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Melbourne Victoria 3000
Phone : 1800208378
Contact
Email : telstrafoundation@team.telstra.com
Website : http://telstrafoundation.com/
Since 2002, the Telstra Foundation has worked with community organisations that have an appetite for social innovation, contributing more than $43 million to over 8,000 innovative community projects.
During this time, we’ve seen the rise of digital communication technologies – new connections, new devices, new social platforms and ‘the app’.
The Telstra Foundation brings the worlds of community organisations and digital technology together. We work with partners to unlock their digital potential so that all Australians – regardless of age, income, location, disability – can enjoy the social and economic benefits of being connected.
Key Telstra Foundation programs:
- Flagship Partnerships
- Social Innovation Grants
- Telstra’s Kids Fund
Employee Giving
Telstra’s Kids Fund
Telstra’s Kids Fund is Telstra Foundation’s employee-directed giving program. Telstra’s Kids Fund provides $1,200 grants to local community organisations involving the participation of a child or young person directly related to a permanent Telstra employee. Annually, we distribute approximately 600 grants to the value of $750,000. The grants support a broad range of initiatives and projects across education, sports and recreation, arts and culture, environment, health, disability and cultural diversity. In the past, we’ve funded musical equipment, educational resources, sports equipment and building upgrades.
Grants
Social Innovation Grants
The Telstra Foundation supports community driven social innovation through our Social Innovation Grants Fund.
This year, we committed $1 million in Social Innovation Grants. This included a partnership with the MJD Foundation to deliver a digital inclusion program for Indigenous people living with Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD) in the Northern Territory. MJD is a hereditary neurodegenerative condition, life limiting and with no known cure. The $300,000 partnership will use innovative tablet technology to deliver health services and support to 30 Indigenous MJD clients and their carers across six Arnhem Land communities.
We also supported Australia’s first Not for Profit crowd-funding platform, to help connect socially conscious Gen Y donors with Not for Profit fundraising campaigns. Over the next two years, the $460,000 partnership will establish the platform as a new, sustainable social enterprise, support 750 non-profits to raise more than $3 million, and up-skill hundreds of non-profit organisations to fundraise online.
Partnerships
Flagship Partnerships
eSmart in partnership with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation
Telstra Foundation’s eSmart Libraries partnership with The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, launched in 2012, will better equip all 1,500 public libraries across the country and support library users with the skills they need for smart, safe and responsible use of technology. This $8 million, multi-year partnership is one of the most significant community cyber-safety programs ever undertaken in Australia.
See www.esmartlibraries.org.au
Indigenous Digital Excellence in partnership with the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence
In July 2013, the telstra Foundation announced a $5 million, five year partnership with the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) to help create digitally savvy Indigenous students, leaders and entrepreneurs across Australia. Our investment will be used to establish an ‘Indigenous Digital Excellence Hub’ where developers and designers will co-create Indigenous online platforms, apps and events to improve community well-being.
