Sitemap
pages
- Home
- The Difference We Make
- Grants
- Events
- How You Can help
- Resource Centre
- About
- News & Stories
- Change Initiatives
- Privacy
persons
- Daleene Kroger
- Bill Mithen
- Meg Price
- Hugo Le Clerc
- Kristi Clapinski
- Chris Davies
- Tom Molyneux
- Lesley Lightfoot
- Jess Dart
- Brooke Hyland
- Sally Edgerton
- Claire Faulmann
- Jackie Price
- Kelly Suvoltos
- Emma Gray Broughton
- Elise Dodd
- Jo Wealands
- Bridget Perrett
- Chris Barker
- Jenn Bishop
- Hanna Goorden
- Erin Lolicato
- Kerrie Zammit
- Kendra Hyland
posts
- Support your community when you bank
- 70th Anniversary Raffle & Silent Auction NOW OPEN!
- Thank you for your generous support
- Thank you for helping to Feed Geelong
- Workplace Giving Awards
- 2024 Feed Geelong Appeal: Your donations at work
- 2024 Feed Geelong Appeal
- Tulip hosts special fundraising dinner to Feed Geelong
- CEO recruitment commences
- Fresh fruit to Feed Geelong
- Partnership update – Enduring partnership goes Beyond Bank
- Orientation session for grant recipients
- 70 years of impact – join us to celebrate
- Pitch Up Geelong raises over $100,000
- Bill Mithen to step down as CEO of Give Where You Live Foundation
- We’re hiring! Program Coordinator: Food security and homelessness assistance
- Ever wondered what it is that we do?
- Neighbourhood Economics Trip: Exploring New Economic Development Models
- Your donations at work: Bellarine Living Learning Centre
- Your donations at work: The Outpost
- Loaned Executives 2024
- Introducing our pitching organisations
- Pitch in for your community at Pitch Up Geelong
- Partnering for a fairer community in the Dulux Community Bay
- Kardinia Rotary’s support helps to feed Geelong
- 70 years of Impact: Bringing the community together to create change.
- Give Where You Live grants to feed Geelong
- Record breaking Surf Coast Trek
- Stan Grant encourages kindness and love at Conversations that Matter
- 70 years of impact: Creating a fairer, more equitable community
- Stan Grant to headline 2024 Conversations that Matter
- Thank you Community Grant Review panellists
- Your donations at work: Uniting’s mobile food relief service
- Celebrating 70 years of Impact
- Over 1200 join in record-breaking Surf Coast Trek
- Welcoming our newest Gold Donors
- Neigbourhood Economics
- GROW helping Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre works get underway
- Give Geelong Appeal raises an incredible $105,000 to create a fairer community
- Don’t miss your chance to double your impact for your community
- Give Geelong Appeal
- A tee-rific $100,000 raised at the e&s Golf Classic!
- Giving Northern Futures a hand
- Em Rusciano special guest at Give Geelong Breakfast 2024
- Thank you – your support is helping to create a fairer Geelong community
- 2023 Dawnbuster Fun Run RESULTS
- Your donations at work: Our latest grant funding
- Thank you for helping create a fairer community
- 2022 – 2023: Our Impact
- Community Choice voucher program: giving dignity and choice to our community
- Give the gift of a fairer community this Christmas
- GROW: collaborating on social procurement outcomes and inclusive employment
- Give the gift that keeps growing this Christmas
- Feed Geelong Appeal raises almost $90,000 to fight hunger in our community
- Listening and amplifying the voices of First Nations people
- Food for Thought research shows demand for relief has surged across the region
- Drysdale Family Support serves up help on the Bellarine Peninsula
- Master chef to help make sure nobody in our community goes hungry
- The Voice and the uniting power of listening
- Help make sure nobody in our community goes hungry with the Feed Geelong Appeal
- Local organisations united in support of Voice Referendum
- Give Where You Live Foundation’s Pitch Up Geelong helps Andrew find a new home
- Pitch Up Geelong crowdfunds over $95,000 to address homelessness
- Join us for Pitch Up Geelong
- Conversations Magazine June 2023
- Supporting homelessness in our region
- Loaned Executive Program is back for 2023
- Pitch in for your community with Pitch Up
