TCGL Supporters & MAD Friends
The Centre depends on the support of like-minded individuals and organisations. These networks are the essence of our strength as an organisation as they are to the creation of a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.
Become a MAD FRIEND
Through the MAD Friends program you can be part of the nationally successful ruMAD? Program that has already inspired over 15,000 Tasmanian students and supported hundreds of teachers and schools around Tasmania.
MAD Friends will automatically become members of our Centre.
Download a
MAD Friends
document and donation form
Why become a MAD Friend
For 27 years the Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning has been educating and inspiring young Tasmanians to
Make A Difference in their local and global communities. We
need your help to continue our programs.
The aim of the MAD Friends donor drive is to raise $70,000 each year to continue the community changing impacts of ruMAD? across Tasmania. By becoming a MAD Friend you can help shape the lives of thousands of young Tasmanians, inspiring them to think beyond themselves and empowering them to create better communities - locally and globally.
"The ruMAD? Program has been running in our school for the past two years… the demonstrated influence this has had on improved attendance, organisational skills, leadership and commitment of students has been profound. It has also assisted the school to develop connections and links within our community... which otherwise would not be possible. These connections have had benefits that impact much wider than the program itself…
It has had a direct effect on the level of student engagement and the broadening of our curriculum which has led to certain students being truly involved in learning programs for the first time. The program has allowed for real-life learning opportunities that capture the students and are based around a set of core values which inspire the students to become involved… for some students it has been the major focus of their classroom learning for the year. The students were assessed against learning criteria based around some key tasks such as, writing of letters, speaking to donors, booking performers and constructing displays." Peter O’Keefe, Principal, Rokeby High School
Find out more about the MAD Friends program
Go to our ruMAD? pages to find out more about the program in Tasmania and what Tasmanian schools have been doing to make a difference
Contact us
Our MAD Friends and supporters
The Centre is very grateful for the strong support that it receives from the following individuals and organisations:
| MAD Stars & Members |
Anglicare Tasmania John Carpenter Michael Small Jeremy Picone Jeff McKinnon Robert Hortle (Snr) Tasmanian Alkaloids |
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MAD Friends & Members
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Anne Peacock Heather Chong Senator Catryna Bilyk Michael Picone Sally & Gerry McGushin Soroptimists International of Hobart Tasmanian Catholic Education Office Greg Sawyer Guilford Young College |
| Honorary (Life) Members |
Robin Bowden John Carpenter Cheryl Hughes Doreen Shenman Yabbo Thompson Maureen Aiken |
| Organisational Members |
Australian Education Union
Australian Volunteers International |
| School Members |
Brooks High School Cambridge Primary School Campania District School Cygnet Primary School Dover District High Exeter High School Geilston Bay High School Hobart College Huonville High School JRLF - East Derwent Campus JRLF - Gagebrook Campus JRLF - Herdsmans Cove Campus JRLF - Middle School Campus Kings Meadows High School Kingston High School Lindisfarne Primary School Margate Primary School Oatlands District High School Ogilvie High School Parklands High School Penguin High School Queechy High School Riverside High School Riverside Primary School Rokeby High School Rose Bay High School Sacred Heart College Snug Primary School Springfield Gardens Primary St Aloysius Catholic College St James Catholic College St Michael’s Collegiate St Therese’s School The Cottage School The Friends’ School The Hutchins School Trevallyn Primary School Ulverstone High School Wynyard High School |
| Individual Members |
The Hon Dick Adams MHR Carol Bristow Angela Cole Joan Cortez-Baird Tom Errey The Hon Lara Giddings MHA Ngaire Green Lynne Hanlon Diane Hansen Helen Hortle Daniel Hulme Duncan Kerr Gavin MacDonald Jenny Mason-Cox Mike McCausland Ian Newman The Hon David O’Byrne MHA Lizzie Park Corey Peterson Jack Redpath Senator Lisa Singh Nick Tabart Adriana Taylor MLC Andrea Weaver Joanna Wierenga Merle & Robert Woolley |
| Staff & Volunteers Members |
Anna Chapman June Gardner Jenny Horsley Nene Manasseh |
| TCGL & ruMAD? Supporters |
Australian Volunteers International Sidney Myer Fund Tasmanian Department of Education |
| Other project supporters |
Fairer World Festival Tasmanian Government - Community Capacity Building Program University of Tasmania Foundation for Young Australians Community Support Levy National Committee on Human Rights Education (Tas Committee) Australian Red Cross Launceston City Council Rotary Club of Hobart Tasmanian Peace Trust Tim Morris MP Tasmanian Council of Social Service Mission Australia EcoTasmania Senator Catryna Bilyk Adam Brooks MP Senator Carol Brown The Hon Julie Collins MP RESULTS International (Australia) Jacquie Petrusma MP Greg Hall MP Bryan Green MP Sally & Gerry McGushin Ros Lewis Tasmanian Catholic Justice & Peace Commission Dave Harcourt Top-Qual Living in Between Project Hobart College Students Against Racism Department of Immigration and Citizenship Tasmanian Community Fund Sidney Myer Fund Alcorso Foundation Sustainable Schools Support Service Tasmanian Government - Climate Connect Program |
| We belong to |
Human Rights Week Organising
Group in Tasmania Anti-Poverty Week Organising Committee in Tasmania The Tasmanian Council of Social Service |
MAD Friends program
This donor drive is necessary because of the incredible success of the ruMAD? Program in engaging Tasmanian students in learning and in leading community change. We have seen that when students’ passions and concerns are harnessed and given voice and when they have success in real community projects, then they feel empowered to make a better future for themselves and the world and they want to go to school just to be a part of it.