eSmart Libraries
Promoting Safe use of Digital Technology
iModeling - Autism SA
Telstra’s Kids Fund
A call for nominations has gone out for Australia’s first national Indigenous Digital Excellence (IDX) Awards with a prize pool of…Read more
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Not for Profits and social enterprises are being given a chance to harness the power of digital technology with the launch of Australia’s…Read more
Improving digital ability is key to boosting digital inclusion and ensuring Australians are not missing out on the social, health…Read more
A Darwin charity providing support to people living with physical and intellectual disabilities has become the first Not for Profit…Read more
Telecommunications giant Telstra has been chosen over Not for Profits to be awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to manage a new…Read more
The Telstra Foundation is offering a free innovation bootcamp custom-designed exclusively for the needs of the Not for Profit sector…Read more
The Telstra Australian Business Awards will include a charity award for the first time this year, in a move to recognise the significant…Read more
A research project that aims to capture the extent of digital inclusion in Australia has launched in Melbourne. A joint initiative…Read more
Women running social enterprises and Not for Profit organisations are eligible to enter a new category designed to showcase those…Read more
Telecommunications giant Telstra is set to shed 78 jobs with the majority coming from a regional Victorian town. The company confirmed…Read more
One of Australia’s largest telecommunications companies has made a groundbreaking move, offering all 34,000 of its staff…Read more
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are embracing new technologies, but significant barriers remain when it comes…Read more
A range of apps that help people with disability and older Australians perform activities such as measuring the running cost of household…Read more
Communications giant Telstra has joined forces with the industry-led Telco Together Foundation to work together to support Australian…Read more
Philanthropic support in the form of seed funding, along with a number of broadcast mentors, have helped launch a new community digital…Read more
The concept of an urban landscaping social enterprise has won The Big Idea, a national social enterprise competition for universities.…Read more
Social entrepreneurs and Not for Profits who reach their fundraising goals the quickest on the Australian Not for Profit crowdfunding…Read more
Mobile donation platform, GiveEasy has launched an Australian SMS text message ‘giving’ system for Australian charities…Read more
New research suggests that 22% of ASX200 listed companies continue to ignore social media channels as a means of communicating Corporate…Read more
Producing a sustainability report is becoming an accepted part of corporate accountability. Pro Bono Australia journalist…Read more
Tim O’Leary is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Telstra. This is a new role at Telstra with executive responsibility…Read more
One hundred community groups across Australia have each been awarded $10,000 from Telstra’s Everyone Connected program to…Read more
Prime Minister Julia Gillard with the CEO of Australian Library & Information Association and Telstra Fundation board members,
The Telstra Foundation is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a launch of a new $1million grants program called Everyone Connected.…Read more
Australian Olympian, and one of the world's greatest middle distance runners, Herb Elliot has retired as Chairman of the Telstra…Read more
Almost seventy five percent of people on a low income still consider their home telephone their most important service with many relying…Read more
About Us
Since 2002, the Telstra Foundation has worked with community organisations that have an appetite for social innovation, contributing more than $43 million to over 8,000 innovative community projects.
During this time, we’ve seen the rise of digital communication technologies – new connections, new devices, new social platforms and ‘the app’.
The Telstra Foundation brings the worlds of community organisations and digital technology together. We work with partners to unlock their digital potential so that all Australians – regardless of age, income, location, disability – can enjoy the social and economic benefits of being connected.
Key Telstra Foundation programs:
- Flagship Partnerships
- Social Innovation Grants
- Telstra’s Kids Fund
Community
Employee Giving
Telstra’s Kids Fund
Telstra’s Kids Fund is Telstra Foundation’s employee-directed giving program. Telstra’s Kids Fund provides $1,200 grants to local community organisations involving the participation of a child or young person directly related to a permanent Telstra employee. Annually, we distribute approximately 600 grants to the value of $750,000. The grants support a broad range of initiatives and projects across education, sports and recreation, arts and culture, environment, health, disability and cultural diversity. In the past, we’ve funded musical equipment, educational resources, sports equipment and building upgrades.
Grants
Social Innovation Grants
The Telstra Foundation supports community driven social innovation through our Social Innovation Grants Fund.
This year, we committed $1 million in Social Innovation Grants. This included a partnership with the MJD Foundation to deliver a digital inclusion program for Indigenous people living with Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD) in the Northern Territory. MJD is a hereditary neurodegenerative condition, life limiting and with no known cure. The $300,000 partnership will use innovative tablet technology to deliver health services and support to 30 Indigenous MJD clients and their carers across six Arnhem Land communities.
We also supported Australia’s first Not for Profit crowd-funding platform, to help connect socially conscious Gen Y donors with Not for Profit fundraising campaigns. Over the next two years, the $460,000 partnership will establish the platform as a new, sustainable social enterprise, support 750 non-profits to raise more than $3 million, and up-skill hundreds of non-profit organisations to fundraise online.
