Current Wilson HTM Foundation Recipients

 

The Foundation invites annual submissions from employees each May, with typically six charities receiving donations of up to $15,000 each for specific projects. All requests for consideration need to address a strict set of criteria, and must demonstrate active engagement with the nominated charity by an employee “staff champion”.

Employee championed recipients and their associated projects for 2009 / 2010 are the following:

 

Lifestart Co-operative in Sydney: $15,000 (second year recipient)

An innovative specialist program to help the siblings of disabled children

 

MSRA (Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia) at the University of Melbourne: $15,000 (third year of scholarship funding)

World class medical research undertaken at the Howard Florey Institute 

 

Sydney Youth Orchestras across Sydney: $15,000 (new recipient)

An exciting new project with international links promoting youth performing arts

 

Taronga Foundation in Sydney: $15,000 (third year recipient)

A pioneering and vitally important conservation project with amphibians

 

Variety Queensland: $7,500 (new recipient)

Fund raising for sick children and their families across the Queensland Outback

 

Viva Royal Children’s Hospital FUNdraising Group in Melbourne: $15,000 (new recipient)  

A ground breaking pain management project for seriously ill children

 

Yalari across VIC, NSW and QLD: $15,000 (second year recipient)

Orientation Camp offereing support for Indigenous students from leading private schools across Australia  

 

National partner: The Reach Foundation

In addition, the Foundation is also continuing its national partnership with the Reach Foundation, which has a vision “that every young Australian has the support and self belief to fulfil their potential and dare to dream.” The Foundation will provide a further $100,000 to help Victorian based Reach expand its activities through the establishment of a permanent base in Sydney. From there Reach will be better placed to deliver some of its 16 programs for young people into Sydney and across NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory (see www.reach.org.au).