Annual Grants Report 2001-02

T H E I A N P O T T E R F O U N D AT I O N

Distribution Report 2001-2002

Sir Ian Potter (1902-1994) was the founder and benefactor of The Ian Potter Foundation.

Established in 1964, The Ian Potter Foundation is today one of Australia's largest philanthropic foundations.

For further information about Sir Ian, or to obtain a copy of the current application guidelines, please visit the Foundation's website at www.ianpotter.org.au

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Board of Governors

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Chairman’s Report – Mr Charles Goode, AC

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Executive Secretary’s Report – Dr Dorothy Scott, OAM Program Areas

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Arts

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Education (including Travel)

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Environment & Conservation

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Health

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Medical Research

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Science

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Social Welfare

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The Ian Potter Cultural Trust

The Ian Potter Foundation

BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOUNDER

Sir Ian Potter

LIFE GOVERNOR

Lady Potter, AO Sir Ian Potter (1902 - 1994) TRUSTEES

Mr Charles Goode, AC (Chairman) BCom(Hons) Melb MBA Columbia HonLLD Melb HonLLD Monash FAICD

Professor Geoffrey N. Blainey, AC FAHA FASSA

Mr. Neil R. Clark, AO The Hon Sir Daryl Dawson, AC, KBE, CB LLB(Hons) LLM (Yale)

The Hon. Sir James Gobbo, AC, CVO, QC BA(Hons) MA (Oxon)

Mr. John B. Gough, AO., OBE HonLLD Melb

Professor Thomas W. Healy PhD (Columbia NY) MSc HonDScMelb FRACI FAA FTSE

Dr. Thomas H. Hurley, AO., OBE MB BS MD FRACP

Mr. Frank L. Nelson BA LLM

Dr. P. John Rose, AO BCom (NZ) Dip Ec (Camb) PhD

Professor Graeme B. Ryan, AC MD BS PhD FRCPA FRACP EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Dr. Dorothy Scott, OAM BA(Hons) GradDipSocStud MSW PhD

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chairman’s report Throughout its history, The Ian Potter Foundation has, on occasion, played a pivotal role in the establishment of new organisations of national significance. This follows the path taken by Sir Ian in the 1950s when he joined forces with the late Mr Ken Myer and Mr Baillieu Myer to provide private financial support for the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine.

The 2001-2002 financial year has been a productive one for the Foundation, resulting in grants totalling $6.6

In the 1980s the Foundation became increasingly concerned

million being paid. A further $14.6 million is committed

about the serious problem of salinity and land management,

but has not yet been paid for a range of initiatives

and was one of the first philanthropic foundations in Australia

underway or yet to proceed"

to become actively involved in the environment. Following the successful Potter Farmland Plan in the mid 1980s, a decade

It has also been a significant year in the history of The Ian Potter Foundation as 2002 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Ian and saw the passing of Sir Ian’s close colleague and past Governor of the Foundation, Sir Roger Darvall. To Sir Ian, who established his Foundation in 1964, we owe a great debt for his extraordinary vision and generosity. We are also indebted to Sir Ian and the other founding Governors - Sir Roger Darvall, Mr Roy McArthur, Professor Sydney Sutherland

later the Foundation supported the development of The Australian Landscape Trust (ALT). With a well-established and successful restoration, biodiversity and community development initiative in the Murray Darling region, The Australian Landscape Trust is about to embark on a major new initiative in Gippsland.

In this report we have included further information on the work of the Australian Landscape Trust so that others may hopefully consider contributing to such a valuable organisation.

and Sir Ian Wark, for their wisdom in making the following key decisions that have enabled the Foundation to develop as well

I express my appreciation to the Governors and the staff of the

as it has over the past four decades.

Foundation who have helped ensure the success of the past year.

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The Trust Deed was framed in such a way as to ensure that the Governors of the Foundation would include leaders in diverse fields such as finance, academe, medical research, and the law.

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The purpose of the Foundation ("for public charitable purposes in the Commonwealth of Australia") was expressed in such a broad manner as to allow trustees the necessary flexibility to respond to changing times.

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The decision to create an equity-based corpus (a most unusual feature for a philanthropic trust in the 1960s), has enabled the capital base of the foundation to grow strongly over the ensuing decades, doubling in value over the past six years alone.

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By virtue of being a Public Benevolent Fund, the Foundation is able to receive tax deductible donations (recently this has been of interest to individuals wishing to make a gift to the Foundation).

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Mr Charles Goode, AC

executive secretary’s report In this year’s Distribution Report there are numerous examples of how The Ian Potter Foundation, in partnership with others, is helping to make a difference in each of our areas of interest.

As seeds only come to fruition "down the track", in this year’s Report we have also included an exemplar from each area of interest to highlight the unfolding achievements.

Our approach to grantmaking is characterised by a longer term perspective. For example, in 2001 we thought deeply about the International Year of the Volunteer as volunteers have been It is easy to give away money but it is not easy to ensure that the precious resources of philanthropic foundations are used in ways that make the most difference.

central to many of the successful initiatives the Foundation has supported over the years. What could we do that might live on long after the celebrations ceased at the end of the year? How could we help nurture an ethos of community engagement

This is especially challenging for a foundation such as The Ian

among young Australians who, as a result, might be

Potter Foundation which has a national focus and a very broad

encouraged to pursue a lifelong commitment of service, and

range of interests, encompassing the arts, education,

perhaps pass on similar values to their children?

environment and conservation, health, medical research, science, and social welfare.

To generate some good ideas, we engaged a talented young graduate who analysed the research literature and assessed the

One way to make a difference is by helping the few in ways

viability of different options. As a result the Foundation made

that may help the many. Philanthropic foundations are

grants for the extension and dissemination of peer tutoring and

particularly well placed to fertilise the seeds of innovation by

mentoring programs through which university students teach

taking the risk to back new approaches to significant

and inspire school children to reach their educational potential,

challenges. We can do this best by carefully selecting and

and in one program, also involve children in local environmental

supporting good ideas and sound organisations, ensuring that

projects.

their implementation is rigorously evaluated and, if they prove to be both successful and sustainable, helping them take root in new soil. Historically, philanthropy has been better at supporting innovation than following through with evaluation and dissemination but this is beginning to change.

This style of philanthropy can be intellectually demanding and resource intensive. However, it holds great promise for addressing some of the most difficult challenges facing Australian society today, such as salinity and the degradation of our landscape, the crisis in the health of indigenous people, the loss of leading medical and scientific researchers to other nations, and diminishing social cohesion in communities.

Such an example cuts across several areas of the Foundation’s interests – education, science, environment and social welfare, as many of the most creative initiatives seem to do. These mentoring grants also reflect close partnerships with universities, business and government.

Regardless of the particular project or field of interest, at a deeper level philanthropy plays a vital role in our community.

By supporting the endeavours of non-government organisations, philanthropic foundations help preserve the core of civil society and build social capital. Perhaps never before has this role been as important as it is now.

Philanthropic foundations alone can do little in the face of problems of such magnitude but in partnership with others –

Dr Dorothy Scott, OAM

government, business, non-government agencies and the communities most directly affected, it is possible to have an impact.

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arts • to support major cultural institutions and organisations in Australia, and through them to encourage, in particular, talented young people • to support the linking of education and the arts with particular reference to extending cultural opportunities to regional centres, and encouraging the development of arts programs at a local level

Exclusions: The Foundation does not support performances, exhibitions or festivals unless there is a special educational focus.

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

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education Support for the arts has been an outstanding feature of the Foundation’s grantmaking during the year. We have continuing Grade 12 dance students from Launceston College, perform their final assessment pieces in the foyer of the Museum's new site

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commitments for two major programs – firstly to the National Gallery of Victoria for the new gallery of Australian Art at

ARTS MAJOR PROFILE:

Federation Square, secondly to the Art Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative (or AMCAI), currently in its second year at four art galleries across Australia. The opening of The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia by the Premier of Victoria later this year is eagerly anticipated.

Our focus in the arts on education, community engagement and extending cultural opportunities to regional areas of Australia is also reflected in the range of smaller grants made during the year, especially in the performing arts.

A selection of these is highlighted in the following pages.

In addition to our support of arts organisations, the Foundation is pleased to continue its commitment to individual Australian artists through The Ian Potter Cultural Trust. The Trust aims to nurture excellence and diversity in cultural activities in Australia by making

ART MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE (AMCAI) The Foundation’s Art Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative is based on the earlier initiative of the same name by the Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest Fund in New York. The Ian Potter Foundation is pleased to be supporting through AMCAI four art museums in different states of Australia, each with a grant of $300,000 over 3 to 5 years.

The Initiative encourages each art museum to develop new ways of reaching a more diverse audience, by using different approaches to present the works they own in their permanent collections, and by changing their culture to make the museum a more accessible and welcoming place.

A short profile of the program at each participating art museum follows.

ART GALLERY OF NSW, $100,000 (part of a commitment of $300,000 over 3 years) Ms Jackie Menzies Head Curator of Asian Art 02 9225 1774 jackiem@ag.nsw.gov.au www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

grants to outstandingly talented people in the early stages of their careers. It is distinctive in global philanthropy and, in both scale and breadth, unique in Australia.

Please refer to the separate section for The Ian Potter Cultural Trust on page 39 of this Report.

Recent work on AMCAI at the Art Gallery of NSW has focussed on two areas: compilation and analysis of the data collected at the time of the BUDDHA: Radiant Awakening exhibition (November 2001-February 2002); and preparation for the opening of the new Asian Gallery, scheduled for September 2003. The organising of the Gallery’s permanent Asian collections for display is

being strongly influenced by the lessons learned and ideas trialled in the BUDDHA exhibition. These ideas include extended labels and didactic panels, information sheets, mini web-sites, and printed advertising supplements at the time of the opening of the new gallery. These and other strategies will be used to increase the engagement of youth audiences, and audiences of Asian cultural background, with the collection.

ART GALLERY OF WA, $137,000 (part of a commitment of $300,000 over 3 years) Ms Andrea Tenger, Community Program and Planning Officer 08 9492 6646 AndreaT@artgallery.wa.gov.au www.artgallery.wa.gov.au Under AMCAI the Art Gallery of WA has researched and developed community partnerships which promote the Gallery to young audiences. Their project, named @rtX, has involved working with young people from two target areas within metropolitan Perth to determine what will initially attract a youth audience to the Gallery, and then how they can be encouraged to return. A range of strategies has been developed, including youth-targeted marketing, physical changes to gallery spaces, more free events, and greater use of interactive audiovisual and electronic media.

The @rtX project has stimulated internal cultural change among Gallery staff, thereby embedding the youth project into the normal operations of the Gallery.

The knowledge gained from the youth project is also being freely shared by the Gallery with other arts organisations in Western Australia.

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HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (VIC), $100,000

QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, $80,000

(part of a commitment of $300,000 over 3 years)

(part of a commitment of $300,000 over 5 years)

Mr Warwick Reeder, Director 03 9850 1500 warwickr@heide.com.au www.heide.com.au

Ms Rachael French, Youth Audience Officer 03 6323 3776 Rachael.French@qvmag.tas.gov.au www.qvmag.tas.gov.au

Activity in the second part of the Initiative, community access, has been facilitated by the appointment of a new Community Access Officer with a background in community development.

The project continues to focus on reaching Chinese, Greek, and Italian communities, and flyer inserts in the three languages have been produced. A new staff member has been appointed to work with Heide’s Marketing and Development executive, with the primary aim of developing further strategies to bring to Heide audiences from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

In 2002 the Focus for Youth project at QVMAG has moved from its initial research phase into a more active stage, developing programs, events and activities based on the earlier research findings.

Recent highlights include the launch of the Museum’s website; the I.D. exhibition, put together by three different organisations working with young people; the Arts Roar disability access program; and the establishment of a permanent youth advisory group.