I like ruMAD? because it makes me want to come to school and it gives us a chance to help people in need. Rokeby High Grade 7 student
To date, ruMAD? in Tasmania has been funded by “pilot” grants and the generous support of our members. The Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning is a non-profit organisation that provides a professional service through the passionate commitment of trained staff and a wide network of volunteers who support our vision. This has allowed us to develop the program to suit the needs of Tasmanian schools and to prove the program’s capacity to improve learning outcomes in a number of “needy” schools.
The Tasmanian Community Fund supports projects which make a difference. ruMAD? was ideal for funding - it provides a lasting, positive benefit to the community through a wide range of student projects; helps break down barriers; encourages collaboration, initiative and community involvement; is open to a wide range of participants; and has significant community support. Mark Green, Tasmanian Community Fund
In recognition of our success, the State Government is contributing $50,000 per annum and schools are paying as much as they are able. To keep this valuable program available to schools, we need the support of a community of like-minded people who are willing to invest in a more socially and globally aware education for young Tasmanians.
What you will gain from being a MAD Friend
If you share our vision for an education that equips young Tasmanians to play a more active role in the local and global communities, you can be a MAD Friend. All MAD donors will receive:
- membership of the Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning which includes borrowing rights for the Global Learning Resource Library;
- a MAD certificate for your office;
- regular electronic news to keep you informed of our work and other social justice events around Tasmania;
- promotion of your events in our on-line diary and electronic newsletters (distribution 1,000+);
- the option of being listed as a donor on our website and in promotional materials;
- invitations to our events including the MAD Expo at the Fairer World Festival; and
- opportunities to participate in MAD activities when they arise.
Your donation will enable us to provide the support that teachers and students need to implement ruMAD? – training, teaching resources, mentoring, community contacts, recognition and professional evaluation. Please consider contributing as a MAD Friend, MAD Star or MAD Visionary. All levels of donation are welcome and help us to make a difference.
MAD Friend $500
MAD Star $1000
MAD Visionary $5000+
Tax deductions
The Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning
is a charitable organisation but does not currently fall within the guidelines for deductible gift recipient status. However tax deductible donations can be made to our resource centre, the Global Learning Resource Library, which has deductible gift recipient status (tax deductions
are available for donations over $2) and which provides support to teachers running ruMAD?
To make a tax deductible donation contact us.
How to become a MAD donor
1.
Global Learning Resource Library (ABN 95 646 520 620) – tax deductions
available for receipts over $2
- By direct bank transfer to our CBA bank account in the name of Global Learning Resource Library
BSB: 067-102
Account number: 10234194
Please put your name on the transfer and send a notice to admin@afairerworld.org - By cheque made out to Global Learning Resource Library and sent to:
Global Learning Resource Library
4 Battery Square
Battery Point TAS 7004
- By direct bank transfer to our CBA bank account in the name of Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning Inc.
BSB: 067-100
Account number: 28006777
Please put your name on the transfer and send a notice to admin@afairerworld.org - By cheque made out to Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning Inc. and sent to:
Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning
4 Battery Square
Battery Point TAS 7004 - By credit card on-line: click on the Make a Difference:
Donate Now button
To find out more about the MAD Friends program contact:
Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning
4
Battery Square, Battery Point,
Tasmania 7004, AUSTRALIA
Phone: 03 6223 1025
Fax: 03 6224 8041
Email: admin@afairerworld.org