cultural activities in school holidays, delivered at no cost for participants. 

- Breakfast Bootcamps: Include an early morning physical activity followed by a healthy breakfast to support student's school attendance and enhance classroom learning outcomes.