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This Month in Philanthropy – In Pictures

Philanthropy Australia Fri, 1 Mar 2024 Estimated reading times: 2 minutes

Welcome to the first instalment of our new gallery designed to showcase notable events, launches, project updates and other activities happening in our busy member community.

Avenues to Inclusive Giving: This Melbourne Women’s Foundation event, sponsored by SHAPE Australia, saw CALD communities expert Elizabeth Drozd OAM, the CEO of Australian Multicultural Community Services (pictured), delve into the opportunities in cultural inclusivity in giving. The lunchtime event was held on 16 February at the Koorie Heritage Trust in central Melbourne.
Like all Melbourne Women’s Foundation events, the Avenues to Inclusive Giving presentation was an opportunity for women to share stories and call out support for each other’s work in the philanthropic sector.
Charity’s new showroom is Dressed for Success: 
Dress for Success NSW & ACT is destined for even more success in 2024, securing a new home thanks to a $124,300 partnership with the Greater Charitable Foundation. Dress for Success Newcastle-Hunter opened its Broadmeadow showroom on 1 February, providing a free high-quality career support and styling service for women entering or re-entering the workforce. Their clients included refugees, survivors of domestic violence and other vulnerable cohorts. L-R: Carolyn Ellis, Dress for Success Newcastle-Hunter Operations Manager and Anne Long, CEO Greater Charitable Foundation. 
Social Traders’ Philanthropy Roundtable, held on 20 February, featured key voices from The Ian Potter Foundation, Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, Gandel Foundation and Paul Ramsay Foundation. Social Traders say that a resounding message echoed – ‘the time is now’ to catalyse Australia’s social enterprise sector so that it can contribute to a more inclusive and equitable Australia. L-R: Paul Conroy, Tara Anderson, Vedran Drakulic OAM, Debra Morgan, Matt Knopp and Alex Hooke.  
A panel discussion followed a pre-screening of UnCharitable: The event was held on 21 February in Sydney, hosted by the Australian Leadership Hub, and Origin Energy Foundation to explore key insights and perspectives from the movie in an Australian context. L-R: Doug Taylor CEO of The Smith Family, Lisa Cotton Chair, Kennards Hire Foundation, and Greg Hammond OAM Director, Opportunity Australia. 
 
The UnCharitable panel event was hosted for philanthropists and not-for-profits to view the film and continue the conversation of Pay What It Takes. L-R: Doug Taylor and Louisa Graham, CEO the Australian Leadership Hub.

Want to be included in next month’s edition? We are now calling on Philanthropy Australia members to please send us an image of any notable events, launches or other activities that you have undertaken. Please also send a short caption (approx. 50 words) describing the activity that includes names (left-right) of people featured to [email protected].

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