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beyondblue is a national, independent,
not-for-profit organisation working to address issues
associated with depression, anxiety and related
substance misuse disorders in Australia. beyondblue
is a bipartisan initiative of the Australian, state
and territory governments with a key goal of raising
community awareness about depression and reducing
stigma associated with the illness.  |
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| The united voice of blind and vision-impaired
Australians. Our mission is to achieve equity and
equality by our empowerment, by promoting positive
community attitudes, and by striving for high quality
and accessible services which meet our needs. |
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| BGF's client services support those in need, whatever
those needs are and wherever they are in NSW, and
provide links to other programs. Their pupose is
to address the needs of people living with HIV and
AIDS by promoting independence and participation
through the provision of consistently innovative
services. |
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| The Brain Foundation was established in 1970 by
members of the Australian Association of Neurologists
and the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia to
reduce the incidence and impact of disorders of
the brain, spinal cord and nervous system through
the provision of support, community education and
research. |
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| Camp Quality will hold approximately 125 recreational
camps this year throughout Australia for children
living with cancer. The majority of these camps
are based on recreational experience like horse
riding and abseiling in the summer and skiing in
the winter months. |
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The Cancer Council Australia is Australia's national
non-government cancer control organisation.
Our members are the eight state and territory cancer
organisations, working together to undertake and
fund cancer research, prevent and control cancer
and provide information and support for people affected
by cancer. |
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| Carenet is a registered children's charity that
supports kids with seriously ill siblings throughout
Australia. We support the siblings through a family
focused approach as we believe the family is the
building block of a well functioning society. From
this perspective we highly value family relationships,
understanding that the inclusion of serious/chronic
childhood illness into a family unit has immense
potential to strain family cohesion. |
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Carers Australia represents the needs and interests
of carers at the national level through:
Advocating for carers needs and interests in the
public arena
Influencing government and stakeholder policies
and programs at the national level through conducting
research and pilot projects, giving presentations
and participating in a wide range of inquiries,
reviews and policy forums... |
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| Caritas Australia will work towards the creation
of a world that God desires to be just and compassionate.
Caritas will work for the freedom of those who are
oppressed by injustice, bringing 'sight' to both
those who are powerless and powerful and proclaiming
to the poor the good news of their human dignity.
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| The Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland will provide
quality services and supports which will enable
and empower people with cerebral palsy and related
disabilities to create and access opportunities
to lead valued lives as respected and equal members
of society within their family and community. |
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| CCF Australia works in partnership with developing
communities to reduce poverty and improve the well
being of children through integrated child sponsorship
and community development programs. |
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| Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical
Research (CCIA) is the only independent medical
research institute in Australia dedicated to research
into the causes, cure and prevention of childhood
cancer. Our vision is to save the lives of all children
with cancer and eliminate their suffering through
world-class medical research. |
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| Fifteen years ago an 'average Australian bloke'
had a simple idea to make a difference in his own
backyard - Sydney Harbour. This simple idea has
now become the nation's largest community-based
environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day. More
than 6 million Australians have now volunteered
their time since 1989 to help make a difference
to their own local environment. |
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| On behalf of the community of North Queensland,
the Cootharinga Society of North Queensland provides
quality, individualized support to people with disabilities.
The Society was founded in 1951 in response to a
pressing need in the community for a service to
support families whose children suffered the effects
of the poliomyelitis epidemic. |
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| Cure Cancer Australia Foundation has come to stand
for integrity, excellence, and success in research.
Since 1967, Cure Cancer Australia, then the Leo
& Jenny Foundation has been a front-line source
of funding for innovative, ground-breaking cancer
and leukaemia research projects. |
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| CFA is a national body comprising member State
Associations. The national office is located in
North Ryde, New South Wales. The national organisation
assists the member organisations to achieve common
objectives by developing national education programs
and collecting and distributing information about
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) at national and international
levels. |
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| The Deaf Society of NSW works within the community
to ensure Deaf people achieve their full rights
and fulfil their responsibilities as Australian
citizens. The Deaf Society believes that Deaf people
should enjoy the same political, civil and human
rights as other members of the community and works
with the Deaf Community to secure these rights.
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depressioNet is a National charity offering information
and support to all people whose lives have been
touched by depression. With thousands of pages of
easy to navigate information and an award winning
message board and chat forum depressioNet offers
unique online moderated support 24/7. depressioNet
aims to ensure that every person with depression
has somewhere to turn and find understanding, encouragement
and support 24 hours a day.
