2. • Only 1% of Australia’s
population
• Twice the size of Texas
• Six times the size of the
United Kingdom
• Disadvantaged remote
communities
Crocodiles and sunsets
3. Financial performance
• Gross Revenue $ 582,619
• Grants Expenditure $ 381,396
Strategic priorities in 2015
• Impact on a greater number of children, with a
focus on the needs of children in remote
communities
• Seek out purposeful partnership opportunities to
respond to unmet need
• Increase grants program activity and
budget expenditure from previous year
4. In Partnership!
• Starfish Swim Group – one on one water safety
and learn to swim for kids with disabilities.
Ongoing funding secured via a 3 way
corporate/NFP partnership
• St John Ambulance – early intervention first aid
education now delivered to thousands of
Territory kids in remote communities
• Alice Springs hospital - critically ill infants and
children safely cared for and transferred to
medical facilities.
• Schools – building resources, sustainable
programs and scholarship opportunities
5. Goanna Park Nation al Adventure
Camp
• Annual grant event bringing teens
from all over Australia to the NT
• A unique ‘Top End’ experience for
the last 16 years
• Challenging, rewarding, building
practical and emotional life skills
6. Fundraising events:
local flavour, unique demographic
• Santa Fun Run – community engagement and brand promotion
• Australia Day Ute Run – colourful and iconic, with thousands of
participants and spectators
• Sandbar Cricket – quick game in Darwin harbour
• Bash – ongoing success as a major income contributor
7. Brand connection and engagement
• Consistent and positive media exposure through formal partnership
arrangements
> 10 newsprint editorials highlighting grants/fundraising events
5 x Television news coverage
12 x radio interviews, in addition to
ongoing community announcements
• Successful social media strategy with a focus
on grants stories and cause awareness
8. • Approx. 62,180 children in the NT
under 18 years
• 19.78% of children impacted
• No individual grants = 42
• No organisational grants = 12
• Total grants $381,396-
