FUNDRAISING
Raising funds for Great Ocean Road Health to support their great care and enhance the safety and quality of life in the Surf Coast community
For over a decade a number of cycling teams have used GORC events and the Murray to Moyne Cycling Relay as well as local sponsor support to raise funds for our community health services.
To coincide with the formation of Great Ocean Road Health in 2019, Great Ocean Road Cycling committed to strengthen this commitment.
In 2020 the program raised nearly $47,000 which was dedicated to Advanced Life Support and replaced existing equipment with the purchase of a “Megacode Kelly Simpad” CPR mannequin and ongoing monthly training.
Check out the video which explains that the mannequin has already helped GOR Health staff deal with emergency situations.
Please click here to acknowledge our generous past sponsors and donors who enabled such great fund raising outcomes.
Potential sponsors and donors are invited to donate through our My Cause fundraising page or email Jane Clifton directly, who can provide more information and answer any questions. See below for the potential sponsorship opportunities.
Great Ocean Road Health – Sponsorship opportunities for community Scholarships
Our current fund raising aim is to seek sponsorship and donors to fund health and fitness scholarships which are uniquely designed to enhance the well being and quality of life in the Surf Coast community. The scholarships are below and in these pdf links:
Information for Potential Sponsors
Potential sponsors and donors are invited to donate through our My Cause fundraising page and email Jane Clifton , who can provide more information and answer any questions.
The Safety and Quality Scholarship is provided via an important collaboration between Great Ocean Road Cyclists and Great Ocean Road Health to maintain contemporary knowledge in safety and quality.
Great Ocean Road Health has a responsibility to patients, clients, residents, staff and the wider community to keep up to date with standards, guidelines, innovations and plans to keep the community safe and informed.
This scholarship has been created to:
- Provide an opportunity for existing staff to improve skills in the safety and quality environment by attending the Safer Care conference
- Provide an opportunity for all staff to perform a safety and quality project
- Allow Great Ocean Road Health to maintain contemporary knowledge in safety and quality by training, workshops or other learning experiences
The GORC John and Paula Hayden Case Management The Case Management Scholarship is provided via an important collaboration between Great Ocean Road Cyclists and Great Ocean Road Health to maintain contemporary knowledge in Case Management.
Over the past 18 months, Great Ocean Road Health has seen significant growth in demand for the provision of Community Services. Their Home Care Packages Program has grown by 138% in this period and the number of participants is continuing to grow each month.
Home Care Packages are funded by the Commonwealth Government, to ensure participants can continue to live safely and independently in their own homes. A Case Manager assists the participant, to access the best services for them to achieve their goals, to assist with budgeting for these costs, and paying the associated invoices.
Services purchased, can include care services such as domestic assistance or nursing, attendance at social groups, support and well-being services with an approved provider such as physiotherapy or exercise physiology. Funding can also be expended, on some types of equipment and home modifications, to enable participants, to live safely and well at home.
This scholarship will provide an opportunity to an existing staff member, to undertake a Diploma of Community Services (Case Management) and ensure GORH are providing excellent case management to their communities and will allow the program to continue to grow.
The Allied Health Assistant Scholarship is provided via an important collaboration between Great Ocean Road Cyclists and Great Ocean Road Health to train or re-train a member of GORH staff as an Allied Health Assistant.
Allied Health Services currently include: Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Diabetes Education, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Dietetics & Podiatry and GORH are seeing increased demand from community members and Home Care Package participants.
GORH currently employ 3 qualified Allied Health Assistants, who work under the supervision of clinicians. They are keen to increase services at both campuses by providing an opportunity to an existing staff member, to undertake an Allied Health Assistant traineeship.
The Foodworks Mental Health First Aid Scholarship is provided via an important collaboration between Great Ocean Road Cyclists and Great Ocean Road Health to increase our skills in responding to mental health issues in our communities.
GORH are planning to offer the Mental Health First Aid Course to all staff and would like to offer two staff members the opportunity to become Mental Health First Aid Instructors to then deliver mental health first aid training to GORH staff.
Each year 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental illness. Many people are not knowledgeable or confident to offer assistance. Mental Health First Aid training will enable GORH staff to provide practical first aid skills for helping community members, and their family members, friends and co-workers, who are experiencing mental health problems.
The GORC Great Ocean Road Real Estate Lorne & Apollo Bay Mental Health First Aid Scholarship is provided via an important collaboration between Great Ocean Road Cyclists and Great Ocean Road Health to increase our skills in responding to mental health issues in our communities.
GORH are planning to offer the Mental Health First Aid Course to all staff and would like to offer two staff members the opportunity to become Mental Health First Aid Instructors to then deliver mental health first aid training to GORH staff.
Each year 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental illness. Many people are not knowledgeable or confident to offer assistance. Mental Health First Aid training will enable GORH staff to provide practical first aid skills for helping community members, and their family members, friends and co-workers, who are experiencing mental health problems.
The Leadership Development Scholarship, sponsored by Xacom and Sue and Matt Kirwin- Hamilton, is provided via an important collaboration between Great Ocean Road Cyclists and Great Ocean Road in order to continue to provide the necessary opportunities to grow the leadership skills within Great Ocean Road Health.
Great Ocean Road Health has undergone significant change in the past 18 months, through the amalgamation of Lorne Community Hospital and Otway Health and adapting to the environmental changes brought about by the pandemic. Strong leadership has been identified as a crucial element in the management of significant change.
This scholarship is available to all existing and emerging leaders in the organisation in order to develop and enhance their leadership skills, via a new or existing program, training course or conference.