[Commpsych] Fw: Donate Now to Support Aboriginal Victorian Communities Bushfire Appeal

[Heather Gridley]

Hello everyone - I've been asked to share this message about an option to support Victorian Aboriginal communities affected by the terrible bushfires this summer that have received world-wide attention - and are still burning, despite some rain relief in the past few days.

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has, at the request of ACCHOs in the Gippsland region, established a central point for funds directed towards bushfire relief for the Aboriginal community in Victoria. VACCHO is the peak body and leading advocate for the health of Aboriginal peoples in Victoria with a membership of 31 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs). VACCHO also works closely with partner organisations, Government and non-Government Community sector organisations across Victoria and nationally.

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) are controlled by, and accountable to, Aboriginal people in those areas in which they operate. Each ACCHO aims to deliver holistic, comprehensive and culturally appropriate health care to the community that controls it. There are likely to be parallel collection points for donations to communities on other fire-affected states (which is pretty much every state/territory, although damage is most widespread in Victoria and New South Wales).
Many thanks
Heather Gridley

Honorary Fellow

College of Health and Biomedicine

Victoria University

Melbourne, Australia

E: heather.gridley at vu.edu.au<mailto:heather.gridley at vu.edu.au>

Ph: +61 419113731

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From: Patricia Dudgeon <pat.dudgeon at uwa.edu.au>
Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2020 12:08 PM
To:
Subject: Donate Now to Support Aboriginal Victorian Communities Bushfire Appeal

Dear All,

If you are planning to donate…

No pressure, but if you were thinking of donating to support addressing the bushfire crisis, please consider supporting Aboriginal communities.

Professor Greg Phillips has requested that we circulate the following below to our networks.

Feel free to forward this onto (please do!) your own networks but just delete the names from this send out. Also see attached VACCHO press release

All my best, Pat  Dudgeon



From: Trevor Pearce <trevorp at vaccho.org.au<mailto:trevorp at vaccho.org.au>>
Date: 15 January 2020 at 11:46:33 am AEDT>
Subject: Donate Now to Support Aboriginal Victorian Communities  Bushfire Appeal

Hi Networks and Stakeholders

VACCHO at the request of ACCHOs in the Gippsland region have become the point of contact for all bushfire donations that support our communities in Victoria. In partnership with ACCHOs in the region VACCHO has established a charitable Foundation with the appropriate governance structures.
VACCHO Members organisations have been both impacted by the bush fires, and are playing an essential role in emergency relief, particularly as a first responder. The demands of this role on our ACHHOs are expected to increase in the coming weeks. VACCHO will be coordinating support to ACCHOs by working with our other Member services to provide workforce support to address the immediate needs.
As you will no doubt appreciate our Members' hands are full in assisting their Communities and they will be relying on us to carry some the administrative load around this work. We've established a dedicated bank account so that all donations can go directly to affected Member services, to support the healing their Communities.
·         All donations $2.00 and over are tax deductible. If you need a tax receipt contact our Finance Team on 03 9411 9411
·         VACCHO has merchant facility to also accept donations via credit card – call finance team on 03 9411 9411

Account Name: VACCHO – Bush Fire Fund
Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
BSB: 063-123
Account Number: 10593553

International Payments
Swift Code/I Band: CTBAAU2S
Branch Address: 146 Smith Street, Collingwood VIC, Australia 3066

http://www.vaccho.org.au/donate-now/

Trevor Pearce
Proud Kamilaroi Man
Acting CEO


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