Category: Organisation Champions
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
The City of Canterbury Bankstown (CBCity) is the second-largest Council in New South Wales by population, with more than 371,000 residents. It is one of the most culturally diverse communities in NSW, with nearly 45% of residents born overseas and 59.1% of residents using a language other than English at home in 2021. An estimated […]
Thursday, December 22nd, 2022
South Eastern Community Connect (SECC) is a non-profit community organisation with 45 years’ experience providing a range of services, programs, information and advocacy to people with disability, children, older people and the wider community in the Bayside (Botany), City of Sydney, Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra communities. As a successful, community based organisation, SECC offers an […]
Monday, December 19th, 2022
Dementia Australia (formerly known as Alzheimer’s Australia) is the peak, non-profit organisation for people with dementia and their families and carers. Dementia Australia represent more than 459,000 Australians living with dementia and the estimated 1.6 million Australians involved in their care. Dementia Australia works with people impacted by dementia, all governments, and other key stakeholders […]
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) – established in 2011 – is the peak health consumer organisation in NSW. We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation that listens to patients, carers, their families and everybody who has an interest in making health services in NSW work for the people they serve. We advocate for patients, carers, their families […]
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
Founded in 1885 by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, Calvary is a charitable, not-for-profit, Catholic health care organisation. Our mission is to provide quality, compassionate health care to the most vulnerable, including those reaching the end of their life. With more than 18,000 staff and volunteers, we have a national network of […]
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
The Brain Foundation is a registered national charity which was established in 1970 by neurologists and neurosurgeons. Our mission is to fund the highest quality Australian research into brain disorders, diseases, and injuries, with the ultimate goal of advancing diagnoses, treatments, and patient outcomes. We also provide information & resources regarding many different neurological conditions to raise awareness […]
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
Dementia Alliance International (DAI) is a registered non-profit 501 (c) (3) charity launched on January 1, 2014. Membership is free and is inclusively for people with a medically confirmed diagnosis of any type of a dementia from all around the world. DAI seeks to represent, support, and educate others living with the disease, and the […]
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) is a national network comprised of nine state and territory organisations that have been successfully delivering advocacy, information, and education services to older people across Australia for close to 30 years. The OPAN Network Member Organisations are: Australian Capital Territory: ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Services (ADACAS) New […]
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) is a unique collaboration between academia, government and industry, committed to delivering solutions to one of the major economic and social challenges of the 21st century. The research centre is based at the University of New South Wales, with nodes at the […]
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
The Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) is a premier research institution at UNSW Sydney, investigating brain ageing. CHeBA was established in October 2012 and is headed by internationally acclaimed leaders in the field, Professor Henry Brodaty and Professor Perminder Sachdev. Their vision is to achieve, through research, healthier brain ageing and better clinical care […]