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Annual Report 2017
The Alannah & Madeline Foundation is the leading national not-for-profit organisation focusing on protecting children from violence and creating behaviour change in the community to reduce bullying and cyber bullying.
In 2017 the Foundation marked its 20th anniversary and we are proud to have reached more than 2 million children through our care, prevention and advocacy work.
OUR HISTORY
On 28 April 1996 at the historical Port Arthur site in Tasmania, 35 people were tragically killed.
Alannah and Madeline Mikac, aged six and three, along with their mother, died that day.
Because of this terrible act of violence, Alannah and Madeline’s father, Walter, and a small group of volunteers, worked hard to set up the Foundation with the belief that all children should have a safe and happy childhood without being subjected to any form of violence.
It was launched on 30 April 1997 by the then Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon John Howard OM AC.
OUR VISION
Our vision is that every child will live in a safe and supportive environment.
The simplicity of a six year old girl caring for her younger sister is what the Foundation is dedicated to – helping children live without fear, bullying or violence. This strikes a chord with the entire population, making our message and aim so powerful.
Walter Mikac AM, Founding Patron and father of Alannah and Madeline
ContentsChair message .......................................................................................................................... 4
CEO message ........................................................................................................................... 5
Walter’s message ..................................................................................................................... 6
International Patron ................................................................................................................ 7
National Patron ......................................................................................................................... 7
Board and Advisory Board ................................................................................................... 8
The impact of your support ................................................................................................ 9
Our reach ................................................................................................................................. 10
A Foundation you can trust ............................................................................................... 11
Thank you ................................................................................................................................ 12
Contact us ................................................................................................................................ 15
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Chair messageAt the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, we are creating a safer world – both online and offline - for children by delivering world-leading programs and products.
Through identifying issues that adversely affect the wellbeing of children; we help them recover, and we protect them from bullying and violence.
Working with the best minds, we identify and reduce significant threats to children’s safety through innovation and partnerships – and we speak out on the need for systemic change to build a supportive and safe society for children.
By keeping children safe from violence, they can thrive. Investing in children provides the best return for long term positive impact in our communities.
In 2016 the Foundation released a 5 Year Strategic Plan and in this year’s Annual Report we outline the extensive progress made.
It’s a challenge in this current climate to meet the growing demand for our services to protect and rebuild young lives, yet our progress is significant.
We have adopted a business planning methodology and prioritisation framework and created many opportunities; 2018 will see these come to fruition.
The year has also seen new Members of both the Foundation Board and the National Centre Against Bullying. My heartfelt thanks go to all outgoing Members of both boards for your contribution to a Foundation that significantly – and so positively – impacts so many children by preventing violence in their lives.
We also went back to our roots this year, respecting the milestone of 20 years of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation – in Tasmania. We warmly welcome Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC to the Foundation family as Patron and are pleased to report the Tasmanian Government has funded eSmart in all schools in the state.
Thanks also to all supporters of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, the Board, staff and volunteers, as we simply would not achieve what we do without you.
We look forward to your continued support in building a safer world for all our children.
Greg Sutherland Chair
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CEO message Violence – in all its forms – against children is not acceptable.
We all want our children to become confident, secure, resilient and inspired young people – they are our hope for the future, the reason we sacrifice our health, sanity and sleep.
Sadly, not every child grows up with that confidence or level of care.
At the Foundation, we work with children who have witnessed or suffered extraordinary trauma – many have lived with significant family violence all their tiny lives and many are now removed from their parents, living in out-of-home care.
The physical, psychological and emotional impact of violence on children is pervasive and can be lifelong and intergenerational. It affects not only the child, but everyone around them and has negative social and financial impacts, both now and into the future.
This is also the case with bullying and cyber bullying.
We love the freedom and opportunities the internet brings but we are also very aware of its pitfalls, from children being exposed to inappropriate content, to fraud, scams and to being bullied – which can and does contribute to anxiety and distress.
As a nation, we should all be working to raise a generation of smart, safe and responsible children, who are confident, capable and compassionate – both on and offline.
Our preventative eSmart suite of programs is a way to achieve this. This Annual Report outlines how eSmart is evolving and reaching more communities.
However, our work is just not possible without you.
Through your support – from communities, corporates, donors, Government and volunteers – we can continue to run our world-leading programs, support services and products, as well as advocate for a safer world for our children.
Thank you.
Lesley Podesta Chief Executive Officer
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Walter’s message As you may know - on 28 April 1996 my life changed forever. It’s hard to believe that 21 years have since passed.
