Thanks to our Supporters
Independence Australia can only continue to exist as a direct result of the generosity of our community. We would thank all those who value the work we do, and in doing so have either volunteered their time, donated to us, attended a function or contributed goods and services to our organisation including:
EVENT & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - MAJOR PARTNERS
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week
Transport Accident Commission & cms
RACV SpinChat School Speakers Program
RACV
Daddo Charity Golf Day
The Daddo family and friends, cms Advent Print Management, Ardent Recruitment, Maxwell & Williams, Sharp Direct, Slater & Gordon, Transport Accident Commission, Westpac
Racing for the Roses
Advent Print Management, Barry O'Reilly, Carlton Football Club, CFMEU, Colin Rose (NSWC), Colkap, Collingwood Football Club, Coloplast, Gary Millard, Growth Solutions Group, Kevin Rose, Kimberly Clark, Macquarie Bank, Minter Ellison Lawyers, Mobility Plus, Pam & Terry Freeman, PFD Food Services, SCA Hygiene Australasia, Sharp Direct, Slater & Gordon, Tiago Poultry, Transport Accident Commission, Trend Seafoods, Ultimate Business Systems
Community Bus Program
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Jim Davidson, RACV Community Foundation, Slater & Gordon,
The Jack Brockoff Foundation, United Way Melbourne
Counselling & Psychology Program
The Robert Rose Foundation, The Pratt Foundation
OTHER EVENT & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - SUPPORTERS
A Maze'n' Things, AAPT, ACMI, Active Lifestyle Specialists, Adelaide Football Club, Adventure Park, Alta Vineyards, Angostura, Apex Personal Training, Australian Book Review, Australian Children's Television Foundation, Australian Football League, Australian Pacific Tours, Bolle, Box Stallion, Brian Meltzer, Cache Group of Companies, Cadbury Schweppes, Cambridge Integrated Services, Captains Retreat, CGI Studios, Chambers Rosewood Vineyards, Clay Spa, Colkap, Copacabana, Crabtree & Evelyn, Creative Brands - Australis, Cricket Victoria, Dale Sheppard, Direct Mail Marketing, Distribution Alliance, Dr Lewinn's, Drummond Golf, Dunyazad Restaurant, Etihad Stadium, Eureka Skydeck, Federation Square, Fosters, Frank Murphy, HAG Import Corporation, Helping Hands, Heritage Golf Club, Hocking Stuart,
ICMI Speakers & Entertainers, IMAX, IMP Jewellery, Interlease, Kay and Burton Real Estate, Kevin Rose, Lilydale Estate, Lonely Planet, Long Gully Estate, Luna Park, Luxottica, MadMan Entertainment, Maxwell & Williams, McPherson Printing, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Observation Deck, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Metropolitan Golf Club, Millers Dixon Creek, Mizuno Golf, Mobility Plus, Moonah Links Resort, Moonee Valley Racing Club, Moores Legal, Morning Star Estate, NAB - Technology Department 'Wired' Committee, National Gallery of Victoria, National Sports Museum, Netlor Group, Noi Thai, Norden Hire, Opera Australia, Optus, Pam & Terry Freeman, Pat LaManna, Paul Hartmann, Peninsula Hot Springs, Peter Leslie, Peter Rose, PFC Communications, PFD Food Services, Port Philip Estate, Precinct Hotel, Prelli
Racquets, Puffing Billy, Punt Road Wines, RACV, Radisson on Flagstaff, Ray Ban, Reader's Feast Bookstore, ReCreation Gym, Red Hill Estate, Red Rock Leisure, Ricoh, Robert Rose Foundation, Rochford, Royce Marketing, Salary Options, Salli Caruana, SCA Hygiene Australasia, Securecorp, Seelenmeyer Investments, Seneca Textiles, Seville Hill Wines, Sharp Direct, Skaterz, Slater & Gordon, Sofitel Mansion at Werribee Park, Sorrento Catering Company, Southern Golf Club, Sovereign Hill, Sovereign Views Apartments, Spectator Sports, Spotless Group, Squitchy Lane, St Huberts, Step Ahead,
