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ISSUE 1 2019
BIG
ISSUES
OUR REGION’S
DISENGAGED YOUTH
BARRIERS TO
EMPLOYMENT
GRANTS
YOUR DONATIONS
AT WORK
COMMUNITY MAYDAY
GRANTS 2018 APPEAL 2019
FAMILIES HELPING
SOCIAL
FAMILIES
GROW GOES
PAGES STATE-WIDE
THANK YOU FOUR NEW GROW
MORNING TEA INITIATIVES
E&S GOLF CLASSIC
DAWNBUSTER
FUN RUN
SUMMER IN THE VINES
givewhereyoulive.com.au
Through analysis, innovation and working with several
stakeholders who share our passion to change systems, our
aim is to improve and create opportunities for everyone so
that equity is increased, and the effects of disadvantage
ISSUE 1 2019 decreased across our community.
We look forward to assisting the State Government with the
Your donations at work: roll out of GROW within four new regions across the State,
Live & Learn grants 4 through the convening of the GROW Regional Network.
Of course, the work of GROW within our own community
Your donations at work: remains our priority. We are currently working on our
Live & Earn grants 6
GROW Report to the Region which will be released in May.
Partner Spotlight:
– Practical help from Ford Australia 8 MESSAGE We will continue our day to day work in line with our
Theory of Change across various grant rounds, our work in
– Welcome to Ryman Healthcare 8 FROM THE CEO addressing hunger across the region through Feed Geelong
BIG Partnership program 9 and our Direct Assistance Voucher program assisting those
Welcome to the new
Workplace Giver in the Spotlight: in immediate need.
year and thank you for
– Mathew Hood, TAC 9 being a member of the I would like to welcome our newest Silver Donor –
Loaned Executives: Team 2019 Foundation’s family Ryman Healthcare and thank those small businesses who
– is it your year? 10 and sharing our mission have recently come on board as BIG program partners.
in 2019. Recruitment for the 53rd team intake of our annual Loaned
GROW goes state-wide 11
Executive program has commenced. We encourage all
Q&A – with Liz Everist 11 With the release of last
businesses, large and small, across the region to start
year’s Census data came the
Upcoming Events 12 thinking about including a staff member in this year’s
news that on many metrics
Loaned Executive team and ramping up your organisation’s
Events Social Pages 13 parts of our community Workplace Giving program.
Young Trust Fund – a legacy 14 continue to fall behind, in
fact our region contains Once again there will be many opportunities for you as
Playing their Part 15 two of the top three most individuals or as part of your work team to get involved
MAYDAY Appeal 16 disadvantaged places in with the Foundation. Whether it be via donations, attending
Victoria, while other parts an event or through your organisation’s GROW Compact
Thank you to our Donors & Partners 16
of our community thrive. Action Plan. If volunteering is on your agenda this year it
might be your year to join our Loaned Executive team or
Our work, with your help, participate in our grant review panels. However you choose
over the coming year is
STAY IN TOUCH to work to address this
to become involved, we’d love to have you onboard.
inconsistency. Once again thank you for being part of our family and we
look forward to working with you throughout the year.
Keep up to date with the Give Where
You Live Foundation:
givewhereyoulive.com.au
Bill Mithen
givewhereyoulive Chief Executive Officer, Give Where You Live Foundation
@givegeelong
DISENGAGED YOUNG PEOPLE
The issue of young people disengaging from education in our community is a
@givegeelong complex and serious problem.
Disengagement can manifest itself in many ways, from dropping out of school to emotional
and behavioural problems, which may impact on learning. When young people are unable
to learn or complete school, they are unable to move successfully into further education,
training or employment and may face a difficult and uncertain future.
Young people who are disengaged or at risk of disengagement are likely to experience
financial hardship, physical and mental health problems, long term welfare issues and an
increased likelihood of involvement in the justice system. This disengagement also has an
economic and social cost for the community – placing burdens on all of our systems.
8.9% of young people aged 15-24 years are considered disengaged across the G21 Region,
this is higher than that the state average of 8.2%, with higher percentages of disengaged
young people residing in some parts of our community including Corio (15.9%), Whittington
(20.4%) and Norlane-North Shore (23.6%).1
As a result, supporting young people to re-engage in their learning and supporting their
life aspirations is of utmost importance to the Foundation. Our Live and Learn grants seek
to support young people to re-engage in learning to support their life aspirations. This
year our grants are supporting programs being delivered by the Ardoch Youth Foundation,
CatholicCare, Kids Thrive, Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company, The Song Room,
Bluebird Foundation, EdConnect Australia, Operation Newstart Geelong and The Smith
Family to help us ensure our children and young people are succeeding.
Source: 1. ABS Census, 2016.
