NEWS & EVENTS
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Australian Charities Fund Newsletter 
New CEO for The Australian Charities Fund
After successfully leading The Australian Charities Fund (ACF) for four years, our current CEO Ted Kerr will be stepping aside from the day-to-day CEO role at the end of June 2013.
On behalf of the ACF Board and our charity and employer partners, I would like to sincerely thank Ted for his ongoing dedication and contribution to ACF. Through Ted’s tireless and passionate work we have seen significant growth in awareness of, and participation in, workplace giving. I’m delighted that Ted has agreed to continue with ACF in an active role as a non-executive director.
Effective 1 July, Jenny Geddes will take-over the role of CEO of The Australian Charities Fund. Jenny comes to ACF with over 20 years’ experience in the consumer electronics, public relations, new media and IT industries. Much of this career has been with Sony Australia Limited where she held very senior roles in corporate communications, brand marketing and public relations. In parallel with this career, Jenny has been practically and strategically involved in the success of the renowned Sony Foundation.
Contact Details:Email - jenny.geddes
Mobile - 0417 461 747
With these skills and background being critical to the success of ACF’s strategy of seeking the widespread growth of workplace giving, the ACF Board warmly welcomes Jenny to our team and is looking forward to working with her.
Tony Harrington, AM
Chairman
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Workplace giving ready? Let ACF help you develop your strategy. Workplace Giving Strategy Workshop SYDNEY 13 March 2013
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Workplace Giving Month is designed to build awareness of workplace giving, drive staff participation and donation growth, and celebrate the impact each workforce's collective donations have made in the community.
Any organisation with a workplace giving program is encourages to get involved. You can choose to run promotions, celebrations or initiatives on one day, over one week or throughout the entire month.
ACF Employer Partners who ran campaigns during Workplace Giving Month last year increased employee participation rates by an average of 30%.
To make it easy for you, our Workplace Giving Month Resource Kits are available for ACF Employer and Charity Partners under the log-in section of our website. For non ACF partners, see our "top tips" for promotion during Workplace Giving Month below.
To recognise the efforts of all employers to drive workplace giving growth, the employer with the highest percentage increase in staff participation (as a result of a WGM campaign as at 30 June 2013) will receive ACF's Workplace Giving Month 2013 Engagement Award.
To register for Workplace Giving Month 2013, CLICK HERE
TOP TIPS
For employers:
Match: double - match (if currently matching) or match (if not currently matching) for the month of June.
Engage: lead from the front - have your CEO ask employees to sign up or increase their donation. Make it easy for employees by using online and pre-filled donation forms, with a nominal donation amount split equally between charities.
Celebrate: share what difference has been made through collective donations ed "our donations of $15,000 in the past year has..."
For charities:
Promote: publicise workplace giving on your website, collateral, email sign-offs, to your existing employer supporters and potential supporters.
Collaborate: discuss with your employer partners how you can help them achieve their workplace giving engagement objectives
Communicate: share what difference has been made through collective donations from the employer's workplace giving program, eg "your donations of $15,000 has..."
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The Australian Charities Fund has made a submission in response to the Commonwealth Treasury's discussion paper about Not-For-Profit tax concessions. For the purposes of this submission, we have limited our recommendations to those we believe can generate significant impact in growing workplace giving in Australia at a relatively low cost to government. ...
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Workplace giving is on the move. Download the CEO Update July 2012.
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