At depressioNet... You Are Not Alone! |
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| The Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria (EDFV)
is a non-profit incorporated association founded
in the mid 1980's to support those whose lives are
affected by eating disorders, and to better inform
the community about these disorders. The Foundation's
community-based board of management comprises people
who have a personal or professional interest in
eating disorder issues. |
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| Following the senseless murder of 18 year
old university student, Michael Marslew, in
February 1994, Michael’s father, Ken,
formed Enough is Enough, which has
established itself on the highest ideals of
human behaviour, and in a positive and proactive
manner goes about reforming society’s
attitude through understanding and education.
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| The Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria is contacted
by thousands of people each year, requesting
information, support and counselling around
epilepsy. Through our commitment to raising
the profile of epilepsy, we hope to significantly
reduce the burden that epilepsy can bring
into people’s lives. |
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| Farmsafe WA aims to protect farming families
and workers - and improve farm business performance
- through better safety awareness and practices.
Farmsafe WA, a non-profit incorporated body,
is an organisation of farmers and community
and industry groups. |
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| GROW is weekly meetings of small groups
of people who have experienced depression,
anxiety or other mental or emotional distress
who come together to help each other deal
with the challenges of life. Many people come
to GROW while struggling with the loss of
a job, a loved one or a relationship. |
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| The mission of the Hear and Say Centre is
to enable families to teach their children
who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen
and speak. We strive to achieve this mission
by providing early intervention using Auditory-Verbal
Therapy. The Hear and Say Centre is a family-focused
centre, unique in Queensland, which recognises
the parent as the natural teacher of their
child and works with the family to teach their
child to listen and speak. |
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| Heartkids is a support group for families
of children with heart disease, be it congenital
or acquired. We are a non profit, voluntary
organization of parents and people dealing
with and concerned with the day to day realities
of raising and caring for children with cardiac
conditions, and sometimes dealing with the
loss of a child due to their congenital heart
defect. |
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| Horizon Foundation was established in 1981
by a group of parents who wanted to provide
opportunities for their children with disabilities.
Today it has grown into a large organisation
which supports hundreds of people with disabilities
and is a leader in the field of disability
services in Queensland and Australia. |
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| Impotence Australia is a not-for-profit
organisation that was set up to decrease the
suffering of men with impotence and their
partners by providing quality telephone counselling.
In addition to telephone counselling, Impotence
Australia provides information fact sheets
on many sexual issues. Impotence Australia
strives to develop and maintain relations
with consumers and health professionals to
improve treatments and care. Impotence Australia
is an independent consumer organisation with
no ties to any clinical services. |
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| The Inspire Foundation (www.inspire.org.au)
uses technology to create opportunities for
young people to help themselves and help others.
Its Reach Out! program (www.reachout.com.au)
helps young people get through tough times,
its Beanbag program (www.beanbag.net.au)
provides access to technology for marginalised
young people, and its ActNow program (www.actnow.com.au)
helps young people to take action on the issues
they care about. |
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| JDRF is the world’s leading nonprofit,
non-governmental contributor to diabetes research
whos mission is to find a cure for diabetes
and its complications through the support
of medical research. JDRF structures its research
on a business-world model to ensure that resources
are spent most effectively to accelerate progress
toward finding a cure and is the only major
diabetes organisation focused exclusively
on research. |
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| Kidney Health Australia, formerly the Australian
Kidney Foundation, was officially formed 35
years ago. It is a non-profit organisation
with a mission to be the lead organisation
promoting kidney and urinary tract health
through research, advocacy, education and
health service excellence. |
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| Kids First Foundation was created to bring
child abuse and neglect into focus and affirm
the importance and value of children to our
community and prioritise their safety and
welfare. Kids First Foundation raises funds
to provide services for abused, neglected
and at-risk children nationally and integrates
these services with an Australia wide research
and advocacy program. |
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| Kids Under Cover is a Victorian based children's
charity established to build homes for homeless
and at-risk young people. Since inception
in 1989, Kids Under Cover have built in excess
of 100 homes. Kids Under Cover works through
a network of some 50 member welfare agencies
that are care specialists trained to assist
with foster care and community adolescent
placement programs. |
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| Legacy is dedicated to the care of the dependants
of veterans who died on active service or
subsequently including current defence force
personnel killed on hazardous duty or while
training for operations. |
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