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Footscray Rotary Aged and Community Service Fund

The Annual General meeting of FRACS was conducted prior to the regular meeting on December 19th. This fund which resulted from a merger of Western Region Aged Care and the Rotary Community Service Fund with a charter to support charities, with deductible gift recipient (DGR) status, working in Footscray and the inner West. The majority of grant distributions (80%) are in favour care of aged care projects and the balance to community projects.
Reports were received from Darcy Brennan(President), Stephen Palmer (Secretary) and Elia Andreiotis (Treasurer).
The fund is performing well under the management of FPW Financial Advice and during the last financial year $244,000 was distributed.
A significant grant of $50,000was made through Western Health Foundation to support a project “Implementing Models of Care to improve the care experience of people living with dementia at Western Health.”
Darcy Brennan along with Deborah, attended a presentation ceremony at the conclusion of the Western Health Research Week on behalf of the fund and presented a certificate to the representatives of the project and are pictured with, Kellie Vivekanathum, Divisional Director – Aged, General Medicine and Subacute Division (holding certificate), Sophie Gore – Operational Performance and Redesign Manager along with Sharon Read (Executive Director, Western Health Foundation).


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