- Nova Peris headlines 2023 Conversations that Matter: Reconciliation
- Join in the Conversation this Reconciliation week
- Grants help our community to Survive & Thrive
- Creating a fairer Geelong with $420,000 in grants
- Your donations at work; Ocean Mind Surf Carnival
- An update on The Paddock
- Tickets on sale for Conversations That Matter:Reconciliation with Nova Peris OAM
- Thank You! You’ve helped us raise an incredible $40,000
- Community to dig deep and Give Geelong
- Show your Footy Colours and kick some goals for our community
- Give Geelong Breakfast with Sarah Wilson
- Statement on ‘The Paddock’
- 2022 Christmas Appeal: Thank you for helping to make the new year a little brighter for someone in need
- 2023 Survive & Thrive grant round now open
- 2022 Dawnbuster Fun Run RESULTS
- Your donations at work: Cycle for Success
- Please support our 2022 Christmas Appeal
- Your donations at work: Respect starts here
- Give Where You Live Foundation change Rules of Incorporation at 2022 Annual General Meeting
- Announcing $445,000 in funding to help our community with Education & Employment
- Your Donations at Work: Supporting the education of children and young people from a refugee background
- Fundraising for Feed Geelong: My Choice Group
- Your Donations at Work: Supporting Recovery Through Connection
- Your Donations at Work: Helping to end Rough Sleeping in Geelong by 2025
- A lasting legacy: Dale Checcucci
- 2022 Feed Geelong Appeal: Thank you for raising almost $70,000 to fight hunger
- 2022 Feed Geelong Appeal: Donate from your coffee cup
- 2022 Feed Geelong Appeal: Have your impact DOUBLED!
- Can you support the 2022 Feed Geelong Appeal?
- 2022 Feed Geelong Appeal Ambassador: MasterChef’s Simon Toohey
- 2022 Feed Geelong Appeal: Recipe Cards
- Partnering for a fairer community: 2022 Feed Geelong Appeal Partners
- Growing opportunities for work
- Partnering for a fairer community: Geelong Advertiser ‘loans’ employee to the Foundation
- 6 Tips for Writing a Great Grant Application
- Your donations at work: Helping children and young people communicate
- Community Grant Review Panels: Learn more about Education and Employment in our community!
- Your donations at work: Geelong Zero Project
- Grace Tame launches Conversations That Matter
- Conversations That Matter with Grace Tame: Support information
- 2022 Education & Employment grant round now open
- Young people share ‘No means No’
- GROW G21: Heading in a new and exciting direction
- Bill Mithen selected for innovative leadership program
- 2022 Loaned Executive Program
- Barwon Water: Giving back to our community
- Partnership Impact Fund: supporting food security in our region
- Thank you for making our End of Financial Year Appeal a record-breaking one!
- Loaned Executive Program: a professional development opportunity to support the Geelong community
- Refugee Week: How your donation is supporting young refugees into further education and employment
- Bay 93.9 and K Rock 95.5: sharing our message across the community
- How your donations will help the Geelong region this EOFY
- Give Where You Live Foundation commit to Make Change this National Reconciliation Week
- How your donation is changing someone’s life today: MacKillop Family Services
- Pitch Up Geelong – Virtual Attendance Pack
- Can you pitch in for Pitch Up?
- Where You Can Eat: A Guide to Food Relief across our Region
- AWA Alliance Bank: helping us to create a fairer G21 community
- Giving our community a Homestart
- Announcing $510,000 funding to help our community to Survive & Thrive
- Our Give Geelong Appeal is coming…
- Join AFLW Star Tayla Harris at the Give Geelong Breakfast
- Good News Story: Fagg’s Mitre 10 Belmont Timber
- Good News Story: Bay City Group
- Good News Story: Jacaranda Industries and Cultural Inclusion
- Introducing Community Choice, the Foundation’s latest initiative
- Feed Me Right – feeding young people
- Providing futures with cultural support
- Helping ‘at risk’ young people find new pathways
- The 2020/2021 Impact Report is out!
