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Foundation launches its Reconciliation Action Plan – Reflect

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has launched its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan with the Foundation’s Chair Janina Gawler and CEO Peter Walton at the Foundation’s For Purpose Impact Accelerator Hub.
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Foundation awarded 2024 Victorian Social and Affordable Housing Prize

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has been awarded the 2024 Victorian Social and Affordable Housing Prize at the Australian Institute of Architects 2024 Victorian Honours Event.
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Community Foundations: Empowering People to Strengthen Communities

On the eve of Community Foundations Australia’s National Forum, we look at how community foundations are becoming important assets for local communities.
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What is climate justice?

Dr Karyn Bosomworth, the Foundation’s Program Manager for Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities, discusses climate justice and why it matters.
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Foundation launches its Reconciliation Action Plan – Reflect
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Foundation awarded 2024 Victorian Social and Affordable Housing Prize
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Community Foundations: Empowering People to Strengthen Communities
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While 2014 marked the end of an era for the Commercial Travellers' Association of Victoria as it ceased operation, the Association continues to support future generations of the Melbourne community with the establishment of a charitable fund account with Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation.
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Anthony, or Tony, as he’s affectionately known, started his career with a chemistry degree and “in a quandary as to how to maximise my educational achievements”.

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