On that day I was hosting a local golf tournament in southern Tasmania when the sounds of shots were heard from across the bay. At the time we thought they were the sounds of a re-enactment at the historic site at Port Arthur.
Tragically they weren’t. Not long after I learned that my two young daughters Alannah and Madeline, along with my wife and 32 others had been killed.
Early on when my grief was still strong and I couldn’t easily find sleep I made a decision that my anger would not turn to hate.
I vowed to use the catastrophe as a springboard to honour them, and so I focused on every good thing I could remember or I could find. I read all the letters that Alannah wrote to me, the pictures she drew and remembered the way that Maddie would follow her everywhere.
I chose to celebrate positive memories more passionately than commiserate any negative events. I looked for good in the world, not the bad.
A year after that fateful day, the Alannah & Madeline Foundation was established, created to help protect children from violence. It was also founded to create hope for those who have little or none at all.
In 2017 we acknowledged 20 years of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation and helping keep children safe from violence. It was poignant to be back in Tasmania to mark the anniversary.
Over those 20 years the Foundation has gone on to reach more than 2 million children through its care, prevention and advocacy programs, as well as working to ensure our gun laws remain strong and in line with the National Firearms Agreement 1996.
Sadly violence will always be prevalent in our society, but we can all do whatever we possibly can to help keep our children safe. Supporting the Alannah & Madeline Foundation is just one way of doing this.
I sincerely thank you for your support over the past 20 years.
Walter Mikac AM Founding Patron
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International Patron“The vision of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation is that every child will live in a safe and supportive environment and that is a vision I share. That vision is also the right of a child, and the Alannah & Madeline Foundation works tirelessly to help make this a reality.
With violence and bullying so apparent in society today, both in Australia and around the world, it’s wonderful to see an organisation not only take a stand against it, but to implement world-leading programs in communities and schools to help combat it.
The Foundation also plays a strong advocacy role in the community – speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves – regarding violence and bullying.
Keeping children safe from violence and bullying is one of the most important responsibilities that we as a society undertake.
I am incredibly proud to be the International Patron of the Alannah & Madeline Foundation.”
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
National Patron“There is nothing more important than the safety and wellbeing of our children. As parents, teachers, coaches, mentors – we all strive to protect those in our care, and to instil in them the values of respect, responsibility and resilience that will serve them throughout their lives.
Despite our best endeavours, there will be times, and there will be children, for whom things will fall apart. As a community, we need to be there to catch them, to listen and act when help is required, and assert the right of all children to live free from violence and abuse.
For more than 20 years, this is what the Alannah & Madeline Foundation has done. In refuges and emergency accommodation, in schools, homes and communities, it has sought to bring comfort to those in need, and worked hard to prevent abuse from occurring.
This is a cause that could not be closer to our collective hearts, and I am proud to serve as its National Patron.”
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Prime Minister of Australia
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Board and Advisory BoardWe sincerely thank all members of our Boards for their time and dedication to the Alannah & Madeline Foundation.
ALANNAH & MADELINE FOUNDATION BOARD
Greg Sutherland, Chair, Alannah & Madeline Foundation and Chief Innovation Officer, Australia Post
Lesley Podesta, Chief Executive Officer, Alannah & Madeline Foundation
Peter Blunden, Victorian Managing Director - Editorial, News Corp Australia
Richard Broug, General Manager, Global Retail Business, Paspaley Group
Eamonn Fitzpatrick, Director, Hawker Britton Government Relations Strategy
Terry Hearity OAM, Former National Sponsorship Manager, Australia Post
Launa Inman, Director, Super Retail Group
Ken Lay AO APM, Lieutenant-Governor, Victoria
Rob Speedie, Financial Advisory Partner, PwC
Lyn Walker, Principal Consultant, Lyn Walker & Associates
Russell Yardley, Chairman of the National eResearch Collaboration, Tools and Resources project (NeCTAR)
ADVISORY BOARD AND PARTNERS
Tony Beddison AC, Chairman, The Beddison Group
Frank Gullone, Chairman, Gullone Group
Russel Howcroft, Chief Creative Officer, PwC
Martin Jolly, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SME360
Robert Masters, Director, RMK & Associates
Eddie McGuire AM, President, Collingwood Football Club
Neil Mitchell AO, Media Presenter, 3AW
John Murphy, Non-Executive Chairman, PFD Food Service
Stuart Painter, Partner, Ernst & Young
Tony Phillips, Chief Marketing Officer, News Corp Australia
John Steven, Partner, Minter Ellison
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HELPING CHILDREN RECOVERYou’ve helped children recover from traumatic events or violent circumstances. Through our Children Ahead program, you’ve provided intensive, therapeutic support.