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COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT
BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT MENTAL HEALTH Locally, unemployment rates for
Indigenous Australians is roughly 11%1
We all know that getting a job can be Issues such as stress, anxiety and
highly competitive, however for many depression are rising alongside
people there are several additional unemployment rates, with young people Unemployment rates for people in
challenges to just being given the among those most affected. 2 Geelong with a disability are as high
opportunity of getting a job. as 16%1
Long term unemployment can see a loss of
We have identified several barriers and self-esteem and social networks that make
Key postcodes in our region have
challenges that are experienced by many it harder to get a job, leading to depression
consistently higher rates of
people across our community in trying to and lack of motivation.
unemployment
get a job, including:
One in five Australians has a mental Youth unemployment is as high as
TRANSPORT illness or disorder3 75% in some areas in our region1
Lack of regular, reliable and accessible
transport is not necessarily a new Unemployment and mental illness can The work the Give Where You Live
challenge for many across our region. create a perpetual and reinforcing cycle Foundation is undertaking through our
Over 74% of people in our region rely where people can get stuck. GROW initiative in Colac with Jobs
on their own car to get to work1, yet for Victoria highlights the level of complexity
others access to personal transport is not UNCONSCIOUS BIAS some people experience, in some instances
that easy. In some instances, this can be reporting as many as 20 significant barriers
Whether about a person or the place / to employment.
alleviated with the use of public transport
suburb in which they reside, unconscious
and / or other modes of transport, where We know from the work undertaken by
bias can influence our behaviour and
and when it is available and suitable. GROW and our Community Partners, that
the assumptions we make, as individuals
However, we also know that lack of and as employers when it comes to extensive individualised support is needed,
reliable access to transport (in all its employing people. along with an inclusive and supportive
forms) has a fundamental negative impact workplace that is open to addressing
This bias is felt by many across our barriers to employment.
on being able to get, and keep a job.
region, either due to age, assumed ability,
ethnicity, religion, post code or just What steps could you or your
Did you know that up to 26% of perceived difference. organisation take to remove barriers
households have no access to a car in to employment?
some areas in Geelong?1
Unemployment rates for people
55 and over are as high as 15.9%1 in Sources:
some postcodes 1. ABS Census, 2016.
2. W ay Ahead, 2017, “The Impacts of
Unemployment on Youth Mental Health”.
3. Department of Health & Human Services,
2019, Mental Health Facts.
COMMUNITY GRANTS BECOME A COMMUNITY
ROUND NOW OPEN GRANT REVIEW PANELLIST
Grant applications for the Give Where You Live As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency,
Foundation’s 2019 Community Grant Round are now accountability and community involvement, the Give
open, closing Friday, 5 April. Where You Live Foundation invites community members,
from all walks of life to participate in our Grant Review
Addressing our three grant program areas Live & Learn, Live
Panel process.
& Earn and Survive & Thrive, these grants seek to support the
sector, improve service delivery and hence make an impact in We are currently recruiting approximately 100 volunteers to assist
the community in the following categories: in the review of our 2019 Community Grant Round. Will you help
determine how your donations can make a difference for those in
• Capacity Building
need in our community?
• Capital Works and Equipment
• Service Delivery
All information and expressions of Interest are open online at:
For further information on grant eligibility, program areas and givewhereyoulive.com.au for individuals or why not take part with
the grant categories please visit: givewhereyoulive.com.au your co-workers as a business team? Applications close Friday, 5 April.
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YOUR DONATIONS AT WORK
LIVE AND LEARN 2018 COMMUNITY GRANTS
Research confirms that ensuring Disengaged Young People
access to and supporting students Supporting young people to re-engage in
through education is a pathway out learning to support their life aspirations.
of disadvantage.
The education level of a person is an PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES
important predictor of future employment, TO SUCCEED
welfare and health outcomes as well as The Smith Family’s Let’s Read
improving a person’s ability to participate initiative is an evidence-based literacy Let’s Read initiative
socially and economically within the program designed to encourage
community. parents to read with children. “Reading is a great way to build a child’s
The Foundation focuses on key elements skillset as they get ready to transition to the
The program is based on research that has
of education by providing grants through next stage of their life – towards kindergarten
proven pre-school aged children (birth to
our Live and Learn grant program. This and primary school.”
5 years) who engage in reading at home,
program supports the learning aspirations are more likely to commence schooling Delivered by trained Community
of ALL children and young people in the with an advanced literacy skillset. Professionals, the program also provides
Geelong / G21 Region. Specifically, these parents with the necessary resources and
grants focus on: Unfortunately, for those children affected
information to assist them at home.
by disadvantage in our region, there is a
Parent Engagement high risk of falling behind in literacy and “We have a lot of disadvantaged families
Recognising the importance of and language development. in Corio and Let’s Read allows them to
supporting the role parents play in their experience reading and learning with their
Thanks to your donations, a $30,000 grant
child’s learning. children, and then take home that experience.
supports The Smith Family to strengthen
Before long, they start putting reading routines
Early Years Learning reading and literacy skills within the
in practice, because the feedback from their
communities of Corio, Norlane and
Supporting and enhancing children’s children is amazing.” said Helen.
Whittington.
learning age up to 5 years and ensuring With your donations, the Let’s Read
they are ready to commence school. Helen, the Coordinator of the Northern
initiative engage parents in their child’s
Bay Family Centre in Corio has seen the
Successful Transitions learning and supports the provision of
long-term impact the Let’s Read program
important early learning resources. Both
Ensuring that children and young people has on children. The program aims to
strategies ensure disadvantaged children
experience successful transitions that ensure a better chance of beginning their
in our region have the greatest chance at a
support their learning. education at the same level as their peers.
successful transition into their schooling.