- Good News Story: BATForce and their community of co-design tackling the employment barriers across our region
- $550,800 in funding for education and employment support
- World Food Day: how you can help promote food security in your local community
- Good News Story: Fruit2Work
- Feed Geelong Appeal kicks off
- It’s that time of year once again – Feed Geelong Appeal
- Good News Story: Rendine Construction & Inclusive Employment Pathways
- $35,000 in Emergency Grants
- Good News Story: Hanlon Industries & how Small Successes have Big Impact
- Conversations That Matter: Survive & Thrive Grantees on Homelessness
- Food for Thought research report
- We’re Hiring
- Conversations that Matter – Homelessness Week 2021
- Good News Story: Innovative Window Solutions & Their Innovative Approach to Social Procurement
- Good News Story: How Perry Demolition are Tackling Postcode Bias
- The importance of early intervention and prevention – Survive & Thrive Grants
- Survive & Thrive Grants Announcement
- THANK YOU!
- Refugee Week: The Story of Khein Paw & The Bluebird Foundation
- Refugee Week: A look into CatholicCare’s Settle Well Program
- Still haven’t donated to the Foundation’s EOFY Appeal? Here’s some reasons why you should!
- GROW Good News Story: Apprentice of the Year!
- Being Inclusive in the Modern Workplace
- A reason to smile
- Passport to Employment
- Lockdown Emergency Assistance
- Thank You for your Give Geelong Appeal Donation
- Recruiting: Executive Assistant & Office Administrator
- Breakfast with Layne – sold out
- Give Geelong Appeal is coming
- Construction making a difference
- Help determine the impact of your donations
- Assisting adult survivors of church sexual abuse
- We’re Hiring
- The Give Where You Live Foundations Survive and Thrive Grant Round is NOW OPEN
- Supporting children living with the criminal justice system
- Reducing Youth Homelessness
- Job Seekers not given a fair go
- FOOD RELIEF FOR STRUGGLING FAMILIES IN GEELONG
- Pitching in for Geelong’s youth
- Focus on local spending tackling joblessness
- Social participation for local brain cancer patients
- Supporting ‘at risk’ youth
- Supporting vulnerable students transitioning through school
- Help support local Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander youth at Pitch Up Geelong
- Keeping people safe in the face of COVID restrictions
- Surf Coast Trek – Registrations NOW OPEN
- Connecting to Education through the Arts
- Pitch Up Geelong
- We’re Hiring GROW Engagement – Major Projects and Procurement
- Food Relief and Community Connection
- Thank You – GivingTuesday
- Today is Giving Tuesday
- Annual Impact Report
- Annual General Meeting 2020
- Community Connections Grants
- Feed Geelong Grants
- Food Insecurity and the Covid-19 Crisis
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Today is World Food Day – that means Brown Paper Bag Day
- Social Procurement: a win, win
- Food: connecting & changing lives
- Building Back Better: rebuilding local economies
- Feed Geelong Appeal October 2020
- Solve – custom solutions assisting those living with a disability
- The Skyline Education Foundation Australia: Life changing work for disadvantaged students.
- Community Connections: Why Geelong needs them now.
- The Barwon Disability Research Council: Advocating for those living with disability.
- Feed Geelong Grant Round NOW OPEN
- Become A Community Connections Grant Review Panellist
- Tackling homelessness in our region – The Uniting Vic.Tas Barwon Homelessness Program
- Community Connections Grant Round OPEN
- Homelessness in the Greater Geelong Region – Addressing the Problem
- Community Connections Grant Round – opening soon
- Drysdale Family Support and their Foodbank Program
- The 2020 Loaned Executive Program – What’s in it for you?
- Nat’s Story: The Bluebird Foundation and the Girls Street Art Collective.
- Thank You for Donating to the End of Financial Year Appeal
- Workplace Giving: A Win For Your Organisation
- On the Frontline with Cate Schreck: Interview with Bill Mithen
- The Return to the Workplace Series of Workshops
- Refugee Week
- Life Story Work with MacKillop Family Services
- Top 5 Reasons to Become a Workplace Giver
- 2020 Community Grants Announced
- Kane Nuttal talks the Power in You Project on K Rock.