320+ CHILDREN
BUILDING CYBER SAFE COMMUNITIESeSmart provides a prevention and risk management framework for Australian schools and libraries to help them better integrate cyber safety practices and promote the safe use of online technology in their community.
Better Buddies creates safer school communities where bullying is reduced.
TEACHING KIDS TO BE SMART, SAFE + RESPONSIBLE ONLINEYou’re helping school children gain their eSmart Digital Licence, an online challenge using quizzes and activities that give children the skills to learn, play and socialise safely online.
DEC 2017
DEC 2017
DEC 2017
2,235
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AR
T
SCH
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LS
AIDING KIDS IN CRISISEvery year, thousands of children in Australia arrive in emergency accommodation – many with only the clothes they are wearing. Thanks to you, they receive a Buddy Bag - a backpack full of basic essential items including a toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, facewasher, pillowcase, activity kit, book, PJs, underwear, socks and the all-important teddy bear.
Reach in 20 years:
2,000,000+ CHILDREN
80,000BUDDY BAGS
Delivered to date:
1,116
eSM
AR
T
LIB
RA
RIE
S
& rising
OVER 220,000 DIGITAL
LICENCES
1,774
BET
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BU
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EDUCATING COMMUNITIES ON CYBER SAFETY AND BULLYING Our informative Connect workshops are relevant for schools, libraries, businesses, government and community organisations.
CONNECT ATTENDEES:23,000+ IN 2017
The impact of your support
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11,375
133
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162
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4,614
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231
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12,203
225
609
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284
19,193
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Our reach Our programs are in one third of all Australian schools, and more than 70 percent of public libraries.
We support 10,000 children in refuges or foster homes across Australia every year and more than 220,000 students (at 2,300+ schools) are registered for their eSmart Digital Licence.
We have proudly reached more than 2 million children and their families nationwide since the Foundation was started in 1997.
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4,888
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PROGRAMS TOTAL
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1,048
1,749
297
19,335
815
328
536CH
CA
2,305
2,235
1,116
80,530
1,774
328
536CH
CA
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A Foundation you can trustThe Alannah & Madeline Foundation is audited annually by Ernst & Young.
Our revenue comes from a number of sources – across corporate, trusts and foundations, Government, community and through events.
The full 2017 Financial Report is available online at amf.org.au
Programs
Marketing
Administration
Events
Corporate Fundraising
Direct Marketing
Trusts and Foundations
Government
eSmart Digital Licence
General Donations/Bequests
Other Income
Non-monetary Income
74%
19%
20%
14%
3%
1%
37%
5% 7%8%
5%
Source – Alannah & Madeline Foundation – Annual Audited Financial Statement for the year ended 31 December 2017 as published on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission website at www.acnc.gov.au
WHERE YOUR DOLLAR GOES
WHERE OUR MONEY COMES FROM
7%
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Thank you We just couldn’t do what we do – and help the number of children that we do – without our supporters.
