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Mother's Day volunteering - gift wrapping
2024-05-04 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-05-04 15:30 - 17:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Westfield Carindale
Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate Mother’s Day?
Join us in spreading joy and making a difference by volunteering for our special Mother’s Day wrapping service at Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre! All proceeds will go towards the people we support.
As a volunteer you will:

wrap beautiful gifts for shoppers
interact with members of the community
raise awareness of the importance of supporting people with disability

You are welcome to take on more than one shift. Details below:
Thursday 2 May

8:45am – 11:30am (2 volunteers)
11:30am – 2:30pm (2 volunteers)
2:30pm – 5:30pm (2 volunteers)
5:30pm – 9:30pm (2 volunteers)

Saturday 4 May

8:45am – 11:30am (2 volunteers)
11:30am – 2:30pm (2 volunteers)
2:30pm – 5:30pm (2 volunteers)

Sunday 5 May

9:30am – 12:30pm (3 volunteers)
12:30p – 3:30pm (3 volunteers)
3:30pm – 5:30pm (3 volunteers)

All volunteers will be required to attending a briefing via TEAMS a week before this activity.
To sign up as a volunteer or for more information, please contact Mags (Fundraising and Event Specialist) on email: magdalene.stclare@endeavour.com.au
Thank you for your generosity and compassion. Together, we can make a difference.

Mother's Day volunteering - gift wrapping
2024-05-04 12:30 - 15:30, 2024-05-05 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-05-05 12:30 - 15:30, 2024-05-05 15:30 - 17:30 | Westfield Carindale
Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate Mother’s Day?
Join us in spreading joy and making a difference by volunteering for our special Mother’s Day wrapping service at Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre! All proceeds will go towards the people we support.
As a volunteer you will:

wrap beautiful gifts for shoppers
interact with members of the community
raise awareness of the importance of supporting people with disability

You are welcome to take on more than one shift. Details below:

Thursday 2 May
Friday 3 May
Saturday 4 May
Sunday 5 May

🎁 8:45am – 11:30am
🎁 11:30am – 2:30pm
🎁 2:30pm – 5:30pm
🎁 5:30pm – 9:30pm
🎁 8:45am – 11:30am
🎁 11:30am – 2:30pm
🎁 2:30pm – 5:30pm
🎁 9:30am – 12:30pm
🎁 12:30pm – 3:30pm
🎁 3:30pm – 5:30pm
🎁 9:30am – 12:30pm
🎁 12:30pm – 3:30pm
🎁 3:30pm – 5:30pm

All volunteers will be required to attending a briefing via TEAMS a week before this activity.
To sign up as a volunteer or for more information, please contact Mags (Fundraising and Event Specialist) on email: magdalene.stclare@endeavour.com.au
Thank you for your generosity and compassion. Together, we can make a difference.

Privacy Awareness Week
2024-05-06 - 2024-05-12
It’s Privacy Awareness Week (PAW)! This year we are focusing on Powering Up Your Privacy. We do this by focusing on the key principles of:

Transparency in how we collect, use and disclose your and others’ personal information.
Accountability of all employees in meeting our privacy obligations.
Security of the personal information we hold.

Over the next few months you will see further articles outlining how we are Powering Up its privacy practices by:

Simplifying our privacy policy and procedures.
Releasing a new privacy consent form which will make it clear why personal information is collected, how it is used, and who we may share it with.
Delivering a new training module which will help you properly manage with personal information in your job.

