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Minister launches Garvan Alcoa community health partnership

 08 Aug 2007 On 7 August, Minister for Science and Medical Research, the Hon. Verity Firth, officially launched an innovative partnership between Garvan and local aluminium recycler and manufacturer Alcoa. The Garvan Institute visited Alcoa’s Yennora plant to deliver customised interactive presentations to workers about diseases such as prostate cancer, osteoporosis and diabetes. The company hopes the education will benefit the health of employees and their families.
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Garvan thanks Vittoria coffee

 07 Jun 2007 A generous donation by Vittoria Coffee has enabled Garvan to provide its staff with a dedicated, stylish, in-house café
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Company giving

 

Garvan has a long history of successful partnerships with large publicly-listed and smaller private companies. A number of our existing corporate partners also encourage their staff to support Garvan through workplace giving, and may match employee donations.

Investing in medical research at Garvan is a sound business proposition. Your organisation will be aligning itself with a prestige brand and an innovative, world-class enterprise focused on delivering health outcomes to the Australian community. Both our research and fundraising staff are conscious of your accountabilities to shareholders and/or employees and other stakeholders in your business.

Within our research priorities, we aim to tailor Garvan’s investment proposition and our marketing, reporting and acknowledgement deliverables to your company’s drivers and needs. Typically this will involve a briefing process where we learn about each other, and then presentation of a customized proposal. Corporate partnerships can be structured around a range of options, including:

  • sponsorship of a particular project or event (for example, the Alcoa Foundation’s support for Garvan’s 2007 Public Seminar Series)
  • a three year pledge to support a specific piece of research with defined outcomes and milestones (for example, Amadeus Energy Ltd’s support for our search to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease)
  • in-kind support (such as the Accor Group’s gift of discounted hotel accommodation around Australia)
  • purchase of a particular piece of scientific equipment (such as Macquarie Bank Foundation’s support for an Arcturus Laser Capture Microdissection System)
  • point of sale fundraising (for example, Witchery’s commitment to raising funds for breast cancer research through retail sales of pink ribbons)
  • a named research fellowship

If you would like to open a discussion about the possibilities that would work best for your company, please contact Carole Renouf, the CEO of the Garvan Research Foundation by calling (02) 9295 8114 or emailing foundationceo'at'garvan.org.au.

Corporate Sponsors

Accor Group

Accor is the world’s largest hotel and tourism group with more than 3,500 hotels and resorts. Accor’s partnership with Garvan offers Garvan staff generous discounts at selected hotels around Australia.

Alcoa Foundation and Alcoa Australia Rolled Products

The Alcoa Foundation and Alcoa Australia Rolled Products have entered into a new two-pronged partnership with Garvan. On the one hand, the Foundation is sponsoring our whole 2007 Public Seminar Series. On the other, our PACE Manager is delivering a series of onsite health education talks to Alcoa employees at Yennora (NSW) on osteoporosis, diabetes and prostate cancer.
Amadeus Energy Ltd
 Amadeus Energy Ltd is a publicly listed oil and gas producer and explorer based in Perth, WA. The company owns long life proven producing oil and gas fields in the USA, primarily in Texas, Kansas and Southern Oklahoma. Amadeus wants to assist Garvan to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease.
Australian Securities Exchange
 As one of the world’s top 10 listed exchange groups, measured by its market capitalisation, the ASX Group was created through the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange. The ASX-Garvan partnership has endured since 1994, most recently supporting research into brain disorders such as mental illness.
BNP Paribas
 BNP Paribas has one of the largest international banking networks with strong positions in Asia and a significant presence in the United States. The bank operates in over 85 countries. In Australia, BNP Paribas chose to sponsor the work of Dr Vanessa Hayes, Garvan’s leading cancer genetics researcher, over three years.
GlaxoSmithKline
 GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), one of the leading life sciences companies, has chosen to establish the GSK Don Chisholm Fellowship in honour of Garvan Professor Don Chisholm’s lifetime achievements in diabetes research. GSK has also contributed to funds being raised to establish the Don Chisholm Chair.
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
 Mallesons Stephen Jaques is a leading international commercial law firm that focuses on advising major corporations and financial institutions in Australia and Asia, and is committed to providing outstanding client service and excelling in the practice of the law. Mallesons has supported Garvan since 1995. As part of our partnership, we have held several very well-received Boardroom lunches for Mallesons partners and clients.

MBF Foundation

 The MBF Foundation was established in 2005 as part of MBF Australia Ltd's ongoing contribution and commitment to the community.  It is a charitable institution that supports and manages important community health initiatives using a portion of the MBF Group's investment income each year.
The MBF Foundation invests in partnerships and activities that fall into the following categories:
• promotion of health research;
• promotion of health education; and
• promotion of programs for leading healthy lives.
The Foundation's current core focus areas for investment are:
• Wellness and obesity;
• Healthy ageing; and
• Keeping health care affordable.
MLC MLC is the wealth management division of the National Australia Bank Group. Through a vast network of financial advisers MLC provides quality financial planning services including investment, insurance and superannuation solutions to individual investors and corporate customers. MLC and Garvan have enjoyed a long-term historical and strategic fit. It was an inaugural gift in the name of James Patrick Garvan – the founder of the life insurance industry in Australia – that enabled the establishment of the Garvan Institute. Today, MLC supports medical research across the range of disease conditions tackled by Garvan.
Park Hyatt Sydney
 The Park Hyatt, located in the Rocks in Sydney, is an exclusive boutique hotel offering exceptional design, elegant style, privacy and personal service. The Hotel is uniquely positioned right on the water's edge of Sydney Harbour. The Park Hyatt is proud to have Garvan as one of its charity partners and generously donates a dinner once a year to thank up to 50 Garvan supporters for their loyalty, as well as a variety of dinner and accommodation prizes.
Public Trustee NSW
 An experienced asset manager, the Public Trustee is responsible for the making of wills, acts as executor in deceased estates, manages trusts and provides attorney services. Garvan has enjoyed a partnership with the Public Trustee NSW over several years. In 2007, the Public Trustee is sponsoring a Garvan Wills Day (scheduled for September) as well as two of our public seminars (Healthy Ageing and Mental Health Disorders [link]). Ms Sue Field, the University of Sydney Fellow in Elder Law, will be addressing issues of ageing and the law at both seminars.
Vittoria Coffee
 Vittoria Coffee, owned by members of the Schirato family, is noted for its support of charitable causes. A generous donation by the company enabled Garvan to outfit its new café, de novo, to a high standard. In addition to significant financial support, CEO Mr Les Schirato donated the coffee-making machines as well as Vittoria-branded cups and saucers.
Witchery The staff and customers of women’s fashion retail chain Witchery have been involved with Garvan since 1997, through sales of pink ribbons to support breast cancer research.




 
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