As part of the relocation and redevelopment of the Museum during the period 1995-2000 a Youth Studio and a new focus gallery (named The Ian Potter Gallery) were constructed, and these have provided a physical home for the Focus for Youth project within the Museum.

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At Heide the project developed under AMCAI has two major parts – the collection, and community access. During the first half of 2002, the collection part of the project has been prominent, with significant progress made in the digital photography of all items in Heide’s permanent collection, and their incorporation into a catalogued database.

All but a few works have now been photographed, giving for the first time an on-line, digital record of the collection, and assisting staff to plan loans and exhibitions. Conservation and re-housing of works is also ongoing.

Katie Butler talks about her ephemeral sculpture as part of an event which saw 10 young artists talking about their art practice in The Ian Potter Gallery.

The Focus for Youth project is resulting in the integration of youth audience development strategies into the planning and development of Museum projects across the board, in both sciences and the arts.

Community access events developed under AMCAI include garden tours, outreach visits to retirement and nursing homes, links to local primary schools, an essay competition with family day, a creative writing programme, guest lecturers, and an extensive program of talks by volunteer guides.

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ARTS EXEMPLAR GRANTS: KOOEMBA JDARRA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION (QLD) The Piccaninni Dreaming project, $15,000 Ms Vera Ding, General Manager 07 3221 1660 vera@kooemba.com.au kooemba@thehub.com.au

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Kooemba Jdarra has successfully toured Piccaninni Dreaming, by Anthony Newcastle, to schools throughout South East Queensland as part of Queensland Arts Council Ontour inschools program

Jessica Machin (General Manager, atyp), Robyn Barrett Levy (Artistic Director, Karratha Youth Theatre), Marion Hearne (Tom Price Youth Centre), Lennie Smith (atyp tutor) & Laurence (Tom Price Youth Centre) are all smiles as Tom Price Youth Centre confirms its involvement in Operation Pilbara 2002

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Piccannini Dreaming is the name of a 40 minute theatre performance aimed specifically at primary school children.

The character Kool Kooka learns, through dance, digeridoo, playing and dreaming stories, what it means to be an indigenous Australian. It provides young children with a fun introduction to both contemporary and traditional indigenous culture.

Piccannini Dreaming is being toured by Queensland Arts Council’s Ontour Inschools program. The performance is enjoying successful tours in Brisbane metropolitan and South East Queensland schools during 2002, and is booked for the first two semesters of 2003.

AUSTRALIAN THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (NSW) Operation Pilbara 2002 - an Artist-inResidency Program, in collaboration with Karratha Youth Theatre, $10,000

BELL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (NSW) Workshops and masterclasses for ten weeks on the 2002 mainstage production, ‘Richard III’, $10,000

Ms Jessica Machin, General Manager 02 9251 3952 jessica@atyp.com.au www.atyp.com.au

Ms Ruth Anders, Corporate Development Manager 02 8298 9017 ruthanders@bellshakespeare.com.au www.bellshakespeare.com.au

As part of Operation Pilbara, three Australian professional artists are working with approximately 60 young people aged 14 to 18 from secondary schools and youth centres in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia. This three month project will culminate in a free community performance incorporating theatre, circus, dance and music, in late November at Hearson’s Cove in Dampier.

Following The Bell Shakespeare Company's successful Actors At Work program, the Company expanded its school education activities in 2001, initiating student workshops and teacher masterclasses. The Foundation's grant has supported the cost of interactive student workshops and masterclasses for ten weeks during the tour of Bell's 2002 mainstage production Richard 3.

Now in its second year, the emphasis of Operation Pilbara is on the role of the performing arts in the lives of young people as a means of self-expression, of telling the stories of their communities, and of connecting with worlds outside those communities. Another valuable component of the program is the mentoring of a smaller arts organisation by one that is more established.

There has been an overwhelming demand for the student workshops and teacher masterclasses, with approximately 5,000 students and 300 teachers participating throughout the entire year. Bell is now exploring ways of expanding its geographic reach to ensure that some of the country's most disadvantaged students (because of either their remote location or for socio-economic reasons) can enjoy the benefits of its tremendously popular education programme and can participate in the appreciation of Shakespeare and discover new ways of approaching his works.

This program has also been successful in attracting major support from the Australia Council, and the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund.

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Choral Conductors’ Mentoring Program, $7,000 Ms Claire Murch, General Manager 03 9328 2810 enquiries@melbournechorale.com.au www.melbournechorale.com.au The central aim of the Choral Conductors’ Mentoring program is to enrich the skills base of Australia's choral conductors by providing the framework to impart the collective experience and knowledge of Melbourne Chorale to a talented young choral conductor.

Ms Holly Mathieson was selected from a strong field of 40 candidates and commenced in early February 2002.

The first six months of the program have seen her mentored by the Artistic Director and working closely with the General Manager and Choir Manager to develop her skills and experience in rehearsal, performance and management. Ms Mathieson is conducting the Melbourne Chorale Ensemble at the Melbourne International Festival in October 2002.

Also supported by Arts Victoria, the Mentoring Program has engaged the whole organisation, and succeeded far beyond the original expectations of the program.

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NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL ART MUSEUM (OR NERAM), (NSW) Inside/Outside, an education and outreach program, $5,000 Ms Michelle Arens, Projects & Resources Co-ordinator 02 6772 5255 michelle@neram.com.au www.neram.com.au Inside/Outside is a community engagement program based on the philosophy that it is equally important to bring the gallery to the audience as it is to bring the audience to the gallery. The program, which is very much in line with the aims of the Foundation’s AMCAI initiative, is extending NERAM’s outreach programs by forming alliances and fostering collaborations with schools, community centres, and local businesses.

NERAM Education Officer Lou Mano prepares to go outback in the Artback vehicle with a work from the NERAM collection

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THE MELBOURNE CHORALE (VIC)

Projects undertaken to date as part of Inside/Outside include workshops for home-educated high-school students, and for young women experiencing depression; a professional development seminar in marketing for visual and craft artists, and Big Day Out excursions to NERAM for students from remote schools.

Upcoming projects include Artback, which will take education staff, artists and original works of art to rural schools and communities across New South Wales and Southern Queensland; and a symposium on how NERAM can support regional art

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BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE (NSW) Ms Anna Webb, Corporate Development Manager 02 9251 5333 anna@bangarra.com.au www.bangarra.com.au

The Foundation has supported Bangarra Dance Theatre since 1998 with three grants totalling $40,000. The first grant in 1998 was directed to the Danceclan project, which consisted of a five-week program of song & dance, bringing together indigenous artists from various regions of Australia & the Torres Strait Islands.

The grant subsidised the schools performances and the educational component of "Danceclan".

The second grant, for the 1999 Backyard Tour, supported a regional tour by Bangarra to towns from coastal Queensland to Perth, with visits to remote communities in Arnhem Land along the way.

The Foundation’s third grant, made in early 2002, was directed to a program of Regional Workshops in regional South Australia and Victoria. These workshops allow Bangarra to give back to indigenous people in regional Australia, by teaching singing, dancing and music to local communities. The dancers cond-ucted workshops on a daily basis to mentor, stimulate, and inspire local youth. <

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Bangarra Dance Theatre dancers rehearse for their 2002 production "Walkabout".

THE ARTS Access Arts Inc. QLD to develop "The Australian Marriage Act" to tour to schools for Years 8 to 12

$ 5,000

Alzheimer's Association Victoria, VIC 5,000 To design and produce a calendar featuring artworks created by people living with dementia.

Arts Access Society Incorporated, VIC 5,000 'Do We Speak the Same Language', a visual and performing arts project in partnership with Croxton Special School Australian Theatre for Young People, NSW 10,000 Operation Pilbara 2002 - Community Outreach and three-month Residency Program Australian Youth Orchestra, NSW Expansion of the Young Australian Concert Artists Program

New England Regional Art Museum, NSW Inside/Outside, an education and outreach program

5,000

Old Treasury Museum, VIC 12,550 To install appropriate lighting in the ground floor Southern wing of the Museum, which houses the permanent exhibition 'Making Melbourne' Opera Australia, VIC for the tour to regional Victorian schools of 'Software'

20,000

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Limited, WA Hatched Symposium, as part of the Hatched: Healthway National Graduate Show

5,000

Playbox Theatre Company, VIC Theatre In The Raw

5,000

Queensland Ballet, QLD Workshops for dance students in regional areas

5,000

5,000

Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, VIC 100,000 Extension and redevelopment of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, linking it with the 1880's police station building and a new contemporary gallery, creating a cafe precinct and sculpture courtyard.

Bangarra Dance Theatre, NSW Regional Workshops, 2002

10,000

Bell Shakespeare Company, NSW Student Workshops and teachers Masterclasses

10,000

Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre Inc. NSW Workshop program as part of the One Van International Festival of Puppetry

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State Theatre Company of South Australia, SA Assistant Director Scheme

10,000

The Melbourne Chorale Inc. VIC Melbourne Chorale Choral Conductor's Mentoring Program SUBTOTAL

7,000

$2,801,540

4,770

AMCAI (ART MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE)

Geminiani Chamber Orchestra Inc. VIC 5,000 Performance of 'The Emperor of Atlantis' by Victor Ullmann, a work of spiritual resistance composed in 1942 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW 100,000 To implement the Art Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative (AMCAI) at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC Beyond the Square

2,220

Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA 137,000 To implement the Art Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative (AMCAI) at the Art Gallery of Western Australia

IHOS Experimental Music Theatre Troupe, TAS Composer and Designer Mentorship program

5,000

International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia (IASKA), WA 5,000 Open Space John Truscott Design Foundation Incorporated, VIC 5,000 assistance with publication of 'A Place Across the Bridge' The Story of the Building of the Victorian Arts Centre.

Kooemba Jdarra Aboriginal Corporation, QLD Piccaninni Dreaming project

15,000

Melbourne Autumn Music Festival, VIC Presentation and promotion of the 2002 Festival

5,000

Melbourne International Film Festival, VIC Two projects - Film Student Awards/Scholarships; and the Talking Pictures series.

5,000

Musica Viva Australia, NSW Musica Viva in Schools - Internet Projects.

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), VIC towards the major redevelopment of the NGV

30,000 2,500,000

Heide Museum of Modern Art, VIC 100,000 To implement the Art Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative (AMCAI) at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TAS 80,000 To implement the Art Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative (AMCAI) at the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery.

SUBTOTAL AMCAI

$417,000

THE IAN POTTER CULTURAL TRUST The Ian Potter Cultural Trust, VIC 343,000 For the support of early-career Australian artists (for further detail please refer to page 39 of this Report) TOTAL ARTS

$3,561,540

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education including travel

â&#x20AC;˘ to support educational policy research of outstanding quality â&#x20AC;˘ to support educational programs of benefit to the general community

Exclusions: The Foundation does not support kindergartens, pre-school, primary or secondary schools, special education schools or school building funds.

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education

EDUCATION MAJOR PROFILE:

Our travel grants program has been a central feature of our educational grantmaking since the Foundation’s

THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANTS PROGRAM

inception in 1964. Early career

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researchers and academics, the vast majority from universities, are assisted to attend conferences and work with colleagues overseas, principally in North America and Europe. The cumulative effect of these many small grants over a period of almost 40 years is most significant. Some perspectives on the long-term outcomes of receiving a modest amount of financial support at a critical point in career development are offered below.

Apart from travel grants, the majority of education programs funded have been those with strong links to our other areas of interest, including science, the environment and arts.

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The Foundation provides competitive small travel grants for institutions in order to assist early career staff members, normally with at least three years tenure, to attend overseas conferences, to pursue their research overseas, to have the opportunity to gain further experience overseas, and meet their peers in the international scene.

Grants are also made for conferences of international status to be held within Australia. Support is generally only given to assist with the travel costs of an international key-note speaker at the conference.