OUR IMPACT
THE IMPACT OUR GRANTS WITHIN THE LIVE AND LEARN PROGRAM AREA HAVE ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST
12 MONTHS HAS INCLUDED:
IMPROVING the ENABLING
PHYSICAL,
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL 2,193 ASSISTING 149
LANGUAGE and YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE
LITERACY SKILLS of to experience to experience
2,269 CHILDREN INCREASED
ENGAGEMENT with
SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITIONS
so that they can
their SCHOOLING
through their school journey
START SCHOOL
ready to succeed AND COMMUNITY that SUPPORTS
their learning
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GRANT HIGHLIGHTS
WITH THANKS TO YOUR DONATIONS, HERE ARE SOME OF THE GRANTS AWARDED IN JULY 2018 THAT ARE
CURRENTLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE UNDER OUR LIVE AND LEARN GRANT PROGRAM AREA:
BLUEBIRD FOUNDATION SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER OPERATION NEWSTART CATHOLICCARE
$30,000 THEATRE COMPANY
$30,000 $30,000
To improve long-term $30,000 To provide early intervention for To support the successful
educational outcomes for To re-engage young people disengaged youth in secondary transition of young refugees
children aged up to 5 years in with learning through schools across our community at Northern Bay College and
the 3214 postcode through Dodging the Path - a creative by engaging a youth worker North Geelong Secondary
arts-based parent/child groups. development project open to with specialist skills in working College into education, training
all young people, particularly with young people aged 14 to or employment through the
Weekly programs provide
disengaged, vulnerable young 17 years who are not attending Settle Well project.
a rich learning environment,
people aged 12 to 26 years school on a regular basis.
supporting parents to develop The project is a holistic, school-
their capacity as their child’s first across our community. based program providing young
and most important teacher, refugees with the therapeutic
and build their confidence to support, social and professional
engage meaningfully with formal networks, and career pathways
educational settings. needed to succeed in Australia.
BECOMING SCHOOL READY while also building relationships with an “Unless you’ve been brought up in a world
adult role model and fostering a positive that’s been a little unfair, you wouldn’t
Studies have shown that children who
learning space. understand exactly how much these kids
do not develop the basic foundations
“I help the classroom teacher by facilitating need role models and people to help them.”
of education from an early age are
less likely to reach their full potential an organised environment for kids to play Thanks to your donations, in 2019,
later in life. in. We do everything from Simon Says, 24 Education Volunteers will be placed
STEM (science, technology, engineering and into Geelong schools supporting the
With thanks to your donations, a $19,300
mathematics) activities and encourage kids education and primary school transition
grant is supporting the Ardoch Youth
to play together nicely. A lot of these children for 288 children.
Foundation to increase engagement
don’t have the opportunity to do this in their
in education and support the school
home-setting” Hazel explains.
readiness and transitions of children
aged 4-6 years in disadvantaged Geelong
communities through the Education
Volunteers program and Broadening
Horizons experiences.
One volunteer who has been part of the
program since 2017 is Hazel. Growing up
in England in an affluent neighbourhood
and pursuing a career in journalism,
improving educational outcomes for
children in disadvantaged communities is
now a focal point for Hazel since moving
to Geelong 11 years ago.
Ardoch’s Education Volunteers program
provides in-classroom support for a
minimum of two hours per week for six
months. This allows students to receive
one-on-one or small group support with
literacy and other areas of the curriculum Broadening horizons and becoming school ready
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YOUR DONATIONS AT WORK
LIVE AND EARN 2018 COMMUNITY GRANTS
Evidence clearly illustrates that Supporting Job Retention
one of the most effective ways to
Recognising the importance of support
reduce persistent and entrenched
and problem solving of barriers to ensure
disadvantage in a community is to
ongoing employment.
reduce joblessness, specifically,
long-term joblessness.
SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT
The evidence suggests that not only do PATHWAYS FOR ALL
jobs need to be generated in disadvantaged
Step into dal Café and Catering any
communities, but they must also be
lunchtime of the week and it’s clear
actively linked to long-term job-seekers,
to see that amongst Geelong locals Noah hard at work at dal Café
who, in turn, require support to ensure
this is a popular café.
that the employment opportunity provides
them with the maximum life benefit. However, it’s not just the food and coffee “Working at dal is fun and I am learning a
that draws in the crowds, it’s also the team lot. I was a bit uncertain at first but learning
The Foundation’s work in the key area of new skills and making new friends is a great
of friendly and efficient staff.
employment includes, implementing and opportunity and the staff are nice and help
being the major funder of the GROW What you may not know is that dal
me when I need it.” said Noah.
Initiative - G21 Region Opportunities for Café provides training and employment
Work initiative and providing grants under opportunities for people with disabilities. The program takes school leavers through
our Live and Earn program. Established in 1991, the social enterprise a three-year vocational training program
strives to provide leadership in building to develop skills in hospitality and become
Our Live and Earn grant program provides work ready before placement into a
inclusive communities by fostering a
grants that seek to ensure sustainable support or open employment.
culture that supports transition into
and sustaining employment for ALL in
full and equitable employment, ensuring Since taking part in the program, Noah has
the Geelong / G21 Region.
that those living with a disability have an now completed a course in hospitality and
These grants focus on: employment pathway. enjoys working at dal four days a week.
