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2015The Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing (Victoria)

47TH ANNUAL REPORT

TARALYE 2015 ANNUAL REPORT

One dollar invested

in a hearing impaired child accessing a listening and spoken language program produces at

least two dollars of benefits in return

(First Voice - A social cost-benefit analysis, 2011)

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Contents

Our Objectives 5

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer’s Report 6

Testing and Diagnosis 8

Early Family Support 9

Learning Through Play 11

Inclusive Learning 12

Listening and Learning to Speak 14

Our Team 15

Family Stories 16

Our Graduates 17

First Voice 18

The Power of Partnership 20

Philanthropy and Fundraising 21

Our Donors 22

Thank You 23

72%of children graduating from Taralye’s early intervention program have speech and

language skills within or above the normal range

(Taralye annual report, 2015)

98%of Victorian newborns undergo

hearing screening at birth (Victorian Infant Hearing

screening Program, 2010)

Hearing loss is the most

common disability at birth and impacts 1.2/1,000

live births(Based on Australian Hearing data, 2005)

92%of children with permanent

hearing loss are born to hearing parents (Mitchell & Karchmer,

2004)

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Board MembersChair: Prof Richard Dowell, BSc MSc Dip Aud PhD FAudSA(CC)

Ms Naomi Baulch, BEd(Sec) MEd (Sc, Health & EnvEd) Post Grad Dip Ed St (Student Welfare) Grad Cert (ICT Ed) MEd (LIHI) Post Grad Cert Ed St (Specific Learning Difficulties) Level III Auslan Cert Rept Care VDEI MACE MACEL

Mrs Carol Daicic, BA LLB(Hons) LLM

Ms Marilyn Dann OAM, MEd (HI) BA TTCTD TPTC

Mrs Joan Hale

Ms Jennifer Lang, BBus (Acc) FCPA CFTP (Senior) MAICD

Mr Nicholas Morrison, BSc MAcc CPA CIA MIIA (Aust)

Mrs Chantel Myers-Hately, Dip (Children’s Services)

Mr Matthew Pearce

Finance and Risk Committee MembersTreasurer: Mr Nicholas Morrison, BSc MAcc CPA CIA MIIA (Aust)

Mr Andrew Hunt, BEc CPA FAICD

Ms Jennifer Lang, BBus (Acc) FCPA CFTP (Senior) MAICD

Mrs Fiona Ward, BComm CA CTA

Good Governance Committee MembersChair: Ms Marilyn Dann OAM, MEd (HI) BA TTCTD TPTC

Ms Naomi Baulch, BEd(Sec) MEd (Sc, Health & EnvEd) Post Grad Dip Ed St (Student Welfare) Grad Cert (ICT Ed) MEd (LIHI) Post Grad Cert Ed St (Specific Learning Difficulties) Level III Auslan Cert Rept Care VDEI MACE MACEL

Mrs Carol Daicic, BA LLB(Hons) LLM

Honorary Life MembersMr Quentin Bailey, MA MB FRACS DLO

Mrs Pam Bunney, BSc (Hons) Dip Ed

Mrs Janet Calvert-Jones AM

Mrs Annie Grindrod, BA Grad Dip Child Lit

Mrs Joan Hale

Mr Paul Hockridge, BBus LLM FCA FCPA FTIA

Mr Matthew Pearce

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Children who are deaf will:• be diagnosed early and fitted with appropriate,

best-quality listening devices.

• access early intervention services and high quality learning opportunities.

• access rich opportunities to develop spoken language alongside hearing peers.

• learn and develop in a family-centred environment.

Families of children who are deaf will:• access information and develop skills empowering

them to determine the best educational and social outcomes for their children.

• access quality services in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Professionals who work at Taralye will:• feel empowered working in a transdisciplinary team

environment.

Continuously improving, we will:• strengthen the currency and evidence base of our

programs by supporting research into hearing loss and language acquisition in children.

• support the education of tertiary students in areas of audiology, early intervention and early childhood.

• offer an organisational culture and workplace environment that attracts and retains highly skilled and committed professionals.

• ensure effective financial management so that Taralye is positioned as a viable organisation.

Our Objectives

MissionTo enhance life opportunities for

children who are deaf by working closely with their families to deliver evidence-

based programs, by participating in research, and by advocating on

their behalf.

VisionChildren who are deaf will listen, learn and speak to

their full potential.