We take privacy seriously and are a proud supporter of Privacy Awareness Week. Read about how we collect, handle and protect personal information in our privacy policy.
Privacy Awareness Week toolkit and resources
The toolkit resources include:

OAIC PAW Supporter Toolkit Guide, including sample copy (PDF, 2.8 MB)
Fact Sheet for Businesses (PDF, 1 MB)
Fact Sheet for Government (PDF, 1 MB)
Fact Sheet for Individuals (PDF, 1 MB)
Email, web and background files (ZIP, 5.4 MB)
Posters (ZIP, 6 MB)
Social media tiles (ZIP, 4.3 MB)​
Sample and example presentations (ZIP, 21.8 MB)

PAW website
Don’t forget to check out (and share) our PAW 2024 website at paw.gov.au, where you will find information about this year’s campaign, as well as a message from Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind.
It includes a range of helpful advice and resources to help people, organisations and government agencies ‘power up your privacy’.
The PAW website is structured around key areas of transparency, accountability and security, in honour of this year’s overarching theme: Privacy and technology: Improving transparency, accountability and security.
PAW events
Privacy Awareness Week runs from 6-12 May. Commissioner Kind, together with other speakers, will be talking privacy at a range of events across the week, including:

IAPP’s in-person event in Sydney on Monday, with a keynote from Commissioner Kind
OIC Queensland’s in-person and livestreamed launch on Tuesday
Online Commissioners’ panel event presented by OVIC on Wednesday

A range of other PAW events are also listed on our website – we suggest registering soon as they are likely to book out.
Supporters
You’ll see the PAW website already has a lot of supporters listed, and we are continuing to update it. If your organisation’s details are not there and should be, let us know.
On socials
We’ll be sharing a range of PAW-related social media posts using the hashtags #PAW2024 #PrivacyAwarenessWeek and #PowerUpYourPrivacy. You may like to use them too to help your content be identified as part of the campaign activity.
Get in touch
You can email us with any suggestions or questions at corporate@oaic.gov.au. We would also love to hear your plans for PAW 2024.
For more updates, keep an eye on our LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and X pages

Labour / May Day (QLD / NT Public Holiday)
2024-05-06

Blooms for Mother's Day Fundraising Dinner
2024-05-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Brothers Sports Club, 130 Takalvan Street, Kensington, QLD, 4670, Australia
Join us for a memorable evening of delicious food and wonderful company as we celebrate the first blooms of Mother’s Day from Endeavour Foundation Business Solutions Bundaberg.
This fundraising event, in special collaboration with the Bundaberg & District Chamber of Commerce features:

a delightful dinner
an exciting auction of the inaugural bouquet of chrysanthemums cultivated and harvested by clients from Endeavour Foundation Business Solutions – Bundaberg
thrilling raffles
fantastic networking opportunity

Your presence and support will transform this Mother’s Day into a celebration of love, compassion, and community spirit. All proceeds from this event will be dedicated to empowering people with disability.
Tickets are $50 per person or $400 for a table of eight. To book your tickets visit the event website.

Mother's Day
2024-05-12
Throughout Australia, like the rest of the world, people use this occasion to give thanks to their mothers and to celebrate and pamper the women who are so special in their lives.

Rent and Board May 2024 Price Increase
2024-05-13
From 13 May 2024, rent and board rates increase for people we support living in an Endeavour Foundation house.
Due to new Queensland Government legislation allowing only one increase in rent every 12 months, this will be the only increase in rent for 2024.
This increase affects NDIS and DSOA people (Disability Support for Older Australians) with current Endeavour Foundation rent and board agreements. If someone does not have a rent or board agreement with us, the increase will not apply.
We are contacting everyone affected to inform them of this increase.
New Rent and Board amounts
From 13 May 2024, rent and board rates are:

Rent: $401.02 / fortnight (increase of $33.75 per fortnight)
Board: $524.40 / fortnight (increase of $9.05 per fortnight)

For anyone under the age of 21, rent and board rates are:

Rent: $361.98 / fortnight (increase of $44.07 per fortnight)
Board: $410.35 / fortnight (increase of $22.45 per fortnight)

Direct debits and statements after May 13 date will reflect the new charges.
No one will be out of pocket. Rent and board increases are in line with the disability support pension rates.

What do I need to do?

If payment is made via Centrepay, financial administrators will need make this amendment themselves via myGov or by speaking directly to Centrelink. If you are speaking with families, carers and/or financial administrators in the coming weeks, please check in and let them know this action is required.

