| 2010 | 2009 | |
| MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL | $ | $ |
| ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA | ||
$2,000 towards the Foundation's various research projects into the causes of and therapies for arthritis, rheumatism and osteoporosis |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| AUSTRALIAN CROHNS & COLITIS ASSOCIATION (ACCA) | ||
$2,000 towards forums which provide education and information to support those people living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| BRAIN FOUNDATION NSW COMMITTEE | ||
$2,000 towards the prevention and treatment of brain disorders in Australia through community education, support programs and research promotion |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| CAMP BREAKAWAY | ||
$10,000 to subsidise the medical component of the camps. This will provide 24 hour specialist pediatric nursing care supported by an on-site hospital for 48 children attending their high needs camps |
10,000 | |
| CANCER COUNCIL NEW SOUTH WALES | ||
$2,000 towards the Council's endeavours in supporting a wide range of research to help society understand cancer and its treatment |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD – Bear Cottage | ||
$30,000 towards an additional full time Assistant in Nursing (AIN) to assist the Registered Nurses with the specialised care of the children at Bear Cottage which is located on Sydney's Northern Beaches in Manly and is NSW's only children's hospice |
30,000 | - |
| CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION | ||
$15,000 towards a project designed to develop a new gene therapy treatment for infants with inherited liver disease. This is a pioneering project which has the potential to improve the chance of survival and quality of life of severely ill infants |
15,000 | - |
| THE HUMOUR FOUNDATION | ||
$20,000 towards the programs at: The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Royal Children's Hospital - Burns Unit Melbourne |
20,000 | 10,000 |
| JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION | ||
$20,000 to fund a research project at the St Vincent's Institute focused on preventing type 1 diabetes |
20,000 | - |
| KIDNEY HEALTH AUSTRALIA | ||
$2,000 towards enhancing programs into kidney disease |
2,000 | 2,000 |
$10,000 towards the KEY 2 Pharmacy program over 2009/2010. About 2 million Australians have undiagnosed early stage kidney damage and are unaware of it. A feasibility study concluded that mass screening in middle aged and older Australians would prevent and /or delay kidney disease deteriorating into end stage kidney disease |
10,000 | - |
| NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OFAUSTRALIA - New South Wales Division | ||
$2,000 towards the Foundation's continuing work into heart disease |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| PARKINSON'S NEW SOUTH WALES INC | ||
$2,000 towards Parkinson's Linking Carer Program, assisting carers of people living with Parkinson's Disease |
2,000 | 1,500 |
| ST VINCENT'S HOSPITAL SYDNEY LIMITED | ||
$2,000 towards Colorectal Cancer Research following Dr Frommer's change from Bowel Cancer Screening |
2,000 | 2,000 |
$7,500 towards the Malinda Jarry Fund for Education of Intensive Care Nurses - Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing. In the main the fund supports tertiary scholarships together with on going training, Nurse lead clinical research and education materials |
7,500 | 7,500 |
| OTHER | - | 100,000 |
| TOTAL MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL | 128,500 | 133,000 |
| 2010 | 2009 | |
| EDUCATION, TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT | $ | $ |
| ABORIGINAL LITERACY FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA | ||
$10,000 towards 'Books for Indigenous Children'. To supply 2000 educational books to indigenous young people in Australia to support them in their literacy development. The books will be provided to Literacy tutors who are currently providing literacy support and tutoring to these young people in remote regions |
10,000 | 16,000 |
| AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS MENTORING EXPERIENCE INDIGENOUS CORPORATION (AIME) | ||
$15,000 towards supporting 7 to 8 Indigenous high school students in the Sydney City region to participate in the AIME Program. AIME is a not-for-profit charity providing unique, structured, educational mentoring, which partners university student volunteers with Indigenous Australian high school students in Years 7-12 in a one-on-one mentoring relationship |
15,000 | - |
| AUSTRALIAN OUTWARD BOUND DEVELOPMENT FUND PTY LTD | ||
$25,000 to go towards the refurbishment of the upper Kirby Hall |
25,000 | - |
| CARE & COMMUNICATION CONCERN WELFARE SERVICES - Concern Australia | ||
$22,500 towards providing Scholarships to support 5 disadvantaged young people with long term assistance. Hand Brake Turn Central Coast is a technical education program for disadvantaged youths aged 15-19 |
22,500 | |
