Access Pop-Up Cafe
The annual Access pop-up Café this year was the centrepiece of the Glen Eira City Council Social Inclusion week and received a huge amount of community support.
Young People with Disabilities Break into the Media
Sixteen young people with a disability have been given the opportunity to present their own radio program as part of the Youth Media Diversity Partnerships Program at SYN Media. SYN is a media organisation that offers radio, TV and digital media opportunities in Melbourne, and it strives to provide inclusive media platforms that are open to all young people. For young people with a disability the media industry is still largely inaccessible and SYN decided to develop a 12 month project to help address this issue, with funding support from Gandel Foundation.
Supporting new therapies for hard-to-treat lymphomas
Research into new therapies for patients with hard-to-treat lymphomas will be undertaken by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s Dr Mary Ann Anderson with the support of a three-year Gandel Foundation-Snowdome Foundation Fellowship.
Strengthening the safety and well-being of elderly Australians
The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) has received a Major Grant from Gandel Foundation that will enable researchers to develop an action plan over the next year to address elder abuse in Victoria.
JAM girls mentoring program
NCJWA (Vic) will be running JAM project, a mentor program for teenage girls, funded by Gandel Foundation.
Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) is the very proud recipient of a Gandel Foundation Major Grant for its Emerge Cultural Leadership Program in 2016 -17
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GANDEL FUNDING FOR MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA’S EMERGE CULTURAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, EMPOWERING EMERGING AND REFUGEE ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES
Helping to Equip the New Home for STREAT
The Home STREAT Home crowdfunding campaign, which is hoping to raise $100,000 by mid-July, has already raised over $60,000 with the help of a Community Grant from Gandel Foundation that matched dollar-for-dollar the first $30,000 of donations.
Opening of Gandel House at Emmy Monash Aged Care
Gandel House was officially opened by the Governor of Victoria, Linda Dessau AM in the presence of over 250 guests. Gandel House will extend the reach of Emmy Monash to offer levels of care and lifestyle options unmatched in Jewish residential aged care in Melbourne and will seamlessly link to current facilities.
A Very Special office opening in Bendigo
Children living with life-threatening conditions and their families located in Bendigo and the region will now receive much-needed support with the opening of a local Very Special Kids office in May 2016.