News

  • Almost $300,000 awarded to support COVID-19 response

    11 May 2020

    Grants to support some of the most marginalised people in our community, are the final grants awarded by the Ross Trust as part of its almost $300,000 rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Backing the expansion of Our Place in Frankston North

    27 Apr 2020

    The Ross Trust is contributing $300,000 over three years to support the establishment of Our Place in Frankston North.

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  • Advocating for our parks and wildlife

    27 Apr 2020

    Jordan Crook is the new Nature Conservation Campaigner with the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA), with the supported of an Advocacy Grant.

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  • Grants to help the Mornington Peninsula respond to COVID-19

    26 Apr 2020

    A small grant to assist school children with limited access to online facilities learn at home during the COVID-19 crisis, was one of the first priorities for the Ross Trust as part of its response to the pandemic.

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  • Philanthropy acts with urgency and purpose

    6 Apr 2020

    We’ve joined with Philanthropy Australia and 18 other philanthropic leaders to commit to a set of principles which guide how we will respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

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  • Backing our biodiversity conservation strategy

    4 Apr 2020

    In less than a year of granting, the Ross Trust has awarded as much funding to biodiversity conservation projects as it did in the previous five years.

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  • Philanthropic response to COVID-19

    4 Apr 2020

    Funding platform launched to support a coordinated philanthropic funding response to the global pandemic.

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  • COVID-19 impacts and responses

    23 Mar 2020

    We remain committed to continuing our work and supporting you.

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  • East Gippsland lungs of the lake supported

    4 Mar 2020

    A grant of $299,300 for the Lungs of the Lake project run by the East Gippsland Landcare Network heads up a strong commitment to biodiversity conservation.

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  • Fire, fear and the future

    3 Mar 2020

    Short and long-term approaches required with the long road to recovery after bushfires.

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News

  • 2017-18 Annual report released

    31 Oct 2018

    The RE Ross Trust Trustees are pleased to announce the appointment of two new RE Ross Trust Trustees and Directors of  Hillview Quarries. The RE Ross Trust Trustees are pleased to announce the appoin...

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  • New strategic direction

    27 Feb 2019

    The RE Ross Trust Trustees are pleased to announce the appointment of two new RE Ross Trust Trustees and Directors of Hillview Quarries. The RE Ross Trust Trustees are pleased to announce the appoint...

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  • New Trustees appointed

    27 Feb 2019

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  • Ross Trust welcomes new CEO

    02 May 2019

    We are pleased to announce that Sarah Hardy has been appointed as our new Chief Executive Officer and will commence in the role in late January 2018. Sarah has spent the last four years as CEO of ...

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  • Ross Trust welcomes new Trustee

    02 May 2019

    The Ross Trust welcomes Jeremy Kirkwood as Trustee commencing 1 August 2017.  Jeremy is a highly respected corporate advisor, Mr Kirkwood has been a principal with Pilot Advisory Group and was previously ...

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