The William Buckland Foundation
Through the generous support of the William Buckland Foundation, Red Cross, in partnership with the Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (VACRO), have enabled us to commence the Prison Visitors Resource Centre Program.
Prison visits can be highly stressful for many people, particularly for those who are visiting a prison for the first time. The sense of vulnerability they feel is often caused by not knowing what to expect, a feeling made worse by the anxiety they experience from having a loved one in prison.
Prison Visitors Resource Centres are located at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Port Phillip and Fulham prisons. People visiting offenders at the prisons now have access to information and support from specially trained Red Cross volunteers.
Red Cross volunteers provide reassurance and information to friends or family members calling in at the centre at weekends on their way to visit an offender.
Collier Charitable Fund
Support from Collier Charitable Fund has enabled us to commence an innovative maternal and child health pilot program in the remote Aboriginal community of Galiwin'ku in the Northern Territory. 'Healthy Baby, Healthy Community' provides ante and post natal support and parenting education to mothers and pregnant women and aims to decrease the alarmingly high rates of infant mortality and malnutrition in remote communities.
From 2007 to 2010, Collier supported our youth mental health and alcohol and other drug education programs, enabling us to deliver first aid training, health promotion messages, peer support and harm minimisation strategies to vulnerable and at risk young people across Australia.
Collaborative funding helps Queensland communities
Following the devastating floods and cyclone in Queensland, Red Cross Emergency Services identified a suite of five programs to support communities in their recovery:
- Queensland Recovery Program Development & Coordination
- Recovery Training for Community Leaders
- Youth Recovery Resources
- Community Information Sessions
- Schools Recovery Kits
Red Cross would like to thank and acknowledge the generous support from the following philanthropic partners who have made it possible to roll-out the above Queensland Recovery Programs in affected communities:
- Community Enterprise Foundation™
- Eldon & Anne Foote Trust of the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation
- Collier Charitable Fund
This collaborative funding partnership has enabled Red Cross to support the long term recovery of individuals, families and communities. Philanthropy plays a crucial role in funding programs in disaster preparedness, response and recovery and which builds capacity of Red Cross to deliver in these areas.
PwC Foundation
The PwC Foundation aims to make a positive and sustainable impact on the communities in which it lives and works. This approach requires a deep relationship with Australian Red Cross, so that PwC can understand and support its goals.
The people of PwC are committed to working collaboratively with Red Cross to provide support which includes skilled volunteering, payroll giving, in kind support, appeals support and capacity building services.
PwC uses its expertise as a global leader in professional services to help Red Cross become more efficient and therefore more effective, through its capacity building support of Red Cross. Generously discounted consulting rates, as well as significant pro-bono support from the PwC Foundation, have enabled Red Cross to engage PwC to review and provide counsel on how to improve and strengthen various parts of the Red Cross business.