Cancer Council is the only charity that works across every area of cancer, from research to prevention and support.

Every day, we support people affected by cancer when they need it most, speak out on behalf of the community on cancer issues, empower people to reduce their cancer risk, and find new ways to better detect and treat cancer. Every minute, every hour, every day, we’re getting closer to a cancer-free future.

How has Viridian Supported

The impact of pro bono advice: Linda’s story | Cancer Council NSW

• Viridian has supported Cancer Council since 2021 by donating over $38k to Relay for Life & over $17k to the Biggest Morning Tea. In addition, volunteered over 427 hours of pro bono work.
• Viridian actively supports the Relay for Life and Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea events, and partners with the Cancer Council to provide pro bono financial advice. Our goal is to help individuals and families facing a cancer diagnosis alleviate the burden of financial planning.

Since 2010, The Big Umbrella Foundation (TBU) has been creating and serving restaurant quality meals to people experiencing food insecurity and homelessness using rescued food and produce served by our team of dedicated volunteers. TBU operates as a safe and inclusive space forging a sense of belonging and creating community. The devastating 2015 earthquake in Nepal initiated TBU’s first emergency response and inspired TBU to expand its reach into delivering disaster relief services on an ongoing basis. Since 2019 TBU has formally become a nationally recognised emergency food relief organisation supporting communities affected by wildfires, floods, earthquakes, storms and pandemics.

• Since 2010, The Big Umbrella Foundation (TBU) has been creating and serving restaurant quality meals to people experiencing food insecurity and homelessness using rescued food and produce served by our team of dedicated volunteers.
• Viridian has supported the Big Umbrella Foundation since 2018 with over 482 hours of volunteer work and over $49k in donations.
• We have hosted a ‘Friends on the Street’ event, and we’re proud to have our very own Michael Attard volunteering as a dedicated night manager every Wednesday evening.

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is internationally recognised for helping to lead the search for cancer cures, and is Australia’s only public hospital solely dedicated to caring for people affected by cancer. We support this vital work by funding new research opportunities and providing researchers with access to the specialised resources they need to discover cures for cancer.

How has Viridian Supported

In October 2019 after Todd’s sister Kim unfortunately passed away from cancer, a team of Viridian riders participated in Peter Mac’s unite to fight cancer. The team rode 100km over roughly 4 hours and raised over $25,000 for the cause.

Unite to Fight Cancer with me!

• Viridian has supported the Peter Mac Foundation since 2021.
• Viridian actively participates in the Unite to fight cancer walk and has raised over $25k

Australian Red Cross is a volunteer-based organisation that exists to reduce human suffering.

With 110 years’ experience and a community of 20,000+ members and volunteers, we act locally and connect globally to deliver what’s needed, when it’s needed most.

Help build communities that are strong, resilient and able to anticipate, respond, and recover well from disasters and climate change related emergencies.

How has Viridian Supported

We have registered Viridian Advisory as a Lifeblood Corporate Team with the Red Cross, so anyone who already gives blood or wants to give blood can register themselves with the Viridian Advisory Lifeblood Corporate Team.

• Australian Red Cross is a volunteer-based organisation that exists to reduce human suffering.
• Viridian has supported the Red Cross since 2020 with over $20k in donations.
• We have registered Viridian Advisory as a Lifeblood Corporate Team with the Red Cross, so anyone who already gives blood or wants to give blood can register themselves with the Viridian Advisory Lifeblood Corporate Team.

Puddle Jumpers is a non-profit, non-government organisation committed to responding to the social development needs of society’s most vulnerable children and young people. We believe that all kids matter and deserve the right to engage in happy and fun experiences in their life.

How has Viridian Supported

The Big Plunge

• Viridian has supported Puddle Jumpers since 2021 with over $18k in donations.
• Viridian advisors take The Big Plunge, most recently from off the Inter Continental in Adelaide.

www.barnardos.com.au


At Barnardos, we hope to end child abuse and neglect by supporting families to keep children and young people safe at home. We help children and young people who have experienced trauma, to recover and thrive and where there is a risk of abuse we find safe homes for them through foster care and open adoption.

We connect children, young people and families to the community to ensure they never feel isolated or alone. We give children, young people and families the tools to cope with life’s challenges and improve their wellbeing. We motivate children, young people and their families to embrace learning and education so they can reach their brightest future.

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide. It is a portmanteau of the Australian-English diminutive word for moustache, “mo”, and “November”. Movember fundraisers are a global community of fired-up Mo Bros and Mo Sisters – aka rock stars making a difference in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

• Viridian has supported Movember since 2020.
• Viridian advisors all over Australia join in to grow their moustaches and have raised over $15k combined.

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a lay Catholic organisation that aspires to live the gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy, and to bring about a more just and compassionate society.

