Community partnerships

DLA Phillips Fox supports community organisations through a range of Community Care initiatives including volunteering, fundraising, administrative support and Workplace Giving.

We are proud supporters on a firm-wide basis of the following organisations:

• Cancer Council Australia
• Cancer Society of New Zealand
• CARE Australia
• Oxfam New Zealand
• The Smith Family Australia

Cancer Council Australia

The Cancer Council Australia aims to lead the development and promotion of national cancer control policy in Australia, in order to prevent cancer and reduce the illness, disability and death caused by cancer. The firm participates in the national annual Daffodil Day fundraiser.

Cancer Society of New Zealand

The Cancer Society of New Zealand is the leading organisation dedicated to reducing the incidence of cancer and ensuring the best cancer care for everyone in New Zealand. We raise significant funds each year through the annual Daffodil Day appeal.

CARE Australia

CARE Australia is the largest non-political, non-religious overseas aid organisation in Australia, providing humanitarian assistance to individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. They design and implement programs and have a high degree of accountability and transparency. Our Australian offices provide support through the annual World Hunger Campaign raising funds to support the Highland Community Program in Cambodia.

Oxfam New Zealand

Oxfam supports communities around the world to overcome poverty and injustice, linking local level action with international campaigns to make trade fair, control arms and make poverty history. Our New Zealand offices support Oxfam through participation in the annual fundraiser Oxfam Trailwalker, volunteering opportunities and provision of pro bono support.

The Smith Family Australia

The Smith Family's vision is to create a more caring and cohesive Australian community. A number of our Australian offices support the Smith Family at Christmas time, taking part in the annual Toy and Book Christmas appeal.

Our offices proudly partner with the following organisations to effect change in their local communities:

• Downtown Community Ministry
• Hutt Street Centre for the Homeless
• Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation
• St Vincent de Paul Society
• Starship Foundation
• The Smith Family
• Wesley Mission Melbourne
• Wesley Mission NSW

Downtown Community Ministry

Supported by partners and staff in Wellington
Downtown Community Ministry works to find long term solutions to poverty and social exclusion. Our Wellington office supports this organisation through fundraising raffles and special events during the year. We have donated books to their annual Book Fair in September 2007 and will continue donations to their food bank.

Hutt Street Centre for the Homeless

Supported by partners and staff in Adelaide
The Hutt Street Centre provides essential support services to homeless and marginalised people in Adelaide as they work towards becoming independent. Services include professional social work, medical services, shower, laundry and locker room facilities and recreational activities. Our Adelaide office supports the Centre’s Angel for a Day appeal which seeks to raise $300 per day to cover the cost of their daily requirements of food and drinks.

Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation

Supported by partners and staff in Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital is the only specialist children’s hospital in Western Australia and treats over 275,000 patients every year. Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation is the principal fundraising body for the hospital. Our Perth office raises funds for Princess Margaret Hospital. We also volunteer with the Radio Lollipop program, spending time with the children and encouraging them to get involved in fun activities.

St Vincent de Paul Society

Supported by partners and staff in Canberra 
The St Vincent de Paul Society assists people in crisis through a range of services including homeless accommodation and support services, mobile food services, Vinnies centres and volunteer programs. Every month, volunteers from our Canberra office accompany the Night Patrol van and provide drinks, food, clothes and some company to the homeless in Canberra.

Starship Foundation

Supported by partners and staff in Auckland
Starship Children’s Health is part of Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand’s largest public healthcare provider. The Starship Foundation provides additional equipment, support and help to patients, their families and staff of the Starship Hospital. Our Auckland office provides pro bono legal advice and services to the Starship Foundation, helping it pursue its sponsorship and business relationships. We also raise funds for the hospital, most recently for the rebuilding of the children’s cancer ward.

The Smith Family

Supported by partners and staff in Brisbane
The Smith Family is a national, independent, social enterprise that helps create a better future for disadvantaged Australian children and families through education. They seek to find opportunities for these families to participate more fully in society. The Brisbane office supports the Smith Family through a range of initiatives including participating in the annual Toy and Book Christmas Appeal.

Wesley Mission Melbourne

Supported by partners and staff in Melbourne
Wesley Mission Melbourne is the organisation behind the Lifeline telephone counselling service and the Wesley Do Care social support service for isolated aged people and adults with a disability. Our Melbourne office supports Wesley Mission Melbourne through fundraising and volunteering opportunities.

Wesley Mission NSW

Supported by partners and staff in Sydney
Wesley Mission helps over 200,000 people every year and reaches out to the most vulnerable in our community. Their programs include aged care, homeless persons services, youth and family services, disability support services, counselling, employment services and suicide prevention. Our Sydney office supports Wesley Mission’s Edward Eagar Lodge, a homeless persons’ shelter, with fundraising and volunteering activities and the RJ Williams Lodge (aged persons’ accommodation) with volunteering activities.