The Foundation’s travel grants program is distinctive in Australian philanthropy. The grants made are small, generally of between $2,000 and $4,000. Most travellers are academic staff from universities or research institutes, however grants may be made to any eligible organisation for travel by an early career staff member.

During the year a small number of people were contacted who had received a travel grant from the Foundation many years ago. They offered an insight into the value of the grant they had received.

"That grant enabled me to attend my first international meeting and it was particularly valuable in that it enabled me to talk to potential people with whom I would undertake my postdoctoral studies… I finally decided to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Alvin Paulsen at the University of Washington. Professor Paulsen’s mentorship during the two-year period I worked with him has been of extensive value to me in the development of my career subsequently…The linkages with University of Washington at Seattle have continued to this day with an exchange of Fellows between our institutions."

Professor David de Kretser Director, Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development Travel grant recipient in 1968

"I remember this grant very well and it played a pivotal role in my career development… I had been offered a Fellowship position at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA. This was an unfunded position, but one of the most highly sought positions in the ophthalmic world… (The grant) was pivotal in my ability to be able to assemble enough funds to contemplate going overseas".

Professor Hugh R Taylor, AC Professor of Ophthalmology and Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia Travel grant recipient in 1977

"I very much appreciated the assistance of the Potter Foundation and without that would have been unable to experience this very important part of being a junior scientist. In comparison to today, travel in 1977 was very expensive…Further the access to information and ability to contact international researchers by email and the web makes the world a smaller place…Nevertheless it is no less important, and I believe crucial…to be able to have access to funds to travel.

The direct contact with international leaders, the development and argument of scientific ideas is not only assisted but fuelled by personal contact" Professor Daine Alcorn Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology The University of Melbourne Travel grant recipient in 1977

"In 1996 I received a grant to cover the cost of my travel and attendance to the biennial conference of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf in Utah, USA. This grant also allowed me to sit for my International Certification examination in Auditory-Verbal Therapy, which was held in conjunction with the conference…Since then I have been able to train a number of Auditory-Verbal Therapists, four of whom have also now become certified. I am now writing a training course to train larger number of A-V Therapists from Australia and overseas…The Ian Potter Foundation funding has been pivotal in training staff to teach our children to listen and speak" Ms Dimity Dornan Clinical Director, Hear and Say Centre for deaf children and their parents (QLD) Travel grant recipient in 1996

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EDUCATION EXEMPLAR GRANTS:

CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTRE, ALBURY/WODONGA (VIC)

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1997-2002

Grey Greenies project, $16,000 Ms Ellyn Martin, Programs Manager 02 6024 1800 cecwodonga@optusnet.com.au www.cec-ace.com.au This project aims to work with older people to develop their knowledge of environmental issues in the local and national context. This group of people are driving an environmental awareness-raising campaign among middle to late-aged groups in the community.

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE (NSW), CHILDREN AND EDUCATION RESEARCH Support at Home for Early Language and Literacies (SHELLS) Associate Professor Laurie Makin and Dr Susan Spedding 02 4348 4063 scsfs@cc.newcastle.edu.au

The project has evolved to focus on working with a group of older artists in the Albury Wodonga community, in conjunction with two key local environmental groups, Parklands Albury Wodonga, and Wonga Wetlands.

The project links with several of the Foundation's areas of interest: community education; environment; regional and rural communities; and volunteerism. Recent retirees are still a relatively untapped resource and programs such as this could have benefits to the individuals who participate as well as the broader community.

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In SHELLS, writing starts early with play at home

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EDUCATION

Associate Professor Laurie Makin heads the recently established Children and Education Research Centre at the Central Coast Campus of The University of Newcastle. The SHELLS program developed by Professor Makin and Dr Spedding began (under a different name) in August 1997, and operates at five sites in regional and rural areas of NSW. It is designed to help the families of young children from birth to three years of age to understand and be confident in their role as their children’s first literacy teachers.

The SHELLS program operates in monthly patterns.

Participating families might have a range of different weekly contacts with the program: a group meeting, a telephone call, a newsletter, community radio, and/or a home visit each month, according to their wishes and needs. Participants may remain in the program for up to three years, or until their child turns three.

The Foundation’s support of this program recognizes the importance of enhancing the potential of socially disadvantaged children through early literacy development.

Communications Law Centre Ltd, VIC towards a series of seminars on how to avoid the potential legal risks of publishing online

5,000

Community Aid Abroad - Oxfam Australia, NSW to attend the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg during August 2002.

3,000

Community Living Association Inc. QLD Volunteer tutor training course for the 'Literacy for Everyday Project'

1,834

Continuing Education Centre Albury Wodonga Inc. VIC Grey Greenies

16,000

Education Foundation Inc. VIC Research Seminar Series as part of the 'Thinking Community: New Futures in Education' project Education Trust Victoria Limited, VIC Champions for Education project

3,675

27,900

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc. VIC

4,800

Outward Bound Australia, ACT to develop participant facilities and accommodation at Outward Bound Australia's National Base

17,500

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, VIC The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden

287,450

Swinburne University of Technology, VIC Summer Getaway, a week-long camp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from Victoria

2,950

University of Newcastle, NSW To assist in publicising the SHELLS project

4,900

TOTAL EDUCATION

$375,009

The Foundation has now supported the program with four grants totalling $135,225 since June 1998.

The first phase of the SHELLS program included content development and implementation with three groups, each with a different profile (eg. rural, indigenous, highneeds). The second phase of the program involved limited dissemination, evaluation, and planning for the ongoing economic sustainability of the program. The third phase, currently being undertaken, involves the development and printing of a SHELLS Program Manual, extension of the program to three new sites funded by the Commonwealth Government through its Stronger Families and Communities Strategy, initiation of a child outcomes study funded by the Sabemo Trust, and the piloting of a partnership with the Smith Family’s Learning for Life programe.

Following the early support by the Foundation, the SHELLS program has been successful in obtaining further grants from government and other trusts to enable its work to expand.

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TRAVEL

$

$

Adelaide University Dr Catherine L. Coulter - Physiology 2,500 Dr. Nesimi Ertugrul - Electronic and Electrical Engineering 1,000

Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Dr Brigid Jordan - Mental Health Service

1,800

The Hear and Say Centre Ms. D. Dornan

2,695

Art Gallery of New South Wales Ms Anne Ryan

2,400

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Ms Nadine Manison - Head and Neck Oncology Unit

2,000

Centre For Eye Research Australia Limited (CERA) Ms Jodi Barton

2,000

The St. George Hospital & CHS, Ms Julia Maclean

2,500

University of Melbourne Dr Richard Light - Science and Mathematics Education Dr Andrea O'Connor - Chemical Engineering Dr Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck - Veterinary Science Ms. Katrina Skewes - Music Dr Murat Yucel - Psychiatry Mr Stephen Wood - Psychiatry

1,000 2,000 1,500 2,382 1,600 1,600

University of Newcastle Dr Martin Crotty - School of Liberal Arts

2,000

University of Queensland Dr Manda Page - Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science Dr Hamish McGowan - Geographical Sciences

2,120 2,500

Charles Sturt University Professor Seumas Miller Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Dr Emma Rooksby - Centre for Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics Child Health Research Institute Inc. Dr Guy Sander - Tissue Repair

5,000 2,000

2,000

CSIRO Plant Industry Dr Amanda Ellery - Centre for Mediterranean Agricultural Research 1,750 Curtin University of Technology A/Prof Jonathon Majer - Environmental Biology

2,000

Edith Cowan University Dr Dorian Moro - Natural Sciences

2,153

Flinders University of S.A. Dr Janet J. McIntyre - Flinders Institute of Public Policy & Management 995 Dr Mark Staniforth - Archaeology 2,500 La Trobe University Dr Mark Harris - School of Law & Legal Studies

1,700

Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition & Festival (MicMusic) Ms Rebecca Windsor

2,000

Monash University Dr. Ross D. O'Shea - Pharmacology 1,500 Dr James Whisstock - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology2,000 Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Dr Amanda Gabrielle Wood - Psychology Ms Adrienne Fosang

2,000 2,000

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute Dr Nigel Waterhouse - Cancer Immunology Laboratory 1,120 Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Dr. Guiying Nie Dr Margaret Jones Dr Rebecca Jones

2,000 2,000 2,000

Queensland Institute of Medical Research Dr Michelle Wykes

2,500

Queensland University of Technology Dr Ying Dong - School of Life Sciences

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University of Sydney Dr Lesley Beaumont - Archaeology 1,200 Professor Margaret Harris - Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences 4,800 Dr Yi Chu - Department of Anatomy & Histology 2,200 Dr Madeline Beekman - Schools of Biological Sciences & Mathematics and Statistics 1,485 University of Tasmania Dr Tom Lewis - Centre for Food Safety and Quality 2,240 Dr Linda Eaton - Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute 1,900 University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Dr Justine Lloyd - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2,000 University of Western Australia Ms Jane S. Heyworth - Public Health Dr Harvey Millar - Biomedical & Chemical Sciences Dr Sarita Bennett - CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity Dr Kay L Cox - Medicine Dr C. Tang - Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Dr Peter Mark - Anatomy & Human Biology Dr Stuart Hodgetts - Anatomy and Human Biology

2,000 2,000 1,550 1,700 2,000

University of Western Sydney Mrs Shirley Morgan - Aboriginal Education Centre Dr Alison Smith - Psychology

2,000 1,000

TOTAL TRAVEL 1,500

2,000 1,480

$105,870

e n v i ro n m e n t and conservation

• to develop partnerships with communities, government and the private sector to help prevent irreversible damage to the environment and to encourage the maintenance of biodiversity • to support programs and policies which are committed to the economic and ecologically sustainable development of land, and the preservation of species • to foster a broad public awareness of the environmental challenges facing urban and rural Australia • to assist communities which are threatened with serious economic hardship due to the degradation of land and water resources, to develop policies to manage the social, economic and cultural changes needed for survival • to conserve those elements of the built environment which has cultural significance

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environment & conservation The environment and its conservation remain high priorities for the Foundation. The emphasis of our grantmaking in this area continues to be land management and biodiversity through support for the Australian Landscape Trust (ALT) in its work in combating land degradation and salinity in the mallee region of South Australia. >

In addition to our commitment to

Local Riverland Primary School children plant trees on Calperum Station as part of environmental education activities

the ALT, the Foundation supports a small number of organisations from across Australia which are working closely with their communities towards biodiversity and ecology

ENVIRONMENT MAJOR PROFILE:

preservation, especially in projects involving components of education and volunteerism.

AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE TRUST (VIC) Program at Bookmark Biosphere Reserve in South Australia, $300,000 (part of a commitment of $2,700,000 over 9 years) To develop and enlarge the scope of the ALT, $200,000 (part of a commitment of $1,000,000 over 4 years) Miss Patricia Feilman, Executive Director 03 9639 7100 pat@austlandscapetrust.org.au The Australian Landscape Trust (ALT) was established with the assistance of The Ian Potter Foundation in 1996. Following the enduring success of the Potter Farmland Plan, supported by the Foundation during the mid-to-late 1980â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the Governors of the Foundation were keen to encourage the creation of a multi-faceted program which would work closely with a rural community to address the sustainable use of degraded land and the conservation of species.

Under the guidance of Dr Pamela Parker of the Chicago Zoological Society, ALT has been working in partnership with the Renmark community, in the mallee region of South Australia, close to the borders with Victoria and New South Wales.

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The region is facing massive problems with water quality through increasing salinity, unsustainable agricultural practices, and loss of native mallee vegetation and fauna. A current proposal

by TransGrid Australia to build an aboveground powerline through the mallee and wetlands is being vigorously opposed by ALT. Supported by funding from local, state and Federal Governments, private trusts and foundations (both in Australia and overseas), business and individuals, and an enormous local volunteer effort, ALT is slowly building a model of how a community can develop solutions to seemingly intractable environmental problems.

