PAYCE Foundation Impact Report 2021

PAYCE Foundation Impact Report 2021

Impact Report 2021 The story of how philanthropic partnership can change lives

04 Acknowledgement of country 06 Chairman’s Report 08 About the Foundation 10 Addiction 10 Adele House and Adele Training Farm 14 Youth employment and support 16 Kick Start 18 Homelessness and social isolation 20 End Street Sleeping Collaboration 24 Sydney Street Choir 28

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Domestic and family violence 30 Parramatta Women’s Shelter 32 The Family Co. 36 Community Support 38 COIVD-19 response: Melrose Park Meal Share 44 Jesuit Refugee Service 48 St George Maronite Catholic Church Thornleigh 50 Thank you

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY PAYCE Foundation acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future traditional custodians and elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Foundation also acknowledges the pain, disadvantage and ongoing trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and are committed to upholding their human rights.

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

A s 2020 drew to a close, we were breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to putting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us. It was a year that caused untold financial, mental and social hardship. COVID-19 not only took the lives of too many and left others with serious health complications but also ripped at the fabric of our society. Few will forget the images – redolent of the Depression era – featuring queues of people seeking support after losing their jobs overnight early in 2020. The pandemic was particularly hard on the disadvantaged, vulnerable and isolated. While a sense of normality returned in early 2021, winter and the Delta variant brought a new, even more deadly, challenge. With an unvaccinated population, what we hoped would be weeks of lockdown turned into months.

It was a herculean effort that had a significant impact, and I am deeply grateful to all those involved, particularly the Kick Start team. While this work was a highlight, the Foundation continued to make a real difference to hundreds of lives working with its charity partners in the areas of addiction, homelessness, youth employment and domestic violence. The newly built Adele House rehabilitation facility outside Coffs Harbour is delivering excellent results, assisting more men to recover from the damaging effects of drug and alcohol addiction and supporting them in getting their lives back on track. We are also proud of our partnership with the Parramatta Women’s Shelter, which is now helping more women escape domestic violence and start a new life. The End Street Sleeping Collaboration is NSW’s largest and most ambitious collective impact project as it aims to halve rough sleeping by 2025 and end it by 2030. As a founding partner, we are proud of the catalytic impact of our support. The success stories in this year’s report are inspiring. They are a testament to the hard work of the PAYCE Foundation team and all our incredible charity partners. The PAYCE Foundation’s approach recognises every person’s fundamental dignity and ensures that disadvantage is not a lifetime sentence on any individual’s potential. Thank you to everyone who has helped improve the lives of vulnerable people in this challenging year. As a Foundation, we look forward to continuing and increasing our impact for positive change in 2022.

The PAYCE Foundation is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable in our

community, and we know that the challenges of COVID and lockdown were equally felt by the charity partners we support. The Foundation’s social enterprise Kick Start was established to give youth a chance to get on-the-job experience and training in hospitality. But for Kick Start, which operates a fleet of food trailers on Sydney construction sites, there was a higher calling. In partnership with the Melrose Park community, we reactivated the Melrose Park Meal Share with the Kick Start team, preparing and delivering meals to people in need during the lockdown. Having initiated the service in early 2020, Kick Start delivered another 15,000 healthy and nourishing meals over the three months of lockdown in 2021 with the help of a group of dedicated volunteers.

BRIAN BOYD CHAIRMAN

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ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

PAYCE Foundation has a vision where disadvantage and misfortune do not limit anyone’s potential and do not determine a person’s quality of life. We facilitate tangible and sustainable change through partnerships via grants, capacity building and community development. Our focus is in five key areas: • addiction • homelessness and social isolation

KEY NUMBERS IN FINANCIAL YEAR 2021 TOTAL DONATIONS $3,031,361 CHARITIES SUPPORTED 35 FOCUS AREAS ADDICTION $1,078,132 DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE $150,000 PLUS RENT-FREE HOUSING $200,000 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANTAGE $757,009 HOMELESSNESS $438,136 COMMUNITY SUPPORT $608,084 PAYCE Foundation also contributes in-kind support including unused properties, volunteering and professional expertise to several charity partners. TOTAL DONATIONS SINCE 2016 $26,340,153

• domestic and family violence • youth employment and support • community support.

These focus areas are among society’s most challenging social issues. They require an in-depth knowledge of the complex challenges that are driven by social inequality. For this reason, we take a strategic approach to programs: • We partner with charities in long-term partnerships • We give funding and time • We build the capacity of the charities we partner with • We evaluate our partnerships and report on their impact. We choose partners and projects that are evidence-based, have potential for scalability and demonstrate or strive for best practice. PAYCE Foundation has developed a cohesive and inclusive philanthropic strategy that aims to bring significant and sustainable change to the lives of those who are most disadvantaged.

The Board Brian Boyd James Boyd Sophie Boyd Rebecca Edwards Chris Gabriel Mark Morgan Will Morgan Dominic Sullivan Miled Akle

The Team Will Morgan Executive Director Maddy James

Community Partnership and Project Coordinator Paul Borghetti Kick Start General Manager Reyna Flynn

Kick Start Program and Impact Manager

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ADDICTION

PAYCE Foundation has a strong commitment to fighting the devastating social impacts of drug and alcohol addiction.

Substance abuse is linked to family breakdown, domestic violence and financial strain for families. It is estimated to cost the Australian economy $55.2 billion a year. Adele House and Adele Training Farm Adele House is a registered charity that was established in 1984 and is one of the oldest drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in NSW. Ten years ago, Adele House had 20 clients across two centres and had developed an excellent reputation for assisting men to recover from drug and alcohol addiction. However, Adele House was constrained by a lack of funding, limiting its capacity to grow. PAYCE Foundation support In 2009, PAYCE Foundation formed a partnership with Adele House to help it grow its services and build new facilities. The following year, the Foundation purchased a 100-hectare cattle property at Bucca, near Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW. There it established a social enterprise – Adele Training Farm, where organic blueberries are cultivated on 11 hectares. The farm also houses a training facility, which gives Adele House clients the opportunity to gain practical farm work experience while completing their rehabilitation program. Profits from the farm operation, which also includes blackberry plantations, help fund the day-to-day operations of Adele House.

After almost a decade of planning, a new state-of-the-art residential care facility was officially opened in October 2020. The $10.6 million 40-bed facility was jointly funded by the PAYCE Foundation and the NSW government, which provided a $5 million capital grant. The facility was officially opened by the then- treasurer (now Premier) Dominic Perrottet. Mr Perrottet said without the generous support of the PAYCE Foundation and their strong spirit of service and determination to make lives better, we would not be here today. Since 2017, Adele House has had a strategic partnership with the Salvation Army. This partnership has enabled Adele House to: • improve >Page 1 Page 2-3 Page 4-5 Page 6-7 Page 8-9 Page 10-11 Page 12-13 Page 14-15 Page 16-17 Page 18-19 Page 20-21 Page 22-23 Page 24-25 Page 26-27 Page 28-29 Page 30-31 Page 32-33 Page 34-35 Page 36-37 Page 38-39 Page 40-41 Page 42-43 Page 44-45 Page 46-47 Page 48-49 Page 50-51 Page 52-53 Page 54

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