| COUNTRY EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA LTD | ||
$17,000 will ensure the CEFA has the necessary funds to be able to assist communities when they are most motivated to establish their own local education foundation for their youth |
17,000 | - |
| CRUSADER UNION OF AUSTRALIA | ||
$10,000 towards the purchase and installation of a large shade sail. This 'Shade Sail Training Area' will be essential for safety briefings and activity organisation at the site each day |
10,000 | - |
| DAYSTAR FOUNDATION | ||
$20,000 towards the 'Daystar Foundation Music Club'. Daystar Foundation develops in-school education programs to assist children at risk of not fulfilling their educational potential |
20,000 | - |
| ENGINEERING AID AUSTRALIA | ||
$40,000 towards continuing support for the Summer School which aims to encourage Indigenous young Australians to consider careers as Engineers |
40,000 | - |
| EPILEPSY ASSOCATION | ||
$10,000 towards 'Seizure Smart Schools' which is a two pronged program aimed at both teachers and school students. This holistic program ensures that children suffering from epilepsy have the best start in life, providing them with a safe and comfortable environment in which they can realise their full potential |
10,000 | - |
| EXODUS FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA | ||
$20,000 towards 'The Schoolwise MultiLit Program', a specialised system which is data based with positive instruction, developed and pioneered by Macquarie University. The program targets children in years 5 & 6 who have totally fallen behind their peers in reading and literacy skills |
20,000 | - |
| FAMILY RESOURCE & NETWORK SUPPORT INC (FRANS) | ||
$10,800 towards acquiring the necessary technical equipment to outfit its newly acquired premises at 111 Edwin Street North with suitable technical and teaching equipment. FRANS is an independent not-for-profit disability service operating in Sydney's Inner West since 1983 |
10,800 | - |
| INCITE YOUTH ARTS INC | ||
$5,000 towards the 'Creative Education Partnership' a collaboration between Acacia Hill School, Sadadeen Primary School and InCite Youth Arts, Alice Springs' community based youth arts organisation |
5,000 | - |
| LEARNING LINKS | ||
$9,000 towards 'On-line Version of Reading for Life'. Learning links developed the Reading for Life program in 2003 and five years of quantitative and qualitative data clearly demonstrate it as an effective and enjoyable program |
9,000 | - |
| QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - Scholarship Program | ||
$10,500 towards a scholarship program for future leaders of the Australian non - profit sector to encourage more people to undertake tertiary education to begin or advance careers in the Australian non-profit sector |
10,500 | 10,000 |
| ST LUCY'S SCHOOL | ||
$20,000 towards enabling the continuation of the support provided by their therapists and also for the implementation of new curriculum when it is completed including the development of appropriate teaching methods and resources |
20,000 | - |
| SYDNEY EISTEDDFOD | ||
$15,000 towards the Primary & Secondary School Stage and Concert Band disciplines. These aspiring young band members are our future symphony orchestra players, composers and audiences and it is vital to provide them with a platform in which to demonstrate their skills |
15,000 | - |
| THE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S MUSIC FOUNDATION | ||
$15,000 towards supporting the development of a children's orchestral music education program for children and youth in less privileged communities in Australia |
15,000 | - |
| THE SPASTIC CENTRE | ||
$17,800 towards a disability awareness program 'Just Like You'. One person with a disability and one able-bodied volunteer run sessions in primary school classrooms - with impressive results |
17,800 | - |
| UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY - Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology | ||
$25,000 towards funding a project co-ordinator who will work with secondary schools to create a resource kit which is relevant to various school subject curricula and which enables secondary school teaching staff to easily integrate use of the UTS remote laboratories into their teaching |
25,000 | - |
| Institute for Sustainable Futures | ||
$10,000 towards the 'Green Skills Multimedia Project'. This project uses multimedia to produce accessible video segments highlighting the latest “Green Skills” to building trades' people and apprentices |
10,000 | - |
| WORLDSKILLS AUSTRALIA | ||
$30,000 towards the 2010 WorldSkills National Competition. WorldSkills Australia conducts trade and skill competitions to challenge young people to achieve work skill excellence |
30,000 | 10,000 |
| OTHER | - | 290,800 |
| TOTAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT | 357,600 | 326,800 |
| 2010 | 2009 | |
| ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES | $ | $ |
| AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY | ||
