We often get asked “What can I do to help?”

Well … here’s something … put on your running shoes and get your swimmers out! The Sydney Morning Herald Sun Run & Cole Classic is on 4-5 February 2017 & there are races for everyone. It’s easy to register and to set up a supporter page to raise funds for some of the world’s poorest people.

Will you take up the challenge and help to raise funds for the Edmund Rice Foundation to support projects that liberate the lives of some of the world’s poorest people?

It’s easy to register and set up your supporter page so you can start fundraising. Here’s how:

Step 1: Register as an event participant online at the Sun Run Cole Classic official website > http://sunruncoleclassic.com.au/

Step 2: After the registration process, you will be prompted to set up an online supporter page as part of your run/swim.

Step 3: Set up your new everydayhero supporter page by going to this link https://coleclassic2017.everydayhero.com/au/get-started  and nominating Edmund Rice Foundation as your Charity.

Step 4: Personalise your page with a profile photo and tell everyone why you’re supporting the Edmund Rice Foundation (we’d be happy to help with some wording on some of our programs if you’re stuck).

Step 5: Share your unique supporter page link with your friends, family and colleagues via email and social media and start raising funds…and start training!

Vision & Values

• Our Vision
• Our Values
• Our Guiding Principles

The Foundation draws its inspiration from
the life and vision of Edmund Rice,
the Irish businessman
who more than 200 years ago responded
to the needs on his doorstep 
by dedicating his life and resources
to the liberation of the poor through education.
A life and work characterised by
presence, compassion and liberation.

 

The Foundation’s vision is for a just and peaceful world
where the dignity and rights of all are respected
and in which all have control over their lives
and have access to the resources and opportunity
to achieve their potential.

Presence

• Relationships built on mutual respect, trust and accountability

• Standing in solidarity with the disadvantaged and those living in poverty

• Belief in the equality and dignity of all persons

Compassion

• Our fundamental response is compassion, which refuses to accept global poverty and suffering and which awakens us to our responsibilities and compels us to take action

• Being sensitive to and informed by the experiences and hopes of local people

Liberation

• Empowerment through education which promotes human development and increases the capacities of local people to break the poverty cycle and determine their own futures
• To assist communities in identifying their needs and in developing strategies to address those needs
• A strong commitment to justice as the foundation for a peaceful world

 

In its development work the Foundation is committed to:

•  • A partnership approach to development characterised by integrity
  ==and transparency
•  • Seeking to understand and respect the perspectives of our partners
•  • Giving priority to projects which engage with the most marginalised
  ==and exploited
•  • Developing resilient, sustainable communities that over time will
  ==result  in local management and autonomy
•  • Being inclusive and offering support in a spirit of human solidarity  ==regardless of race, gender, religious or political beliefs
•  • Promoting and advocating children’s and women’s rights
•  • Promoting and advocating sustainable living and prudent use of
  ==earth’s resources

As an organisation the Foundation is committed to:

•  • Valuing all who contribute to the work of the Foundation in various
  ==roles  and as partners
•  • Raising public awareness and enabling Australians to be involved in  ==global and local change through responding to poverty and injustice
•  • Maintaining a low cost administrative regime to maximise benefits to  ==project partners
•  • Engaging in partnership with other development agencies similarly  ==committed