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SONY FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS SONY FOUNDATION ACROSS AUSTRALIA 4 SNAPSHOTS OF THE YEAR 6 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 8 CEO’S REPORT 9 OUR PEOPLE 10 BOARD MEMBERS 12 Sony Foundation Australia is the charity arm AMBASSADORS 14 of the Sony companies in Australia. SONY MUSIC AMBASSADORS 16 CORPORATE PARTNERS 18 OUR EVENTS 20 WHARF4WARD 22 RIVER4WARD 24 MELBOURNE YOU CAN OPENING 26 OTHER EVENTS 28 OUR PROJECTS AND CHARITY PARTNERS 30 YOU CAN 32 CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY CAMP PROGRAM 38 MUSICIANS MAKING A DIFFERENCE 42 YOUTH OFF THE STREETS 44 THE SALVATION ARMY - SOUNDPOINT 46 CONNECT – SONY FOUNDATION STAFF ENGAGEMENT 47 SONY FOUNDATION IN THE MEDIA 48 FINANCIALS 50 Designed by NEW MEDIA SOLUTIONS and printed by Sony Foundation 11-19 Hargrave St | Darlinghurst | NSW | 2010 www.sonyfoundation.org.au (02) 9383 6230 ABN: 33086967222 Sony Foundation 2015-16 Annual Report 3 SONY FOUNDATION Sony Foundation is making real and lasting change Sony Foundation is the charity arm of the to the lives of young Australians by championing Sony Companies in Australia. With each of causes that are often overlooked or ignored. From these companies - Sony Australia, Sony Music youth cancer to disability care, Sony Foundation is Entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment, committed to championing causes to benefit young Sony Pictures, Sony Mobile and Sony DADC Australians in need. contributing to the funding of the administrative costs for the Foundation. Capitalising on the power Through both the development of Sony of ‘One Sony’, the Foundation utilizes the unique Foundation’s own programs and, partnerships with qualities of the Sony companies to empower innovative and inspiring charities, the Foundation is Australia’s youth committed to generating change. SONY FOUNDATION ACROSS AUSTRALIA NSW: VIC: QLD: ACT: Third You Can Centre under construction Second You Can Centre constructed SoundPoint Youth and Community Centre One Holiday Camp Seven (Sydney) Holiday Camps Three Holiday Camps Five Brisbane Holiday Camps NT: + Holiday Camp in Newcastle River4Ward - $535,000 raised + Holiday Camp in the Gold Coast One Holiday Camp + Holiday Camp in Coffs Harbour MMAD Outreach Programs + Holiday Camps in Rockhampton Wharf4Ward - $900,000 raised + Holiday Camp in Whitsundays TA: WA: Golf Day - $55,000 raised + Holiday Camp in Toowoomba One Holiday Camp WA You Can Centre established MMAD Outreach Programs + Holiday Camp in Warwick One Holiday Camp SA: Youth Off The Streets Programs MMAD Outreach Programs Rugby League Charity Match MMAD Outreach Programs 2015 1998 2008 2011 - Sony Foundation launches You Can into Melbourne with - Sony Foundation established - $1.8 million raised through Sony Music’s Bushfire Aid: - $2 million raised for The Salvation Army Flood Appeal star-studded River4Ward event raising $400,000 Artists for the Bushfire Appeal CD and donated to The through the release of Sony Music’s charity CD ‘Flood 1999 Salvation Army - River4Ward wins Victoria’s ‘Best Charity or Relief- Artists for the Flood Appeal’ Cause-Related Event’ at the Australian Event - First Children’s Holiday Camp takes place at St Ignatius - Sony Foundation celebrates 10 years of the True Colours College, Riverview - $1.8 million committed to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Awards in its inaugural year Ball with $250,000 raised for the Children’s Holiday in Perth to build Australia’s first You Can Centre - First fundraising event, True Colours Ball is held Camp Program - Sydney’s favourite long lunch, Wharf4Ward, raises a record-breaking $900,000 for You Can 2012 2003 2009 - $2 million donated to The Salvation Army to establish 2016 - Children’s Holiday Camp Program expands into four new - First fundraising event, Wharf4Ward raises $380,000 SoundPoint, a youth and community centre in flood- schools: - Sony Foundation’s Melbourne fundraising event, - Children’s Holiday Camp Program celebrates 10 years, ravaged Ipswich River4Ward, raises a record $535,000 for You Can QLD: with Sony Foundation now funding 19 camps around - Australia’s second You Can Centre opens at the new • Anglican Church Grammar School/ St Margaret’s Australia 2013 Anglican Girls School - Australia’s first You Can Centre opens in Perth Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, with a $1.5 million donation from Sony Foundation • Marist College, Ashgrove/ Mt Alvernia College, Kedron 2010 - Wharf4Ward wins ‘Best Charity or Cause Related Event’ NSW - Launch of Sony Foundation’s first public fundraising 2014 campaign, You Can, to establish specialised youth cancer - $1.5 million committed to Prince of Wales Hospital in in NSW at the Australian Event Awards • St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill/ Brigidine College, St centres around Australia Sydney to build another You Can Centre - Sony Foundation has the support of a record number Ives/ Marist Sisters College, Woolwich - Sony Foundation becomes a million dollar donor to - The Foundation’s Holiday Camps