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Sponsors' stories
1. Telstra Disability Services
In 2004, Telstra Disability Services provided a national sponsorship for the TAD national body TAD Australia (TADAust) with a sponsored 1300 number, and will also support a home page for TADAust.
The freecall service allows callers in regional areas of each state to be put directly through to their closest TAD office.
2. Thiess Services makes TADQ corporate recipient
Early in 2004, Thiess Services made TADQ a Corporate Recipient with a generous donation of $10,000. This enabled TADQ to co-ordinate and supply three clients with precisely the items they required to improve their quality of life.
The funds were split over three requests from clients that TADQ would have otherwise been unable to help due to high costs/nature of the projects: Ken Broad was provided with a voice-operated computer package & training; TADQ purchased Mary Albury a walking aid that enabled her to walk down the aisle on her wedding day; and a young epileptic boy was supplied with an electronic monitoring system for night-time use. For Ken Broad's extraordinary story, go to Project Profiles via the link at the top of the page.
3: TADQ receives $23,500 from QUT Community Service Grant Scheme
In 2003, TADQ successfully applied for a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Community Service Grant Scheme valued at $23,500. The joint application with QUT mentor Mr Graham Howlett from JSA Digital http://www.jsa.com.au was made to professionally update TADQ’s website, plus to produce a new brochure and A3 poster. The TADQ website had not been updated for four years, contained old address and contact details and the site was not easy to navigate.
JSA Digital specialise in producing easy-access web sites, and worked collaboratively with TADQ to ensure that the new styling was incorporated in the design of the website, brochure and poster. JSA Digital project-managed the production of all three items in close collaboration with TADQ. JSA Digital describe their work as ‘creative digital design, blended with technical know-how”.
The new TADQ web site was launched at a media event on 2 March 2005 at the TADQ head office in Brisbane.
TADQ CEO Maureen O’Brien made the following comments about the QUT Community Grant Service Scheme, “We have worked collaboratively on project submissions with QUT over the years, and this particular funding has allowed us to focus on increasing our profile so that we can effectively advertise ourselves in the community, and have easily-assessed information when applying for funding.
Without the QUT Community Grant Service Scheme, we would still be using outdated materials and information. We are delighted to be working with QUT again, and with JSA Digital’s technical help, will be able to update the website content ourselves. An outstanding part of the new website are the new on-line forms that JSA Digital have designed for us that allow project request applications to be downloaded to our database, effectively cutting down administration and mailing costs, which had previously been a huge resource drain”.
About the QUT Community Service Plan
The QUT Community Service Plan provides funding to support a competitive Community Service Grant Scheme. http://www.community.qut.edu.au/About_us/Overview/Grant_Scheme.jsp
Preference is given to proposals under this scheme which are predominantly service orientated, consistent with QUT’s Community Service Plan, and multi-faceted in nature (i.e. demonstrated links between the service activity and research and teaching). QUT listens and responds to society's needs and contributes to community intellectual, social, economic and cultural well-being locally, nationally and internationally, through its community service activities.
QUT's Community Service goal is to contribute to the development of Australia's international responsibility and competitiveness, to enhance QUT's relationship with the professions and increase community awareness of issues through professional service and social commentary. The achievement of this goal is guided by responsibility to the wider community the highest professional and ethical standards, and excellence of service to the community.
4: TADQ provided with intern from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to re-brand the charity
Late in 2004, a general staff member from QUT with relevant skills successfully applied for Professional Development Program Leave (PDL) for a 6-week industry placement at TADQ. Her task was to co-ordinate and finish the new look for the charity.
QUT provides a program of opportunities for all its staff to participate in learning and development opportunities. For further details, go to
http://www.qut.edu.au/services/work/staffdev/profdev.jsp
TADQ CEO Maureen O’Brien said, “This type of in-kind support came at the perfect time for TADQ – just as we needed to finalise this website, and look at all our communication materials, right down to our building sign.
The QUT staff member was able to dedicate herself to the task for the entire 6 weeks, and worked collaboratively with staff, volunteers and board members to complete these tasks that no one else at TADQ had the time or skills to achieve. We are extremely grateful to the support QUT has again offered TADQ. She was able to project-manage the production of the items with JSA Digital, with our printer for our new suite of letterhead and business cards, and organised a function on 2 March 2005 to formally thank Thiess Services and QUT for their substantial financial and in-kind support over the past two years.
This recent exercise has further strengthened the existing ties between QUT and TADQ, and clearly shows how collaboration can make more than a ‘TAD’ of difference! We can’t put an dollar amount on the help QUT has provided.”
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