Charity partner news
Read about how your gifts to our charity partners have made a difference.
Oxfam Australia thanks UWS staff for their amazing and ongoing support over the past 12 months through UWS Staff Giving.
Through UWS Staff Giving you are a part of the Oxfam community made up of our expert staff in the field and the amazing women, men and children we work with around the world. Together we empower communities to find their own solutions to poverty, improve their way of life, and create better opportunities for their children. Our impact is made greater thanks to our supporters.
East Africa Appeal update
A year ago, Oxfam announced the East Africa food crisis appeal, asking for donations to support our response to this massive emergency. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters including staff at UWS, we’ve been able to reach more than 2.8 million people across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia with safe water, sanitation, cash and other support.
For more information, visit our website www.oxfam.org.au. You can also subscribe to Oxfam Update, keeping you informed on how your donation is making a difference around the world.
Northcott Disability Services is a not-for-profit organisation that provides support to more than 10,000 children and adults living with a disability and their families and carers across NSW and the ACT. UWS staff have played an important part in this development, contributing to the cause for several years now through a number of initiatives.
All funds raised through UWS Staff Giving have been put towards Northcott’s Western Sydney Therapy Team, which provides speech pathology and occupational therapy services to children aged up to 18 who have significant and/or complex needs. The service promotes a family-centred approach that supports clients as they integrate into the preschool and school system.
A huge thank you to staff and students from UWS. It is only through this kind of support that Northcott can continue to empower children and adults with disabilities across the state.
For more information and to support Northcott visit www.northcott.com.au
RSPCA NSW is dedicated to defending animal dignity and fighting to stop cruelty. We provide shelter, education, medical attention and love, and provide support to individuals with animals who need it. We receive less than 2% of our funding from the government and rely almost entirely on the goodwill of our loyal supporters.
Donations through UWS Staff Giving have assisted RSPCA NSW to take in over 40,000 animals, investigate over 12,000 cruelty complaints and educate over 50,000 students about animal care in 2011.
RSPCA NSW also advocates both human and animal welfare through a number of Community Support Programs. Each program targets a specific demographic and combats a particular social issue. No RSPCA community service program receives ongoing government funding, these services are reliant on donations like those through UWS Staff Giving.
To keep up to date with how gifts to the RSPCA are making a difference, visit www.rspcansw.org.au and sign up to the eNews bulletin.
For 130 years The Salvation Army has opened its doors to the homeless and despairing, to individuals in the grip of addiction, or suffering poverty, tragedy or loss, and to ordinary working families who never expected to need help.
In a typical week across Australia, the Salvos provide:
- 100,000 meals for the hungry
- 2,000 beds for the homeless
- 5,000 to 8,000 food vouchers
- Refuge for 500 victims of abuse
- Assistance to 500 people addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling.
Gifts through UWS Staff Giving allow The Salvation Army to continue its work in times of disaster and emergency as well as continue its work in the community every day of the year.
Please visit our website at www.salvos.org.au to find out more about what we are doing and how you can get involved.
