The Big Picture 2008

 
EducationClick here to go to a printer friendly page
OrganisationProjectFunding
Argyle Diamonds

Beacon Foundation

No Dole programme

$45,455

Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation

Partnerships for Success (Kununurra)

$50,000

Halls Creek District High School

Horse Mastery programme

$20,000

Pilbara Community Partnerships Programme

David Wirrpanda Foundation

Pilbara programmes for young people

$271,227

Department of Education

Pannawonica SIDES

$100,000

Karingal Neighbourhood Centre

Out-of-school-hours care

$63,432

Pilbara TAFE

Early Learing Specialist scholarship (Shire of Roebourne)

$29,200

Pilbara TAFE

Early Learning Specialist scholarship (Shire of Ashburton)

$29,715

Research Unit for Children with Special Needs (RUCSN)

School-readiness programmes for three year olds

$25,350

Scitech

Pilbara Iron science competition

$32,604

Shire of Ashburton

Upload youth program

$11,619

Small Business Centre West Pilbara

Promoting business development

$75,000

Tom Price Youth Support Association

Supporting at risk young people

$75,000

Yaandina Family Centre

Roebourne school attendance program

$75,000

Yaandina Family Centre

Parents and Learning Programme: early literacy at home

$89,279

Iron Ore

Children's Services Support Unit (CSSU)

Dampier out-of-school care

$49,418

Children's Services Support Unit (CSSU)

Pannawonica long day care

$18,921

Elect Education

Literacy programme for 16 - 19 year olds

$14,299

Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation

Gumala Mirnuwarni: Aboriginal education in Karratha/Roebourne

$120,000

Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation

Garnjurri Mirnumurri Ngurr-Unga: Aboriginal education in Tom Price

$65,000

Karingal Neighbourhood Centre

Out-of-school hours care bus donation

$41,840

Michael Leslie Performing Arts programme

Dance, drama and traditional storytelling workshops for Pilbara school students

$111,061

Pannawonica Primary School

School camp

$10,300

Paraburdoo Primary School

Smart Boards

$15,112

Paraburdoo Primary School P&C

Maintenance grant

$15,000 (in-kind)

Roebourne School

Roebourne Pathways Programme: education and training opportunities for local youth

$25,000

St Luke's College (Karratha)

Scholarships for Aboriginal students

$15,000

West Coast TAFE

Workplace learning and literacy programme

$14,674

Constable Care

Child safety education in Kwinana supported by HIsmelt

$16,863

Rio Tinto WA Future Fund and WA Sponsorships

AFS Intercultural Programmes

Youth cultural exchange

$32,000

Leadership WA

Programme encouraging high potential leaders to contribute to the community

$25,000

Scitech

Scitech Roadshow

$350,000

The Smith Family

Learning for Life in Kwinana– assists financially disadvantaged families in Kwinana to access education through mentoring, counselling and scholarships

$210,000

State Library of Western Australia

Better Beginnings

$142,629

Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation

Partnerships for Success (Kununurra, Carnarvon, Tom Price, Karratha, Roebourne)

$300,000

Dampier Salt

Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation

Partnerships for Success (Carnarvon)

$50,000

Secondary Education Forum

Developing education standards in Port Hedland

$15,000

Hedland Senior High School

Dampier Salt Annual Community Grant

$50,000

 
CultureClick here to go to a printer friendly page
OrganisationProjectFunding
Argyle Diamonds

Ord Valley Muster

Principal sponsor

$100,000

Hopman Cup

Sponsor

$27,623

Pilbara Community Partnerships Programme

Karratha Youth Theatre

Drama and music opportunities for young people

$20,000

Mirrga Bularda Maya (Big Hearted Place) and Roebourne Art Group (RAG)

Recording Ngarluma Stories project

$28,855

Tom Price Community Arts and Cultural Centre

Business development

$41,250

artsource

Developing indigenous art in the Pilbara

$127,921

Colours of Our Country 2008

Exhibition of Aboriginal artists from the Pilbara in Perth

$186,432

Yinjaa-Barni Art Group

Artist development

$90,088

Shire of Roebourne

Weekly and Sunday community bus service

$30,000

Iron Ore

Point Samson Community Association

2008 donation

$10,000

Robe River Rodeo Committee

2008 rodeo at Pannawonica

$16,000

Tom Price Nameless Festival Committee

Tom Price Nameless Festival

$17,500

Shire of Roebourne

Cossack Art Award

$39,531

Barking Gecko Theatre Company

Youth performance workshops

$49,284

Karratha & Dampier Lions Club

Donation to FeNaClNG Festival 2008

$10,000

Rio Tinto WA Future Fund and WA Sponsorships

DADAA WA (Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts)

