Round 28
Cause | Region | Amount |
Launceston Lifesaving Club Inc.Launceston Life Saving Club was created in 1998 and provides a safe aquatic environment for the community operating in the municipalities of West Tamar, Georgetown, Dorset, Northern Midlands, Meander Valley and Latrobe. They provide water safety and surveillance at rivers, dams & the ocean primarily to a broad range of community groups and aquatic activities, carnivals etc. Last season they provided water safety at 20 major events. In the 2014 -15 season the club volunteers performed 13 life saving rescues and a total of 130 since its inception. |
Tasmania | $5,000 |
SecondBiteFounded in Melbourne in 2005, to address the significant social problems of people unable to afford nutritious fresh food and the large amounts of fresh food going to waste, last year SecondBite redistributed 7 million kilograms of fresh food for 1,200 community food programs run by agencies, schools/kindergartens, refuges and soup vans providing food relief for over 100,000 people in need across Australia. |
Tasmania | $4,500 |
Brave FoundationBrave Foundation is a Tasmanian not-for-profit charity that equips those experiencing teenage pregnancy with resources, referrals and education opportunities to facilitate happy, healthy and skilled families over time. |
Tasmania | $5,000 |
Ellis Beach Surf Lifesaving Club Inc.The primary purpose of our club is to provide a safe beach environment for swimmers and beach-goers at Ellis Beach. |
Queensland | $2,000 |
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital FoundationThe Butterfly Ball is an initiative of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation, where Funds raised are directed to Australia's largest group researching pregnancy and birth tragedies (Perinatal Research Centre). |
Queensland | $18,000 |
Youth InSearch Foundation (AUST)Youth Insearch Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that empowers young people aged 12-18 to overcome traumatic experiences or a dysfunctional family life. Support is offered to a diverse group of young people from varied socio-cultural or religious backgrounds, including young people in out-of-home care, Indigenous young people and those from culturally diverse backgrounds and young people from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. |
New South Wales | $5,000 |
Prosper (Project Australia)Prosper Project Australia was founded to alleviate the suffering and poverty of disadvantaged children (and their families), and deliver a suite of welfare and support programs including groups (for children and parents), welfare and financial literacy work, and a range of community development and education activities. |
New South Wales | $2,600 |
The Lord Mayor's Distress Relief Fund (WAROONA AND DISTRICT FIRES APPEAL 2016 )The Lord Mayor's Distress Relief Fund was established in 1961 to provide relief of personal hardship and distress arising from natural disasters occurring within Western Australia. |
Western Australia | $15,000 |
The Leukaemia Foundation of Australia (Building of Hope)The Leukaemia Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the care and cure of patients and families living with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and related blood disorders. We assist by providing a range of support services at no charge to blood cancer patients and their families. |
Victoria | $10,000 |
Marwarra Centre Inc.Mawarra has been operating in the West Gippsland region since 1959, and since 1990 Mawarra has solely provided services to adults with a disability delivering Support Services and Workshop activities. Our mission is To provide quality support services and viable, productive businesses which encourage and enable people with disabilities to attain their maximum potential. |
Victoria | $4,000 |
Beyond Blue LimitedBeyondblue's vision is to help all people in Australia achieve their best possible mental health. We create change to protect everyone's mental health and improve the lives of individuals, families and communities affected by anxiety, depression and suicide. |
Victoria | $5,000 |
Autism Behavioural Awareness Intervention Association Inc.Our purpose is to enhance quality of life for families who have a child with autism by supporting them with access to information, support, and training about Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). ABA is an evidence-based, early intervention, positive behavioural support therapy that teaches children with autism how to learn (something which doesn't come naturally). It is supported by 50 years' global academic research which shows positive outcomes across the three key developmental domains: language, cognition, social skills (the three domains affected by autism). |
Victoria | $2,925 |
Guide Dogs Association of SA & NT Inc.Guide Dogs Association offers a wide range of services for children who are blind or vision impaired, including Orientation and Mobility Training which are delivered in metropolitan Adelaide and regional South Australia. These services help children learn to manage everyday life with greater confidence, independence and safety. |
South Australia | $5,000 |
Variety the Children's CharityVariety SA is dedicated to empowering South Australian children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs to live, laugh and learn. With the help of our dedicated volunteers and generous supporters, Variety offers freedom, care and a future for SA kids in need, providing practical equipment & experiences through Variety programs (Freedom, Future Kids & Caring for Kids), helping Australian children in need overcome whatever obstacles they face to live life to the fullest. |
South Australia | $2,500 |
Prostate Cancer Foundation of AustraliaProstate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) is the peak national body for prostate cancer in Australia, promoting and funding world-leading, innovative research into prostate cancer, implementing awareness campaigns and education programs for the Australian community, health professionals and government, and supporting men and their families affected by prostate cancer through evidence-based information and resources, support groups and ProstatevCancer Specialist Nurses. |
South Australia | $3,200 |
The Leukaemia Foundation of Australia "World's Greatest Shave"Today, 34 Australians will be given the devastating news that they have leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma, and they’ll turn to the Leukaemia Foundation for help. Although survival rates are improving, blood cancers remain the third biggest cause of cancer death in Australia. |
National | $5,000 |