Prue and Liz see that providing women and girls with education and opportunities is the key to making sure they have the best chance to reach their full potential.
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Our 2018 Small Grants Program is all about strengthening women’s economic security—here's why.
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Research shows that being someone who gives, means greater happiness overall.
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so that in this lifetime we will be: equally paid for the same work safe on the streets and in our homes equally represented in our parliament and...
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Would you like to make lasting impact in the community? Are you passionate about strategic, gender-wise philanthropy? Establishing a Sub-Fund within the Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust is...
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“Chris Friday, as a white Australian woman, is standing up for Aboriginal women and girls, and seeking to contribute to their self-determination and empowerment. This Sub-Fund raises the bar for philanthropic foundations to be purposefully shaped this way.” Leanne Miller, Koorie Women Mean Business and VWT Director reflects on the significance of the Chris Friday Sub-Fund, one of the latest additions to our suite of named Sub-Funds.
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The Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust is committed to putting women on the public record and for remembering and highlighting their important place in our communities. We have established nine Sub-Funds so far to honour women who have made a valuable contribution to the lives of women and girls in our state or in memory of women special in the hearts of their families. If you are involved with a not-for-profit organisation that is eligible for a grant check out the details and purposes of each Sub-Fund, applications are open now and close 31st July 2017.
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In 2017, sixteen small grants were given for a range of projects that in one way or another will improve the lives of women and girls or women and their families.
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The Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust has launched a new sub-fund to honour and recognise one of Melbourne’s most influential philanthropists, Fleur Spitzer. The Women’s Trust said that while Spitzer was not a household name, her generosity had had an immeasurable impact on the lives of many people in the community and she had been a shining example for other female philanthropists.
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The Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust has just announced another great bunch of general grants and they are really worth taking a look at for their...
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so that in this lifetime we will be: equally paid for the same work safe on the streets and in our homes equally represented in our parliament and...
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In 2002, outworkers in the clothing industry were being appallingly exploited. 90% of the workers were women earning $2-5 per hour. They worked a 12-16 hour day, often in unsafe conditions.
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It was 1996 and the time had come to change a very old story. We were just a heartbeat away from the beginning of the...
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We can take some things for granted but that doesn’t mean that it’s fair. For example, should women pay more for a haircut or dry...
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Would you like to make a lasting impact in your community? Are you passionate about strategic, gender-wise philanthropy?
Establishing a Sub-Fund within the Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust is a practical and lasting way for you to strategically invest in advancing opportunities or reducing barriers for women and girls’ in Victoria without any administrative burden.