Disseminate: arts / health evaluation project

$100,000

WA Community Foundation

Community development programme

$74,000

Committee for Perth

Committee for Perth

$50,000

Japan WA Book

Book detailing the historical relationship between Australia and Japan

$10,000

Australian String Quartet

Australian String Quartet's WA programme

$75,000

Black Swan Theatre Company

Principal Partner

$108,801

Miners' Golf Club

Golf club for fly-in, fly-out employees

$15,000

Perth International Arts Festival

Children and young peoples programme partner

$120,000

Dampier Salt

Karratha & Dampier Lions Club

Donation to FeNaClNG Festival 2008

$10,000

 
HealthClick here to go to a printer friendly page
OrganisationProjectFunding
Employees in the Community (company contributions only)

Prostate Foundation, beyondblue

Movember

$20,000

Leukaemia Foundation

World's Greatest Shave

$20,000

Activ Foundation

City to Surf

$22,525

St John of God, Heart Foundation, Hope for Children Fund

Great Perth Bike Ride

$17,110

Team Rio Tinto

Various fundraising activities

$51,351

RSPCA

Million Paws Walk

$10,122

Pilbara Community Partnerships Programme

Pilbara Division of General Practice

Leaping Lizards – nutrition and physical activity programme for school children

$105,889

Edith Cowan University

Rural Excellence in Nursing

$31,091

WA Regional Football Development Commission

Pilbara Development Officer

$33,000

Melville Water Polo Club

Flippa Ball

$22,855

Shire of Roebourne

Medical Services Incentive Scheme

$1,500,000 (in-kind)

WA Aquatic Club

Jim Piper swim clinics

$16,000

Department of Sport and Recreation

DSR student placements

$11,667

Iron Ore

Tom Price Community

Tom Price Dentist: building upgrade

$40,000

Dampier Junior Soccer Club

Storage shed

$12,000

Shire of Ashburton Fire Brigade

Donation of vehicle

$20,000 (in-kind)

Dampier Seafarers Inc

Donation of bus for operations

$30,000 (in-kind)

Paraburdoo Bowling Club

Electrical engineering grants

$13,169 (in-kind)

Shire of Ashburton

Upgrade of Peter Sutherland oval carpark

$80,000

Breast Cancer Foundation of WA

Pink Ribbon Day (Paraburdoo)

$11,298

Paraburdoo Golf Club

Upgrade

$80,000 (in-kind)

Rio Tinto WA Future Fund and WA Sponsorships

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Rio Tinto Aboriginal Health Partnership

$500,000

Royal Flying Doctor Service WA

Rio Tinto Life Flight Jet

$500,000

Dampier Salt

Royal Flying Doctor Services WA

Royal Flying Doctor

$13,200

Shire of Roebourne

Medical Services Incentive Scheme

$10,000

 
EnvironmentClick here to go to a printer friendly page
OrganisationProjectFunding
Pilbara Community Partnerships Programme

Department of Fisheries

Fisheries Volunteers

$19,015

Shire of Ashburton

Community recycling programme feasibility study

$28,920

Shire of Ashburton

Mini recycling facilities (Tom Price and Paraburdoo)

$10,000

Department of Environment and Conservation

West Pilbara Community Turtle Programme

$35,519

Iron Ore

Dampier community

Dampier community recycling project

$16,530 (in-kind)

Naragebup

Rockingham Regional Environment Centre supported by HIsmelt

$10,000

Cockburn Wetlands

Environment centre supported by HIsmelt

$10,000

Rio Tinto WA Future Fund and WA Sponsorships

Kings Park Botanic Garden and Parks Authority

Naturescape

$500,000

Conservation Volunteers Australia

Future Volunteers – coordinating volunteers for conservation projects in the North West and providing a suite of training programmes

$341,500

Perth Zoo

Sponsorship

$32,000

 
OtherClick here to go to a printer friendly page
OrganisationProjectFunding
Argyle Diamonds

Kununurra Chamber of Commerce

Kimberley Economic Forum

$10,000

Pilbara Community Partnerships Programme

Pilbara Area Consultative Committee

Riding the Boom Conference

$15,000

Rio Tinto WA Sponsorships

Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee

Australia-Japan Joint Business Conference

$14,000

Australian Journal of Mining

Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast Conference 2008

$14,000

WA Industry and Export Awards

2008 Awards

$16,500

Chamber of Minerals and Energy

Health, Safety and Environment Conference and Awards

$11,000

Lunchbox List

Worldly Women Conference

$10,000

Department of Water

2008 Awards

$10,000

Australian Institute of Geoscientists

Australian Earth Sciences Convention

$35,000