Employment Pathways With thanks to your donations, He finishes by adding “It makes me proud
and Transitions dal Café & Catering received a $10,000 to learn all of these skills in Hospitality and if
grant to enable the purchase of kitchen I move out of home I will have the skills to be
Ensuring EVERYONE has an employment
equipment, strengthening dal’s Transition able to cook my own food!”
pathway, such as those from low socio-
to Employment Training program.
economic status backgrounds, those with
a disability, refugee and asylum seekers Noah is a current participant of this
and youth. program; his journey with dal first began
with work experience while at Nelson
Park School.
OUR IMPACT
THE IMPACT OUR GRANTS WITHIN THE LIVE AND EARN PROGRAM AREA HAVE ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST
12 MONTHS HAS INCLUDED:
PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORTING
employment stability AND support for EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS
12 DISENGAGED FOR 14 PEOPLE
YOUNG PEOPLE with disabilities
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GRANT HIGHLIGHTS
WITH THANKS TO YOUR DONATIONS, HERE ARE SOME OF THE GRANTS AWARDED IN JULY 2018 THAT ARE
CURRENTLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE UNDER OUR LIVE AND EARN GRANT PROGRAM AREA:
AFDO ENCOMPASS COMMUNITY SERVICES THE STROKE ASSOCIATION
$30,000 $15,000 OF VICTORIA
To strengthen educational, employment To decrease disadvantage by improving $23,400
and social participation of young employment opportunities for those who To support working age stroke survivors
people aged 15 to 19 years living with have a disability or mental illness through to re-engage in and sustain employment
a disability who are also experiencing the project Don’t Stare, Be Aware. by engaging a career coach to aid in
disadvantage in Geelong and Colac, preparedness for return to work.
The project will provide tools to equip
through the support and delivery of the
employers with awareness and skills that will
Passport 2 Employment program.
support their move towards hiring a more
diverse, inclusive and accessible workforce.
With your donations Northern Futures
received a $12,000 grant to support
some of their students, including most
recent Certificate in Engineering students
through the ‘Empower’ program. While
their certificate provided them with hard
skills, the ‘Empower’ program provides the
students with some of the soft skills that
will help them be successful in obtaining
and retaining a job.
The program helps them delve deep and to
look at their life through a new lens.
Through the program they explore their
values, beliefs and motivations; their
character strengths; the need to expand
their comfort zones; wheel of life balance
and stability; the time quadrants and how
to manage time effectively; reframing
Northern Futures graduates with their Certificate in Engineering perspectives; above the line thinking;
the stages of change; problem solving;
resilience; effective communication
EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE What makes this makes this different?
with self and others; the hidden rules
TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT While the G21 Region’s unemployment
and cues in the work place; the five
rate was 5.6% in the most recent
In December seven students language registers and importance of
Department of Jobs and Small Business
graduated with their Certificate in code switching; how to live a healthy life;
– quarterly unemployment rate
Engineering offered by Northern impacts of stress and illness; goal setting,
(September 2018), the unemployment
Futures based in the northern optimism, taking act ion and building
rate in Corio/Norlane is 20.6%.
suburbs. confidence for a better life.
Northern Futures provides socially
Three of the seven graduates are starting Through the completion of their
inclusive and strength-based programs to
jobs with Northern Futures employment Certificate and the ‘Empower’ program
support disadvantaged individuals in the
partners and the other four have they have been given the opportunity to
northern suburbs of Geelong, to build
interviews for potential positions. become agents of change for themselves,
skills and achieve sustainable employment
their families, others and their community.
out comes that helps transform lives.
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PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
The Give Where You Live Foundation Donations and funding that
receives tremendous support from a make a difference
number of local businesses including As part of the Give Where You Live
our Platinum, Gold, Silver and Foundation’s Workplace Giving program,
Bronze Tiered Partners and our local Ford employees donated over
GROW Compact Signatories. $75,000 in 2018. In addition, the Ford
Global Giving Fund has donated $176,000
over the past three years to assist the
Foundation’s Feed Geelong program fund
emergency meals and produce brochures The Foundation’s Ford Everest makes
PRACTICAL HELP TO IMPROVE and a website to provide valuable delivering food donations to the Christ Church
LIVES IN GEELONG information to those seeking assistance Community Meals program an easy task
Ford and the Give Where You Live and obtaining food.
Foundation have a long-standing
Skilled and grassroots volunteering
partnership that focuses on practical ways
to improve the lives of those across our In 2018, two Ford executives participated
region’s in need and strengthen the local in the Loaned Executive program, assisting WELCOME TO NEW SILVER DONOR
community. As part of this important with the raising of valuable funds. At The Foundation is thrilled to announce
partnership, Ford is proud to support grassroots level, Ford employees have also Ryman Healthcare as our newest Silver
the Foundation with vehicles, financial enthusiastically volunteered for the Feed Tiered Donor.
donations and hands-on help from the Geelong Appeal, which provides nutritious
With a proposed village in Highton and
Ford team. meals to Geelong residents in need.
