Milk&Co has Brainwave and you can too!

Michael Klim is one of Australia’s greatest swimmers, rising to prominence in 1997 when he set a world record at the Australian Championships for the 100m Butterfly – a record Michael held for 6 years. As an entrepreneur and founder of the highly successful skincare company Milk & Co with his wife Lindy Klim who effortlessly manages her role as full-time mum with a hectic career in the media spotlight. She is the face and brains behind skincare range, Milk & Co Baby.

Brainwave provides practical assistance and emotional support to children with neurological conditions as well as their families and carers to positively impact their quality of life. Michael & Lindy Klim are Patrons and Ambassadors dedicated to promoting the Brainwave Australia brand and continue to be a generous and committed supporters of the cause.

       

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For the month of June 2015, Milk & Co will donate $1 from every 375ml bottle of Milk Baby Bath Time Wash and Milk Baby Shampoozle & Conditioner sold at Coles and Woolworths stores nationally to Brainwave.

All money raised will help fund much-needed programs including mobility and rehabilitation and ongoing therapies and family events which provide emotional support and promote social inclusion.

Brainwave’s General Manager, Caroline Scully, is over the moon, and so grateful to Michael and Lindy for their tireless support. “We are so proud to have Michael as our Patron and Lindy as our Ambassador. They’re the real deal – warm people who love kids and regularly take time out of their own busy lives to come along to family days and fundraising events year in, year out. We’re so lucky to have them, and their positive impact on our children and families is profound.”

 

Would you donate your bone marrow? McKesson added 988 new potential donors in 2013

Each year, more than 10,000 people with blood cancers and other life-threatening diseases need a bone marrow transplant and search the Be The Match Registry® for their donor. Only about half of these 10,000 patients will receive a transplant. To recruit additional donors, McKesson partnered with the National Marrow Donor Program’s Be The Match Registry®

IMPACT:

During 2013 led by Executive Champion Ann Berkey, Senior Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs, who serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Marrow Donor Program, McKesson succeeded in adding 988 new potential marrow donors to the Be The Match Registry®

Super Sunny Ideas – If you had AUD$5,000 to help someone what would you do with it for #greatimpact ?

Sunsuper Dreams is all about doing something positive for the community in a really meaningful way.

So if you have a dream that can help make things better for an Aussie cause, send it in.

To qualify, your dream project must:

• Be based in Australia
• Be able to be undertaken in the next six months
• Do something good for a charity, community group or not-for-profit organisation.

No self-centred dreams and no dreams you’ve had when you’ve been asleep! They are talking about the dreams you have with your eyes wide open.

Each month SunSuper will be awarding a $5,000 grant to the nominated recipient of the dream voted most popular on this website.

SO …. visit their website and vote NOW ….. it’s not an easy task! VOTE HERE

This is what a past winner did with the $5,000

Get your runners ready to beat Breast Cancer in Melbourne, Australia

Dust off your runners or break out the old worn out pair AND just for participating in the Sussan Womens Fun Run  on December 7th in Melbourne you will receive :

• a $50 off voucher for Brooks Shoes at any Active Feet Store and
• a 21 day free membership to Goodlife Health Clubs.

A great initiative held by Sussan , a leading fashion retailer with over 550 stores in Australia and New Zealand in support of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA).

6,500 women ran in 2013 to raise support for BCNA. Were you one of them in this video?

IMPACT: Sussan is proud to be part of BCNA. Their support and fundraising efforts help to ensure all BCNA’s programs and services meet the ongoing needs of breast cancer survivors and importantly, are available free of charge. Their long term partnership began in 2006. Together with their customers support they have raised over $1,000,000.

 

This is a BIG idea – Walmart

Take just a short time to consider the #greatimpact projects that Walmart are involved in, they had 245,000,000 happy customers in 2014:

“At Walmart we believe we have an opportunity and a responsibility to make a difference on the big issues that matter to us all. Issues like preserving the environment, fighting hunger, empowering women and providing access to healthy, affordable food. Walmart is driving meaningful change in a way that no other company can. And we’re committed to using our size and scale to help the world live better.”

How powerful is that, even more these are basic ideals that every business could / should have no matter how small.

IMPACT: Too many to mention in one post, not sure where to start on this company. What about their economic impact? Each week, more than 245 million customers and members visit nearly 11,000 Walmart stores under 71 banners in 27 countries and e-commerce websites in 10 countries, Walmart employs 2.2 million associates worldwide.

Wild about Scotland – Corporate Social Responsibility

Impact Marketing is about individuals and businesses showcasing / promoting to their community of consumers the positive impact they are working on within the community in which they operate (local or global) or within their business operations.

Clydesdale Bank in Scotland has a large economic impact through the UK with over 9,000 employees, more than 300 branches, and a network of over 70 Financial Solutions Centres, servicing 2.6 million customers.