The Foundation is currently two thirds of the way through a commitment of $2,700,000 over 9 years towards ALTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs near Renmark. A further commitment of $1,000,000 has supported the development, scope and capacity of ALT itself. A highlight for the year 2002 has been the relocation to new and independent office premises in Melbourne.

Future directions for ALT include the growth of a new program in the Gippsland Lakes region of Victoria, where similar issues of water quality and land degradation are challenging the economic and environmental sustainability of local communities.

A separate brochure outlining the work of ALT is enclosed with this Report.

ENVIRONMENT EXEMPLAR GRANTS:

MERRI CREEK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (VIC) 'Putting Down Roots' - a multicultural planting and publishing project, $14,000 Mr Simon Fell, Project Manager 03 9380 8199 simon@mcmc.org.au www.mcmc.org.au As part of "Putting Down Roots", refugee and multicultural groups are exploring the local and Wurundjeri culture in locations close to their communities, culminating in a planting event at Kingsford Smith Reserve in Glenroy.

Eight groups have visited Merri Creek and explored environmental and cultural history issues. Workshops and ongoing classroom activities utilised this experience and collected personal narratives about caring for the environment from the participants.

These stories are to be published in a practical reading exercise book for English as a Second Language (ESL) and Non English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB) groups.

Preparation of the manuscript for Putting Down Roots has been undertaken in consultation with the Wurundjeri Tribe Land Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council. More than thirty Illustrations have been created or prepared for the publication. The manuscript has progressed to the final draft will be printed in late 2002.

This project is an educational and community building initiative, as well as an environmental one.

SOUTH GIPPSLAND CONSERVATION SOCIETY (VIC) Environmental Education and Interpretation project, $5,000 Ms Aileen Vening, President 03 5674 1689 veninga@tpg.com.au This project has been established to meet the needs of students and the broader community for meaningful environmental education programs in South Gippsland.

The South Gippsland Conservation Society is a very small group doing valuable work of both a practical and educational nature on the Gippsland coast. The Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grant is assisting with the cost of educational materials.

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BIRDS AUSTRALIA (VIC) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) Mr Jim Downey, Chief Executive Officer 03 9882 2622 mail@birdsaustralia.com.au www.birdsaustralia.com.au

1987-2002 In 1987 Birds Australia (previously the Royal Australian Ornithologists Union) began the mammoth undertaking of compiling and editing the encyclopaedic Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, or HANZAB, as it quickly became known.

Since the Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first grant to the project was approved in December 1987, a total of $720,000 been given. The final payment in March 2001 concluded over a decade of support for the seven-volume Handbook, which is published worldwide

by Oxford University Press.

HANZAB draws together, analyses and synthesizes our knowledge of the abundance, habitat and behaviour of all the birds of our region. As such it is the most comprehensive and reliable source of information on birds currently available for anyone working towards the conservation of our environment.

HANZAB has been recognised with many international honours, most notably receiving 4 Whitley Awards for the first four volumes.

>

New Holland Honeyeater images from the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds

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$

ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION Australian Landscape Trust (ALT), VIC To develop and enlarge the scope of ALT

200,000

Australian Landscape Trust (ALT), VIC Bookmark Biosphere Reserve Program

300,000

Environmental Defender's Office (WA) WA towards law fact sheets and community education seminars.

10,000

Green Skills Inc, WA for the purchase of a 12 seat Commuter bus

5,000

Green Skills Inc, WA to purchase a new Canon iR3300 photocopier.

5,000

James Cook University of North Queensland, QLD 20,000 Improving Conservation Management of Dugongs using Innovative Tracking Technologies Green Corps team fencing at Calperum Station

Merri Creek Management Committee, VIC. 14,000 'Putting Down Roots' - a multicultural planting and publishing project South Gippsland Conservation Society Inc. VIC 5,000 South Gippsland Environmental Education and Interpretation project The NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service Inc. NSW towards an educational awareness project TOTAL ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION

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5,000

$564,000

health • to support organisations undertaking research into and treatment of major diseases • to support innovative programs designed to improve the delivery of services to people handicapped by health conditions • to support educational programs for the prevention of diseases

Exclusions: The Foundation does not normally support requests for funds for: •

salaries of health personnel, research assistants, small items of equipment or programs which are substantially funded by Government or major public health organisations

•

equipment and services which should properly be provided for the usual operation of the hospital or health facility

> Nganampa Health Council Child Health Screening Initiative in action

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health The focus of our grantmaking in health is clearly on prevention, through both research and applied programs. Projects supported have contained elements of public education, collaboration between research institutes and public associations, and practical assistance for people living with a health condition.

In the area of indigenous health the Foundation continues to support Nganampa Health Council in the <

Pitjantjatjara Lands of northern

Nganampa Health Council Child Health Screening Initiative in action

South Australia. The Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maternal and child health programs for infants suffering from "failure to thrive" and their new child health

HEALTH MAJOR PROFILE:

screening program benefit specifically from our grant.

NGANAMPA HEALTH COUNCIL (NT) Child Health Project, $70,000 (part of a commitment of $620,000 over 6 years) Dr Paul Torzillo, Medical Director 08 8954 9040 www.nganampahealth.com.au The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands are located in the north west of South Australia . The Nganampa Health Council is an Aboriginal community controlled health service that works with a population of approximately 3,000 Anangu (Aboriginal residents) across an area the size of Victoria, providing primary health care services to all age groups.

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<

The Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment of $620,000 to the Child Health Project run

by Nganampa Health Council was originally approved by the Governors in 1996. Since that time the project has undergone two major changes in focus in response to the changing needs and circumstances of the Council. Initially the project supported maternal and child health care in health clinics on the Lands for babies which failed to thrive and their mothers. The focus of the grant then shifted to supporting the costs of

transport and accommodation to Alice Springs for those babies/young children and their mothers. These failure to thrive children and mothers are accommodated in a supported care hostel where they can then be assisted in an environment where emphasis is placed on improving nutrition, cooking and lifestyle skills. This continues to be supported but is now supplemented by a newly introduced Child Health Screening Initiative at the 9 community health clinics. A project officer is ensuring comprehensive health checks are undertaken on a regular basis for all Aboriginal children under 15 years of age.

A database is being used to record this medical information and any relevant follow up activity.

The turnout for a Child Health Screen at the Mimili Clinic, Nganampa Health Council

HEALTH EXEMPLAR GRANTS:

JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL, (NSW) Home visiting trial for opiate dependent mothers, $65,820 Professor Graham Vimpani, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Newcastle Graham.Vimpani@hunter.health.nsw.gov.au There is a special window of opportunity which motherhood presents for working with opiate-dependent women to reduce their drug use. This project comprises the feasibility and planning phase of a multicentre trial of extended home visiting (antenatal and postnatal) for opiate dependent mothers. It involves centres in Melbourne, Canberra and Newcastle, and cuts across the Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health, medical research and social welfare program areas.

While chemical dependency units in obstetric hospitals assist these women and their babies in the peri-natal period, there is very little follow-up support once the mother is discharged from hospital.

Home visiting programs can provide a non-threatening, supportive relationship with "at risk" mothers. However, a trial project is difficult to implement in an area such as this, with complex ethical and legal issues due to the use of illegal substances and mandatory reporting requirements of suspected child maltreatment. It therefore needs considerable work in the feasibility and planning phase, and the Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grant is supporting this.

AUSTRALIAN DRUG FOUNDATION (VIC) Resilient Youth project: involving young people in developing drug information resources, $20,000 Ms Rosemary McClean 03 9278 8100 adf@adf.org.au www.adf.org.au This project is focusing on cannabis, as one of the two most widely used drugs by young people in our community (the other being alcohol). The project will engage a group of cannabis users aged over 16 in a working partnership to explore the issues surrounding their substance use. Their input will directly influence the development of more relevant and practical information resources for young people. Initially this will project will take place in Dandenong, but it will be documented and disseminated to other regions. It is hoped that the project will produce useful and valid resources through its "bottom up" rather than "top down" approach.

Due to additional funding becoming available, the Resilient Youth Project is now being extended to involve young people from indigenous communities and from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The Resilient Youth Project is also being supported by the Danks Trust and The Carleton Family Charitable Trust.

SANE AUSTRALIA (VIC) The Workplace Project, $20,000 Ms Barbara Hocking, Executive Director 03 9682 5933 barbara.hocking@sane.org www.sane.org The Blueprint Guide to Employment of People with a Mental Illness is a guide to best practice for psychiatric workers, Specialist Employment Agency staff and human resources staff. It aims to promote optimal employment of people with mental illness; by pulling together the essential facts and figures, gathering and interpreting the latest research, examining costs and setting out principles of good practice based on the real-life experience of agencies around Australia and overseas. This grant was made in recognition of the importance and value of work in the rehabilitation and social integration of people with psychiatric disorders.

SANE has pioneered many successful projects in the mental health field and produces very good quality publications, including the Blueprint Guide series.

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2000-2002 ST VINCENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOSPITAL (VIC), DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY Maternal and Child Health Skin Education Program, $30,000 in September 2000 Professor Robin Marks 03 9288 3293 renniema@svhm.org.au www.dermatology.svhm.org.au

HEALTH This project targeted Maternal and Child Health nurses and the parents of infants who attend Maternal and Child Health centres in Victoria. Its aim was to improve the awareness and knowledge of common skin conditions including eczema, dermatitis, cradle cap, nappy rash, miliaria, birthmarks and thrush.

The outcome of the project was the development, trial and publication of an extensive manual, comprising numerous fact sheets which nurses are able to copy and give to parents. The Foundation was pleased to support this initiative, given its focus on prevention, and its community health base.

Australian Drug Foundation, VIC

$ 20,000

Resilient Youth project

Australian National University, ACT

40,000

Master of Applied Epidemiology (Indigenous Health)

Brain Injury Association of NSW Inc. 10,000 Community Awareness Prevention and Avoidance of Acquired Brain Injury Through Education Deakin University, VIC 20,000 to support the project 'Acculturation and its effect on the nutrition and physical activity of African migrant children' Epilepsy Association of South Australia Inc. SA to fund 'Regional Epilepsy Support'.

5,000

Flinders University of S.A. 'Allostatic load as a marker of the stress associated with the relinquishment of care of a spouse with dementia'

10,000

John Hunter Hospital, NSW Home visiting trial for opiate dependent mothers

65,820

Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria Inc. VIC The Rural Support Demonstration Project

4,000

Nganampa Health Council Inc. NT Child Health Project

70,000

SANE Australia, VIC Workplace project

20,000

South East Palliative Care Ltd, VIC 5,000 To train four volunteers, each with a minimum of two years experience within the organisation, in massage and relaxation techniques at an appropriately accredited training facility.

The Otis Foundation, VIC Construction and maintenance of breast cancer respite units.

75,000

Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services Ltd. QLD To establish a pilot Maternal and Child Health 35,000 Program to run for 2-3 years.

TOTAL HEALTH

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$379,820

medical re s e a rc h

• to support major initiatives by leading Australian research institutes, universities and teaching hospitals in innovative biomedical research, the anticipated benefits of which are likely to advance the institution as a whole

Exclusions: The Foundation will not normally support requests for funds for: •

projects suitable for submission to the National Health and Medical Research Council or the Australian Research Council

•

salaries for researchers or research assistants and for equipment which should be the subject of submissions to the NHMRC or the ARC

•

purposes which are core to the operations of the organisation and should more appropriately be funded from institutional operating funds

•

research projects for which there would be a reasonable prospect of attracting commercial funding

•

research scholarships or projects which be would be awarded by the grantseeker to third parties

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medical research Grants in the medical research area have been among the largest made by the Foundation, and typically support the establishment of a major and innovative new research program within an institution with a proven record of excellence in their field. Recent examples include the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology & Medicine, the Burnet Institute, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and the Austin Medical Research Institute.