There may be a gap in communication for any clients onboarded between 1 May and 31 May 2024. When onboarding people into our accommodation services, please let them know there will be an increase in rent and board on 13 May 2024 in line with the pension rate increases implemented in March 2024.

For any queries regarding this, please contact AR-NDIS@endeavour.com.au

Who to contact?
If you require an updated Endeavour Foundation rent and board agreement, please email properties@endeavour.com.au.
For all other rent and board enquiries, please contact the Finance team via email at
AR-NDIS@endeavour.com.au.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
2024-05-16
Every third Thursday of May each year is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than one billion people with disability or with an impairment.

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)
2024-05-17
Wear rainbow with pride
Inclusion is all about taking action to show those around you that they are valued and welcomed.
We encourage everyone to join us in wearing rainbow. Rainbows are associated with the representation of the LGBTQIA+ community and is used to express pride.
Why?
Friday 17 May is IDAHOBIT Day a day that marks the anniversary of 17 May, 1990, when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases. IDAHOBIT standards for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex Discrimination and Transphobia and as time has progressed holds reference to a day against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination to specifically include those who are lesbian, queer and asexual.
Unfortunately, even with Marriage Equality, the LGBTQIA+ community continue to be discriminated against with stigma still prevalent around the world. If this is not your lived experience, you may be surprised to know that in Australia:

68% of LGBTQIA+ employees are not out to everyone in the workplace
2 in 3 LGBTQIA+ youth experiences abuse due to their identity and
35% of LGBTQIA+ Australians have experienced verbal abuse in the past 12 months

Equality Australia
You can show up every day and be an active ally taking a stand against discrimination
At Endeavour Foundation we want everyone to feel safe and included and feel like you belong.
Be informed: talk to LGBTQIA+ friends, family or colleagues, read LGBTQIA+ related publications, social media and videos. Avoid assumptions through the use of words like, ‘partner’ in lieu of ‘husband/wife’ or ‘boyfriend or girlfriend.’
Useful resources:

Pride in Diversity
Minus 18
Equality Australia
TransHub

Understanding diverse experiences and perspectives can help you to understand where you can show up and be an active ally.
Be visible and promote yourself as an ally by:

wearing a pin
displaying inclusion posters in your team’s area
share your story of why you’re an ally
celebrate other days of significance such as Pride Month, Wear It Purple Day, International Transgender Day of Visibility.

Being a visible ally makes a big difference to how everyone can feel safe and included.
Be part of the solution: Talk about pronouns, advocate for inclusive language, take a stand against homophobic, biphobic or transphobic slurs, call out jokes or negative behaviours or comments.
Every day is a day to be an ally!

Gympie Annual Show (Gympie Public Holiday)
2024-05-17
Gympie Region excluding Goomeri Township, Parish of Goomeribong

National Volunteer Week
2024-05-20 - 2024-05-26
The theme for National Volunteer Week 2024 is ‘Something for Everyone’.
National Volunteer Week 2024 will recognise the diverse passions and talents everyone brings to the act of volunteering.
It’s an invitation to explore the myriad of opportunities available, emphasising that there’s a place for everyone in the world of volunteering. Whether you’re drawn to environmental causes, community outreach, education, or beyond, there’s a place where your unique skills and interests can flourish.

Intranet 2.0 | Lunchtime learning session
2024-05-20 13:00 - 13:30
As shared in the Your Weekly Update, we’re excited that the next intranet updates will be rolled out and ready for you to experience from Friday 17 May.
The Communications and Engagement team will be hosting some lunchtime learning sessions next week to walk you through these updates and answer any questions you may have:

1pm – 1:30pm, Monday 20 May – Click here to join

If you notice any teams or information that is missing from the intranet from tomorrow, please email communications@endeavour.com.au with more details. We will work with you to make sure our intranet is user-friendly and up to date.

Pay Day Lottery #207-Closes 10pm AEST
2024-05-23

Pay Day Lottery #208-Now Open
2024-05-24
Pay Day Lotteries are held five times a year and offer the choice of a $200,000 prize to win. These lotteries have limited tickets, so you have to get in quick!

