The Saward Dawson Community Foundation is a tax deductible public fund that allows us to take our impact to a new level.
We are expanding our support to charities and will partner with clients on their projects.
The Foundation is registered as a deductible gift recipient so donations over $2 are tax deductible. Many of our staff make regular donations to the Foundation. The Foundation is a public fund that also allows clients to place funds within the foundation with possible opportunities to direct their giving over the next few years.
Saward Dawson supports hundreds of charities every year. We provide charities with professional services at discounted rates, training and technical resources, and work closely with the regulators in the sector.
Generosity is foundational to our core values.
“Saward Dawson staff are generous with their time, working hard to support their clients, and financially they make large contributions to our projects”.
At Saward Dawson, we are proud to be able to support more than 250 charities throughout the year. We provide these charities with professional services at discounted rates, technical resources, and training and sector knowledge by working closely with those who work in the sector. We believe that generosity is foundational to our core values.
Our Charity inFocus program allows us to select a new charity every 6 months to focus on. As a firm, we rally together by raising funds via workplace giving and hosting various activities to support and raise awareness for the charity. Some of the previous charities we have selected include, SOS Charitable Foundation, CBM and Empower.
Throughout the year, we select certain charities that we believe make a significant impact in our community and, as a firm, provide financial support for the work that they do.
Across the globe, Tearfund work in partnership with locally-based Christian agencies who understand the needs of their communities, and are in the best position to develop responses that are relevant and sustainable.
They support grassroots initiatives where community members, especially those most impacted by poverty and marginalisation, participate at every level of implementation.
They tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice, recognising that needs are complex and interrelated.
They intentionally prioritise projects in some of the most challenging contexts around the world because we are called to be where the need is greatest.
Saward Dawson exists to have a positive impact – on our clients, our staff and our community. One way we do this is through the employment of talented young people and invest in their training and skill development to enable them to assist many businesses and not-for-profits. We also wanted to make a positive impact on the lives of other children that have not had the opportunity that many Australian children take for granted.
Hohidiai has developed a caring community, supporting extremely vulnerable children. The more than 50 children in full time care are mostly from situations where their physical safety has meant that it is not possible to live at home or with relatives. Many of these children would have died or been trapped in an endless cycle of abuse without Hohidiai’s intervention. Hohidiai takes care of abandoned and “at risk” children and partners with a school to provide education for these and other children.
Working in the remote and needy, Maluku Islands in Indonesia, Hohidiai provide a day clinic, hospital care, tuberculosis and leprosy clinic and a treatment centre for victims of HIV/AIDS. A small farm is being developed offering agricultural training and food security for those who live on site.
Hohidiai have been working in this poverty-stricken area for many years. They have provided much-needed medical care, education and community development after a horrific conflict in the region saw 10,000+ people killed. The Hohidiai projects are assisted by an Australian couple who have been residents in the area for about twenty years. They work to train up local staff to ensure the community is empowered and can continue the work. The work is holistic, looking at the needs of the community and developing projects which will address these needs.
Hohidiai is responding to the COVID-19 crisis and has been asked by the local government to become one of the centres for COVID treatment.
To learn more, or to support Hohidiai, head to their website:
Saward Dawson acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
Level 1, 20 Albert Street, Blackburn VIC 3130
PO Box 1212, Blackburn North VIC 3130
contact@sawarddawson.com.au | +61 3 9894 2500
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