3pm, Saturday 18th November at Captains at the Bay, 21 Pascoe St, Apollo Bay

We cordially invite everyone to join us at Captains at the Bay for our AGM followed by refreshments.

We will be presenting and acknowledging grants totalling $17,165 for the year ended 30 June 2023.

Craig Buckingham, Chairman

3pm, Saturday 9^th November 2019
Captains at the Bay
21 Pascoe Street, Apollo Bay

We cordially invite everyone to join us at Captains at the Bay for our AGM followed by refreshments.

We will be presenting and acknowledging Grants totalling $59,168 for the year ended 30 June 2019.

We will also be acknowledging the distribution of $34,900 made to organisations who made a significant contribution to the successful Great Ocean Road Running Festival in May this year.

Our Grants, including funding of new projects within our district, would not be possible without the support of our Members and the generous bequests left to the Health Foundation. We encourage everyone to consider making a bequest to the Apollo Bay and District Health Foundation to enable us to continue supporting the community, now and in the future.

We are also very pleased to advise that our Guest speaker this year is Brian Humphries. Brian will give an update on the progress of the new Aquatic Centre for which the Health Foundation is a major donor.

Craig Buckingham, Acting Chairman

The 18th Annual General Meeting of the Foundation was held on 10th November 2018 at Captains at the Bay, and 30 members and supporters attended. Members were advised that Foundation grants to local organisations for the year were $43,712. The major grant was to Ambulance Victoria – Apollo Bay branch for $15,000 for cardiac arrest survival equipment. In addition, $10,000 was donated to Otway Health as a grant toward their reorganisation of GP facilities in Apollo Bay. A further grant of $10,000 was made to the Apollo Bay Community Pool project. The Foundation is the largest single donor to this programme with a three-year commitment of $30,000. $20,000 has been paid with a further $10,000 to be paid in July this year. The Foundation has since inception, distributed over $350,000 by way of grants to the community.

The Foundation is also the principal charity for the Great Ocean Road Running Festival and $34,000 was distributed this year to local organisations who provided volunteers for the event. Distributions to the community since the Foundation became the principal charity total $202,000.

At the Annual General Meeting the following Trustees were re-elected – Ian Manton (currently Chairman), John Curry and Andrew Gardiner.

At 30 June 2018 the Foundation had assets of nearly $1.2 million including ownership of the Second Sails Opportunity shop.

The guest speaker at the AGM was Inspector Trevor Cornwall, Ballarat Police Local Area Command, who spoke on drugs and alcohol and their negative impact on the health and well-being of the community. We are grateful to Duncan and Anna at Captains at the Bay for providing a great space for us to hold our AGM.

We are looking forward to the events for 2019; stay tuned for our 20 Year Anniversary celebration, music events and the 2019 GOR Running Festival on 18-19 May.

3pm – Saturday, 11th November, 2017 at Captain’s at the Bay

Notice is hereby given that the 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Apollo Bay & District Health Foundation Inc.B will be held on Saturday 11^thB November 2017 at Captain’s at the Bay at 3pm.

We will be presenting Grants totalling $22,984 from Health Foundation funds for the year ended 30 June 2017.B We will also be acknowledging grants of $42,000 made to organisations who made a significant contribution to the successful Great Ocean Road Marathon in May this year.

Our Grants, including funding of new projects within our district, would not be possible without the support of our Members and the generous bequests left to the Health Foundation. We encourage everyone to consider making a bequest to the Apollo Bay and District Foundation to enable us to continue supporting the community, now and in the future.

We are also very pleased to advise that our Guest speaker this year isB Brad Pickering, Nurse Practioner at Otway Health.

We cordially invite you to join us for the AGM followed by refreshments.

$80,000 to our Community

At the Health Foundation AGM onB Sunday 8th November over $80,000 was distributed to ten community groups.

The guest speaker Snr Sergeant Tony Francis shared his experiences in building community resilience and community capacity not only in dealing with ICE and other illicit substances, but any serious challenges that might be facing our community. B His often amusing tales enlightened and entertained us all. B We and other community leaders are committed to adopting this approach and “watch this space” for more information and actions in the next few months.

Listen to the recording of this talk.