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Strategic focusDuring the year Taralye undertook an organisational review which focused on our governance, leadership and accountability. From this work we embarked on an organisational change agenda underpinned by strategic initiatives. These initiatives aim to build our capacity to best meet the needs of children who are deaf, improve our systems and processes, develop our staff skills and engagement whilst positioning Taralye as a sustainable entity for the future.

A range of projects were progressed in these areas including the enhancement of our customer-focused approach, reviewing and adapting our service delivery model to meet the emerging environment of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and investing in technology infrastructure.

Operational highlightsA high demand for our audiology/otology, early intervention and early childhood services continued throughout 2014/2015. Approximately 6,500 children and their families were supported which includes a 9% increase in the number of families with hearing impaired children choosing to access our service.

Significant organisational achievements were the consolidation and growth of our service in the NDIS Barwon trial site and the western metropolitan region. Our early intervention small group programs were expanded and we successfully completed the VidKids pilot program which provides a telepractice service to families in rural regions. The children who graduated from our early intervention program to commence their formal school years in 2015 achieved positive outcomes and a summary of outcomes for this cohort is on page 17 of this report.

Growing our national profileDuring Hearing Awareness Week in August 2014 Taralye alumni Elissa Pomeroy and Jacob Floyd participated in the annual First Voice Power of Speech ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. Speaking in front of an impressive audience including the Governor General His Excellency the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), the Prime Minister the Honourable Tony Abbott MP and a large contingency of federal politicians, Elissa and Jacob were confident ambassadors for what can be achieved by children who are profoundly deaf. Following this event we were delighted when the Governor General and Lady Cosgrove made a visit to Taralye in March 2015 to see our programs in action.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer’s Report

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We are pleased to present the 47th annual review for Taralye – the oral language centre for deaf children. Taralye’s vision is that children who are deaf will listen, learn and speak to their full potential. Our report provides a summary of our achievements in 2015 against this goal as illustrated through inspiring stories of our families and staff.

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Financial resultsTaralye’s consolidated operating revenue for the year ended 30 June 2015 was $3,874,202. Government subsidies contributed $1,620,856 and fundraising contributed $1,527,878 to overall income. Through a combination of prudent cost control and an increase in philanthropic donations, Taralye registered a consolidated surplus of $248,036 for the 2014/2015 financial year.

Future challenges and opportunities With the transition plans for the full scheme roll out of the NDIS across Victoria and New South Wales due to commence from 1 July 2016, we have been undertaking much preparation in readiness for the anticipated changes in our sector. The benefits of the NDIS for families are positive as they will have increased choice and control in regards to service providers’ supports for their children. The block funding subsidy that Taralye receives from the state government will commensurately reduce as the NDIS is progressively rolled out across the state and our work transitions to the new individualised funding environment. A steady growth in the number of children accessing our early intervention program over the years and a successful extension of our supports to school-aged children in the NDIS Barwon trial site suggests that demand for our service is high. Our challenge to successfully operate within the NDIS fee-for-service environment will be to maintain our high quality programs within the price structure of the National Disability Insurance Agency.

Thank you The children and families we serve remain our highest priority and we are most grateful for the extraordinary commitment made by our staff and Board in working to ensure that every child receives the necessary support to achieve their potential. On behalf of our beneficiaries we would also like to express our gratitude and pay tribute to our many volunteers, donors, philanthropic supporters, advocates and government funders for sharing our vision. Thank you for your generous support to date and we trust that you will remain with us on the exciting journey ahead.

Professor Richard DowellChairman

Therese KellyChief Executive Officer

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Our Audiology and Otology clinic provided 5,816 occasions of service this year. This equates to 98 per week. With an EFT staff of 3.0, this makes for some very busy audiologists and a thriving reception area.

This year, 135 Victorian neonates were referred to Taralye through the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP). One third of the VIHSP children referred were found to have some degree of hearing loss. The number of neonates referred this year increased by 20.5%, indicative of Taralye’s growing reputation as a quality service provider. We also experienced an increase in referrals from the Northern, Southern and Gippsland regions (up 28.6%, 30%, and 36.4% respectively); illustrative of our growing role as a statewide service provider.

Our clinic received vital new equipment this year: an Astera2 audiometer and a TympStar Pro middle-ear analyser (both funded by the William Buckland Foundation), and

a Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions attachment for our ABR machine. The emissions attachment allows better discrimination between peripheral and other types of hearing loss in children aged from birth to 8 months, an important aid in management and intervention decisions.

