Donations, Workplace Giving & Bequests
Donations
We rely on the generosity of both private and corporate supporters to make our research funding possible. All donations are very welcome.
For Amex and Diner card donations, please contact us.
For Paypal, Visa and Mastercard:
All transactions are processed in Australian dollars (AUD)
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Workplace Giving
One of the ways a person can support SpinalCure is through encouraging their company to set up a Workplace Giving programme.
Workplace giving is a simple and effective way for staff to regularly donate to charitable organisations through automated payroll deductions. It allows employees the opportunity to make regular donations through their pay and provides 'time-poor' people with a way to support their community.
Workplace giving is a voluntary programme that (under a pre-tax system) results in an automatic tax deduction for employees, without the need to keep and claim receipts.
Employees pledge a nominated amount to an organisation with deductible gift recipient status (DGR status) and the donation is automatically deducted from the pay.
- If you would like to support us by setting up a Workplace Giving program for SpinalCure, please see your HR department or:
| enquiry@workplacegivingaustralia.org.au |
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Bequest
One of the most important ways in which a person can contribute to people with spinal cord injuries is by leaving a bequest in their Will.
A bequest will make a real difference to the future for many Australians. It will help improve their quality of life and, ultimately, lead to a cure for this devastating condition.
There are many ways in which you can leave a bequest to SpinalCure Australia and we can work with you to manage your bequest.
SpinalCure Australia is able to use all bequests to fund spinal cord research projects. Large gifts can be used to establish scholarships and research fellowships which can be named after the bequestor.
Please phone Leah Mayne on 1800 SPINAL (1800 774625) for further information.
Our preferred form of bequest is:
| 1. | I give devise and bequeath to SpinalCure Australia, a company formed in Australia for charitable purposes, the whole/rest and residue of my estate. I direct that my bequest be used for research and assistance for people suffering paralysis caused by spinal cord injury. |
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| 2. | I give devise and bequeath to SpinalCure Australia, a company formed in Australia for charitable purposes, the sum of [the actual amount should be written in this space] $[the amount should also be shown in figures]. I direct that my bequest be used for research and assistance for people suffering paralysis caused by spinal cord injury. |
Thank you,
SpinalCure Australia
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- SpinalCure Australia's ABN is 66064327448
- To confirm our tax deductibility status, please search at Australian Business Register
Rosalind Nicholson - a legacy lives on ...
pictured (L-R) Janelle Connellan, Rosalind Elaine Nicholson and Melinda Carr.
In 1968, a young Rosalind Nicholson began to study for a teaching career at Bathurst Teachers’ College. That same year, aged only 18, she suffered a spinal cord injury which resulted in quadriplegia.
Ros was staying with her friend, Barbara, on a farm on the outskirts of Sydney where she went for her first horse ride. A dog barked, the horse shied, and Ros fell. And her life changed forever.
But Ros refused to be overwhelmed by her injury. After 18 months in hospital, she returned to the family home in Broken Hill where the hospital’s Assistant Matron developed a rigorous daily care and physiotherapy regime.
With a team of carers, Ros’ parents, Jack and Elaine, followed the regime diligently. And when Ros died 40 years later Jack, aged 91, was still helping with her daily physiotherapy routine.
With Jack and Elaine’s support, Ros became an active member of the local community. She gained arts and economics degrees from the University of New England, became an accountant and financial adviser, and managed the family's companies. She tutored high school students in mathematics, visited the sick in hospital, and was a spokeswoman for the Year of the Disabled.
After Ros acquired her first motorised wheelchair, there was no stopping her. With new independence she visited friends, and took trips outdoors, to the cinema and shops.
Ros died in 2006 but her legacy lives on.
Jack’s retirement fund (and later Elaine’s estate) funded a Trust to support Ros’ care. Today, the Trust supports many spinal cord organisations, and the tradition of giving continues through Ros’ brother, Robert, and his wife Shirley. SpinalCure Australia is a proud beneficiary of the Nicholson family’s generosity.
“We know that Ros would have wanted to make a donation to SpinalCure Australia, and we hope our donation will support spinal research that benefits people like her into the future,” says Robert.
And it will. Donations and bequests to SpinalCure will directly support research – research that will help us win the fight against paralysis caused by spinal cord injury.