Community Activities

There is more to Allianz than just insurance. The Allianz Group and its subsidiary companies play a key role in supporting community, artistic, sporting and environmental projects worldwide.

Today, Allianz Australia carries through this tradition by supporting various local organisations.

Staff Community Program

Allianz Outreach is a powerful yet simple way for our employees to make a real difference in our community by donating directly to charities who help those in need. The charities we support were nominated by our staff.

For only a small amount each fortnight, our employees support charities to find a cure for debilitating diseases, bring joy and laughter to a seriously ill child or assist disadvantaged members of our community.

We proudly support

Assistance Dogs Australia (ADA) trains Labradors and Golden Retrievers to help enhance the quality of life and improve the level of independence for people with physical disabilities. As a result of the ADA program, these highly trained dogs allow recipients to have greater mobility, gain confidence and build their self-esteem.

Puppies are trained through the assistance of volunteer puppy raisers or through innovative programs such as the Work for the Dole program, Dogs for the Dole and the Pups in Prison training programs. Each dog takes a full two years to train at a cost of $20,000 each.

ADA has recently been accredited by Assistance Dogs International, making it the first assistant dog organisation to be accredited in the Southern Hemisphere.

Assistance Dogs bring hope and happiness to those who may have given up on leading an independent and fulfilling life.
www.assistancedogs.org.au

In research facilities across the country brilliant, creative minds seek to solve the riddles in cancer cells. Our mission is to give these young scientists the support they need to pursue potential breakthrough research so that together we can fulfil our vision: A world without cancer, nothing less.

Cure Cancer Australia is proudly independent and we remain financially lean, maximising funds raised to unleash brilliant young minds. Only those research and treatment projects that show merit and innovation are considered and all money donated is distributed as grants direct to the researchers to specifically further their work.
www.curecancer.org.au

Camp Quality provides a unique opportunity and experience for a child with cancer to put their illness behind them and concentrate on being a child again. It provides fun activities for them to participate in and provides them with a support network.

Camp Quality holds 150 camps each year through its 13 locations. The majority of these camps are based on recreational experiences like horse riding and abseiling in the summer and skiing in the winter. Each child on camp is assigned a companion – this companion is responsible for the child’s needs whilst on camp and they often foster a friendship throughout the year.
www.campquality.org.au

Open Family Australia is a not-for profit organisation that has, since 1978, been assisting underprivileged young people who frequent the streets. Open Family’s model of Street Outreach work provides a unique and highly effective method of contacting and assisting some of the most marginalized and vulnerable youth living on the streets.

Open Family’s mission is, 'to improve the well-being and self-worth of ‘at-risk’ and alienated Australian youth, through unconditional support, whenever and wherever necessary, with the view to reconnecting them with the community’.

In 2003, Allianz began sponsoring the costs of an Open Family Street Outreach Specialist in the Sydney CBD. Through the Allianz Outreach Staff Community Program this support will continue, allowing this Street Outreach Specialist to maintain their valuable contribution to marginalised youth in Sydney.
www.openfamily.com.au

The RSPCA's mission is to prevent cruelty to animals by actively promoting their care and protection. The RSPCA works to improve the treatment and conditions for all animals including companion and farm animals, native and exotic wildlife, working and sporting animals, as well as animals used in research.

With minimal government funding, the RSPCA is dependant upon the community for support to continue its vital work: in operating animal shelters, vet clinics and ambulances, employing inspectors to enforce animal protection laws, as well as running education programs and awareness campaigns.

Each year RSPCA shelters across Australia accept around 135,000 animals in need from the community, while RPSCA Inspectors investigate more than 46,000 complaints of animal cruelty and neglect.
www.rspca.org.au

The Salvation Army - affectionately known as 'The Salvos' - is one of this country's most well loved organisations. The Salvation Army is one of the largest and most visible providers of care and social service to the Australian community, assisting more than 1.2 million people every year. When people are feeling despair, facing economic hardship or in need of spiritual and emotional support, it is often The Salvation Army to whom they turn for help.

www.salvos.org.au

The Smith Family is a national organisation that has been assisting disadvantaged children and their families since 1922.

One of The Smith Family’s programs, Learning for Life, aims to provide underprivileged children and their families with financial and personal support. Learning for Life is an education-support program that provides disadvantaged Australian children with financial support to cover education-related expenses such as school supplies and the cost of excursions and school uniforms.

The personal support program includes face-to-face mentors, homework clubs, student2student, I-Track and an innovative online volunteer mentoring program.
www.smithfamily.com.au