Stonier wines, Suzuki, SVP Global Sales & Marketing, Taxi Dining Room, Telstra, The Chocolate Box Hamper, The Enchanted Maze, The Footy Show, The National Trust of Australia (Vic), The Pratt Foundation, The Production Company, The Windsor Hotel, Tiago Poultry, Tim McCallum, Total Garment Solution, Total Print, Train Trak, Transport Accident Commission, Transtar International Freight, Trend Seafoods, Ultimate Business Systems, United Way Melbourne, Victorian Metropolitan, Village Cinema, Waterside Hotel, Wayne Richardson Sales, Westpac, Windsor Hotel, Zurich
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
City of Melbourne, Department of Health and Ageing, Department of Human Services, Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD), Department of Veterans' Affairs, Transport Accident Commission, WorkSafe Victoria
SPECIAL PROJECT & INDUSTRY PARTNERS
Aegis Australia (formerly UCMS), Carers Victoria, Continence Foundation of Australia, Jan Rice, Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE, Impact Leisure Association, Professor Emeritus Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE FAA FRS, Skills Victoria
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
All Souls Opportunity Shop, Austin Hospital, Blue Care, Eastern Golf Club Ladies Committee, Heritage Golf Club Ladies Committee, Jims Mowing, Maroondah City Council, Oz Care, Royal District Nursing Service, Royal Talbot Rehabilition Centre, Silver Chain, Spiritus
TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS
Harold Mitchell Foundation, Joe White Bequest, Loftus-Hill Trust, Lord Mayors Charitable Fund, Lord Mayors Youth Charitable Fund - Youth in Philanthropy, RACV Community Foundation, Slater & Gordon Foundation, The Isabel and John Gilbertson Charitable Trust, The Jack Brockhoff Foundation, The Pratt Foundation, Une Parkinson Foundation
ACCESSIBILITY WEEKEND ATTRACTIONS
Burrinja Gallery & Arts Centre, Churchill Island Heritage Farm, City Museum at Old Treasury, Cooks Cottage, Darnum Musical Village, Enchanted Maze Garden, Eureka Sky Deck, Golden Dragon Museum, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Imax Theatre, Immigration Museum, Koorie Heritage Trust, Kryal Castle, MCG Sports Museum, Melbourne Aquarium, Melbourne Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, Old Gippstown, Otway Fly Treetop Walk, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island Penguin Parade, Rialto Observation Deck
DISABILITY ETIQUETTE CAMPAIGN PARTICIPANTS
Advent Print Management, Melbourne City Council, Minter Ellison Lawyers, Moores Legal, Perpetual, RACV, Royce Marketing, TAC, Westpac
VOLUNTEERS
As it has been a difficult year for fundraising due to the devastating bushfires, and the economic climate, we have relied on our volunteers more than ever, and as with our community supporters, we are grateful of their continued support.
Particular thanks goes to our regular volunteers:
Barbara Marshall, Carol Grauer, Dawn Cooper, Jill Pickering, Tam Smith, Wendy Trewin
INDEPENDENCE AUSTRALIA CHAMPIONS & SPOKESPEOPLE
Andrew Harrison, Anthony Gray, Ben Weir, Dale Sheppard, Di Vida, Elias Anderson, Geni Papadinitriou, Jannik Blair, John Lovegrove, Melanie McSweeney, Selena Nightingale, Shane Hryhorec, Susan Powell, Taneith Lanyon, Tim McCallum
CELEBRITY INVOLVEMENT
Thanks to those talented and dearly loved people who donated their time to our events and assisted us in our PR and Media activities:
Andrew Daddo, Jamie Daddo, Lochie Daddo, Nathan Buckley, Tim McCallum
