News

  • Funding reef restoration features in December grant decisions

    19 Dec 2019

    A grant of $287,000 over two years for Nature Conservancy Australia’s plan to bring back Victoria’s lost reefs, heads up the latest funding from the Ross Trust.

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  • Annual report tells the story

    1 Dec 2019

    We’ve released our annual report for 2018-19, detailing 150 payments to new and existing grantees for the financial year, with a total value of $4.9 million.

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  • Field trip supports long-term thinking on biodiversity

    1 Dec 2019

    Trustees and staff of the Ross Trust were inspired by the environmental work being undertaken in central Victoria, on a recent field trip organised by the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network.

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  • Phunktional, Guide Dogs on new list of grantees

    1 Dec 2019

    An early intervention program for babies and children living with low vision or blindness and a holiday arts program in the Mallee to engage First Nations and CALD young people, are amongst the projects awarded recent grants.

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  • Eastern Bettong set for a return to Victoria

    25 Nov 2019

    A grant of $200,000 over two years will help Odonata establish a safe haven for the reintroduction to Victoria of the Eastern Bettong and other priority endemic endangered species within the new Orana Farm Safe Haven, on the Loddon River.

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  • Improving mental health support in rural Victoria

    17 Nov 2019

    The YouThrive Victoria Rural Leaders program is about to enhance its wellbeing component to create a specific focus on mental health.

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  • Changing the rules on protection and restoration of waterways

    4 Nov 2019

    The Ross Trust has provided a $100,000 grant towards the River Laws Program, to advance law and policy reform for the protection and restoration of urban waterways and for Indigenous water rights in the southern Murray Darling Basin

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  • Finding the hook to keep students engaged

    4 Nov 2019

    Gippsland students will be the first in Victoria to benefit from a program designed to make a significant impact on learning outcomes for vulnerable students, by ensuring they make successful transition from primary to secondary school.

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  • Advocacy toolkit to give communities a voice

    13 Oct 2019

    The Ross Trust has been profiled as a case study as part of Philanthropy Australia’s new online advocacy toolkit.

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  • First grants awarded under new strategy

    3 Sep 2019

    As part of our new strategy, the first grants to support organisations striving to achieve educational equity and biodiversity conservation in Victoria have been awarded.

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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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