This year saw the final payment in support of the Sunderland Award, established by the Foundation in 1994 to honour the contribution to the Foundation’s work of Sir Sydney

MEDICAL RESEARCH MAJOR PROFILE:

Sunderland, a pioneer in Australian medical research in the fields of anatomy and experimental neurology. Sir Sydney was one of the founding Governors of the Foundation, serving from its establishment in 1964 until his death in 1993.

PETER MACCALLUM CANCER INSTITUTE (VIC) The Ian Potter Foundation Centre of Cancer Genomics and Predictive Medicine, $500,000 (part of a grant of $1,000,000 over 2 years) Professor David Bowtell, Director of Research 03 9656 1296 d.bowtell@pmci.unimelb.edu.au www.petermac.org The aim of the new Ian Potter Foundation Centre of Cancer Genomics and Predictive Medicine is to rapidly match patients with the best available anti-cancer drugs.

The future of cancer care lies in tailoring treatment to the underlying genetic defects in each person’s tumour.

The new Centre is outstanding in the very close research-clinical nexus it will provide, bringing together the hardware and expertise to perform real-time genetic analysis of human cancers. It will be Australia’s first laboratory complex where human cancer profiling can be taken directly "from the bench to the bedside".

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The new Centre will embrace a number of research functions including the medical oncology laboratory group (which will form a Translational Research Laboratory), a protein chemistry group (which will establish a Protein Marker Facility), a platform technology group (which will supply microarray DNA technology services) together with a Tissue Bank, Clinical Pharmacology Group and Bioinformatics Facility. Certain research groups will be relocated to the Centre on its establishment: the Victorian Breast Cancer Consortium, Gastric Cancer and Australian Ovarian Cancer Study.

The new Centre is scheduled to be opened in early 2003

MEDICAL RESEARCH EXEMPLAR GRANTS:

HOWARD FLOREY INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (VIC) Novel technologies for studying brain chemistry and function, $100,000

> A cross section of a chicken embryo with the earliest motor nerves growing into the embryo. Part of Dr Simon Koblar’s research into nervous system segmentation, supported by The Sunderland Award

(part of a commitment of $1,000,000 over 5 years) Professor Fred Mendelsohn 03 8344 7333 foam@hfi.unimelb.edu.au www.hfi.unimelb.edu.au/research

RESEARCH AUSTRALIA LIMITED (NSW) Three-year start-up support, $50,000

Awarded in 1997, the Howard Florey Institute is now in its final year of a five year grant from the Foundation for research into brain chemistry and function. During 2001-2002, the grant has been applied to two important areas – the establishment of a neuroinformatics group, and the application of a new brain pathway tracing technique using neurotropic viruses.

The neuroinformatics group carries out functional brain mapping experiments in humans, and also aims to extend current methods of analyzing and interpreting data from neuroimages. The second group is involved in tracing the brain pathways involved in the normal control of the circulation, fluid balance and energy balance - together known as "body homeostasis". Both areas represent the development of cuttingedge techniques for brain research, and have revealed important new information about brain function.

Research such as that being undertaken by the Florey holds strong promise for future cures and preventions for debilitating, incurable and often lethal brain diseases and disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases, schizophrenia and depression.

(part of a commitment of $150,000 over 3 years) Dr Christine Bennett, Chief Executive Officer 02 9227 0875 enquiries@researchaustralia.org www.researchaustralia.org Research Australia was established as a result of the Federal Government's Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research (the Wills Report, released in May 1999). The aim of Research Australia is to build widespread community and corporate support for medical research in Australia, at arms length from Government. It provides an innovative model of a national umbrella organisation working to inform and empower grassroots support, which will leverage the efforts and achievements of Australia's health and medical researchers.

The Foundation’s grant is supporting Research Australia to build a solid operational base, to develop innovative programs which will give impetus to the whole sector, and to use communication to make the pie bigger for health and medical research.

Achievements in the past year include the development of a website, undertaking of consumer research, building of a strong membership base, and public opinion polling on attitudes to health and medical research.

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (VIC), ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY The Sunderland Award, $10,000 (part of a commitment of $50,000) Professor Tony Goodwin, Professor and Head of Department 03 8344 5805 a.goodwin@unimelb.edu.au The Sunderland Award was established in 1994 to honour the memory of Sir Sydney Sunderland (1910- 1993), Governor of The Foundation from its inception in 1964 until 1993. Sir Sydney was internationally recognized for his monumental research on peripheral nerve injuries. Please see http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/a asmemoirs/sunderland.htm for further information on Sir Sydney and his work.

The goal of the Awards has been to support and provide new research experience for young Australian neurobiologists working on sensorimotor neurobiology problems that would have interested Sir Sydney. An amount of $50,000 was committed by the Foundation to allow for five Awards, each of $10,000 to be made. Previous recipients of the Awards were: •

Dr Trevor Kilpatrick, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research

•

Dr Vaughan Macefield, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute

•

Associate Professor Glenda Halliday, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute

•

Dr Kathryn North, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children

The final Sunderland Award was made to Dr Simon Koblar, of the Centre for Molecular Genetics Development, Department of Molecular Biosciences, at The University of Adelaide for research into "Discovering new genes guiding peripheral nervous system segmentation".

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1996-2002 THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (VIC) Leadership Fund Professor Suzanne Cory, AC, Director 03 9345 2551 www.wehi.edu.au http://www.wehi.edu.au/information/leader/

The Foundation awarded a grant of $750,000 to the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in December 1996 towards the Leadership Fund, established by the Board of the Institute to celebrate the stellar scientific careers of Professor Sir Gustav Nossal, Professor Donald Metcalf, and Professor Jacques Miller. The goal of the Leadership Fund was to raise $10 million, in order to permanently support three, five-year Fellowships named in their honour, and thereby nurture the development and careers of the scientific leaders of the future. The Leadership Fundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s target was reached towards the end of 2000.

The Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grant enabled the Institute to recruit back from Europe the inaugural Nossal Fellow, young geneticist Dr Hamish Scott. Dr Scott took up his position as laboratory head in April 2000 and has made outstanding progress since that time, publishing extensively, attracting significant funding, and recruiting personnel.

The Institute has recently advertised for the Miller Fellow, the final Fellowship to be appointed under the Leadership Fund.

> Professor Suzanne Cory, AC, Director of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, with Sir Gustav Nossal, AC, CBE, Honorary Governor and Patron of the Institute and Lady Potter, AO, Life Governor of The Ian Potter Foundation formally open the Nossal Laboratories on 23 February 1998. Lady Potter unveiled a plaque commissioned from sculptor Michael Meszaros to mark the occasion.

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MEDICAL RESEARCH

$

Centre for Eye Research Australia Limited (CERA), VIC 70,000 A clinical trial of the effectiveness of cholesterol-lowering medications in slowing the early stages of progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, VIC Novel technologies for studying brain chemistry & function.

100,000

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, VIC Proposal for the establishment of The Ian Potter Foundation Centre of Cancer Genomics and Predictive Medicine.

500,000

Research Australia Limited, NSW three-year start-up support Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation, VIC towards the 2001 Research Grants University of Melbourne, VIC The Sunderland Award

50,000 5,000 10,000

University of Newcastle, NSW 10,000 for the purchase of a cell sorter (Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur) for the Flow Cytometry Core Facility TOTAL MEDICAL RESEARCH

$745,000

science • to support high quality scientific research of particular value to the development and enhancement of the economic and ecological sustainability of Australian enterprises • to support high quality scientific research to preserve Australian flora and fauna

Exclusions: The Foundation will not normally support requests for funds for: •

projects suitable for submission or the Australian Research Council

•

salaries for researchers or research assistants and for equipment which should be the subject of submissions to the ARC

•

purposes which are core to the operations of the organisation and should more appropriately be funded from institutional operating funds

•

research projects for which there would be a reasonable prospect of attracting commercial funding

> STAR peer tutor Paul Bartley explains that 'a bug's life' is an important indicator of the health of rivers and wetlands during a STARtrek Science Show session at Albany Senior High School, WA.

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science During this year the links between our science and education program areas have become stronger. A significant initiative has been the support of two peer mentoring programs, one in Western Australia

> Samantha Saunders (left) demonstrates a step in sample preparation for a DNA laboratory session arranged for STAR peertutored Year 9 students from Willetton Senior High School, WA. The school, which has had STAR science peer tutors since 1995, has won national recognition as the Science School of the Year for the last two years.

and one in Victoria.

While Science has proven to be one of the Foundation’s smaller program areas during recent years, the Governors have reaffirmed their

SCIENCE MAJOR PROFILE:

commitment to this area, and the Foundation remains keen to support innovative and sustainable programs in the sciences.

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY (WA) The STAR Peer Tutoring Program, $38,337 (part of a commitment of $115,000 over 3 years) Mr Russell Elsegood, Community Relations and Director, Star Program 08 9360 6650 elsegood@central.murdoch.edu.au http://wwwcomm.murdoch.edu.au/star/int ro.html The Foundation’s support of this program arose from a desire to mark the International Year of the Volunteer in 2001 with an initiative that would encourage the inter-generational transmission of volunteerism and lifelong community service among university students.

The STAR model of science peer tutoring and mentoring is based on the Pimlico Connection at Imperial College, London, and Israel's PERACH program.

Undergraduate university science students volunteer a few hours a week to assist in the classroom with science lessons in secondary schools. The secondary students benefit greatly by working with and learning from a peer tutor close to them in age who is fascinated by and committed to science. The tutors work in collaboration with classroom teachers and develop projects that they can implement with students.

The STAR program was developed in Australia at Murdoch University, and during 2002 more than 120 undergraduate students were involved in

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tutoring and mentoring several thousand secondary students aged from 7 to 17 in nearly 30 Perth metropolitan schools.

An independent evaluation of the STAR program at Murdoch University is to be undertaken by the Centre for Learning, Change and Development, and will commence in the second half of 2002.

The Foundation’s grant of $115,000 over three years is providing salary support and some operation costs for Mr Russell Elsegood, Director of the program. Mr Elsegood is working to disseminate the STAR model to other Universities throughout Australia. Two highlights of the program in 2002 were the successful launch of the STAR model at the University of South Australia, and negotiations for the STAR model to be extended to all public Universities in WA. Discussions are also underway with universities in most other Australian states.

There are also three smaller, sub-programs of STAR: •

eco-STAR is an environmental mentoring program in which university student volunteers assist secondary students with projects designed to address environmental issues in their local community or region.

•

the STARtrek Science Show travels to regional high schools in WA, where peer tutors (in their university holidays) present to students a range of hands-on experiments, relevant to everyday life and involving a blend of the sciences. The STARtrek team logged its 30,000th kilometre this year.

•

the STARnet program involves weekly peer tutoring of students at regional schools by video-conferencing.

SCIENCE EXEMPLAR GRANTS:

RMIT UNIVERSITY (VIC), FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE Science Peer Tutor Program, $35,000 Mr Nick Besley, Director Science Peer Tutor Program 03 9925 1022 nick.besley@rmit.edu.au http://www.rmit.edu.au/appsci/pt A grant of $35,000 was made to RMIT to extend and evaluate its Science Peer Tutoring Program, working in consultation with Mr Russell Elsegood from Murdoch University (see above). The grant is being used to employ a part-time coordinator for the program, to liaise with schools, recruit and train university students as peer tutors, develop the program in new areas, and undertake an evaluation.

In the year to June 2002, the program delivered over 200 interactive science workshops in regional primary and secondary schools, each presented by several teams of student peer tutors in a series of half-day or full-day school visits.

Approximately 40 student volunteers are involved in the regional program. In addition, 24 peer tutors are placed in targeted metropolitan primary and secondary schools for a minimum of one term each (half-a-day per week), to assist with science and maths classes. The program also receives some State Government funding.