Partnerships
Flagship Partnerships
eSmart in partnership with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation
Telstra Foundation’s eSmart Libraries partnership with The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, launched in 2012, will better equip all 1,500 public libraries across the country and support library users with the skills they need for smart, safe and responsible use of technology. This $8 million, multi-year partnership is one of the most significant community cyber-safety programs ever undertaken in Australia.
See www.esmartlibraries.org.au
Indigenous Digital Excellence in partnership with the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence
In July 2013, the telstra Foundation announced a $5 million, five year partnership with the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) to help create digitally savvy Indigenous students, leaders and entrepreneurs across Australia. Our investment will be used to establish an ‘Indigenous Digital Excellence Hub’ where developers and designers will co-create Indigenous online platforms, apps and events to improve community well-being.
Sustainability
News & Media
eSmart Libraries
Promoting Safe use of Digital Technology
iModeling - Autism SA
Telstra’s Kids Fund
News
A call for nominations has gone out for Australia’s first national Indigenous Digital Excellence (IDX) Awards with a prize pool of…Read more
Domestic violence is a workplace issue according to the Male Champions of Change (MCC), who have released a “pioneering” report offering…Read more
A deal with telco giant Telstra and Infoxchange will see free access to Ask Izzy – the mobile website that connects people who are homeless…Read more
Not for Profits and social enterprises are being given a chance to harness the power of digital technology with the launch of Australia’s…Read more
Improving digital ability is key to boosting digital inclusion and ensuring Australians are not missing out on the social, health…Read more
A Darwin charity providing support to people living with physical and intellectual disabilities has become the first Not for Profit…Read more
Telecommunications giant Telstra has been chosen over Not for Profits to be awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to manage a new…Read more
The Telstra Foundation is offering a free innovation bootcamp custom-designed exclusively for the needs of the Not for Profit sector…Read more
The Telstra Australian Business Awards will include a charity award for the first time this year, in a move to recognise the significant…Read more
A research project that aims to capture the extent of digital inclusion in Australia has launched in Melbourne. A joint initiative…Read more
Women running social enterprises and Not for Profit organisations are eligible to enter a new category designed to showcase those…Read more
Telecommunications giant Telstra is set to shed 78 jobs with the majority coming from a regional Victorian town. The company confirmed…Read more
One of Australia’s largest telecommunications companies has made a groundbreaking move, offering all 34,000 of its staff…Read more
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are embracing new technologies, but significant barriers remain when it comes…Read more
A range of apps that help people with disability and older Australians perform activities such as measuring the running cost of household…Read more
Communications giant Telstra has joined forces with the industry-led Telco Together Foundation to work together to support Australian…Read more
Philanthropic support in the form of seed funding, along with a number of broadcast mentors, have helped launch a new community digital…Read more
The concept of an urban landscaping social enterprise has won The Big Idea, a national social enterprise competition for universities.…Read more
Social entrepreneurs and Not for Profits who reach their fundraising goals the quickest on the Australian Not for Profit crowdfunding…Read more
Mobile donation platform, GiveEasy has launched an Australian SMS text message ‘giving’ system for Australian charities…Read more
New research suggests that 22% of ASX200 listed companies continue to ignore social media channels as a means of communicating Corporate…Read more
Producing a sustainability report is becoming an accepted part of corporate accountability. Pro Bono Australia journalist…Read more
Tim O’Leary is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Telstra. This is a new role at Telstra with executive responsibility…Read more
One hundred community groups across Australia have each been awarded $10,000 from Telstra’s Everyone Connected program to…Read more
Prime Minister Julia Gillard with the CEO of Australian Library & Information Association and Telstra Fundation board members,
The Telstra Foundation is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a launch of a new $1million grants program called Everyone Connected.…Read more
Australian Olympian, and one of the world's greatest middle distance runners, Herb Elliot has retired as Chairman of the Telstra…Read more
Almost seventy five percent of people on a low income still consider their home telephone their most important service with many relying…Read more