- The Sanctuary Counselling Centre
- OneCare: Breaking Down Social Isolation in our Region
- Foundation 61: Champions of the Geelong Community
- Norlane Community Initiatives and The Aviary Cafe: Delivering vital work to the Norlane Community
- The Amazing Work of Geelong Mums
- Jenny & the Aviary Cafe
- Give Geelong Appeal 2020 Wrap
- Give Time – A tribute to our volunteers
- Give Geelong Appeal – please donate now
- Keeping our Community Connected
- Emergency Grants –funding the front line
- Finding Support during Covid-19
- The Fallacy of Perpetuity – a time to focus on mission
- Building a stronger community #GPAK
- A message from our CEO
- Geelong Community Partner Updates
- Surf Coast Trek – Cancelled
- Thanks for Pitching in
- Will you Pitch Up?
- MacKillop Family Services – Therapeutic Life Story Work
- WorkWell Learning Networks: The mental health and wellbeing revolution set to sweep Geelong workplaces
- 2019 Dawnbuster Fun Run RESULTS
- Feeding families on the Bellarine
- Helping Students re-engage with education
- Read all about it – our latest magazine is out!
- Do you or someone you know need food?
- Finance & Corporate Services Manager
- Winners are Grinners
- Feed Geelong
- Latest News
- Join our Team – GROW Engagement Officer
- Grants Announcement 2019
- Creating job opportunities for refugee and asylum seekers
- Changing young lives through surfing
- Breakfast with Kirstie Clements this June!
- From parcel to platter – upskilling Whittington residents
- 2019 GROW Report Card
- Hopeful for a better future
- Re-engagement into education through the arts
- Giving every baby a fair chance
- Calling all social enterprises! Pitch Up Geelong now accepting expressions of interest
- What our north needs
- Supporting stroke survivors to return to work
- Innovative online tool to support those experiencing domestic violence
- Community mentoring – providing support and hope
- Results – Duffs Diamond Golf Classic
- Recruiting: Partnerships Manager
- GROW goes statewide
- GMag – Issue 1 | 2019
- #BalanceforBetter – International Women’s Day 2019
- Volunteer Opportunity: Become a Community Grants Review Panellist
- Providing healthy meals for those in need
- Combating Social Exclusion Through Arts-based Community Programs
- Becoming school ready
- Providing opportunities to succeed
- Empowering young people to gain employment
- Supporting employment pathways for all
- Will I be the lucky one?
- Clean – after a decade of substance abuse
- 2018 Dawnbuster Fun Run RESULTS
- A Home Where Its Needed
- Supporting families in need
- Latest edition of GMag
- Adequate fresh and nutritious food for those in need
- Supporting those experiencing homelessness
- 64th Annual General Meeting
- E&S Golf Classic Results
- Increasing social participation for young children with disabilities
- Welcome to new Platinum Partner: AWA Alliance Bank
- Supporting our community members experiencing bereavement
- Independence for young people through driving experience
- Food For Thought Report Released
- Passport 2 Employment
- Improving school readiness for children through the arts
- Customised solutions supporting people with disabilities
- ‘Loaned’ employees raise additional $100,000 for Geelong community
- Educating young children to keep safe
- Advocacy for all abilities
- Engaging young people in education through the joy of music
- “Employment is a key trigger for leaving disadvantage….”*
- Your latest GMag – 2018: Issue 2
- Creating a safe place for the homeless and disadvantaged
- Welcome to the 2018 Loaned Executive Team
- Providing educational support for our children
- Investing in our community – $2 million to help Geelong’s most vulnerable people
- Events Manager
- Inclusive communities through the power of the arts
- Providing pet companionship to those in need
- 135 Jobs for People in GROW Target Areas
- Helping men in crisis to overcome their addiction
- Creating employment pathways for people with a disability
- Providing a pathway out of homelessness
- Thanks To You, I Can Use My Voice
- Partnership Manager
- Ensuring every baby has a chance
- Riding to success
- Workplace Giver in the Spotlight: Michael Golebiowski, Hanlon Industries
- Looking for a professional challenge in 2018? Three reasons to become a Loaned Executive this year.