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Peer Tutor Aaron Torpy from RMIT with Year 9 students from Camberwell Girls Grammar School seeing the light through their handmade spectroscopes

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY (SA), ARCHAEOLOGY Indigenous arrival and lifestyles in southern Arnhem Land N.T., $10,500 Dr Claire Smith, Senior Lecturer 08 8201 2336 claire.smith@flinders.edu.au http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/welco me/indgarch.php This research project, undertaken in collaboration with the Burunga-Wallagar Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, is investigating when Aboriginal people first came to southern Arnhem Land and their lives from deep antiquity to the present. It is based on the analysis of oral histories and excavated data, and involves cooperation between Flinders University, The University of Western Australia, and The University of New Mexico, USA. The Foundation is pleased to be supporting research of this calibre in the area of Australian archaeology. Dr Smith has won extensive awards including a Fulbright Fellowship, has strong international links in her discipline, and has a track record of successful collaboration with Indigenous people. The program is also being supported by Flinders University and AINSE (the Australian Institute of Nuclear Sciences).

[This is part of long-term research in the region, aspects of which have been funded by the Australian Research Council and AIATSIS (the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies).

On-going support is provided by the Barunga-Wugularr community.]

One article is in press in an edited book to be published by Routledge and a number of other papers about the project are planned for submission to archeological journals, both in Australia and overseas. In addition, six undergraduate and one postgraduate student have been involved in the project; oral histories of the region have been collected, and initial development work completed on cultural tourism and education material.

CSIRO EDUCATION (ACT) Student Research Scheme, $35,000 Mr Ross Kingsland, Manager, CSIRO Education 02 6276 6477 Ross.Kingsland@csiro.au http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=educatio nIndex&stylesheet=educationStudentResearch The Student Research Scheme helps talented young people in senior secondary school to develop their potential in the science field by providing them with the rare experience of undertaking a research project under the supervision of a research scientist.

A survey evaluation of the program undertaken in February 2002 indicates that this experience motivates 70% of participating students to take up tertiary science studies and careers.

During 2001, the Scheme operated in all Australian capital cities except Darwin, and also in Townsville, Launceston and Geelong.

A total of 271 students completed projects, which were co-ordinated by staff in CSIRO Science Education Centres. The Scheme is also supported by a number of universities and research groups across Australia.

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WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (NSW)

DOWN THE TRACK...

When and where do Albatross Feed?

Albatross telemetry project, $10,000 Dr David G. Nicholls enquiries@wwf.org.au This project aims to determine the weight change of an albatross at sea in real time.

There is a need to determine important feeding areas for albatross using a method which can economically demonstrate potential areas of interaction with fisheries practices.

Vital to the project is the development of an instrument suitable for tracking and logging data. The instruments currently available are not ideal for use on albatross, due to the large distances they cover and the protracted period which some birds spend away from land. The prototype instrument to be field trialled is also designed to be less intrusive than any existing instrument.

A small number of these prototype instruments will be deployed in the field for a period of up to one month on freeflying great albatross, to prove the concept design. Preliminary data on the daily changes in weight of a small number of live albatross will provide the parameters for refining the sensitivity, accuracy, sampling and memory of the instrument, and allow for further development.

This project is the next step in a sustained research program supported by the Foundation since 1993. Dr Nichollsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; research has mapped the distribution of seven species of albatrosses and petrels, pioneering year-long-duration tracking, and providing new insights on the birdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; use of weather.

1999-2002 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, MELBOURNE (VIC) Australian Fungal Mapping Scheme, or FungiMap project Ms Gudrun Evans, Co-ordinator, Fungimap Dr Tom May, Convenor, Fungimap 9252 2300 fungimap@rbg.vic.gov.au www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap/

Fungimap is a collaborative project between professional and amateur mycologists and naturalists to gather information about the distribution of fungi throughout Australia.

Fungimap started as an initiative of mycologist Tom May at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in 1996, and the > Pagoda Fungus (Podoserpula pusio) project is jointly sponsored by RBG one of the Fungimap target species Melbourne and the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. The Foundation supported the project with two grants of $12,500 in March 1999 and June 2000.

Fungimap has rapidly gathered momentum, and currently has approximately 600 volunteers across Australia, and over 10,000 records of sightings of the 100 target species of fungi. More than 130 people attended the 1st Fungimap Conference in Denmark, WA in 2001. An award-winning CD-ROM and a webpage for Fungimap have recently been developed, and will be used as educational tools about fungi and its ecological importance. The records collected by volunteers provide baseline data for monitoring the effects of climate change, pollution and different land management regimes, and enable establishment of the conservation status of the target species.

SCIENCE CSIRO Education, ACT Student Research Scheme

$ 35,000

Flinders University of S.A. 10,500 Indigenous arrival and lifestyles in southern Arnhem Land N.T. Murdoch University, WA STAR Program

38,337

RMIT University, VIC 35,000 towards developing a Science Peer Tutor Program, for which Russell Elsegood will play the role of facilitator World Wide Fund Fund For Nature, NSW 'When and Where do Albatross Feed?'

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10,000 $128,837

s o c i a l w e l f a re • to support innovative programs which have a strong preventative focus and which are directed to family preservation • to assist programs which have an established record of providing meaningful employment opportunities for young people.

• to assist projects designed to develop strong business, community and volunteer partnerships which provide support for families and other groups experiencing economic or other hardships • to encourage the economic, social, educational and cultural life of communities and the people who live in them, and to help develop nationally applicable strategies for community development • to encourage the dissemination of results of successful programs Australia wide and to assist organisations to access proven overseas practice >

A parent and child enjoying the 4 yearold HIPPY program at Glastonbury Child and Family Services

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social welfare Grants made under this program area vary greatly in size. Small, one-off donational grants of no more than $5,000 are made to many organisations whose commitment to their communities deserves recognition and encouragement, particularly those with a strong volunteer component. At the other end of the spectrum, larger, often multi-year grants have supported the establishment of innovative programs by organisations which are leaders in their field.

supporting the national expansion

Female SWATRAD program graduates meet for a reunion weekend in the Stathbogie Ranges in January 2002

>

We are particularly pleased to be of the No Interest Loan Scheme (or NILS), both through a grant to the Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service in Victoria for the national

SOCIAL WELFARE MAJOR PROFILE:

coordination of NILS, and through individual grants to organisations, generally outside Victoria, which are seeking to establish their own

GOOD SHEPHERD YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICE (VIC)

program.

National coordination of the NILS Scheme, $40,000

A stronger emphasis on programs

(part of a commitment of $80,000 over 2 years)

which focus on children, young people and their families, was also reflected in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grants.

Ms Annette Leverett, National NILS Coordinator nils@infoxchange.net.au http://www.goodshepherd.com.au/gsyfs/w ork/fin_nils.html No Interest Loan Schemes (or NILS) assist low-income communities in a very practical way. Successful repayment of a loan not only provides a family with a necessary household appliance, but also with a sense of achievement, a credit history, and a further benefit to their community through the re-lending of the money they have repaid.

Since the Foundation made its first grant to a NILS program in 1992, we have witnessed the program grow, firstly within Victoria, and now nationally.

In early 2000, the Foundation commissioned a report to provide advice

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and information about the outcomes of grants totalling $377,000 which were made between 1992 to 2000 for the provision of NILS programs, mostly in Victoria. The report concluded that there were significant gaps in the availability of these programs across Australia.

As a result of this report, the Foundation made a commitment of $350,000 in June 2000 to the national expansion of NILS programs. The Foundation is assisting the creation of new programs, through the provision of funding for capital bases and set-up costs. These grants focus on expanding the NILS into States and Territories other than Victoria. A total of $145,000 has been granted towards the establishment of seven new programs since June 2000.

The Foundation also made an additional grant in March 2002 to the Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service to support their national coordination of NILS. Good Shepherd have played a pivotal role in the development of NILS over the last two decades, including the development of the Victorian NILS Network, administrative software for agencies, standards and best practice guidelines. The Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grant is assisting Good Shepherd to provide technical support, advice and advocacy for new and existing NILS across Australia over the next two years.

GLASTONBURY CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES (VIC) Child & Family Enrichment Program, $25,000 (part of a commitment of $100,000 over 2 years) Mr Victor Coull, Chief Executive Officer 03 5222 6911 vcoull@glastonbury.org.au www.glastonbury.org.au This is an innovative program which fits the Foundation’s interest in early childhood and prevention. The objectives of the program are three-fold: •

to assist parents improve their parenting skills and reduce at-risk parenting behaviour;

•

to assist disadvantaged children up to the age of 6 to achieve appropriate milestones of development; and

•

to promote family preservation by facilitating the independence of families from the child welfare system.

Glastonbury is one of the oldest of Geelong's child welfare agencies and provides high quality services to socially disadvantaged families experiencing serious difficulties in child rearing. It has a proven track record of working collaboratively with child protection services and with other agencies in the Barwon area; and has consistently drawn upon its own resources to fund innovative programs.

The program model is an adaptation of the Israeli HIPPY program (Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters) and represents an innovative attempt to enhance the cognitive capacity and educational outcomes of pre-school aged children at risk of neglect.

The program is being evaluated externally over two years.

INNER EAST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE INC. (VIC) Wilderness Adventure Therapy research and development, (SWATRAD) $55,000 (part of a commitment of $70,000 over 2 years) Mr Simon Crisp 03 9482 4008 scrisp@vicnet.net.au Wilderness adventure therapy is attracting interest from a number of organisations and the Foundation has received numerous applications for funding such programs over recent years. Psychologist Mr Simon Crisp did an overseas study of wilderness therapy programs in 1996, funded by a Churchill Fellowship and he is undertaking the task of researching and preparing best practice guidelines. He will also make recommendations on funding requirements and strategies for the development of the field.

The project involves trialing wilderness/adventure therapy programs for a range of "at risk" adolescent groups. Six Melbourne agencies with existing wilderness/adventure therapy programs nominated as participants, and their programs are being evaluated.

Most of the trials have been successfully completed, and analysis of the data is underway.

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SOCIAL WELFARE EXEMPLAR GRANTS:

A parent and child sharing the HIPPY program with the Co-ordinator

MALLEE FAMILY CARE (VIC) Volunteer Co-ordinator for the Chances for Children program, $34,950 Ms Fiona Harley, Manager – Chances for Children 03 5023 5966 fharley@malleefamilycare.com.au www.chancesforchildren.com.au Mallee Family Care is working with The Smith Family to integrate their educational scholarships program for disadvantaged children, Chances for Children, with the Learning for Life program of The Smith Family. The program is proving a useful model of how a national welfare agency can work closely with a regional child welfare agency, each benefiting from the other’s resources and expertise.

An external evaluation has been commissioned.

The Foundation’s grant is supporting the employment of a part time Volunteer Coordinator for the program. The Coordinator will recruit, train, and support mentors for students who have received scholarships in communities in the northwest of Victoria.

Chances for Children assists young people from the Mallee region to reach their full potential in educational, cultural or social pursuits with a particular emphasis on post-secondary education in other parts of Australia. The program is not perceived as a "ticket out of town" but rather an opportunity to develop skills and bring them back to their community.

This grant recognises the importance of carefully recruited, well trained and supported volunteers to act as mentors.

The mentoring component of the Chances for Children and Learning for Life pilot programs is very important in enhancing the educational aspirations of both the students and their families, many of whom do not have a history of post-secondary education.

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MENZIES INC. (VIC) To conduct a one-day workshop, $5,000 Mr Ian Berry, Director 03 9784 9700 info@menzies.org.au >

The first group of volunteer mentors from the Champions for Families program graduate from their training and accreditation training in July 2002.

LISA LODGE (VIC).

To establish the mentoring program, Champions for Families with Young Children, $30,000 Ms Di Noyce, Executive Director 03 5331 3838 lldirector@infoxchange.net.au Lisa Lodge-Hayeslee is a small organisation in Ballarat, which has developed a nationally acclaimed mentoring program by volunteers for at-risk adolescents, called the Champions Mentoring Program.