Ocean Grove to come, Ryman Healthcare
By the numbers – Ford’s support of have been building and operating retirement
Helping the Foundation team
the Give Where You Live Foundation living and aged care centres under one
get where they need to go
village roof for 34 years. With 32 friendly
Recognising that getting from A to B is vital • $176,000 in funding over three years
villages across New Zealand and Australia
to Give Where You Live, each year Ford from the Ford Global Giving Fund for
and over 10,000 residents, the Ryman
supplies three vehicles to the Foundation emergency meals, brochures and a Healthcare team have learned that it is
team. This enables everything from the website for the Feed Geelong program their resident experience that defines their
delivery of food donations to helping the • $75,000 in donations from Ford success, enabling them to make a difference
team get out to our community partners employees in 2018 to the daily lives of their residents, their
across the region. • Three vehicles supplied each year to families and the wider community.
the Foundation “As an organisation that embraces the
• Two Ford executives participated in the culture that exists among local businesses
Loaned Executive program in Geelong to give back, Ryman Healthcare
is delighted to partner with the Give Where
We look forward to continuing our long-
You Live Foundation. We always endeavour
standing partnership with Ford Australia, to contribute to the communities in which
who continue to operate within our we operate, and we value the significant
region by investing more in research and contribution that the Give Where You Live
development in Australia than any other Foundation makes to the local community,”
auto-maker, including over $2.5 billion Denise Thompson, Community Relation
invested in Research and Development Team Leader.
2018 Ford Australia Loaned Executive, since 2009.
Tim Griffiths, pictured here with Foundation
Chair Murray Boyd and CEO Bill Mithen
Ryman Healthcare residents
To learn more about our Tiered Partners
and how your business can get involved,
please visit givewhereyoulive.com.au
Geelong employees have also thrown their weight behind Feed Geelong, for the Feed Geelong or contact Sara Taylor:
Appeal throughout the year
sara@givewhereyoulive.com.au
5229 4364
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ARE YOU A SMALL TO MEDIUM BUSINESS
WITH A BIG HEART?
The Give Where You Live Evolution Design Agency is a
Foundation’s BIG program boutique creative digital agency based
provides a simple and effective in Geelong catering for all your website,
way for small businesses to branding, marketing and graphic design
support their community. needs in one neat, in-house local agency.
Many current BIG partners believe Their passionate, dedicated team
that taking part in the program is members are here to get to know your
Q&A
beneficial for allowing their business business goals and showcase you as a
to demonstrate their commitment leader in your industry.
to driving good Social Corporate
Responsibility as well as providing evolutiondesign.com.au | 5222 3328
an avenue for connecting with other
likeminded businesses who care
about their community. WITH MATHEW HOOD, TAC
For a small $50 (min.) monthly donation WORKPLACE GIVER
you’ll join like-minded businesses
thinking in BIG ways about helping Q. How did you first become connected with
create a more inclusive and connected the Give Where You Live Foundation?
community. We welcome our newest
A: I first became connected with the Foundation
BIG program partners:
through my marketing role at the Geelong
Essential Property Solutions is a Advertiser. I’d worked with a lot of charity groups
Geelong owned, client focused business The Evolution Design team in my time, but the structure and work that Give
offering tailored solutions to coordinate Where You Live did within the community was
and manage safer environments for Uplift 360 is a website performance unique and especially being new to Geelong, they
local buildings, their occupants and specialist providing their clients with made me want to become more involved and help
their owners. tailored solutions and improvements for them in any way I could.
“I’m proud to be part of the BIG program, their website.
Q. You were a member of the 2018 Loaned
my business provides services that helps keep
“It’s time we increased our social Executive team, how has that impacted on you?
buildings and people safe and joining the
responsibility and financial support for
BIG program is just another way my business A: Sometimes I feel that we live in our own little
those in need, so we have decided to
can help people in our local community.” bubble – unaffected by issues that don’t necessarily
become BIG program partners. This means
Louise Doedée, Managing Director. affect us directly. Being part of the Loaned Executive
we consistently contribute to our local
essentialpropertysolutions.com.au team and undertaking the ‘Seeing is Believing’ tour,
community, supporting those experiencing
1300 793 394 it hit home, that whilst we live in this great town
disadvantage.” Wes Tower.
with great people, we still have a lot of work to do.
uplift360.com.au | 9999 7967 I met and spoke to so many resilient people – people
who whilst life had been hard, still wanted to make
the community a better place for all.
Q. Why do you choose to donate to the
Foundation through Workplace Giving?
A: I know my donations support the work that
the Foundation does across different sectors and
Louise Doedée with the Foundation’s helps a vast range of people – their work doesn’t
Sara Taylor discriminate and is inclusive of all.
Daily Food Co. are a catering and Q. How does supporting the community which
events solution servicing Melbourne, you chose to live, through the Foundation, make
Geelong, and Regional Victoria; you feel?
specialising in Weddings, Corporate,
A: I love that my contribution makes a difference in
and Private Events. Also, a GROW Uplift360’s Wes Tower
the community in which I live. Change to people’s
Compact Signatory, we’re thrilled to
lives are being made right in front of my eyes and
have the team on board!
making the community better for us all.
dailyfoodco.com | 0455 503 549
If you’d like to become a Workplace Giver with a
donation of as little as $5 out of every pay, please
contact your payroll and get started.
