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2016 Innovation Grant Recipients Announced

The following initiatives have been funded as part of the Innovation grants round.
Innovation Grant
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Foundation Celebrates Valued Contribution of Outgoing Chairman

Daniel Leighton’s service as Chairman throughout his three-year term, and the integral role that he has played at the Foundation since 2008, has been recognised at the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Annual General Meeting.
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Australian Climate Change Attitudes Shifting

Findings from the Climate of the Nation 2016 report, co-funded for the first time by Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, show that many Australians believe the impact of climate change cannot be ignored and that Australia should be a world leader in finding solutions to this issue.
Environment & Sustainability, Thrive Grant, Community Research
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The Love Locks Project supports Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

Over the years, almost 20,000 padlocks have been attached to the Evan Walker Bridge in Southbank by members of the public as a gesture of devotion to a loved one.
Homelessness & Affordable Housing
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Homelessness Counts – Homelessness Week 2016

As the community marks Homelessness Week, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation recognises that the need for preventative initiatives, affordable housing options and long-term solutions has never been greater; the number of people experiencing homelessness in Melbourne has risen by 74 per cent in the last two years, while families and individuals are increasingly burdened by housing stress, spending over 30 per cent of their gross income on housing costs.
Homelessness & Affordable Housing
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$2 million to build new homes for low-income families

• Social home ownership program boosted by $2 million loan
• Affordable Housing Loan Fund provides innovative finance structure
• New homes to be built in Greater Melbourne for low income families
Homelessness & Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing Initiative, Impact Investment
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Poor economic prospects for many older women

‘Time of Our Lives?’, a new report commissioned by Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, explores the key risk factors that often contribute to the feminisation of poverty and disadvantage - especially among older demographics in Australia.
Giving, Homelessness, Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Healthy & Resilient Communities
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