This new program, Champions for Families, is based on their existing model, and is targeting families with very young children who have received services from the Parenting Assessment and Skill Development Service (High Risk Infant Initiative) at Child and Family Services Ballarat.

Mentors are trained volunteers who are matched with families to provide support, friendship and community integration.

Seven mentors, all women, graduated from the training and accreditation process in early July.

Child and Family Services (the former Ballarat Children's Home), is a wellestablished agency which received a grant of $300,000 from the Foundation in 1990 to pioneer intensive family preservation services in Australia, and helped prevent the removal of many children from their families by child protection services.

These two organisations are working together to deliver a volunteer-based home visiting program for vulnerable families with "at risk" infants who have been assessed as requiring longer term support.

Home visiting programs of this nature have been shown to have long-term benefits for the children and their parents.

Menzies Inc is a long-established, community based child welfare agency which provides residential care to children and young people unable to return to their families. Residential care is the most suitable option for some children and young people, but faces many challenges.

This workshop had two broad aims - firstly to examine possible alternative models of residential care for further development and trial; and secondly to identify actions that could be taken immediately to improve the recruitment, selection training and retention of quality carers.

The Foundation’s grant covered the cost of the workshop, including airfares, accommodation and expenses for (interstate) experts.

ST LUKE’S FAMILY CARE, BENDIGO (VIC)

DOWN THE TRACK...

Shared Action for Family Enhancement (or SAFE) program

Ms Di O’Neil 03 5440 1100 stlukes@stlukes.org.au www.stlukes.org.au

1997-2002

Shared Action for Family Enhancement (SAFE) was a three year community development project run by St. Luke's and funded by The Ian Potter Foundation with grants totalling $361,000 from 1997 to 1999. It aimed to promote the safety and wellbeing of children in Long Gully (near Bendigo in Victoria) by working with adults and groups in the community to mobilise resources and undertake community building activities. A vision of a healthy, safe and pleasant community was developed, and multiple projects were undertaken to achieve that vision, including building a community park, and establishing a sports and recreation club.

Two booklets about the SAFE program have been produced to date. The first, "Building Community, Strengthening Families – Shared Action in Long Gully", by Fiona Gardner and Bob Jamieson of La Trobe University, Bendigo, is a formal evaluation of the program. The second, "Shared Action – Our Story", is a narrative booklet including lots of photographs, which chronicles the program from the community’s perspective. A third publication, a reference book for policy makers, agencies, and workers engaging in community capacity building will describe the philosophy and principles of the project and the processes used, and will be available late in 2002.

All three publications will be used by St Luke’s to ensure that the SAFE program is known and understood by as wide an audience as possible.

The success of Shared Action has been ratified by the Commonwealth Government providing funding to continue the project for two further years. Shared Action is also being used as a model by the Victorian State Government in their major community building strategy.

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SOCIAL WELFARE Anglicare, NSW Thurina Early Intervention Program

$

$ 10,000

Glastonbury Child and Family Services, VIC Child & Family Enrichment Program

25,000

Association of Relatives and Friends of Emotionally and Mentally Ill (ARAFEMI) Vic. Inc. VIC Conference support

4,000

Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service, VIC 40,000 towards the national coordination of the No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS)

Association of Relatives and Friends of Emotionally and Mentally Ill (ARAFEMI) Vic. Inc. VIC The Fifth Carers Conference

5,000

Hanover Welfare Services, VIC for the development of the BrainGame project

Aunties & Uncles (Queensland) Limited, QLD 5,000 to link at-risk children (12 months to 12 years) and their families with volunteer, mentoring aunties and uncles Australian Red Cross - W.A. WA To establish the Family Support Service in Kalgoorlie

36,530

Homeplus Living Inc. VIC Lead Tenant project

5,000

Inner East Community Health Service Inc. VIC 55,000 research and development of best practice for young people at risk

5,000

Australian Speak Easy Association Inc. (Victorian Branch) VIC Conference grant 4,000 Autism Association of South Australia Inc. SA Parents Retreat

4,560

Baptist Community Services - NSW Pathways Adolescent and Family Support Unit one-on-one Educational Support Program

5,000

Interchange Outer East Incorporated, VIC The 'Balance Program'

7,545

Italian Assistance Association, Melbourne, VIC. Traditions and Visions project

5,000

Jesuit Social Services, VIC Release Transition Program - Q Base IT

5,000

Karinya House Home for Mothers and Babies Inc. ACT to fund the purchase of computer hardware and software and internet access for use of residential and outreach clients.

5,000

Barnardos Australia, NSW Find-a-Family program

20,000

Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre Inc. NSW IFL scheme

15,000

La Trobe University, VIC Community House for Donydji Community, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

Broadmeadows UnitingCare, VIC for the evaluation of the Victorian implementation of FAST by the Victorian Parenting Centre

38,682

Lifeline Darling Downs and SouthWest Queensland Limited, QLD. Australiana CD for fundraising 5,000

Broadmeadows UnitingCare, VIC for the Victorian Parenting Centre to evaluate the replication of the FAST program in Victoria

415

Care Connect Incorporated, VIC 3,000 for CEO of Care Connect to present a paper entitled 'Partnerships and Innovative Models of Care' at the UN 2nd World Assembly on Ageing to be held in Madrid April, 2002 Care Inc. ACT Towards an IFL program at Care Inc.

15,000

Care Ring, VIC to conduct a 'Men and Relationships: Implications for the Workplace' seminar in Sydney (Sept. 2002)

4,500

Cystic Fibrosis S.A. Inc. SA Capacitating Adults with Cystic Fibrosis

5,000

Dingley Village Community Advice Bureau Inc, Vic to support parenting programs.

3,700

East Burwood Centre Inc. VIC No Interest Loan Scheme Gateways Support Services Inc. VIC to establish a Staff Education Program

20,000

Lifeline Geelong Inc. VIC updating and printing of a community health &welfare booklet and poster

5,000

Lisa Lodge - Hayeslee, VIC to establish a Mentoring Program

30,000

Mallee Family Care, Vic Mentor's program

34,950

Maroondah Addictions Recovery Project Inc. (MARP) VIC general support

5,000

Melbourne Legacy, VIC 4,200 Nursing support services for 2002 Summer camp for the disabled.

Menzies Inc. VIC to conduct a one day workshop

5,000

Noah's Ark Family Resource & Toy Library for Children with Special Needs Inc. VIC to create a framework for the support of families who have a child with a disability

20,000

5,000

Northern Metropolitan Community Health Service, SA Bush Food and Sculpture Garden project

5,000

5,000

Oxford Houses Australia, VIC 50,000 3 year longitudinal research study on the model of self-managing housing and support for people in recovery from addiction (alcohol and other drugs)

Gateways Support Services Inc. VIC 5,000 to purchase an electronic hoist for Interchange Host Families to borrow in order to support the respite care of children with disabilities

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SOCIAL WELFARE Oz Child - Children Australia Inc. VIC Looking After Children Implementation project Playford Community Fund Inc. SA Living Skills for Clients Port Pirie Central Mission Inc. SA towards an IFL program at the Mission

$

$ 22,500

The Abbeyfield Society (Mortlake) Inc. VIC Rebuilding and Expansion of Abbeyfield House

10,000

4,000

The Big Issue Australia, VIC Vendor Education and Empowerment Program

5,000

15,000

The Create Foundation Limited, QLD Create Opportunity Fund

20,000

Prahran Mission, VIC to fund the Music Program

5,000

The Gordon Homes for Boys and Girls Incorporated, VIC for the development of a Manual for Residential Support Staff in temporary emergency care units for children and adolescents

Royal Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital Foundation, VIC

5,000

The Northcott Society, NSW Jobmatch The Reach Foundation, VIC Reach Courses

4,500

5,000

Uniting Care Mount Gambier, SA refurbishment of new facility

2,000

Positive Ageing Foundation, WA Linking Generations Program

20,000

5,000

4,640

Art Therapy for the children of cancer patients

Shopfront Theatre for Young People Co-op Ltd, NSW 'Live by the Die' Southern Citizen Advocacy, VIC Business Partners Project Springvale Community Aid and Advice Bureau (VIC) VIC for the expansion of the Bureau's volunteer program

27,500 25,000

University of Newcastle, NSW to develop literacy practices to involve fathers in the lives of their children

St. Mark's Community Centre, VIC to provide material aid

5,000

Victorian Association of Youth in Communities Inc. VIC towards the VAYC Youth Group development work

Stawell Intertwine Services Inc. VIC to purchase equipment for the 'Greenfingers' program

5,000

Women's Activities & Self Help House Inc. NSW to extend the W.A.S.H. House's Interest Free Loan Scheme

Strathdon Community, VIC to develop the Community Centre at Strathdon The Abbeyfield Society (Australia) Limited, VIC Volunteer Support Program

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10,000

Youth Assist Inc. (The Visy Cares Centre) VIC to assist with respite care for young clients

15,000

5,000 10,000 5,000

3,000 TOTAL SOCIAL WELFARE

$769,222

The

Ian Potter Cultural Trust

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust was established by The Ian Potter Foundation in 1992 to enable it to make grants to individuals across a broad range of cultural fields. The Trust aims to nurture excellence and diversity in cultural activities in Australia by making grants to outstandingly talented people in the early stages of their careers.

"I have just returned to Australia, having completed my first year at Curtis (The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA) and having had the most exciting, stimulating and musically rewarding nine months of my life…".

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust provides grants to a maximum of $5,000 for the support of:

Ms Alexandra Osborne, Cultural Trust grant recipient

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art

•

community arts

•

conservation and moveable cultural heritage

•

crafts

•

design

•

literature

•

music

Mr Andrew Byrne

•

performing arts

Mr Tim Dargaville

•

radio, film, television & video

Mr Andrew Ford

•

visual arts

Mr Graham Hair

A separate, biennial program of the Cultural Trust is The Ian Potter Music Commissions Program, which offers support for the composition and performance of new Australian music.

In 2001, the following eight composers received grants totalling $82,720:

Mr Matthew Hindson Grants assist people to undertake a program of international study, or another form of career development. The vast majority of applicants seek funding for travel and tuition costs; however a small number of grants are made for the acquisition of musical instruments or nonstandard equipment.

Mr Raffaele Marcellino Mr Larry Sitsky, and Mr Tim Stevens.

The judging panel for the 2001 Commissions comprised Helen Gifford, Michael Kieran Harvey, Stephen McIntyre, and Roger Smalley. The next grants under the Music Commissions Program will be made in 2003.

For further information about the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, or to obtain a copy of the Trust’s current application guidelines, please visit the Foundation’s website at www.ianpotter.org.au

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THE IAN POTTER MUSIC COMMISSIONS PROGRAM

$

Ms Shalom Almond towards the production and post-production costs of her film, 'Brushstrokes'

Mr Andrew Byrne 'New Australia: A Trans-Pacific Journey' - a forty-minute, multi-movement work for voice & electric ensemble exploring ideas of the political activist William Lane (1861-1917)

5,000

Mr Tim Dargaville 'Rubia - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra' - a 20 minute work for piano solo, strings, percussion, brass and woodwind.

5,100

Mr. Andrew Ford 'Tales of the Supernatural'

9,200

Mr Martin Friedel for the composition of 'Cities of the Mind'

6,200

Professor Graham Hair 'The Flow of Occurance', a 45-minute choral symphony for soloists, chorus and orchestra/ensemble to a text by Canberra poet and novelist Alan Gould.

7,800

Mr Raffaele Marcellino 'Universal Beatitudes' - part of a a five-part multimedia song cycle for two pianos, two percussion and female singer

2,500

Prof. Larry Sitsky 'Apocalypsis Figuratis' a 20 minute piano concerto, based on Thomas Mann's 'Dr. Faustus, for piano, brass, quintet, percussion quartet and electronic keyboards

6,000

Dr. Timothy Stevens 'Four words of Elizabeth Hunter' - a five-movement piece for improvising ensemble, comprising voice, trombone, piano, double bass and percussion.