- Helping Stroke Survivors Reintegrate into our Community
- Reducing the sale of alcohol to minors
- #PressForProgress – Celebrating International Women’s Day
- Read the latest GMag – 2018: Issue 1
- 2018 Duffs Jewellers Diamond Golf Classic: RESULTS
- Ensuring children with low vision can play
- Let Us Walk Together
- Music and Education Success
- Inspiring change in the workplace over breakfast with Tracey Spicer
- 2017 Dawnbuster Fun Run RESULTS
- ENGAGE – Youth in Philanthropy Grants Announcement – young people taking on the causes of youth unemployment
- Read the new edition of GMag!
- Linking the community through coffee
- 63rd Annual General Meeting
- E&S Golf Classic winners
- Supporting refugee youth in Geelong
- Give Where You Live Foundation Takes out National Award
- Students take on ‘The College of Food’
- Using music to empower young people
- Loaned employees help make a difference for community
- Helping young people combat youth unemployment: ENGAGE – Youth in Philanthropy grants now open
- Increasing specialised support for Colac residents
- Providing better outcomes for newly arrived refugees
- New issue of GMag out now
- Taking action to address youth homelessness
- Homelessness is a real issue in our community
- We’re recruiting
- Providing companionship for the socially isolated
- Supporting those with addiction out of a life crisis
- $2.86 million to help Geelong’s most vulnerable people!
- 2017 Grants Announcement – this Thursday!
- Providing a voice within the community for disability
- Supporting those experiencing bereavement
- Soup for a Cause – every Thursday in July
- Supporting socially isolated CALD residents
- Increasing independence for people with disabilities
- This June we’re celebrating Workplace Giving
- The MAYDAY Appeal is Geelong’s Appeal
- Advocating for the inclusion of all
- Opening up educational and employment pathways for vulnerable young people
- Deborah Hutton set to visit Geelong for the BTS Admin Professionals Breakfast!
- Celebrating 63 years of Volunteering
- Providing a temporary home in order to survive
- Reducing early alcohol use of young people
- Providing better healthcare for the residents of Apollo Bay
- Supporting those at risk of social isolation
- Arts as a bridge to education and inclusion
- Preparing young children to be school ready
- Making Geelong Stronger
- 5 reasons to become a Community Grant Review Panellist
- Hot off the press – Read the first issue of Gmag for 2017!
- Be Bold For Change – International Women’s Day
- Using the arts to improve school readiness
- Strengthening young children’s learning
- Diamonds for everyone! RESULTS for 2017 Duffs Jewellers Diamond Golf Classic
- Improving student attendance, learning and wellbeing
- Creating a suicide-safer community
- Summer in the Vines – $25,000 raised!
- 2016 Dawnbuster Fun Run RESULTS
- 2016 – a reflection
- Read our latest edition of GMag!
- Say NO to family violence
- 62nd Annual General Meeting
- One in a Million
- Empowering Children to Feel Safe
- Supporting Refugee Youth
- E&S Golf Classic tees off for the 25th time!
- Contacting Us 20 & 21 Oct
- Geelong Riverfest cancelled for 2016
- Geelong Riverfest postponed until Sunday, 23 October 2016
- Advocating for Accessibility
- Supporting those experiencing a life-challenging illness or bereavement
- The Power of Positive Roles Models
- Second edition of GMag for 2016 now available!
- Win a $1,500 voucher from E&S when you sign up to Workplace Giving
- Addressing homelessness in our region
- Helping Young People Reach their Full Potential
- Improving Quality of Life through the Companionship of Pets
- 2016 $2.4m Community Contributions
- Telstra Business Awards Victorian Finalist
- Soup for a Cause – Pop Up Soup Kitchens around Geelong today!
- Supporting Independence for People with Disabilities
- Building Confidence, Resilience and Social Connections
- Pop Up Soup Kitchens every Thursday in July for the Feed Geelong Appeal!
- Supporting the Road to Recovery
- Helping Young Refugees Make a Start
- Join the 2016 Loaned Executive Program and help celebrate 50 years of supporting the Geelong community
- Building Positive Futures for Families
- Supporting CALD Residents with Dementia
- Overcoming Life Crisis
- Pathways to Employment
- Latest edition of GMag available!
- Providing more than just Food!
