Our people want to make a difference. Not only in law and business but in the wider community. The things we do must be done well and have a real and lasting impact.
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We
recognise that we have broad responsibilities to our people, their families
and the communities in which we live.
Allens Chief Executive Partner Michael Rose outlines the firm's approach to community involvement.
Our success as a firm is built on the talent and enthusiasm of our people and the values they bring with them from their homes and their communities. We have gifted and motivated people who want to make a difference, not only in the law and in business but also in the wider community.
For many years now, we have drawn on the talent and experience of our people to support community organisations, assist in the resolution of important legal and public interest issues and to play a role in significant community issues such as reconciliation and the protection of our environment.
This brochure provides an overview of what we do in the community. We are proud of our community activities and proud of our people who work with great passion, energy and commitment for the benefit of the wider community.
We sponsored AIME National Hoodie Day on 21 July 2010. AIME is the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, which is an initiative that partners university students in a one-on-one relationship with Indigenous high school students. On Wednesday 21 July, AIME asked the Australian community to don a red AIME hoodie and say to the next generation who are stepping up with AIME - 'We will walk with you'. There were 100 people across our firm wearing a red hoodie on AIME National Hoodie Day. Visit the National Hoodie Day website to learn more about this initiative and to purchase your own hoodie. You can also view a video about AIME or visit their Youtube Channel.
Below are some pictures of Allens people wearing the red hoodie. Click on a picture for a bigger version.
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Human rights, labour, environment, anti-corruption. Allens was the first organisation in Australia to become a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, a global corporate citizenship initiative. The Global Compact commits the firm to aligning our operations and strategies with 10 universally accepted principles, covering human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption. Allens' internal and external practices – including our workplace and environment policies and community activities as well as the achievements of our community committees over the past 12 months – regularly met the criteria set by the Global Compact. Working to fulfil the Global Compact means, businesses like ours can help ensure that markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies everywhere. |
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Many of our partners and staff sit on boards or serve directorship roles of charitable and community organisations.
Chairman Ewen Crouch and Chief Executive Partner Michael Rose discuss why they both chair major charitable organisations.
Allens partners and staff sit on a wide range of charitable and NGO Boards. Some of these organisations include:
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In their own time, many of our people work hard to help those in need.
While Allens provides a wide range of opportunities for staff to contribute to their communities, many staff also do more on their own initiative.
Led by Jim Dwyer, four of our people talk about their contribution out of the office.
Creating change in our communities and beyond.
Each Christmas, the firm gives to a charitable organisation to support a program that helps those in need.
This year's electronic Christmas card was made up of our people's holiday snaps and their ideas for the perfect holiday.
Instead of printing the card, the firm makes a donation to charity.
This year, Allens supported The Fred Hollows Foundation's Cataract Blindness Prevention Program, which meant 700 people in Cambodia could receive the gift of sight.
Cambodia is a country where blindness remains one of the major health and social problems. The Foundation's Cataract Blindness Prevention Program in Cambodia works to ensure equal access to high- quality and affordable eye care services for all people in Cambodia. The program serves almost half of the population of Cambodia.
One person to receive sight-restoring surgery was Yim Noang.
Yim had been blind for five years. She longed to see the faces of her grandchildren, especially her granddaughter Sun Doaun. Yim and her family live in Prey Veng, the poorest province of Cambodia. It was Sun who would lead her grandmother around the village, missing school as her mother worked to support her family on the equivalent of 80 cents a day.
Yim was given the opportunity to have a free cataract operation from The Fred Hollows Foundation. Her doctor, Dr Imtov, was trained by The Foundation at the Tilganga Eye Centre in Nepal and performs about 400 cataract surgeries each year.
A few days after her operation, Yim was very grateful to all who made her vision possible again after five years of blindness:
Thank
you very much for helping me get my sight back.
I will never forget your team and the doctors. This has not only helped me
but also my grandchildren, so they can go back to school like the other
children. Thank you very much.
Photo taken by Hugh Rutherford, courtesy of The Fred Hollows Foundation.
| A survey of blindness completed in 2007 found that nearly 54,000 people in Cambodia are blind and that 74 per cent of these people suffer from cataracts. |
Since 2005, the Pro Bono and Charity Committees have conducted the Matched Funding Program as a combined initiative to encourage philanthropy among our people. Employees are able to make regular monthly donations from their pre-tax salary to a range of charities, which are then matched dollar-for-dollar by the firm. Staff are able to nominate any charity for inclusion in the program, and currently contribute to approximately 80 charities throughout Australia and overseas.
Our people are passionate about supporting the communities and the environments in which we live and are the drivers of our Pro Bono, Charity and Environment Committees' initiatives.
Nicky Friedman – Head of Pro Bono and Community Services
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| Campbell Davidson | Paul Newman Chelsey Drake Simon Cobb |
Nicky Friedman Dora Banyasz Ted Hill Sarah Matheson |
Lorna Creewel Gerard Woods |
| Sydney | Phillip Cornwell – Chair Caitlin Gill Michael Quinlan David Robb Georgina Perry |
| Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | Sydney |
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| Karla Drinkwater Erin Feros Jamie Wells Rochelle Carey |
Dominie Banfield Robyn Chatwood Lachlan Clancy Jeremy Collins Carla Degenhardt Anne Ferguson Peter Haig Lynne Jensen Alicia Salvo Emma Staceyn |
Melanie Jasper Kim Reid |
Andrew Ailwood Celia Barnett Louise Chau Jim Dwyer – Chair Derek Heath Vanessa Kingston Sophie Ryan |
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| Chris Adamson Julie Barber Jaelle Berkovits Susan Fisher Bill McCredie Pip McGrath Dan Phelan Noveen Thrower Lisa Watt |
Ingrid Chen Kerry Elly Mark Harding Campbell Izzard |
Caroline Chan Sue Lynn Chan Kieran Humphrey Jessica Tovey Melanie Turner |
Nadine Bairle Phillip Cornwell Chris Fogarty Lisa Harris John Henderson Tom Highnam Chris Holmes Diccon Loxton Victoria Moore Jackie O'Brien David Robb Kevin Soo |
Melbourne | Singapore | Perth |
| Matthew Brennan Maryjane Crabtree Frances Dunn Emma Fitzgerald Mark Fitzpatrick Hugh Foley Nicky Friedman Harald Hapke Francis Hubben Annette Hughes Ann Meehan Ric Morgan Jemima O'Callaghan Jacqueline Savy Louise Thomson Kirsty White |
Robert Fish Jerena Tan |
Cindy Cicconi Tom Fotheringham Joe Freeman Robert French Robyn Glindemann Sunili Govinnage Anthony Lepere Steven Local Julie Moore Darren Murphy Susan Pestana Ainsley Reid Jodi Reinmuth Priscilla Sanders Elisabeth Sobon Caroline Spencer Nicole Stallard |
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