SUB TOTAL MUSIC COMMISSIONS

THE IAN POTTER CULTURAL TRUST

$42,550

3,000

Mr Alister Barker to undertake a twelve-month Diploma in Professional Performance in cello at the Royal Northern College of Music, UK 3,000 Mr Stephen Birch to undertake a three-month residency at the Greene Street Studio in New York

4,000

Mr James Campbell to undertake a one-year Masters of Music course in trombone at Northwestern University in Chicago

5,000

Ms Sarah Cathcart to attend a two-day Round Table Conference of community arts workers who work in the field of 'social circus' in Montpellier, France and to observe, over three days, circus/theatre work at the Festival Printemps des Comedians 3,680 Ms Carmen Chan to undertake a program of masterclasses in percussion in Europe, to attend the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Ohio, and to study Chinese percussion in Hong Kong.

5,000 Ms. Fiona Chatwin to undertake the second year of her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Performance at the University of California, San Diego

750

$

3,500

Ms Kara Ciezki to continue studies for a Master of Music Degree in recorder performance at the New England Conservatory in Boston, USA 5,000 Mr Joshua Clarke to attend masterclasses and a ten-day residency at The Banff Centre in Canada

3,000

Mr Frances d'Ath for the purchase of a computer and software to continue the research and development of computer-based processes to making dance 5,000 Ms Tali Dalton to attend, and purchase equipment at, the Glass Art Society (GAS) conference in Amsterdam and to research the lava flow patterns in The Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii for six weeks 5,000 Mr Justin Davies to work as an Assistant Producer on the New York City tour of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘La Boheme’ 5,000 Ms Deborah de Graaff for travel costs associated with performing in London with the Tartini-Jacob Clarinet Concerto & the Fine Arts Orchestra of London in the Crypt of St Johns smith Square for one month

2,000

Ms. Monique Dimattina for the purchase of a piano to further her development in Jazz, which she is currently studying in New York under a Fulbright scholarship

3,000

Ms Deirdre Dowling to complete the second and final year of a post-graduate certificate course in baroque violin and viola at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague 2,485

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$ Mr Jack Ellis to undertake studies (Certifikaat) in Composition with Martijn Padding and Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague for 10 months 5,000 Ms Katrina Faulds to study advanced fortepiano performance techniques with Mr Stanley Hoogland at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Ms Susan Fereday for the purchase of a digital video camera to expand and develop her video projection and installation work

Ms Jodie Fried to undertake a two-month position as a theatre designer with Shinjuku Rozanpaku in Tokyo - 2001

3,000

Ms Briele Hansen for the purchase of a Digital Video Camera and accessories to facilitate work in installation formats, including photographic and digital video imaging, performance, sound and text.

4,000

Mr Kristian Ireland to participate in the 41st International Summer Course for Contemporary Music in Darmstadt, Germany

3,000

Ms Anna Jeffries for the production of a 15 - 20 minute film, 'China Face' for as the final element of her course in film at the VCA

5,000

Ms. Jolanta Juszkiewicz for Kropka Theatre to tour 'Convict Women-Lifetime Exile' to the Edinburgh Arts Festival 2002

4,000

3,500

3,000

Ms Trudy Gould to attend the XXIst World Congress on Architecture held by the Union Internationale des Architects (UIA) and the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) in Berlin

Mr James Hullick for the purchase of a computer music system (a Macintosh G4 Computer and specialist sound card)

5,000

Mr Robin Fox for the upgrading of a computer performance system to facilitate the creation of sound art (including installations) and the live processing of acoustic instruments

Mr Andrew Fyfe to undertake a three-month internship with Ms Elia Centurion working with Pre-Columbian state collections in Peru and a one-month's visit to archeological sites and regional museums in and around the cities of Cuzco and Trujillo, Peru

$

Ms Caroline Kennedy to undertake a three-month residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts Studio in Paris researching paintings of the French School of the XIXth Century 2,000 Ms Jennifer Kent to undertake a nine-week secondment with Danish director Lars Von Trier in Sweden

4,000

4,000

2,300

5,000

Ms Jess Kingsford to attend the 'First Congress of the International Society for Gesture Studes' at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA 2,600 Ms Zoe Knighton, Fliders Quartet to take part in the Winter Long Term Career Development Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada

5,000

Ms Sarita Kwok to undertake a two-year Masters of Music Degree in violin performance in the USA

3,500

Ms. Elizabeth Harris to record a CD of her work, incorporating Torres Strait Islander influences, and to produce a web-page to publicise the CD 3,000

Ms Anita Kyle to attend the 34th Summer Vocal Institute for Singers and Pianists at the American Institute of Musical Studies, training in singing, to be held in Austria for six weeks 5,000

Ms Sophie Heath for the purchase of a computer to be used in her forthcoming t wo-year MA in the History of Design at the Royal College of Art in the UK

Ms Sonya Lee to undertake a Postgraduate Performance Diploma in Piano at the Peabody Conservatory, John Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA 5,000

3,000

Ms Jacqueline Linke to undertake a three-month course of study with voice coach Edoardo Lanzo in Italy 3,000

Mr David Heckenberg to complete the third and final year of the City and Guilds Certificate and Diploma at Newark and Sherward College - Violin Making School

2,500

Ms Melinda Hertzel to undertake a five-month study tour to Europe, working with physical theatre companies in Berlin, Paris and London

5,000

Ms Wietske Maas to undertake a two-month residency at the Centre Est-Nord-Est, a contemporary arts centre in St-Jean-Port-Joli near Quebec city, Canada 2,000 Mr Seamus McCartney to attend the XXIst World Congress on Architecture held by the Union Internationale des Architects (UIA) and the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) in Berlin 3,748

Mr Daniel Hill to undertake the fourth and final year of his studies in the Piano Department of the St Petersburg State Conservatorium of Music, Russia, completing a Master of Arts degree under Nina Seryogina

2,250

Ms Shonah Hill to return to Sengal for three months to undertake further study in African Dance

3,820

Ms Lucinda McLean to undertake further study into the work of architects Peter and Alison Smithson in London as research for re-writing one of her earlier theory papers 4,000

3,000

Mr Douglas McRae to attend a six-month series of workshops on voice, opera and music in London and Hamburg 4,850

Mr Enlai Hooi to participate in an exhibition, Designersblock, in London and to make contact with galleries in London

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$ Ms Tracie Mitchell for the purchase of an Apple Macintosh ibook equipped with Final cut pro and Dreamweaver to be used in creating works for dance and film.

Ms Clare Morehen to undertake the Dancers' Course at the Upper School of the Royal ballet School in London Ms Jodee Mundy to undertake a two-month course at the Ecole De Mime Corporel Dramatique in London

3,000

Mr Paul Robertson to undertake a two-month NOH workshop and residency with the Theatre Training Research Progream and the Practice Performing Arts School in Singapore

3,000

5,000

Ms Vanessa Rossini to undertake a one-year acting course at the Oxford School of Drama (San Some Studio's) in England

5,000

5,000

Ms Sarah Schmidt to undertake the Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Asia Leadership Program, building on her experience as a curator

2,500

Mr Ben Schultz to study Bass Trombone at the Aspen Music Festival and the School of Colorado for three months

5,000

Mr David Murray to travel to Sweden and America, strengthening contacts and exhibiting his new work, 360 degrees, and portfolio for two weeks

2,370

Ms Natalie Murray to undertake a one-year Repetiteurs' Master Course at the National Opera Studio in London

5,000

Ms Lena Nahlous to undertake a four-week professional development exchange program with community music organisation 'Ocean' in England 3,000 Mr Alan Newton to undertake a six-month artist in residency program run by the Czech master glass cutter and polisher Jan Friedreich in the Czech Republic Mr Ronald Ng to undertake three weeks of private piano studies with three renowned pianists in France and Italy Mr Aven Noah for the purchase of audio equipment to be used in developing and promoting traditional Torres Strait Islander music Ms Martel Ollerenshaw to undertake placements and work with contemporary music organisations in Europe, furthering her skills in arts production/administration for three months Mr Paul Peers to undertake the three-year Professional Theatre Directing Program (MFA Directing) at Columbia University, New York Mr Andriรกn Pertout to attend the 2002 Asian Contemporary Music Festival The 22nd Asian Composers League Conference & Festival in Seoul, Korea Ms. Astrid Pill to perform with Polish Theatre Company, Song of the Goat Theatre on the creative development and showing of 'Song Of Solomon'

Ms. Joanne Searle to work as assistant to ceramic artist Ian Jones in a wood-firming that he is undertaking with Korean artist Professor Lee in Chin in Seoul, and to attend the three-month ceramic art event WOCEK 3,000 Mr Andrew Simpson to undertake an 18-month masters course in Architecture at Harvard University, USA

4,000

4,940

5,000

3,000

5,000

2,500

3,000

5,000

Ms Thelma Thomas to undertake a four-week community music training exchange with 'Ocean' in the UK

3,000

Mr Dale Truscott to continue postgraduate performance studies in trombone at the Hochschule fur Musik in Detmold, Germany

5,000

Ms Azaria Universe to undertake a further four months' intensive, personalised training at the State Circus School in Moscow

4,000

Mr Zheng-Ting Wang to attend the National Band Festival 2001, organised by the New Zealand Concert Bands Association, in Christchurch and the International Chine Conference in Italy

1,400

Ms Sally Wicks to attend the annual DanceWEB, a newtork of dancers, choreographers, companies and pedagogues in Vienna

3,000

Ms Naomi Wileman to study Post-graduate cello performance for a year at the Music High School in Koln, Germany

3,000

Ms Nicci Wilks to undertake a six-week course of training on the 'Rhonrad', a German Wheel used in gymnastics used in contemporary circus, at the Tus Aschaffenburg - Leider in Aschaffenburg school in Germany 4,000 Ms Heather Winter to undertake a series of visual arts workshops at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg for two months 5,000 Mr Yen Ooi Chi to produce a short film entitled 'Smoki - The Chop Chop Diaries' as part of the 2nd year of his Bachelor's degree in Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts 5,000 TOTAL CULTURAL TRUST

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5,000

Ms Rebecca Somers to undertake violin studies over two years with Jens Ellermann at the Hannover Hochschule fur Musik und Theatre in Germany 3,000

Mr Thomas Rann to continue studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London under the mentorship of cellist Raphael Wallfisch for another year 5,000 Mr Tom Rimes to undertake a two-year Masters of Conducting degree at the University of Memphis, Tennessee

$

$334,993

2002 Distribution Report – Photo credits The Foundation wishes to thank those individuals, organisations, newspapers, and journals whose photographs and images appear in this Report, specifically:

p.6

Photo Trevor Mein

p.9

Picaninni Dreaming Image created by Nadine McDonald and Michele Graham

p.10

Photographer Greg Barrett

p.19 & p.20

New Holland Honeyeater images, artist and copyright holder is K. Franklin

p.21 & p.22

Copyright and credit images to Cyndi Cole, Health Worker Training Coordinator, Nganampa Health Council

p.28

Photo courtesy of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

p.29 & p.30

Photographer Yolanda Pereira, STAR Co-ordinator

p.32

Photo: Thelma Daniell

p.35

Lower centre, photographer Simon Crisp

THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION STAFF: Dr Dorothy Scott – Executive Secretary Mr John Kellaway – Accountant Mrs Pam Maughan – Finance Administration Mr Scott Anderson – Grants Administration Ms Maria Roberts – Grants Administration Ms Alexandra Williamson – Grants Administration Ms Carol Mackieson – Reception

Trustee: The Ian Potter Foundation Limited ACN 004 603 972 Level 3, 111 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Telephone: 03 9650 3188 Facsimile: 03 9650 7986 email: admin@ianpotter.org.au web: www.ianpotter.org.au