Our Impact
The Be BlueRock Foundation provides funding to various charity partners, facilitates volunteering and pro bono opportunities for employees and helps clients get involved in philanthropy .
Cause Areas We Support
Improving Mental Health
Helping People Affected by Family Violence or Homelessness
Protecting the Environment
Our Charity Partners
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Smiling Mind
Visit WebsiteSmiling Mind is Australia’s leading prevention-focused mental health charity. Their mission is to help every mind thrive through lifelong mental fitness. Mental health challenges are rising dramatically in children — Smiling Mind’s State of Mind 2024 report showed significant number of Australian children aged 4 - 12 are grappling with symptoms of anxiety (42%), stress (27%), and depression (11%). Smiling Mind provides early, proactive support that helps kids and families stay well, before things escalate.
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HoMie
Visit WebsiteHoMie is a Melbourne streetwear clothing brand and social enterprise that puts 100% of profits towards supporting young people facing homelessness or hardship. With 1 in 4 homeless Victorians aged 12–24, HoMie runs paid education and employment programs to help young people build skills, confidence and experiences to be more work-ready and better prepared for their future.
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Pledge for the Planet
Visit WebsitePledge for the Planet is harnessing the power of sport and community to drive collective climate action. They are on a mission to get people moving to protect the places we play. By using sport as a catalyst for change, they ignite community spirit to power collective climate action. Pledge exists to flip the “I’m just one person, what impact can I have?” mindset. They bring new audiences into the climate conversation by making action feel accessible, exciting, achievable (and competitive, of course).
Previous 2020-2025 Giving Strategy & Impact
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"The Be BlueRock Foundation has been instrumental in supporting [our] growth"
"Their 2023 Golf Day Fundraiser provided crucial funding, enabling us to expand our impact on disadvantaged youth. Beyond financial support, the BlueRock team has also offered ongoing support, expertise, and thought partnership to enhance our organisational model and propel us into the future."
Simon Thurston, The Youth Impact Foundation
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Preventative education
From 2023 to 2025, Be BlueRock Foundation’s support opened the door for Life Ed Victoria to deliver their healthy living programs to four schools in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Healthy Harold wasn’t just a mascot, but a guide through the tricky world of friendships, respect and online safety. Life Ed Vic gives kids the smarts to deal with the hard stuff.
One teacher from Davis Creek summed it up: “Before Harold, some of our kids struggled with friendships, but after the sessions, you could see real change—kids standing up for one another, showing kindness and looking out for each other.” With 413 students across 20 classes getting access, we helped build a community where wellbeing isn’t just a lesson—it’s a habit for life.
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"They listened without judgment and instantly understood the challenges"
“It was so empowering to meet the team from BlueRock. They listened without judgment and instantly understood the challenges faced by a young person who has never had adult role models to educate them about financial literacy." - Tayla Ayliffe, Youth Ambassador Group at MacKillop.
Empowering children and famlies, we worked with MacKillop to co-design a financial literacy program for 17-year-olds leaving out-of-home care (foster & residential care) to help transition to independent adult living with knowledge about getting paid, tax, super, budgeting and more. This was a pro bono project led by BlueRockers and the program was informed by lived experience.
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Direct and early intervention
Sometimes, the ocean is the best therapist. Just ask Jack, one of 109 young people who finished Ocean Mind ’s six-week surf therapy program thanks to our foundation’s funding. Diagnosed with ADHD and autism, Jack once dreaded new activities and believed adults “didn’t like him”.
But after connecting with a surf mentor and tackling his first wave, Jack discovered not just a new passion, but also a sense of belonging. His parents now describe him as happier, more open, and ready to try new things. Like Jack, 96% of kids reported feeling happier and 94% gained confidence—real-life proof that with the right support, young people can walk taller on and off the sand.
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Planting the seeds of change for generations to come
Be BlueRock Foundation partnered with Odonata Foundation for 3 years, backing ‘Wild Ideas’ to ‘HATCH’ nature-based startups in accelerators and education programs. In FY2025, this partnership pushed conservation into new territory. Through the Odonata Academy, hundreds of farmers, landholders and aspiring ecologists will access game-changing training on restoring biodiversity and protecting threatened species—and then take those insights back to their own communities.
By sharing strategies that really work—like conservation fencing, regenerative farming and First Nations ecological wisdom—Odonata is growing a network of action heroes for Australia’s wildlife. And that’s exactly the kind of impact we love to see - not just planting trees but planting the seeds of change for generations to come.
BlueRock's Giving Blueprint
Here is the BlueRock Giving Blueprint our approach to giving. The Be BlueRock Foundation's giving strategy is centred on the donation of time, talent, treasure, ties and testimony, ensuring maximum impact for people and the planet
BlueRock's Charity Criteria
We focus on partnering with innovative and entrepreneurial charities that support vulnerable people and places across greater Melbourne. To comply with our legal requirements, we only partner with registered charities holding DGR-1 tax deductibility status.
Our charity selection is invite-only, and we keep partnerships limited to maximise impact. We offer support through targeted small grants, access to our facilities and network, volunteering, pro bono services and testimonials.