- Addressing Family Violence
- Helping young parents and bubs
- The Bump Project
- The Geelong Project
- Helping Kids in our Northern Suburbs
- Surf Coast Trek
- Get involved with one our upcoming events!
- 2015 Dawnbuster Fun Run
- Santa Cause Appeal Thank You
- Your Donations at Work
- Your donations at work
- Barwon Water Office Refurbishment
- Working with the Community for a Safer Future
- Your donations at work
- Building Steps to Help our Homeless Youth
- Welcome AWA
- Your donations at work
- Surf Coast Trek 2016
- AGM & Strategic Plan Launch
- Your Donations at Work
- Bill Honoured as Regional Community Leader
- Your donations at work
- Loaned Executive Achievements
- Winners are Grinners
- Feed Geelong Grant Round OPEN
- Volunteer with us!
- Good Beginnings doing it differently
- Your donations at Work
- Connections in Philanthropy
- Top Honours in SACS Leadership Award
- Bill’s chat with KRock
- $2 million granted to Geelong
- Grants Management Intelligence: Preventative Grantmaking
- GROW Strategic Plan
- Breakfast with the Best
- GROW on ABC774
- Volunteering Geelong
- Connect Tel thinks BIG
- WIN Geelong Cats v Melbourne Tickets
- BIG Blitzed!
- Take the MAYDAY Challenge
- Dabble ‘n’ Dance
- Duffs Jewellers Diamond Golf Classic
- Grant Maker of the Year
- Your donations in the Community
- BIG Blitz
- GROW Project
- Bluearth Foundation
- Kylie, the lucky winner
- PrincipleFocus on the community
- Your donations at work
- Dawnbusters Fun Run
- THANK YOU!
- GMHBA for people, not for profit
- BIG Bookkeeping
- Another Classic Year!
- Urban Seed Neighborhood Kitchen
- Kids + Penny
- GROW project shortlisted for National Award
- Loaned Executive- it’s a wrap!
- Groundbreaking Food for Thought Report
- Grant kicks off charity food HQ
- Geelong Grammar Lorne 160
- Second Bite
- Geelong RiverFest
- A generational commitment
- Mighty Helpful Fagg’s Mitre 10
- Volunteers Needed
- Your donations at work
- VIVA Geelong
- The BIG Picture
- Volunteer of the Year
- Supporting each other the ultimate in brand power
- Alcoa’s Parting Gift
- $2 million Community Contribution
- DAVP providing relief
- GMag
- Garden of Hope
- Thank You
- The Smith Family on track
- Lunch time fun run
- Thank You!
- MAYDAY Challenge
- Your donations at work
- Join 2014 LEX Team
- Volunteering Geelong
- MAYDAY Challenge
- Back to Back Theatre
- Dal café Surviving and Thriving
- Voice of the Child
- Golf and Diamonds!
- BECOME A GRANT REVIEW PANELLIST
- 2014 Grant Round NOW OPEN
- Vision Australia Radio
- Wombat’s Wish: Community based grief support for bereaved children
- Win a once in a lifetime sailing experience
- Matthew’s Story
- Dawnbusters Fun Run – Results
- Latest GMag
- Thank You
- Connecting kids with their school and community
- Shell becomes a Sanata Cause
- Global movement to improve the live of women
- Assert 4 All Advocacy
- Educating, empowering, protecting kids.
- Latest edition of GMag 2013: Issue 4
- BIG BANG Breakfast
- GFRC providing relief for 8,000 families
- Feed Geelong 2013 Grant Recipients
- E&S Trading Golf Classic
- BIG BANG BREAKFAST- 25 November
- Leisure Networks: sportsaccess
- Open Garden for Give Where You Live
- My Fair Lady opening night
- Run Geelong for Give Where You Live
- Geelong mum’s goal is to keep her young children fed
- Feed Geelong appeal 2013
- CEO Challenge – Australian Masters Games, Tuesday 8 October
- Duffs Jewellers Diamond Golf Classic
- NDIS | Revolutionising Disability Services
- Give Where You Live partners with the 14th Australian Masters Games
- Feed Geelong 2012 Appeal Grant Summary
- It takes a village, working together to support Geelong’s vulnerable