Bellbrae student makes permanent change through temporary tattoos

A BELLBRAE Primary School student’s Grade 5 school project is battling homelessness one tattoo at a time.

Ten-year-old Torquay resident Josh Newbould will deposit $100 to the Victorian Homeless Fund this week, as part of his school’s major fundraising event of the year where students decide to raise money for a charity of their choice.

“I think everyone deserves to have a good and fair life, they don’t deserve to just be left on the street, that’s the mean reason why I decide to raise funds for homelessness,” Josh said.

“Bellbrae Primary does a Charity Expo each year with Grade 5 where each student has to choose a charity to raise funds for, so I decided to raise money for homelessness.

“I decided to sell temporary tattoos for a dollar, and I’ve made close to $100, which I think is a pretty good effort.”

The Expo itself was held a fortnight ago with friends and family in attendance. Once complete, students could then deposit their funds raised after the expo had concluded, but Josh decided to take it a step further.

Josh raised over $70 on the day alone, and with temporary tattoos left over, he decided to hit local playgrounds around Torquay and Jan Juc to reach his $100 target.

Josh says he has enjoyed the experience of doing his first ever fundraiser.

“It’s been great to know I’m helping people in need, it feels good, which is the main part.

“I just like it and it was also a lot of fun selling tattoos as well.”

Josh’s mother Izabela said she was proud of the initiative her son has shown over the past few weeks.

“I think it takes a lot of courage to initiate something like this and to go beyond the requirements of school and take it to the next level,” Ms Newbould said.

“And of course, none of this would be possible without the generosity of the community itself.”