Supporting Charities & Partnerships - The Marshall White Foundation

The Marshall White Foundation was established in 2015 to make a lasting and significant difference to those people suffering hardship, in particular in our local communities of Stonnington, Boroondara, Bayside, Port Phillip and the Mornington Peninsula.

The Foundation’s core goal has been to grow a beneficial corpus of money to invest, where the income from this investment would be used on an ongoing basis to help where help is needed

Our Commitment

Marshall White launched the Foundation with an initial investment of $100,000, marking a formal commitment with the endeavour to raise money to not only provide assistance today, but become self-supporting for the future. Since this initial contribution and as part of a ten-year growth plan, the foundation has generated over $1,300,000. This achievement has only been possible through the generous and ongoing support of many wonderful people and we thank them most sincerely.

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Our Focus

Our focus has been to help in our local community with a leaning towards homelessness and mental health, however we have always maintained a need for flexibility in directing funds to cater for real needs as they arise. In October 2017, the Marshall White community experienced considerable pain and grief with the death of a dear friend and colleague taking his own life. This tragedy really hit home and it opened our eyes to a side of life that is real yet is so often perceived as something that doesn’t happen in ‘our world’, so in ‘our world’ it’s not an issue. This couldn’t be further from the truth..

The Cause

People’s mental health and well-being needs to be addressed before it becomes an issue – we need to understand how we can best look after each other and remove the stigma around asking for help. We need to give each other permission to call on a mate when we feel down and to know that it’s okay and that we are not alone. This issue needs to be addressed through a shift in our culture, a shift where we start to break down the barriers and start intervening before mental illness takes hold of our friends, our families or ourselves. 1 in 4 people experience mental illness and isolation or the belief that they have no one to turn to in a time of need.

Thoughtful Partnerships: LMLY & Launch Housing

As a result of this understanding, the Marshall White Foundation has made an initial 12 month commitment to support a wonderful organisation – Love Me Love You.

The Marshall White Foundation are also supporting Launch Housing to provide immediate financial assistance to women and children at risk or currently experiencing homelessness, as a result of issues including domestic violence, unemployment and illness.

trustees & management

The foundation will always have at least 5 directors, 3 of which
will always be independent of Marshall White.

james connell

Foundation Trustee

Managing Director Marshall White

Jack Rush QC

Foundation Trustee

Legal Counsel

Leonie Hemingway

Foundation Trustee & Chair

Former Mayor of Prahran

Gavan Woinarski

Foundation Trustee

Director of Mercy Health Foundation

Paula Matlock

Foundation Trustee

Director of Marshall White

James Redfern

Foundation Trustee

Director of Marshall White

JB Were

Foundation

Fund Management

Love me, Love you

‘Love Me Love You’ is a grass roots, non-profit organisation that strives to empower and build resilience in young adults so that they may overcome the stigma surrounding mental health and other life hardships. They are making a real difference to people’s lives and mental health by injecting prevention programmes into schools and community sporting organisations. ‘Love Me Love You’ currently gets no government financial support, so the Marshall White Foundation’s commitment will make a significant difference in this much-needed area with the specific aim of helping Love me, Love you extend their amazing work further.

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Foundation Ball 2021

Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 outbreak globally and in line with government directives regarding gathering of large groups of people, we have decided that it would be inappropriate to proceed with our fundraising ball at this time.

We feel that it is unlikely that a new date will be scheduled through 2020 and have cast our thoughts to 2021. Hopefully by next year we will be in a position to conduct a sensational event and provide an atmosphere of fun and inclusion for everyone.

Best wishes for your health and happiness in 2020.