For further information or to join If your organisation would like to be part of the
the BIG program please contact Give Where You Live Foundation’s Workplace
Partnerships Manager Sara Taylor: Giving program please contact Sara Taylor:
sara@givewhereyoulive.com.au sara@givewhereyoulive.com.au
Daily Food Co. founder Lexie Leibel 5229 4364 5229 4364
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Participants of the Loaned
Executive program will
visit the Foundation’s
community partners such
as Foundation 61 on the
Seeing is Believing Tour
THE LOANED
EXECUTIVE PROGRAM
IS BACK THIS JULY
Applications are now open for the
2019 Loaned Executive team.
Who from your business will take
on this professional challenge?
Will it be you?
Each year the Loaned Executive team
play a pivotal role in the success of the
Foundation’s Workplace Giving program.
Following two days of training and
preparation (including understanding the
local need and the work being undertaken Training takes place over two days, preparing our Loaned Executives for the six-week program
to address it) the volunteer Loaned
Executive team then set out on an six-
week journey presenting to local workers
and encouraging them to sign up to the
Foundation’s Workplace Giving program as
well as ensuring that our 200 participating
businesses and close to 4,000 donors are
thanked and updated on the impact of
their donations.
The Loaned Executive program provides:
• A fantastic opportunity to network.
Meet like-minded business professionals
and gain exposure to a range of
organisations within the Geelong and
G21 Region
• Professional development skills including The 2018 Loaned Executive Team
public speaking, sales techniques and
team work as well as an overall growth
in confidence To get involved in the 2019 Loaned Executive program or to arrange a Loaned
Executive to visit your workplace and ramp up your Workplace Giving, please visit
• Awareness of the issues affecting the givewhereyou.live.com.au or contact Sara Taylor:
Geelong and G21 community, including
sara@givewhereyoulive.com.au or 5229 4364
the iconic Seeing Is Believing Tour and
in-training presentations.
Thank you to our Loaned
Executive program supporters:
10 givewhereyoulive.com.auGROW GOES STATE-WIDE
The innovative GROW initiative, While each new regional site will
originated by the Foundation’s develop their own GROW targets and
partnership with the G21 Geelong priorities, we will have a key role, with
Region Alliance, is now being Give Where You Live Foundation CEO,
developed in four other regional Bill Mithen chairing the new GROW
sites across Victoria. Network. The aim of this network
is to share learnings and develop
The Victorian State Government has
opportunities across the five sites and
acknowledged the achievements of our
Q&A
clearly, our knowledge and experience
work in the first three years and has will be important in leading the way.
provided funding to four new GROW
Give Where You Live Foundation
initiatives across the Gippsland, Ballarat,
CEO Bill Mithen says this is great
Bendigo and Shepparton regions.
compliment to the Foundation and G21.
The innovative collective action
approach of our GROW initiative
“We are very pleased with the results that
GROW has been able to achieve so far.
LIZ EVERIST,
locally, that brings together business, However, we know there is a great deal GROW ENGAGEMENT OFFICER
government, community organisations more work to do and we feel proud that the
and individuals to address disadvantage Victorian State Government has seen fit Q. Tell us about your role at the Foundation?
in areas of high unemployment, has been to use our model elsewhere. We’re looking
recognised as best practice. The work A: My role is ‘GROW Engagement’, working with
forward to working with and supporting 100 plus GROW Compact Signatories to create,
and learnings of the 100 plus GROW the other regions in developing GROW
Compact Signatories in our region, update and implement their GROW Action Plans,
and pursuing the common purpose of
and the impact of this collective local and to help build collaborations and partnerships to
addressing disadvantage.”
economic and social contribution, is achieve the GROW objectives.
now being replicated across the state.
Q. What are you currently working on?
Over the first two years, our GROW
A: My priority is to help with specific GROW Action
initiative brought $44 million of local
Plans, however I am also working with many partners
spend into our region, creating over
in the employment sector to support long term job
300 local jobs. SHEPPARTON seekers with getting and keeping a job.
Our GROW Compact Signatories also BENDIGO
created over 150 jobs and employment Q. What do you love about your role?
BALLARAT
pathways for long term job seekers
A: Every day is different, I meet lots of incredible
from GROW target communities.
GIPPSLAND local people who all share a purpose – addressing
Our region’s collective use of GROW disadvantage across the Geelong / G21 region,
social procurement – prioritising Other regional GROW initiatives through doing business and employing locally.
buying local and for social impact in our
GROW target areas, is creating a new Q. What’s the next big thing for GROW?
way of doing business in our region. A: We are looking forward to implementing the
Every year GROW Compact Signatories recommendations from our review of the first three
develop new actions and collaborations years of GROW, and to help local businesses offer
to ensure that the most disadvantaged inclusive employment opportunities for everyone,
job seekers across our region have For further information visit: regardless of who and where they are from.
opportunities to get and keep a job. grow.g21.com.au
Over
$22,000
was raised for the
Give Where You
Live Foundation’s
Christmas
Appeal
Thank you to everyone who generously donated to the
Foundation’s Christmas Appeal and responded to calls of
food donations for Feed Geelong over the festive period.
