Philanthropy to support transformational change
Guest Speakers
Fiona Armstrong
Founder and Executive Director of the Climate and Health Alliance
Fiona is the Founder and Executive Director of the Australian Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) and the architect of the Framework for a National Strategy on Climate, Health and Well-being for Australia.
Fiona is the lead author of many of CAHA’s reports, including Coal and Health in the Hunter: Lessons from One Valley for the World and Our Uncashed Dividend: The Health Benefits of Climate Action. She is the recipient of the Tony McMichael Ecology and Environment Award in 2017 and the Frank Fisher Award in 2018; both awards named in honour of leading thinkers and academics in the field of climate change and health and environmental sustainability.
Fiona is also a co-founder and a director of CLIMARTE: Arts for a Safe Climate, an an independent not-for-profit organisation that harnesses the creative power of the arts to inform, engage and inspire action on climate change.
Matthew Hyde
Principal, Parkville College
The College opened in 2012 and took aim at creating a substantial program to meet the diverse needs of children unfortunate enough to find themselves in custody. After quickly establishing itself as an effective support for children, the school grew quickly. Now in its seventh year, spanning 52 weeks, five sites and annually supporting in excess of 1,500 children, the school is widely regarded as an integral component of Youth Justice in Victoria. Setting a new level of expectation around academic development and achievement.
As an inaugural staff member of the school, Matthew has been influential in leading the growth of Parkville College. Ensuring that whilst the school expanded, academic rigour and therapeutic care remain prevalent for every child and that the school set an example for all educational environments around effective student growth and care.
Matthew was a key partner in the Improving Educational Connection for Students In Custody research project, led by Victoria University and funded by Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. The report found that: “Many young people in custody have been suspended or expelled from school on the outside, but the research shows most want to learn, and say it is central in getting through their time in custody. School for kids in prison can be a ‘circuit-breaker’.”
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