Geelong Community Foundation News
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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Emergency food supplies guaranteed to keep coming to Geelong
Crucial supplies from around Geelong and Melbourne to local food banks will continue, thanks to an emergency grant for a new food delivery van organised by the Geelong Community Foundation. Marcus Godinho the CEO of FareShare said “Without this support, we’d struggle to collect the abundance of meat, vegetables and donations of other ingredients from...
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Geelong Mums on Track!
Geelong Mums will be able to continue their work following an urgent grant of $40,000 made by the Geelong Community Foundation. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the local charity that supports families in need, had experienced two of their busiest months ever, without their volunteers and their usual supply of donated goods from the community....
Read moreFoundation steps in to help keep Bellarine charity open
An urgent grant of $40,000 has been made to a local charity that prepares and donates meals to those in need. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Feed Me Bellarine’s income has been dramatically reduced and circumstances were threatening its operation. They approached the Geelong Community Foundation for urgent help, to support rent for the premises...
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P500 virtual launch
Due to current circumstances, we were unable to hold our much anticipated P500 launch that was scheduled in March. But, never fear, we are holding a virtual launch this Thursday at 7pm with a FaceBook live event. Tune in to our first ever FaceBook live event and hear from our P500 Chair, Simon Loader. Simon...
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Geelong Steam Preservation Society
Members of the Geelong Steam Preservation Society were delighted to receive a $9000 grant from the Geelong Community Foundation to help restore ‘Car 19’. Rescued from a paddock in South Australia, the one-hundred and forty-year-old workman’s car was in poor condition when it arrived at the society’s Queenscliffe workshop, where every Tuesday around twenty volunteers...
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Campus Cafe’ Now Open for Staff and Students
A tuck-shop or canteen is a key feature at schools, however a campus café run by students? Now that’s something new. With the help of a grant from the Geelong Community Foundation, MacKillop Family Services’ Geelong Specialist School opened its very own student-run on campus café, designed to provide students with the skills required to...
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The power of a strong support network and the ‘Power In You’
By Olivia Brandimarti Behind many success stories, there is often an individual or group of individuals who helped pave the way, offered sage advice, or simply said ‘keep going’ when we thought we’d reached our lowest point. It is these individuals who enable us to stand strong as we face our own personal adversities. Three...
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