11UPCOMING EVENTS
DUFFS JEWELLERS DIAMOND GOLF CLASSIC
FRIDAY 22 MARCH. CURLEWIS GOLF CLUB, CURLEWIS
It’s time to gather your golfing friends and join us for the 2019 Duffs Jewellers Diamond
Golf Classic – catering to all golfing abilities and playing for diamond jewellery.
Following a morning of golf, take some time to enjoy our Pamper Room, before settling
down with a glass of wine at our gourmet luncheon with plenty of prizes to take home.
9 Hole Classic: $95 per player or $380 per team of four
18 Hole Classic: $115 per player or $460 per team of four
Register online: givewhereyoulive.com.au
With thanks to:
AUCTION @ THE MILL
FRIDAY 10 MAY. THE FEDERAL MILLS, NORTH GEELONG
The spectacular Auction @ the Mill is back in 2019. A wonderful evening full of fun,
entertainment and live auctions is a must for your social calendar this May. Thanks to
the wonderful committee and the generous support of some amazing local businesses
there are thousands of dollars’ worth of items up for grabs once again.
Gather some friends and join us for this fantastic evening.
Tickets (valued at $45 per person) including food and beverages are
complimentary for Give Where You Live Foundation supporters
Register online: givewhereyoulive.com.au
BAY 93.9 TRIVIA NIGHT
FRIDAY 31 MAY. THE SPHINX, NORTH GEELONG
Pop on your thinking caps, rally your team and join the bay 93.9 team for a fun filled
trivia evening this May. Raising funds for the MAYDAY Appeal, there are some great
prizes up for grabs with our raffle and live auction!
Tickets $10 per person - purchase 8 tickets to reserve your table
Register online: givewhereyoulive.com.au
With thanks to:
BTS ADMIN PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST
THURSDAY 6 JUNE. THE PIER, GEELONG
Gather your work colleagues and friends for a morning of fun with 500 of your closest
friends with guest speaker, former editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia Kirstie Clements.
Kirstie is also a best-selling author, editor, journalist and consultant, with vast first-hand
experience in the luxury industry having worked for Condé Nast International and
Vogue for more than 25 years.
Tickets $65 per person or table of 10 $600
Book online: givewhereyoulive.com.au
With thanks to:
12 givewhereyoulive.com.auEVENTS SOCIAL PAGES
E&S GOLF CLASSIC Rob Birch, Rob Lehmann,
Penny Tomes & Vaz Juchima
Held at Curlewis Golf Club the 27th annual
E&S Golf Classic raised in excess of
$120,000 for the Foundation. The Kaye
Sinclair trophy was won this year by the
PricewaterhouseCoopers Team including
Charles Christie, Rod Slattery,
David McEvoy and Phil De Fegley.
Ed Coppe, Barry Fagg,
Gary Hill & Gavan Clark
Paul Ryan &
Team AWA Sean O’Neill, Andrew Dwyer, Mat Steenvoorden
Mitch Grinter & Paul Brennan 2018 Kaye Sinclair trophy winners:
David McEvoy, Rod Slattery, Phil
DeFegley & Charles Christie
Keelie Hamilton, Bryan Dennis THANK YOU MORNING TEA
& Karen Jackson
Held at the Deakin Waterfront Student
Residence, the annual Thank You Morning Tea
is a wonderful way to say thank you to our
community partners who work so hard delivering
programs funded by the Foundation’s grants.
Kane Nuttall & Kim Sinnott
Paula Nunez, Jessica
MacPherson & Ross Stephens
DAWNBUSTER FUN RUN Dave Stewart, Mel Corner & Sandy Morrison
Held at the beautiful Geelong Waterfront, it was wonderful to have
hundreds of runners kick start their 2019 at the annual Dawnbuster
Fun Run. With thanks to Geelong Cross Country Club
and TGM, the 5km fun run raised over $7,000.
The course winds
1st Male Runner across around the idyllic
the line, Peter Kerr Geelong Waterfront
Geelong Cross Country Club’s Paul Austin,
John Morton and Jeff Walker present a cheque
to Foundation CEO Bill Mithen
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SUMMER IN THE VINES
Held on a beautiful summer evening in the midst
of the Moorabool Valley, guests enjoyed a dinner
among the vines of Clyde Park, raising $18,000.
With thanks to Clyde Park Vineyard.
