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 and Port Phillip.
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.
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.
DonateOur 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. Last October, 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..
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.
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.
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Managing Director Marshall White
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Former Mayor of Prahran
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‘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.
Profits from the sale of the books go to KOALA Kids, supporting children and young people with cancer and their families.
The annual Foundation Ball, is an opportunity for the Marshall White community to come together and celebrate the work of the Foundation. Proceeds are raised at the event through exciting live auctions, raffles, donations and sponsorships, with 100 cents to every dollar raised contributing to the foundation’s community service and charitable partnerships.
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