Anniversary Prize Home Lottery #456-Now Open
2024-05-24

Intranet 2.0 | Lunchtime learning session
2024-05-24 12:00 - 12:30
As shared in the Your Weekly Update, we’re excited that the next intranet updates will be rolled out and ready for you to experience from Friday 17 May.
The Communications and Engagement team will be hosting some lunchtime learning sessions next week to walk you through these updates and answer any questions you may have:

12pm – 12:30pm, Friday 24 May – Click here to join

If you notice any teams or information that is missing from the intranet from tomorrow, please email communications@endeavour.com.au with more details. We will work with you to make sure our intranet is user-friendly and up to date.

National Sorry Day
2024-05-26
Every year on 26 May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.

National Reconciliation Week
2024-05-27 - 2024-06-03
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
The National Reconciliation Week theme for 2024, Now More Than Ever, is a reminder to all of us that no matter what, the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will —and must —continue.

Gladstone Employment Open Day
2024-05-29 10:00 - 12:00 | 167 Auckland Street, Gladstone Qld 4680, 167 Auckland Street, Gladstone, Qld, 4680, Australia
Job Seekers: Join us for light refreshments and a chat about how Community Solutions and our team of partners can set you up for success. Meet and connect with local employers about available employment opportunities and placement and learn how you can be supported into a job you love.
Employers: Looking for talent? Come along and meet local job seekers in Gladstone, ready for employment! Connect and network with other like-minded businesses and meet new contacts in the area.
ON THE DAY:
• Light refreshments inclusive of packaged snacks
• PLUS lots more!
Community Solutions Services:
• Disability Employment Services
• Workforce Australia
PARKING: Two-hour free parking is available on Auckland Street, within a close walking distance to the Community Solutions site.
Please do not attend if you are sick or feeling unwell including if you have a fever, cough, sore throat, headache, distorted sense of taste, shortness of breath, chills, vomiting or any associated cold/flu or gastroenteritis like symptoms.
Please note this is an invite only event, please contact the Gladstone Community Solutions site for further information.

Lottery #207 Draw
2024-05-30 | Endeavour Foundation – Support Centre, 33 Corporate Drive, Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia
Pay Day Lottery #207 draw day

Bundaberg Annual Show (Bundaberg Region Public Holiday)
2024-05-30
Bundaberg Region – within the post codes of 4660 and 4670

Welcome Home Celebration - Petrie
2024-05-30 10:00 - 11:00 | 24 Old Dayboro Road, Petrie QLD 4502
We hope you can join us for this special event as we open a new home in Petrie! This home has been built under the Endeavour Foundation My Home, My Life initiative. We are very proud to be welcoming the people we support to their amazing new home!

Thursday 30 May, 2024
24 Old Dayboro Road, Petrie QLD 4502
10am – 11am
Light refreshments to be served.
Please RSVP below or call Kaylene Porter on 0423 113 350 by Monday 27 May.
For any queries, please email ceo@endeavour.com.au.
* Please note that street parking in this area is limited.

Click here to RSVP

Maleny Annual Show (Sunshine Coast Region (Caloundra) Public Holiday)
2024-05-31
Sunshine Coast Region – the area of the former Caloundra City Council

Pride Month
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-30
It’s time to break out the rainbow flags and celebrate Pride Month from 1 June! This month has been around since 1970 when it was first created to honor the Stonewall Uprising which took place in New York City. It’s also a great opportunity for people from all walks of life to come together and show their support for the LGBTQ+ community. There are many fun ways you can support this holiday and make it extra memorable – from attending pride parades to simply wearing rainbow-coloured clothing 🏳️‍🌈.

Workplace Giving Month
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-30
Get involved in workplace giving! June is national workplace giving month. As we approach the end of the financial year, it’s a perfect time to turn the spotlight on workplace giving. Find out how you can contribute to Endeavour Foundation’s workplace giving program.
If you have any questions, please contact the Partnerships team at partnerships@endeavour.com.au