The Society aspires to be recognised as a caring Catholic charity offering “a hand up” to people in need. We do this by respecting every person’s human dignity, sharing our hope, and encouraging them to take control of their own destiny.

Our key values are commitment, compassion, respect and integrity.

• Viridian has supported St Vincent de Paul since 2020, with over $11k in donations to the Passages Youth Engagement Hub.
• Our advisors donate gifts to the Marion Centre and Elsie’s Women’s Refuge.

https://www.heartfoundation.org.au

For over 60 years, the Heart Foundation has been the trusted peak body working to improve the prevention, detection, and support of heart disease for all Australians.

While our work has significantly improved survival rates for people experiencing heart attacks and living with heart disease, we won’t be satisfied until heart disease is no longer a threat to any Australian. It remains one of our nation’s biggest killers, claiming 51 lives every day.

North West Coast feeding the homeless. Strike It Out North West is an organisation focused on feeding the homeless in the region

• Viridian has supported Strike it out North West since 2021 with over 550 hours of volunteer work.
• The Burnie Office has been helping with food donations and fundraising.

Baby Give Back aims to give children a safe start to life by providing essential items to families in crisis.

• Viridian advisors have been volunteering since 2018 with over 316 hours of volunteer work.
• This is one of our longest standing relationship and the impact we create changes thousands of lives, in fact all 30,000 that this great charity has supported and served to fill the equivalent of the Heritage Bank Stadium on the Gold Coast. Every single one of those children now has a chance at thriving.

At Nova for Women and Children we assist women who are homeless or in crisis to be housed and provide support to maintain safe accommodation

Summary

• Viridian has supported NOVA since 2021 with over 300 hours of volunteering.
• Viridian has donated over hundreds of items of clothing, in addition to volunteering.

The Coptic Orthodox Community Outreach Service (COCOS) is a non-profit charity that seeks to provide a life of comfort, quality and wellbeing for the poverty-stricken and homeless.

• Viridian has supported COCOS since 2021 with over 400 hours of volunteering.
• Viridian has donated hundreds of items of clothing, in addition to volunteering at clothing drives.

Cafs’ goal is to give every individual the optimal opportunity to live in a safe and nurturing family.

• Viridian has supported CAFS since 2022 with over 120 hours of volunteering.
• Viridian has donated over hundreds of items via their Thread Together program.

www.salvationarmy.org.au

The Salvation Army Australia is an international Christian movement, united by faith and giving hope where it’s needed most. Across Australia — in cities, country towns and rural communities — our work touches every demographic and age group. We’re involved in national issues while also bringing hope to people who may be experiencing hardship or injustice.

The Helping Hands Program is a truly unique opportunity for organisations to get involved in a worthwhile cause at the same time as super-charging employee engagement. More than just a team-building or training activity, participants in our programs build prosthetic hands that are then donated to amputee landmine victims throughout the developing world.

Building a Better Tomorrow: Leading the Way in Suicide Prevention

Owning and managing land conservation and partnering with Traditional Custodians and other landowners across all of Australia to protect endangered ecosystems, to protect more than 9,000 plant and to protect animal species and hundreds of threatened species. Funding provided to support the Hamlin Station in WA, a former farming station of exceptional conservation importance abutting the shore of Hamlin Pool and Shark Bay World Heritage.   

Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is a pragmatic global conservation leader, restoring landscapes and providing hope for Australian wildlife. Guided by science, AWC delivers measurable conservation impacts at scale to secure the future of our most endangered species.

3rd Space is a drop-in centre based in Brisbane where people experiencing or at risk of homelessness can find support, dignity and hope. Helping thousands of people every year through the dignity of a hot shower, café-style meals, as well as access to medical, mental health, law, tenancy, employment and other services. These services focus on breaking the cycle of homelessness.  

Australia’s national environment organisation, for over 60 years protecting our nature, our unique wildlife and beautiful beaches and bush. Working with over half a million people of all walks of life, including the Traditional Owner,s to look after Australia’s nature for generations to come.

A national charity for all Australians impacted by eating disorders and body image, and for the families, friends and communities who support them. Funding provided to support the Wandi Nerida Treatment Centre in Qld, Butterfly Foundation’s first residential eating disorder recovery centre.    

Mackay Conservation Group protects nature in the  Mackay – Isaac – Whitsunday region of Central Queensland. The region covers an area of about 89,900 square kilometres (17% larger than Tasmania).

We lead campaigns and advise our community on how to take effective environmental action. We have a small team of paid staff and rely heavily on volunteers to organise and run our activities.

For over 55 years a recognised voice for kidney disease in Australia, creating a healthier community through awareness and early detection of kidney disease. Funding provided to support the Bid Red Kidney Bus in NSW, a mobile free dialysis service travelling to coastal and regional holiday destinations.