$15,000 towards 'Acquiring and Protecting Bowra'. Bowra Station is a jewel in the heart of the Mulga lands of Southern Queensland |
15,000 | 20,000 |
| FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA | ||
$10,000 towards enabling the success of Fauna & Flora International's first Australian conservation project in partnership with the local NGO - the Burnett Mary Regional Group. Specifically, this grant would allow key staff to be brought in to the project (accessing both local and global expertise) |
10,000 | - |
| KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL COUNCIL NSW INC | ||
$6,000 towards annual grassroots workshops to engage residents from rural NSW towns in sustainable environmental and community projects that have the potential to produce significant long term positive results for the local environment and the town members alike |
6,000 | - |
| THE GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIAN RIVERS INSTITUTE | ||
$12,000 towards 'Mentoring Bursaries'. The Australian Rivers Institute plan to offer small bursaries of $6,000 to potential PhD students to support them during an honours year and provide intense mentoring by seasoned researchers to ensure the flow of expertise continues |
12,000 | - |
| OTHER | - | 22,600 |
| TOTAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES | 43,000 | 42,600 |
| 2010 | 2009 | |
| SOCIAL WELFARE AND ART | $ | $ |
| AUSTRALIAN BALLET | ||
$15,000 towards assisting in the delivery of 'The Australian Ballet's Out There' education program to three states (VIC, NSW and Tasmania) of Australia in regional areas, free of charge, for fourteen weeks during March and July 2010 |
15,000 | - |
| AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY - Australian Red Cross New South Wales | ||
$2,000 towards supporting Red Cross' traditional roles in blood transfusion, disaster registration, first-aid training, tracing missing relatives and a wide-range of on-going community services |
2,000 | 2,000 |
$8,250 towards supporting the Healthy Relationships and Positive Parenting Group at Young Parents Program (YPP) Randwick Sydney |
8,250 | - |
| AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA | ||
$2,000 towards supporting of the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| AUSTRALIAN STRING ACADEMY INC | ||
$12,500 to support a string quartet to undertake a performance / educational / mentoring tour where they perform recitals to inspire students and also undertake master classes and give tutorials in chamber music and tutorials on technical studies specific to the various orchestral string instruments |
12,500 | 10,000 |
| AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA | ||
$5,000 to provide bursaries to six talented young musicians to attend the AYO Chamber Music Camp. The AYO Chamber Music Camp is an opportunity for young musicians to develop their ensemble skills under the guidance of experienced chamber musicians |
5,000 | - |
| BARNARDOS AUSTRALIA | ||
$10,000 towards the 'Adolescent Early Interventions Programs' which are targeted towards the parents of adolescents who are highly at risk of, or are involved in, offending behaviour, self harm or are likely to become homeless |
10,000 | 20,000 |
| BLACK DOG INSTITUTE | ||
$20,000 towards the institutes 'Bush Bash' program which aims to raise awareness in regional communities of depression / mental health issues as well as providing immediate assistance through access to the institutes resources, information, education and clinical services |
20,000 | 30,000 |
| BOBBY GOLDSMITH FOUNDATION | ||
$5,000 towards the 'Phoenix Workshop Regional Program'. The target group is people living with HIV who are seeking ways of managing the challenges caused by their chronic illness, or who are well enough to consider returning to work and re-engaging with society |
5,000 | - |
| CENTRAL COAST EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION SERVICE - Coast Shelter | ||
$18,000 towards leasing four houses in the community. By leasing a house in the private rental sector they can position a family in the house for 30 days whilst they prioritise applications with the department of Housing and other community house providers |
18,000 | 15,000 |
| CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION SERVICES (CAPS) | ||
$8,600 towards the 'Development of a Secure Online Case Management System' |
8,600 | - |
| DRUG ARM AUSTRALASIA | ||
$6,800 towards the 'Purchase of Multi-Media Equipment' for theYouth Centre at Boggabilla NSW |
6,800 | - |
| GUIDE DOG ASSOCIATION OF NSW AND ACT | ||
$2,000 towards assisting in the training of 'Guide Dogs and Pets As Therapy' companion dogs for blind and vision impaired people |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| IN 2 LIFE INC | ||
$8,000 towards providing mentoring support to 50 'at risk' troubled and vulnerable young people in South Australia. These young people aged 13-16 have fallen through the cracks within the school system with limited or no attendance to a school |
8,000 | - |
| INALA | ||
