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Welcome to our June newsletter.
With EOFY upon us, the Fremantle Foundation is proud to be sharing some fantastic achievements, made possible due to our generous donors and incredible community. We are delighted to have distributed 75 grants, totalling a record amount of $1 million in funding distributed this financial year. This funding has been distributed to local not-for-profits as well as some outside of WA across seven focus areas: Health & Wellbeing, Homelessness, Indigenous Australians, Arts & Culture, Education, Environment and Family & Community. Through the continued support of our donors, these organisations will keep on thriving and fostering a better community for all.
The Hakea Fund and CARAD
This month we want to highlight how the Hakea Fund, held with the Fremantle Foundation, has made a difference for CARAD. As part of their Client Services Program, CARAD provides emergency relief support to people seeking asylum who are experiencing financial hardship. Generous contributions from the Hakea Fund has helped CARAD to continue supporting their clients through hardships.
"We are sincerely thankful to CARAD for helping us through our hard times of accommodation, food and rent. Your support [has] given us so much hope & positivity. Thank you team, all of you are doing great work for people like us." - CARAD Client Family
We look forward to seeing more of the wonderful work CARAD achieves in the future.
AFL Rams Community Support Fund - Donor Impact
Established in the wake of
Cyclone Seroja by a group of ex and current AFL players from Northampton, the AFL Rams Community Support Fund, held with the Fremantle Foundation, assisted in hosting the first ever WAFL game in Northampton, with the aim of making an enjoyable day for everyone and raising some funds to be donated to the community. B
etween 3000 - 4000 people were at the ground on game day (see image below) and the AFL Rams were successful in raising $100,000 which will help their efforts to continue to support the Northampton community.
Watch the AFL Rams Community Support Fund journey.
Impact100 Fremantle
In case you've missed it, Impact100 Fremantle has officially launched for 2022! And this year we are celebrating 10 years of this wonderful and innovative way of giving. By bringing together 100 community members, who donate $1000 each, a game-changing grant of $100,000 is awarded to a local not-for-profit.
Learn how you can get involved and become a donor today.
NAIDOC Week
Next week, starting 3rd of July marks NAIDOC Week for 2022 - an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate and learn more about the achievements and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and recognise the histories of the oldest, continuous living cultures on the planet. Learn more here and Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! for systemic change and help narrow the gap between aspiration and reality for First Nations Peoples.
Two Birds, One Stone - Make your donation before EOFY
"When you donate to a charity with deductible gift recipient status (DGR), you can save on your tax bill because your taxable income will fall by the amount of the donation." Read the full story.
If you are interested in supporting a charity and making a tax-deductible donation before 30 June or simply want to kickstart your philanthropic journey for the new financial year, head to our website and get in touch.
Thank you for caring about the community that we live in and contributing to a stronger, fairer and more sustainable world.
Warm regards
Sue Stepatschuk
Executive Officer
