Horizon 2022 Editions
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Horizon January 2022
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As the professional trustee of your giving vehicle, Equity Trustees’ duty as a fiduciary is to ensure it is governed well and compliant with all the relevant laws and regulations.
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For every Philanthropist, the start of a new calendar year means decisions need to be made about charitable distributions to ensure the the 30 June deadline is met.
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Part of our role at Equity Trustees is to ensure that your sub-fund or perpetual charitable trust is compliant with all the relevant laws and regulations and to stay up-to-date with regulatory changes. the following have taken place in recent months.
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Strategic philanthropy involves understanding your family’s giving objectives and desired outcomes, which is usually done through considered conversation with your family and trusted peers. It also requires an understanding of the wider eco-system. To map how
Horizon April 2022
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What does it take to run an efficient, effective, outcomes-driven, for-purpose organisation?
Medical research plays a key role underpinning the health of Australians, yet the sector faces fundamental challenges.
Rapid advances in gene therapy are offering new hope to people facing blindness from untreatable eye diseases.
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a terminal illness with no effective treatment or cure despite 150 years of medical research since it was first identified.
Around 1.4 million Australians have a high chance of having a heart attack or stroke in the next five years yet few are aware they’re at risk.
While most children have been fortunate to escape severe illness caused by the COVID-19 virus, they are likely to bear the burden of the pandemic in other ways for years.
Researchers at the O’Brien Institute have taken one step closer to discovering a gene that could switch fat on and off, paving the way for new treatments to combat the global obesity epidemic.
An Australian-first smartphone app-based model of cardiac care has cut hospital readmissions in half thanks to seed funding from The Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation.
When baby Matilda was born at only 24 weeks, she weighed just 590 grams and was so small she could be held in the palm of your hand.
Horizon September 2022
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The battle to protect the environment and tackle climate change has reached a crucial turning point, prompting a network of committed funders to raise their philanthropic goals.
Decoding the information recorded deep within Antarctica’s ice may just unlock the climate solutions the world is seeking.
More than 2.6 million Australians endure temperatures in Western Sydney that are up to 10.5C hotter than Eastern Sydney.
Non-profit climate advocacy funder, Groundswell Giving, works with a different kind of hope – one that’s determined to turn a desire for environmental change into a reality.
Women’s leadership is often collaborative, networked and responsive to communities – essential skills to fight climate change.
When the Black Summer bushfires hit, it was like an ecological bomb exploded. WWF-Australia needed to respond – and fast. This is how one man’s bequest helped the charity to start to regenerate Australia.
Animal welfare organisations improve the welfare of neglected animals, including cats and horses, but it’s life-changing work that costs money.
Even though horses don’t suffer from the same type of image issue as cats, the sad reality is that too many of these majestic animals are currently being mistreated or abused.
The battle to reverse widespread environmental destruction and stop climate change is gaining new attention as the world reaches a tipping point.
Horizon December 2022
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COVID-19 changed the world but for Willoughby Retirement Community Association one thing has always remained constant: their plan to redevelop a new house that can improve lives.
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has embarked upon a genomics project that aims to accelerate research into personalised dementia therapies.
Longer lives are a remarkable collective achievement.
RSL Victoria is providing veterans with the financial security they need to age well.
2022 Philanthropy Australia National Conference in September demonstrated that nothing replaces sharing stories and experiences in person.
When the Purple Truck rolls into remote regions of Central Australia, it doesn’t just bring much-needed dialysis treatment to locals suffering kidney disease. It also serves as a conduit to maintain their cultural and family ties.
Melbourne City Mission’s palliative care program is helping people with life-limiting illnesses to live as well as they can until the end.
Philanthropic investment helped establish housing association Wintringham more than thirty years ago. Now a digital upgrade has guaranteed the non-profit’s future.
Last updated: 28 February 2025