The peak body for Queensland’s environmental movement, representing more than 50 community environment groups across the state. With the help of our supporters, we have been working to protect, conserve and sustain Queensland’s environment since 1969.

MAPrc develops treatments, new understanding and new services for mental illness. Part of Monash University’s Central Clinical School and The Alfred’s Department of Psychiatry, based at The Alfred in Melbourne, provides world-class research to help make a difference to the lives of people suffering from serious mental issues.

A Victorian statewide not-for-profit organisation providing low-cost housing for women at risk of homelessness. Women and children make up an increasingly large percentage of those in need of affordable housing. These include older women over 55 and women who are forced to leave home because of domestic violence.  

We work alongside communities to incubate local ideas and provide the support needed to turn them into real projects that strengthen lives. Our work is hands-on, long-term and built on the belief that lasting change begins from within the community itself.

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences – specific research project exploring the experiences of women who have received a diagnosis of ADHD in adulthood to contribute to a greater understanding of how a diagnosis in adulthood may impact women.

SANE is a leading national mental health organisation for people over 18 years of age with complex mental health issues in Australia and for the family and friends that support them. Also conducting practical research through the Anne Deveson Research Centre to drive policy change and support greater inclusion for people with complex mental health issues.  

The RFDS is a national, charitable, health organisation delivering primary healthcare and 24-hour emergency services for those that live in rural and remote Australia. 

Long known as one of the largest aeromedical organisations in the world, the RFDS delivers health care where mainstream health services are not available, using the latest in aviation, medical and communications technology and a broad-reaching ground-service fleet.

At The Smith Family, we believe that education is one of the world’s most powerful change agents.
That’s why we focus on helping young Australians to overcome educational inequality caused by poverty. As a national, independent charity, every day we work with thousands of children and their families to help them unlock better futures for themselves.

Oxfam is working to create an equal world without the inequalities that keep people in poverty. We do this by working alongside local partners and communities to deliver life-saving humanitarian relief, long-term anti-poverty projects, and powerful campaigns for change.

Whether it’s a pet providing companionship, or an assistance dog supporting people with disabilities, our canine friends always come through for us. There are many ways you can help strengthen that special bond between our dogs and clients in need.

Providing a loving safe haven and forever home for animals in need.

Achieve systemic reform over 25 years through the Children’s Ground Approach led by our First Nations people. Evidencing this approach for national reform.
And through our approach, celebrate and uplift First Nations knowledge, creating equity and access to high quality education, health and economy in community for the next generation of children. 

Thanks to the David Winston Turner Endowment Fund, we’re creating a world of mentally healthy communities through innovative, solution-focussed research.
Our vision is to advance the future of brain and mental health through transformative research.

Volunteer bush fire brigade in Yallingup, WA. Funding was provided to support the redevelopment of the Brigade’s old fire station.

Melbourne University’s Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing. The aims of the Population Mental Health Group are to:

Translate the findings from this research into practical interventions that empower the whole community to take action

Conduct research on what actions members of the community can take to prevent and intervene early with mental health conditions

Investigate the impact of social determinants on mental health

Thamarrurr Youth is proudly run and owned by locals within the community. We’re a highly collaborative and supportive team, coming together on multiple projects inside and outside the community to ensure the very best result.

The Faculty of Health and Medical Services is supporting the Peter Couch Foundation’s stroke research work and building awareness of stroke in the community. Through the Foundation’s support, medical researchers in SA are investigating the use of adult stem cells to repair the brain after stroke.   

An international development organisation with a very clear purpose: to make sure everyone, whether they’re rich or poor, has access to high-quality, affordable eye health care. The Foundation was originally established to ensure Indigenous Australians have access to quality health services and now operates across 25 countries and restoring sight to more than 3 million people across the world.   

Australia’s leading cancer charity is working across all areas of cancer, from research to prevention and support. Supporting people affected by cancer when they need it most, speak out on behalf of the community on cancer issues, empower people to reduce the risk of cancer and find new ways to better detect and treat cancer. Funding provided to support the WA division. 

Alzheimer’s WA advocates, educates, supports and engages the 48,000 Western Australians living with all types of dementia.
Dementia is the leading cause of death of women in Australia and the second leading cause of death of all Australians. Without a medical breakthrough, the number of Western Australians living with dementia is projected to increase rapidly to almost 150,000 in the next four decades. There is no cure.

Australia’s largest food relief charity, providing food and grocery relief to 2,844 front-line charities and 3,379 school breakfast programs to help people in need. Everyone should have access to good food, no matter their situation. Funding provided to support the WA Division. 

HAA is a national for purpose organisation creating business-led actions to deliver housing solutions for Australians in need.

We harness skills, goods and services to collaboratively deliver innovative housing options. We advocate for change and communicate the economic impacts of not providing housing for all.