$5,000 towards the purchase of a Safety Bath into a new, single level community group home in Cherrybrook which will replace an existing home they currently rent in Castle Hill |
5,000 | 10,000 |
| INFANTS' HOME ASHFIELD - Sydney Hope Family Cottage | ||
$14,600 towards providing 10 families who have complex problems and family vulnerabilities with sustained home visiting |
14,600 | 10,000 |
| KARINYA HOUSE HOME FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES | ||
$5,000 to support a future fund which will be used in the development of a cluster housing facility for Karinya House. The facility will expand Karinya House to a service model which will more fully meet the needs of pregnant and parenting women in crisis and their families throughout the ACT and surrounding region |
5,000 | 10,000 |
| KIDNEY HEALTH AUSTRALIA | ||
$5,000 towards the Kidney Kids Program. Kidney Health Australia through the Kidney Kids Program provides an opportunity these children may never otherwise have, to be away from their family and to participate in 'normal' life situations, providing respite for families / carers and the children themselves |
5,000 | 5,000 |
| LIFELINE CENTRAL COAST | ||
$5,000 towards a co-ordinator to support and grow 'The Sudden Traumatic Death Response Team' which is supported by volunteers |
5,000 | 10,000 |
| MISSION AUSTRALIA | ||
$2,000 towards the Creative Youth Initiatives program which gives young people a chance to express their emotions positively through creative expression |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| MONKEY BAA THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LTD | ||
$5,000 to allow students from economically disadvantaged schools throughout Sydney to attend a performance of Jackie French's Hitler's Daughter at the Seymour Centre in July/August 2010 |
5,000 | - |
| MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA | ||
$5,000 towards providing access to quality music education to disadvantaged children living in regional and remote NSW |
5,000 | 5,000 |
| NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY AUSTRALIA | ||
$5,000 towards Creative Music Therapy. This project will use creative music therapy as a tool to assist children with physical and intellectual disabilities |
5,000 | 5,000 |
| NORTHCOTT DISABILTY SERVICES | ||
$2,000 towards Respite Cottages which provide a safe, caring place where children can plan their own activities, learn new skills and mix with others with similar disabilities |
2,000 | 2,000 |
$15,000 towards Northcott Computer Assistive Technology Services CAT Workshops. To address the training and support needs of clients with disabilities, their families, teachers, health staff, and other supports |
15,000 | 10,000 |
| ODYSSEY HOUSE McGRATH FOUNDATION | ||
$2,000 towards assisting to meet the costs of the Parents and Children's Cottages |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| OPERA FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA | ||
$2,000 to help talented young operatic artists receive the best possible training by studying with some of the great Opera Companies overseas |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| PATHWAYS FOUNDATION LTD | ||
$5,000 towards The James N Kirby & Pathways Regionally Disadvantaged Transition Project |
5,000 | 10,000 |
| PCYC – Taree | ||
$5,000 towards PCYC's Healthy Mind Healthy Body Program which is an early intervention strategy, involving 11-13 year old young people who have been referred by both the Police and the Department of Education as not attending, or inconsistently attending school |
5,000 | 10,500 |
| PEER SUPPORT FOUNDATION | ||
$2,000 towards the Foundation's dynamic programs which foster the physical and mental wellbeing of young people and the community |
2,000 | 2,000 |
$14,000 towards the purchase of 6 new computers |
14,000 | - |
| QUEENSLAND BAPTIST CARE - Glendyne Education and Training Centre | ||
$5,000 towards equipment for training. Equipment is needed for the youth participating in the Certificate 1 & 2 Engineering, Certificate 1 Furnishing and Certificate 1 & 2 Hospitality |
5,000 | 15,000 |
| REDKITE (formerly Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children) | ||
$2,000 towards the work carried out by RedKite |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| ROYAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND CHILDREN | ||
$15,000 towards the 'Renwick Centre Project'. RIDBC commenced training teachers in 1993 with 35 students. In 2007 enrolments were up to 172 using now inadequate teaching space, a very small library, cramped student facilities and a building not designed for modern technology |
15,000 | 15,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY COMMUNITY SERVICES | ||
$2,000 towards the continuing work of the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| SCULPTURE BY THE SEA INC | ||
$20,000 to support the continuation of the 'Education Programs' which support the Cottesloe and Bondi 2010 exhibitions, as well as the new initiative, Sculpture @ Your School, which will be running throughout 2010 |
