Community Service

A summary of community service performed by Awardees for the years 2017 to 2022 has been summarised as follows :

 Campaigning and Fundraising for:

• Program and resource support, (often including in-country service) for schools and communities in Fiji, Kenya, Tanzania, Iraq, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Samoa, Thailand, Laos, Bali, Uganda, Israel, the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.
• Construction and development of facilities, resource, and educational support of remote Australian indigenous communities.
• School and university scholarships in Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and other Asian, African and South Pacific countries
• Organisations including Zonta International, St Vincent de Paul, Red Cross, Cancer Council, Respite Care services, Prisoner Aid groups, Church Outreach Support Programs, Care for the Aged, Rural Fire Service, Bushfire, Drought and Flood Relief, Dementia Awareness and Support, Legacy, Can Assist, Headspace Youth Reference Groups, Relay for Life, 40 Hour Famine, Clean-up Australia, Surf Lifesaving, Leukemia Foundation, Redkite, Salvation Army Appeals, RU OK and Youth Leadership programs, Local Government, Youth Sport Engagement, Mental Health Forums,  Domestic Violence Victim Support, Reconciliation and NAIDOC Week, Human and Indigenous Rights, Youth Pride and Inclusion initiatives, and a range of Environmental and Climate Change activities.

 Mentoring :

• disadvantaged and disengaged youth in local communities
• inclusion initiatives within indigenous, refugee, and other disadvantaged youth incentive programs, including education and involvement in Local Government youth advisory committees
• tutoring indigenous, disadvantaged, autistic, special needs, refugee, and immigrant children

Volunteering:

• active promotion and participation in programs such as Zonta International, which uses donated essentials to create and deliver birthing packages to women in remote regions and poorly resourced regions throughout the world

• Aged care voluntary work and support programs
• multicultural development programs – promoting inclusion and engagement in community programs and welfare support, recognition, and support of multicultural and cross-cultural initiatives in communities
• disaster relief programs and activities through service with emergency services organisations such as SES and RFS in support of fire, flood and drought-affected farmers, families, and communities
• community youth leadership programs – initiation, engagement, and support for disengaged and disadvantaged youth
• promotion, participation and support programs for Women’s Shelters and refuge centres, providing victim support and participation in education programs against domestic violence
• prisoner and victim support groups – fund raising, publicity and donation appeals – clothing, food, other essentials such as birthing packages for female prisoners
• campaigning against racism and discrimination in local communities
• performing arts education and community radio
• involvement in wide ranging community health initiatives such as Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention Programs
• campaigning for environmental awareness initiatives and action for climate change at local, state and national levels
• Introduction of tactile banknotes for the visually impaired
• campaigning for acceptance and advocacy for inclusion of immigrants and refugees
• service learning for development, representation at Local, National, and international workshops and conferences
• coaching disadvantaged, disabled, refugee and low income youth across a range of sports and physical activities including wheelchair Rugby, tennis, athletics and surfing