Queensland’s most generous, kind and innovative community givers were honoured last night (Monday, 7th September) at Queensland Community Foundation’s (QCF) 10th annual Philanthropist of the Year Awards held at Queensland’s Parliament House. The awards honoured community members and organisations from across Queensland who make outstanding philanthropic contributions by encouraging support and innovation for charities, medical [...]
It's fair to say our Tenth QCF Philanthropy Awards didn't play out quite as we planned and yet in many ways it's our most successful ever. Despite having to cancel the glamorous gala lunch we hoped for to bring together Queensland's philanthropists in person and take a look back at the past ten years of [...]
Could we have a drum roll , please? We are delighted to announce the finalists of the QCF 2020 Photo Challenge #focusonkindenss ! Our judging panel was tasked with the mighty mission of finding five unforgettable photos that depicted kindness ... and they did not disappoint. Our 2020 judges were Simon Gaites from Northern Trust, [...]
It didn't take long for our 2020 QCF Philanthropy Awards to agree up front on one thing for certain - this was certainly an incredibly difficult task to make a judgement on the record breaking number of nominations we received this year! Not only did we receive more than double our usual number of nominations [...]
Clearly there's nothing like a pandemic to help Queenslanders #focusonkindness! We are delighted that we received 135 dazzling images showing just what kindness looks like in 2020. You can check them all out here to see the wonderful snapshots captured and submitted from across our great state. We are now faced with the extremely difficult [...]
Queensland Community Foundation (QCF) is distributing over $3 million to Queensland charities in 2020 offering support to charities that have been significantly impacted by the effects Covid-19 on their regular fundraising channels. Over $3 million will be distributed including $500,00 in grants to grass roots causes assisting. with vital capacity building operations. Our capacity building [...]
We are beyond excited to launch our 2020 Photo Challenge with our very first outdoor advertising campaign which launched today across Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Like so many other organisations Queensland Community Foundation has had to adapt to the new Covid-19 world we inhabit and as we can't gather in person to celebrate our [...]
Emerge in Toowoomba is a vibrant social enterprise catering company and cafe that provides a dedicated youth space and employment pathway as well as semi -independent accommodation for local young people who are homeless, at-risk or experiencing disadvantage. In 2020, Emerge is planning to host a young mothers meet up group fortnightly, an LGBQTI youth [...]
It's fair to say that Covid-19 put a serious spanner in the planning of this year's QCF Photo Challenge and Philanthropy Awards, as it did for so many events this year. Traditionally we run our photo competition through April but in consultation with our long standing sponsor of the challenge, Northern Trust, we decided to [...]
Noosa Flexible Learning Centre is a part of Edmund Rice Education Australia’s national initiative, Youth+, which aims to respond to the needs of young people in the local community. They offer educational pathways for young people aged 12-25. They provide young people with an opportunity to re-engage in education in a flexible, supported learning environment. [...]