Program celebrates 15 of Corporate Partners, signing 44 Corporate Partners to WA Youth Off The Streets year anniversary with Sony Foundation now funding 25 support Sony Foundation programs and causes • Hale School/ Methodist Ladies College camps around Australia - Sony Foundation raises $500,000 with Harvey Norman - The Foundation’s Holiday Camps Grant is established for Mission Australia allowing Sony Foundation to provide a grant of $10,000 to a different Holiday Camp family each year, every year, forever 4 Sony Foundation 2015-16 Annual Report Sony Foundation 2015-16 Annual Report 5 LEFT PAGE: Left to right: Sony Music artist Nathaniel. Sony Music artist Jessica Mauboy and Daryl Braithwaite at River4Ward. A young MMAD STAR. RIGHT PAGE: You Can Champion Emily Caine, Sony Music artist Delta Goodrem and You Can Champion Jess Van Zeil. SNAPSHOTS OF THE YEAR OPENING OF THE MELBOURNE YOU CAN CENTRE Sony Foundation’s second You Can Centre opened in August, 2016 at the new Peter MacCallum (Peter Mac) Cancer Centre in Melbourne. The world-class facility, made possible with a $1.5 million donation from Sony Foundation, will provide an estimated 500 young cancer patients each year with their own youth-focused, high-tech haven. The You Can Centre is the new home for Victoria’s Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Service, ONTrac at Peter Mac, and will set a new international standard for cancer care. See pages 26-27. WHARF4WARD Sony Foundation’s signature event Wharf4Ward achieved a new fundraising record in 2015, as celebrities, corporate partners and supporters came together to raise $900,000 for You Can. World-class Sony Music artist performances, including a standout performance from Delta Goodrem, had the 800 guests in high spirits as they dined along Sydney’s iconic Woolloomooloo Wharf. The 2015 event also won ‘Best Charity or Cause Related Event’ in NSW at the Australian Event Awards. See pages 22-23. RIVER4WARD Sony Music artists rocked the Yarra River in March, raising an incredible $535,000 for the Melbourne You Can Centre. A floating stage was built, the red carpet was rolled out along Crown Riverwalk and stars and supporters came together to make a lasting difference to the lives of young people with cancer. Sony Music artists Daryl Braithwaite and Jessica Mauboy closed the show on a high note with a duet of Daryl’s beloved hit classic ‘The Horses’. See pages 24-25. MUSICIANS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Sony Foundation began funding the flagship program of Australian charity Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD). The ‘Catch A Falling STAR Program’ is an intensive, innovative music and mentoring program designed to help promising young people who have faced setbacks due to issues such as homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, neglect and abuse. See pages 42-43. 6 Sony Foundation 2015-16 Annual Report Sony Foundation 2015-16 Annual Report 7 CHAIRMAN’S CEO’S REPORT REPORT Sony Foundation strives to be an organisation that is As previously mentioned, this past year was one of records innovative, creative, resourceful, humbled by generosity and for us. A record $900,000 raised at Wharf4Ward 2015; a community spirit and most importantly, totally committed record $535,000 raised at our second annual River4Ward to the cause. We are fortunate to be buoyed by a team of 2016; a second You Can Centre built and opened in wonderfully committed Corporate Partners; passionate and Melbourne; event awards; and so much more. Whilst these involved ambassadors; benevolent Sony Company backers; a are incredible achievements, it is the people behind these dedicated Board; and of course, devoted staff. causes, the volunteers, the benefactors, the young lives being impacted and changed through our programs – this is To give you some perspective on where Sony Foundation what the Foundation stands for. fits into the world of giving, it should be known that your contribution attributes to success and progression Finally, I would like to make mention of two very special It is my pleasure to present my first Annual Report as Chairman Our Children’s Holiday Camp Program has continued to make a for the Foundation’s causes and programs. Currently in young You Can champions who are tragically no longer with of Sony Foundation Australia. profound impact on all those involved. Starting with one camp Australia, Sony Foundation is a real leader in the Australian us. Liam and Tessa, our You Can Champions who shared in 1999, this program has expanded to 26 Sony Foundation At Sony Foundation, I am constantly inspired by the young philanthropy space being in the top 1% of charities to their inspirational stories at River4Ward and Wharf4Ward Camps taking place at 46 Schools and Universities across people we support. The young people for whose lives our raise more than $1 million. In this past financial year, Sony this past year. Your gentle nature, commitment to the cause Australia this year. Over 600 special needs children were programs bring about positive and lasting change, the people Foundation raised in excess of $2 million.