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PATRONS
HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia
Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC
Walter Mikac AM
AMBASSADORS
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Ashton Kline
Caitlin Figueiredo
Dan Jackson
Jimmy Bartel
John Caldwell
Melissa Doyle AM
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Gaye Fidler
John Fidler
BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY
ABCorp
Accenture
Ace Radio
Affirm Press
AG Coombs Group
AGL
Altona Junior Football Club
ASG
Ashurst Law Firm
Asurion
Australia Post
Australian Federal Police
Australian Human Rights Commission
Australian Library & Information Association
Australian Public Libraries Alliance
Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library
Bartercard
Behavioural Insights
Bellamy‘s Organic Foods
Bunnings
Caprice
Chase Gallery
Children‘s Court of Victoria
Coles Radio
Colli‘s Hair Design
Cooee Brands
Coremind
Corporate Edge Marketing
Cottons
Court Services Victoria
Coventry Bookstore
Cricket Australia
Crown Resorts
Customs House Hotel
Dan Donahoo
Davidson Consulting Group
Demos Property Services
Dentsu Mitchell Media
Department of the Treasury, Australian Government
Des & Lynda Morgan
dmForum
DMG Radio
Docklands Serviced Apartments
Eastland Shopping Centre
eFront
Elly Lukas Beauty Therapy College
Embassy of Denmark in Australia
Empirica Research
Ernst & Young
Fairfax
Federal Group
Fullers Bookshop
Google New Zealand
Government of Tasmania
Government of Victoria
Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
GrowFit
Happy Families
Highview Accounting & Financial
Infoxchange Australia
International Federation of Library Associations
Intrepid Design
Jay Guttmann
JBWere
John Fraser
Kay & Burton
Leader Community Newspapers
Libraries ACT
Louis Vuitton Australia
Luke Raymond
Marmalade
McDonald‘s Australia
McKinsey & Company
mhealth
Microsoft
Minter Ellison
NAB Private
National and State Libraries Australasia
National Centre of Indigenous Excellence
NetSafe
News Limited
Nicholes Family Lawyers
Nova Entertainment
Office of the eSafety Commissioner
Foundation Partner
Partners
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Office of the Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP
Origin Energy
Parragon Publishing
Paspaley Group
PEXA
Pitcher Partners
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority
Public Libraries Australia
RACT
Redback Settlement Services
Romper Stomper
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Royal Womens Hospital
RWR Group
Secretariat of National Aboriginal & Islander Child Care
Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications & the Arts
Seek Limited
SHK Recruitment
Smooth FM
SPI
St Michael’s Collegiate School Choir
StarTrack
Storyline Developers
Swatch
TAC
Telstra Corporation
The Henry Jones Art Hotel
The Hon Will Hodgman MP, Premier of Tasmania
The King‘s Men
The Mercury
The Old Paper Shop Deli
The Push Up Tour
Tourism Industry Council Tasmania
University of Tasmania
Victorian Commission for Children & Young People
Victorian Department of Education & Training
Victorian Department of Health & Human Services
Victorian Department of Justice
Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Visy
WNBL
Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS
Amanda Joy Dickson Endowment - Perpetual Foundation
Australian Communities Foundation
Celebrate Life Foundation
Collier Charitable Fund
Cubit Family Foundation
DAK Foundation
Darin Cooper Foundation
Gandel Philanthrophy
HEPTARCHY (Melbourne IVF)
Hocking Stuart Foundation
Honda Foundation
Jack Brockhoff Foundation
Les Hiboux
Midwinter Ball
Newsboys Foundation
Phillips Family
RE Ross Trust
Stars Foundation
Supré Foundation
Swisse Foundation
Tasmanian Community Fund
Tasmanian Police Charity Trust
Tauber Troeth Foundation
The Elsie Cameron Foundation
The Horizon Foundation
UBS Foundation
Wheatley Family Foundation
Young Family Foundation
BRIGHTER FUTURE PARTNERS
Alan Pearce
Amanda Lepka
Barbara D Wall
Charles Macek
Cheryl Di Florio
Greg Madson
Martin D Gans
Marfatia Family
Nick Parry
Nicola S Cooney
Robert Wrona
Russell & Sue Yardley
RETIRED BOARD MEMBERS
Holly Kramer
John Bertrand AO
Paul Waldren
REGULAR VOLUNTEERS
Barbara White
Belinda Breheny
Bruce Clark
Damon Craig
Derek Waterhouse
Elaine Haggett
Harrison Boyle
Joe Benson
Rosemary Marfatia
Sally Newby
Sue Blanck
Sylvia Hall
Tannille Miller
NCAB MEMBERS
Anita Davidson
Dr Barbara Spears
Catherine Orchard
Dr Charlotte Keating
Coosje Griffiths
Elida Brereton
Evelyn Field OAM
Prof Helen McGrath
Greg Cox (deceased)
The Hon Joseph Kay AM (Chair)
Katie Acheson
Prof Kenneth Rigby
Lucy Thomas
Maree Davidson
Maree Stanley
Margaret Armstrong
Prof Marilyn Campbell
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg
Nick Duggal
Dr Pamela Bartholomaeus
Rosie Thomas
Sandra Craig
Dr Sonia Sharp
Sue Cahill
Susan McLean
Prof Toni Noble
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CONTACT US
Alannah & Madeline Foundation Level 1, 256 Clarendon StreetSouth Melbourne VIC 3205
t 1300 720 747 e [email protected]
w amf.org.au
ABN: 96 514 115 810
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/alannahmadeline
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/the-alannah-and-madeline-foundation
The Foundation is committed to Child Safety. Our Child Safe Policy outlines our safe practices
for children and is available at amf.org.au
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DHHS (2012) Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework and Practice Guides
Family violence has long-term psychological,
emotional and behavioural consequences for children
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