One exciting project that attracted the attention of Impact Embassy is Wild about Scotland a Clydesdale Bank partnership with the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), delivering an outreach education programme on Scotland’s natural habitat, via a bespoke double-decker bus.

The bus launched on August 29th, 2014 in Whiteinch, Glasgow. A dedicated team of four from RZSS delivers lessons, aimed at primary school aged children, across the communities of Scotland.

The programme focuses on Scotland’s native species, habitats and environment. It includes practical, fun lessons that support the National Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). The lessons connect children to Scotland’s native species and the important part they play in the wider biodiversity across Scotland. Lessons cover beavers, mini-beasts and the Scottish Wildcat (Highland Tiger).

Helen Page, Customer Experience and Marketing Director at Clydesdale Bank, said: “RZSS makes a vital contribution to the conservation of Scotland’s wildlife through both direct preservation and through their commitment to educating the public on endangered species, habitats and ecosystems.

Chris West, CEO of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, said: “We are delighted to announce this significant partnership with Clydesdale Bank. Conservation through education is one of the founding principles behind the Society and remains one of our key goals to this day. – See more at: http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/news/2014/08/clydesdale-bank-announces-parntership-with-rzss/#sthash.UXKlSP4s.dpuf

The Wild about Scotland team will contact schools directly to arrange lessons and also respond to enquiries via a registration process. To view the Tour Schedule please visit rzss.org.uk/wildaboutscotland or #wildaboutscotland.

IMPACT: The lessons through this partnership help engage a younger generation to Scotland’s wildlife not just in forests or “wild areas” of Scotland but in various habitats, including their own back gardens, and explain how all species are interconnected in some way, and reliant on each other for their existence.

Red Hot Impact – Silverlake Conservatory

Anyone can take inspiration from this story by self confessed (past)
delinquent Michael “Flea” Balzary bassist for the famous band Red Hot Hot Chili Peppers.

Nothing else needs to be said – just look at the passion he has for the Silverlake Conservatory

This is a great example of how people are inspired by music!

IMPACT: 700+ kids have now had access to music to change their lives just like Flea.

Shocking but true – How do you change the minds of people ravaged by war? Through sport of course!

When you think of Afghanistan you think of a place ravaged by war for decades.

In fact (sadly) very little positive probably comes to mind at all! So how do you go about changing that?

TOLO TV believes in the power of sport to help Afghan soldiers and leaders bring the country together. The “A Ball Not A Bomb” campaign is a social responsibility initiative to promote peace in Afghanistan and build hope for the youth of the country. TOLO TV wants to give the children of Afghanistan a chance to play football – because sport can transcend barriers and lift up a nation.

TOLO TV is part of the Moby Group established by their CEO, Saad Mohseni

IMPACT:

The aim of donations to project is to help buy 1,000 footballs and help us provide this chance to Afghan children.  DONATE NOW

Childhood Obesity – are we injecting our children with fat?

Undoubtedly a problem that past generations of children never had to face. This is a pretty hard hitting advertisement …

IOOF is proud to be Principal Partner for the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) Step-a-thon for kids. Now in its second year, this event aims to get kids active, and at the same time, raise funds for important children’s health research.

Kids are and always have been our future Changemakers.

If you would like to support this Positive Impact Project do so here – www.stepathon.org.au

What ideas do you have to keep children active?

Bertelsmann Stiftung – Inspiring people. Shaping the future.

The Bertelsmann Stiftung was founded by Reinhard Mohn in 1977 based on the belief that financial wellbeing entails social responsibility. In establishing the foundation, Mohn was acting on his conviction that material wealth brings with it an obligation to help others.

Our Mission

“Inspiring people. Shaping the future. Participating in a globalized world.” This motto summarizes the work carried out by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Effective participation in society requires both the ability to act and the opportunity to do so. The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s programs are designed to strengthen society by helping individuals realize their full potential, and to further develop the systems necessary to achieve this goal.

Germany is facing enormous challenges resulting from globalization, demographic change, cultural diversity and the country’s transition to a modern, knowledge-based society.  Through our programs, we seek to provide people with the knowledge and skills they need to participate – economically, politically and culturally – in our increasingly complex and interconnected world. In short, our work focuses on the individual.

Inspiring people. Shaping the future.

More about the Bertelsmann Stiftung, our values, our goals and our work you can find in the download on the right side.

IMPACT:

We concentrate our efforts on areas in which we have expertise: improving education, creating an economic system that is fair and efficient, promoting people-centered healthcare, empowering civil society, ensuring a viable cultural future and anchoring international understanding around the globe. Both independent and politically nonpartisan, the Bertelsmann Stiftung is a private operating foundation and therefore initiates and executes its own projects. See more here – Bertelsmann Stiftung