Friends, Champions, Innovators and Benefactors – ways to support g-oz
We’ve recently taken a closer look at our donors so that we can learn more about who supports us and hopefully grow our supporter base. Girls from Oz has lots of Friends – over 200 in fact. Friends of g-oz are those who have donated between $500 – $5,000. Supporters who have donated between $5,000 – $25,000 are now lovingly referred to as our Champions and those who…
Our year in review: Annual Report now available
We’re pleased to share our 2022 Annual Report, which provides an overview of our achievements, challenges and goals for the year. Some of our key milestones were: Announcing our new Corporate Partnership with Atria Real Estate Being welcomed with open arms in our newest community, Bidyadanga Our 50th week of delivering successful and engaging programs to the Halls Creek community Bringing 34 young girls to Melbourne for…
International Women’s Day reflections from g-oz Chair, Nicole Muir AM
Nicole Muir AM is CEO of the Australian School of Performing Arts where she leads a team of over 200 permanent and casual team members across the country. Together with Judith Curphey, she founded Girls from Oz. Nicole is deeply passionate about educating girls and has been instrumental in the development of g-oz relationships with funding bodies, supporters, individual philanthropists and government. This year’s International Women’s Day…
Success story: Ooen’stae McDonald
The sky’s the limit for Ooen-s’tae, from Halls Creek, who starts her Certificate IV in Aboriginal Performance at WAAPA this week. Ooen-s’tae was a very keen g-oz participant from an early age and recently completed her schooling at Worawa Aboriginal College in Victoria. Having been on two Travel Programs and singing a solo at Perth Concert Hall in 2017, Ooen-s’tae naturally took on a mentoring and role…
g-oz celebrates and acknowledges The Rowley Foundation as Benefactor
We’re thrilled to announce the Rowley Foundation as our first Benefactor. Lisa Rowley, Director of the Rowley Foundation, first came across g-oz when she heard about a Plus 1 Impact Grant g-oz received through Creative Partnerships Australia in 2013. (Lisa is pictured above with g-oz Chair Nicole Muir when they first met in 2013) Lisa’s daughter Isabel now 23, was 13 at the time and she did…
What do we see for ’23?
Take a look at all of the exciting plans we have for this year! 20 week-long Community Programs in Halls Creek, Carnarvon, Lockhart River, Kowanyama and Bidyadanga: For the first time, we’ll be undertaking one week-long Community Program per term in our five communities. We’re excited to be starting next week in Bidyadanga. 2 Travel Programs to two capital cities in November: A select group of girls…
Generous, long standing Industry supporter Dale Pope shares her g-oz story
We recently spoke with Dale Pope, Founder and head of RedEd, (Raw Energy Dance Education), one of g-oz’s highly valued Industry Supporters. Dale began her relationship with our Principal Partner organisation, the Australian School of Performing Arts all the way back in 1999 when she became the NSW Choreographer for the Australian…
Full Circle – By Jess Innes
In 2014 I embarked on my very first Girls from Oz trip to Carnarvon on the northwest coast of WA and…