Terry Jongebloed,
Paula Kontelj &
Ian Cover
Kevin & Kerrie Brown
Martha Sullivan & Lucy O’Reilly
Ange Rancic, Paul Gane & Andrea Pritchard
YOUNG TRUST FUND
– A LEGACY One of their most successful businesses was My father, Max – Roy’s nephew – was the
the purchase of the Corio Shire Hotel, and the foundation family Co-Trustee prior to me
subsequent building of the Norlane Hotel. taking the role several years ago. The Trust
The Give Where You Live fund has continued to increase in asset value
Roy and Connie married in 1932. Having no
Foundation is privileged to receive in the past 25 years, while also making a
children, both were always active in their
grants from several Trusts. considerable distribution to the Geelong
community. Roy was a Life Governor of the
One very special Trust is the Roy O and community through the Give Where You Live
Geelong Hospital, Bethany Babies Home (now
Constance M Young Trust. 2019 marks Foundation.” Ian completes his memoires
Bethany Community Services) and Geelong
25 years since the establishment of the with this poignant comment, “It’s always
and Western District Protestant Orphanage
Roy O and Constance M Young Trust, a great pleasure to see the impact that Give
(now Barwon, Child, Youth and Family).
which was established from the proceeds Where You Live has on the local community
He was also a Life Member of the Geelong
of Roy Oswald Young’s Estate for the and the enduring legacy of one man and
Agricultural and Pastoral Society. And having
benefit of the community of Geelong woman – Roy O and Constance M Young
supported the immigration of several Chinese
through the Give Where You Live Trust Fund.”
chefs to establish in Geelong, the family were – Ian Young
Foundation. Along with Roy’s wife, always guaranteed a good feed if family and
Connie’s Estate established 13 years friends had the pleasure of going out for The Foundation is honoured that Roy
earlier, the Young Trust nominated the dinner with Uncle Roy and Auntie Connie. and Connie chose the Give Where You
Give Where You Live Foundation (then Live Foundation as the sole beneficiary
In the late 60s, Roy and Connie packed up of their Trust which enables their care of
United Way) as its sole beneficiary.
their home in Drumcondra and moved to the the Geelong community to continue.
At the most recent Give Where You Live Gold Coast – but Geelong was always home.
Foundation Grants Announcement event, Every year without fail, Roy would return to
Roy’s Grandnephew and Young Trust Geelong for one week – to visit his trusted
Co-Trustee, Ian Young, shared about accountant, to catch-up with old mates in
Roy’s life and times in Geelong and he and the front bar of the Carlton Hotel, and in
his wife Connie’s enduring legacy to the later years, to place a red rose on Connie’s
Geelong community. memorial stone at the Eastern Cemetery.
“Uncle Roy (the grandson of a Chinese On these visits, he would also always handover
goldfields butcher) was born and grew up in a cheque to a local charity.
Loch Street, East Geelong in the early 1900s. These were the things important to Roy –
As a boy, still in short pants, with a state school December 2018 marks 25 years since Roy
education, his first job was at the Geelong and passed on, and the establishment of a Trust
Ballarat Trust Company in Malop Street. fund with the entire proceeds of his estate to
benefit the community of Geelong so they Roy Young
Twenty years on Roy went into business
ventures of his own, including partnerships may continue.
with his brother, Eric.
Connie Young
14 givewhereyoulive.com.auPLAYING
THEIR PART...
We love it when local business LITTLE FEAST AIREYS
come up with some great ideas to
Thanks to Little Feast Aireys, a popular
help raise money to support their
café along the Great Ocean Road, for their
community – every bit truly makes
incredible donation of $1,600 through
a difference!
their Artist of the Month spotlight.
THE GORDON – EMPOWER PROGRAM
SCHOOL OF LOST ART
The Foundation was once again the proud
Situated in Newtown, the School of Lost
recipient of a $1,000 donation through the
Art is an artist-run teaching space running
Gordon’s Beauty Department.
workshops and events in art, creativity and
Part of the Empower program, this sustainable living.
wonderful initiative empowers students to
The Foundation was thrilled to receive
become involved in our community!
a donation in excess of $300 from their
Our Event Manager, Kirsty Whitehead Charity Christmas Market which allows
was on hand to receive the cheque at their people to buy items direct from artists
annual Empower evening. and producers.
The Gordon – Empower program School of Lost Art
Little Feast Aireys
DONATE NOW
You can support the Give Where You Live Foundation with a once off
donation or sign up to the Committed Giving program with a monthly
manageable donation.
March 2019Give Where You Live Foundation is
supported by these Platinum Partners:
MAYDAY APPEAL What does your family look like?
Will your family dig deep and help families in need during this MAYDAY Appeal?
Families come in all different shapes
and sizes. Sometimes they’re the
people we live with, the people we
choose to be around or even the
people we work with.
Whether it’s finding it hard to obtain
an education, facing barriers to getting
and keeping a job, accessing fresh and
nutritious food, or having a safe place
to sleep, there are thousands of families
across our community who are calling
out for help.
Can your family – however it looks – help
another family in need this MAYDAY?
We know that Geelong is a community
that looks after its own – we’re part of
a family. So gather your family and donate
today. This May will your family, however
it looks, answer the MAYDAY call and
donate $1 a day, that’s only $31 in May?
DONATE NOW
Please donate to the Give Where You
Live Foundation’s annual MAYDAY Appeal
and support those individuals and families
in our region experiencing disadvantage.
Online at: givewhereyoulive.com.au
Over the phone on: 5229 4364
In person at: 18 Myers St, Geelong
YOUR SUPPORT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
The Give Where You Live Foundation acknowledges the wonderful support
of all of our partners including the following corporate partners:
PLATINUM PARTNERS
GOLD DONORS
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