20,000 | 5,000 |
| SHINE FOR KIDS CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED | ||
$15,000 towards the SHINE for Kids 'Education for Life' Peer Support Groups which aim to underpin and strengthen social emotional and educational performance of children of prisoners |
15,000 | 10,000 |
| SIR DAVID MARTIN FOUNDATION | ||
$2,000 to support the Foundation in assisting children and adolescents at risk and providing specialised sensitive approaches and understanding to their needs |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| SOUTHCARE COMMUNITY CARE INC | ||
$5,000 to support a group of 40 'at risk' young people from Sudanese background. The grant will provide mentoring and educational support to these young people as they adjust to life in Australia |
5,000 | - |
| SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL STATE COUNCIL OF NSW - Matthew Talbot Hostel Appeal | ||
$2,000 towards the Hostel's work in assisting homeless men return to society and a new way of life, independence and a sense of worth and dignity |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS NSW | ||
$2,000 towards Special Olympics Australia which provides year-round sports training and competition for intellectually disabled Australians |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| SPINAL CORD INJURIES AUSTRALIA | ||
$22,300 to purchase exercise equipment for the 'Walk On Program' which is a ground breaking spinal cord injury recovery program, presently based in Brisbane, QLD |
22,300 | - |
| STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA | ||
$2,000 towards the Foundation's funds to grant the wishes of a child / teenager who is critically ill by giving them the chance to realise a dream |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| SYDNEY LEGACY APPEALS FUND | ||
$2,000 towards the expansion of Legacy's programs to include widows and dependants of service personnel who die as a result of hazardous service or in operational-type training accidents |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| TALDUMANDE YOUTH SERVICES | ||
$5,000 towards the 'Early Intervention Program'. Taldumande Youth Services Inc is an organisation which for the past 34 years has cared for homeless youth and young people at risk of homelessness on Sydney's North Shore |
5,000 | - |
| TECHNICAL AID TO THE DISABLED | ||
$2,000 towards the work of TAD |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| THE BELL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY LIMITED | ||
$25,000 towards funding for one 'Actors at Work NSW' team member. Bell Shakespeare's flagship education programme Actors At Work comprises three teams of four actors touring a variety of Shakespeare programmes for six months each year to schools in metropolitan, regional and rural areas in every state and territory, now reaching over 70,000 students annually |
25,000 | - |
| THE MARMALADE FOUNDATION – Lou's Place | ||
$15,000 towards Lou's Place Kitchen. The Marmalade Foundation operates Lou's Place, a safe place for women in Kings Cross. The women who come to Lou's Place are in crisis, homeless, feeling isolated or in need of basic support services and facilities |
15,000 | - |
| THE SHEPHERD CENTRE | ||
$2,000 towards the centre's 'Deaf Children Annual Workshop' for country families |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| THE SMITH FAMILY | ||
$2,000 in support of the 'Learning for Life Program' |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| THEATRE OF IMAGE INC | ||
$5,700 to subsidise transport and tickets for children from disadvantaged schools to give 1,000 children the opportunity to experience the magic of Pixel & Friends...the colour show at the Seymour Centre |
5,700 | - |
| VISION AUSTRALIA | ||
$25,000 towards the 'i-access project', which is the greatest technological advancement in the lives of people who are blind since the advent of Braille more than 180 years ago |
25,000 | 10,000 |
| WESLEY MISSION | ||
$2,000 towards 'Wesley Family and Community Services' which assists children involved in domestic violence and help repair the effects of child abuse and family's shattered dreams |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| YOUTH OFF THE STREETS LIMITED | ||
$2,000 towards Youth Off The Streets which assists homeless and drug addicted young Australians as they work to turn their lives around |
2,000 | 2,000 |
| YWCA OF DARWIN INC | ||
$6,000 towards funding the cost of materials and supplies for their 'Outreach Education Program' being run in the Darwin suburbs of Malak and Palmerston. The program is needed to provide a flexible education environment for young people, aged 15-25 years, who have disconnected from mainstream education and have had mainstream schooling options closed to them |
6,000 | - |
| OTHER | - | 239,400 |
| TOTAL SOCIAL WELFARE AND ART | 409,750 | 494,900 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 938,850 | 997,300 |