Geelong Community Foundation News
Giving made easy for business
Wightons Lawyers has a simple ethos: ‘We’re here to help’. It’s a philosophy that extends to the entire Geelong community. “We’re here to help our clients through the good and bad and to plan for the future,” says Managing Director Justine Finlay, “and we feel the same way about our broader community. We really believe...
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Knowledge leads to compassion
Sometimes there’s only one barrier stopping young people making a difference in our community: a lack of knowledge. This was the powerful lesson learned by Surf Coast Secondary College recently through this year’s Schools in Philanthropy program. The program, established by the Geelong Community Foundation in 2011, allows VCAL students to work with community organisations...
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Foundation News
The Geelong Community Foundation has announced the achievement of a major milestone – breaking the $30 million mark after 21 years in Geelong. Foundation Chair Hayden Torney said the achievement meant more grants could be made to local charities in the region with over $1 million in grants to 54 community organisations in the 2020-21...
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More than the money
Here’s a question every philanthropist should ask themselves: How can we ensure the money we give is worth more than its dollar value? Nicholas Adamou, Principal of North Geelong Secondary College, has an answer. It’s worth more when it means a student can turn up to school with the right supplies. It’s worth more when...
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Building on a Great Foundation
The Geelong Community Foundation has announced the achievement of a major milestone – breaking the $30 million mark after 21 years in Geelong. Foundation Chair Hayden Torney said the achievement meant more grants could be made to local charities in the region. “We are also pleased to announce that over $1 million in grants...
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Wombat’s Special Work Recognised
Wombat’s Wish is a specialist service which offers support to bereaved children who are dealing with the grief and challenges which follow from losing a parent. Being the only service of this kind available in Victoria, Wombat’s Wish organises weekend programs down at Burnside Camp in Anglesea, bringing together children and families sharing a similar...
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Geelong collective giving group provides $46,000 grant for food security
Geelong’s passionate collective giving group, Philanthropy 500, has returned in its fourth year to fund another transformative grant for a local community organisation in 2020. A $46,000 grant has been awarded to Feed Me Bellarine. Since March this year they have provided 104,000 meals to the community using food rescued from the region. The grant...
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Philanthropy 500 Grant Finalists
We are very excited to announce the 3 programs that have been shortlisted in this years P500 grant program. Our grant review panel had 11 amazing applications to assess, it most certainly wasn’t an easy choice, so a very big congratulations to Common Ground Project Geelong Mums Geelong Youth Engagement Keep 7:00pm Thursday November 18th...
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P500 Update
2020 Philanthropy 500 (P500) Campaign Update Hear from two P500 Donors, Jeremy Williams & Andie Hamblin Join P500 2020 Now Grant Application Review Opportunity P500 Ambassadors We have reached 155 donors for our 2020 campaign – a fabulous effort considering the impact of COVID-19 on our community. Thank you to our previous supporters who have...
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Foundation Update
2020 Virtual Grants Night Philanthropy 500 (P500) Changes to our Board Staff Update by Tony McManus This newsletter provides news and updates on how the Foundation is working to achieve its core purpose, to make a lasting difference to people in the Geelong Region. Like many organisations, we have had to change the way we...
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Mental Health gets a boost on the Bellarine Peninsula
Mental health services are set to get a much-needed boost on the Bellarine Peninsula with an urgent $30,000 grant made by the Geelong Community Foundation today. The grant will help secure a Youth Psychologist position at the Bellarine Community Health Drysdale youth services site. Gail Rodgers, the Geelong Community Foundation’s CEO said today “We are...
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Homelessness centre set to reopen
(Left to right) Tony McManus (Geelong Community Foundation Development Manager), Lisa Carberry (Lazarus Centre), Gail Rodgers (Geelong Community Foundation CEO), Don Winterton (Lazarus Centre Community Operations Manager), Wendy (Volunteer), Michael Nolan (Founder/Board Member) A local homelessness centre that has been shut for the last 6 weeks, is set to reopen its doors with the help...
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