It was a special moment for the Ottomin Foundation at its charity committee meeting on 11 March 2024 as the Black Dog Institute acknowledged the ten-year relationship of the two organisations and Ottomin’s $250,000 donation for their RAFT (Reconnecting AFTer a Suicide Attempt) project. Since
The sixteenth annual Murray Rose Malabar Magic Ocean Swim was held on Sunday 18 February 2024 and marked another year of camaraderie, competition and raising funds for the Rainbow Club’s network of social swimming clubs for children with disabilities. The annual ocean swim is an
The world’s largest purpose-built platypus conservation centre, Platypus Rescue HQ, was officially opened on 13 February 2024 at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. The state-of-the-art headquarters combines a research centre, rescue and rehabilitation facilities, and a pre-release area to prepare recovered platypus for release
The Ottomin Foundation is pleased to announce its commitment of $250,000 over five years to JDRF Australia, the leading funder of Type 1 diabetes research globally. The Ottomin Foundation will specifically contribute to the funding of the Type 1 screen program. The Type 1 screen
The Ottomin Foundation is thrilled to announce its commitment of $40,000 over four years to the Art Gallery of NSW. The Art Gallery of NSW is one of Australia’s flagship art museums and the State’s leading visual arts institution and enriches the lives of those
The Ottomin Foundation is delighted to announce its commitment of $1 million to the Taronga Conservation Society Wild Futures project. The Wild Futures project is the most ambitious project in Taronga’s history for Australian wildlife and comprises three new facilities – two world-class Wildlife Hospitals
The campaigns of the CommBank Pararoos and ParaMatildas in the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Asia Oceania Championships reached fever point at the weekend of 10-11 November as the tournament finals were held at the “Home of the Matildas” at La Trobe University
The Ottomin Foundation is thrilled to announce it has entered into a three-year funding partnership with the Western Sydney Wanderers FC Foundation. Launched in 2020, the Wanderers Foundation builds community and connectedness through the game of football. The Foundation extends the impact of the Wanderers
The fast approaching 2023 Para Asian Cup will be held in Melbourne from 31 October to 12 November 2023 and is the first major tournament on home soil for the CommBank Pararoos in more than twenty years. In early September, the sixteen-man squad assembled for
The cherished and enigmatic webbed-foot platypus has made a comeback in the Royal National Park for the first time in nearly half a century in an ambitious re-wilding program. The translocation program is a collaborative project between the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Taronga