Queensland Gives by Queensland Community Foundation

Friday (four minute) Feel Good! 🍵 Grab a cuppa and relive some of the highlights from our 2024 Queensland Philanthropy Awards on Friday 7 June. Let's celebrate the amazing award recipients and incredible sponsors that made it all possible! 🎉🎉 💥 Clive Berghofer AM 2024 Queensland Community Philanthropist of the Year sponsored by Anglo American 💥Katelyn Aslett ✈️ My Giving Table 2024 Queensland Emerging Philanthropist of the Year sponsored by Perpetual Limited 💥 Auto & General Australia 2024 Queensland Corporate Philanthropist of the Year sponsored by QIC 💥 Shweta Khan Starfire Diamonds/ Shweta Starfire 2024 Queensland SME Philanthropist of the Year sponsored by Deloitte 💥 Juliette Wright OAM of GIVIT.org.au 2024 Philanthropy Innovation Award sponsored by QUT (Queensland University of Technology) 💥 Shannon Mead of No More Butts 2024 Queensland Environmental Philanthropist of the Year sponsored by Goodman Private Wealth Ltd 💥 The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation/ The Common Good 2024 Queensland Philanthropic Foundation of the Year sponsored by the Public Trustee of Queensland #queenslandgives #philanthropy #queenslandcares #pw24 #philanthropyawards Tara Castle, Rebecca Lawrence, Seana Osbourne, Amy Rymer MFIA, Margaret McMurdo AC, Nicole Holder, Robert Porter, Clive Berghofer Group, James Goodman, Judith Donovan, Tim Fairfax, Stephanie Paul DUniv QUT FAICD FPRIA, Julie Boulton, Andrew Baker, Cynthia Harris, Heart Talent, Hand Heart Pocket the Charity of Freemasons Queensland, Craig Dean, Lucie Russell, Steve Francia Sara Parrott, Jano Kotzas, Cormac Murphy. https://lnkd.in/gUU6SptQ

A very inspiring evening at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Foundation “extraordinary power of giving” celebration dinner last night, on the back of their hugely successful, and record breaking giving day! Huge congratulations to CEO Simone Garske, Chair of the Board Susan Buckley, Deputy Chair Kristin Devitt and all of the RBWH Foundation team, donors, supporters for a great event, showcasing the life saving and life-changing work you do! Thank you Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM for sharing your powerful and inspiring story. Pictured from L to R: Tara Castle (Queensland Gives CEO), Constantine Maglis, Andrew Baker, Simone Garske and Marisa Senese #philanthropy #queensland #giving #queenslandgives #RBWHFoundation

Yesterday we were delighted to catch up with our 2024 Toowoomba Regional Grant recipients for morning tea. The joy of these sessions is that together we share our projects, our challenges and our wins to learn how we can help local communities more. This year's grant round was designed to assist with those struggling due to cost of living pressures. It was incredible to hear about the expansion plans that Help A Friend Club Toowoomba Inc has to address the ever increasing number of clients needing respite. Help a Friend Club assists people in Toowoomba who are at risk of homelessness, and operates an accommodation building, Daisy House, for short and long-term accommodation. The grant offered by Queensland Gives will support the Help a Friend Club in upgrading Daisy House to a larger, more modern facility, through the acquisition of beds and furniture. The impact of this grant will be to assist more people at risk of, or currently experiencing, homelessness in the region. Another grant was awarded to Rosies - Friends on the Street to upgrade their equipement. Rosies provides friendship, acceptance, and a sense of belonging to individuals who are homeless, disadvantaged, or socially isolated. They achieve this through their street outreach program, where they offer hospitality similar to welcoming a friend into one's home by providing a cup of tea or coffee. The grant from Queensland Gives will support Rosies to purchase equipment that will enable them to meet the increasing needs of the Toowoomba community. This grant will impact approximately 270 people each week who will benefit from continued service, due in part to new equipment. #queenslandgives #toowoomba #givewhereyoulive

Watch out for us on WIN News Toowoomba tonight AND in the The Toowoomba Chronicle tomorrow as our 7 local charities were today presented with their grant certificates at a morning tea hosted by grant recipient Help A Friend Club Toowoomba Inc . other grant recipients included Rosies - Friends on the Street , Toowoomba Hospice, Top Livin', Hair Aid Inc. Loaves & Fishes Community Services and SupportFinder It was wonderful that our 2024 Queensland Philanthropist of the Year Clive Berghofer could join us as well as the Toowoomba Regional Committee including Chair Derek Tuffield OAM , KYM BRIESE and Kate Williams. #givewhereyoulive #Toowoomba #queenslandgives

It was great to represent Queensland Gives at the inaugural #Salvos #Connex Breakfast at QIC this morning- Connecting Brisbane's influential leaders to discuss important topics that effect our state. Leading the mamoth topic of distaster management/recovery this morning was @Piper Ashburton, QLD flood outreach team leader with The Salvation Army and Alli Smith, Executive General Manager of Home Claims at Suncorp Group sharing what they are doing for those effected my natural disasters. Get behind this great initiative. Their next breakfast will be held Wednesday 18 September where they will discuss support for survivors of domestic and family violence. Thank you for the invitation to be part of the discussion. #support #collaboration #connection

It's our favourite time of year as our regional committees celebrate their local heroes! Hot on the heels of our 2024 Queensland Philanthropy Week our regional committees are swinging into action to present their own grant rounds of over $370,000 to 30 local charities.  To find out more about local events close to where you live read our latest newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gHqcdkZ4 #givewhereyoulive #regionalgrants #queenslandgives

Please join us to celebrate the local grass root charities that received a Toowoomba Region Community Foundation 2024 grant.  We will enjoy Morning Tea hosted by the Help A Friend Club Toowoomba Inc. This free event offers a great opportunity to network with fellow Toowoomba region charities and to hear more about their critical work. Register here for catering purposes: https://lnkd.in/gyNfhNa4

Fantastic to learn more about YMCA Queensland today, who are about to celebrate 160 years of doing good in Queensland! The ‘Y’ run an impressive and diverse range of programs across South East Queensland including 110,000 school breakfasts a month, vocational schools, cancer survivors programs, youth mentoring, affordable housing and more! Pictured here: Damian Foley CEO YMCA Queensland, and Tara Castle CEO Queensland Gives Great to meet you also Anna Coles YMCA Queensland

Incredible day yesterday for Queensland CEO Tara Castle to meet Australian film legend and philanthropist Jack Thompson to talk about The Jack Thompson Foundation and plans to deliver one of Australia’s largest Indigenous economic development projects that will impact dozens of remote communities across Northern Australia. Many thanks to Gadens, Marty Rowan and Peter Ball for hosting this lunch. Always great to see you Clinton Hoffmann! This week is NAIDOC week and the theme is Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud & Proud. #naidoc #naidoc2024 #philanthropy #jackthompson #legend

Our 2025 Queensland Gives Grant Round launches in October and to help you prepare we are running an online Q&A session to answer all your burning questions from the convenience of your desk! Register now to receive a link and details on how to send through your questions in advance to maximise our use of time on the day. Our grants officer Seana Osbourne will facilitate and will be joined by the Chair of Queensland Gives Grants Committee Alistair Comyn. #grants #generalfund #regionalgrants #communitygiving