A special thank you is extended to Markus Dahm for his ongoing consultancy and support of our audiology clinic. Thanks also to Dr Elizabeth Rose and Dr Vasuki Anpalahan, our visiting Ear, Nose and Throat specialists from The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

Testing and Diagnosis

33%of children referred through VIHSP were diagnosed with

some degree of hearing loss

5,816occasions of service

provided by the audiology & otology clinic

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While Taralye was founded as a centre-based early intervention service provider, the majority of our services are now home-based. This reflects our current status as a statewide service provider, and a quality care organisation that responds to children’s specific needs.

Taralye supported 264 hearing impaired children and their families this year. Support is provided by our team of nine speech pathologists, five teachers of the deaf, a social worker and a psychologist. Service provision includes comprehensive assessment, individually tailored intervention programs, access to relevant extra curricula activities and oral language learning opportunities. Families receive up to weekly visits, depending on their child’s developmental needs. Each child is assessed annually, a prerequisite in planning individualised programs.

Of significant note this year was the continued increase in the number of families residing in Melbourne’s west accessing our services. While this is indicative of population growth, we believe it also highlights Taralye’s reputation as a family-centred organisation that gets results.

Our participation in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) rollout continued this year with 17 children from the Barwon region now being supported.

Our early intervention team does not work in isolation and this year we received technological guidance and professional advice from Cochlear and Australian Hearing. Professional development opportunities included Key Word Signs led by Libby Brownlie of Key Word Sign Australia and inclusion workshops led by Taralye staff member Libby Cronin.

Early Family Support

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Taralye’s Early Learning Program provides inclusive care and learning opportunities for children aged 18 months to three years. Of our 30 enrolled children, 14 presented with a hearing impairment this year.

The key focus of our Early Learning Program is development of social and language skills. Children learn within a play-based environment. Specific learning experiences are provided to promote social interaction, which requires verbal communication. Our early childhood staff work closely and collaboratively with our early intervention team (and parents) to ensure consistent developmental outcomes.

Our Early Learning Program encourages children to listen and respond to their peers, both hearing impaired and non-hearing impaired alike. This means that hearing impaired children learn to talk and communicate in a natural ‘child friendly’ setting. Indicatively, the social and communication development of all children has increased this year and a number of children have progressed from speaking only a few words to having detailed conversations.

Learning Through Play

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While enrolments in our 3 and 4-year old kindergarten programs were slightly lower this year, the number of hearing impaired children attending was slightly higher.

The use of i-Pads in both kindergarten rooms continued to be well received this year, enabling staff to provide instant information about topics of interest or turn queries and community happenings into learning experiences for children. A great example was learning about ‘outer space’. This saw children watch a moon landing video which led to lively discussion and a number of play activities.

A new activity this year was yoga for four-year-olds. The benefits are many: greater physical strength, teaching children to use muscles in new ways, development of coordination skills and improved body awareness. Children’s yoga is also known to develop listening skills and help with concentration which are essential skills for learning to speak and developing social confidence.

Our kindergarten programs continued to receive excellent scores against The National Quality Standard (NQS) framework. In all seven assessable areas our Kindergarten was found to exceed requirements. NQS assessors also noted “the respectful and supportive relationships our

educators have developed with families and our local community”. These commendable results

are attributable to the fantastic team of Taralye early childhood educators.

Inclusive Learning

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This year, 33 hearing impaired children participated in our small groups program. These groups included the Itty Bitty Book Club, Lunch Bunch, Once Upon a Time, Ready Set for School and Out of the Box (a new offering in 2015). More than 80 children and their parents attended Make the Connection, Parent-Child Mother Goose and Playgroup.

Taralye’s small group programs are specifically designed (or chosen) because of their underlying focus on oral language acquisition, and to aid children’s listening and learning skills. They are a unique offering, differentiating Taralye from other early intervention organisations.

At their core, each program prepares hearing impaired children for school. The Itty Bitty Book Club gets children and parents focussed on (and interested in) books. Out of the Box is a social language program for 3- year olds and uses play to develop social, listening, communication, and imagination skills. Once Upon a Time is a show and tell literacy program which sees children listen, share, and learn about a particular topic. Lunch Bunch is a cooking-based program and aims to prepare children for school through shared experiences, interactions, and routines that reflect the way learning occurs in the school environment.

Each small group program ran for eight sessions per term. Depending on need and the number of attendees, programs were offered at our Blackburn centre, Gowanbrae (in Melbourne’s northwest) and Geelong. Families are able to access funding for a number of these programs through the Federal Government’s Better Start for Children with Disability program. Other programs are funded by philanthropy and fundraising.

Listening and Learning to Speak

Thank you to The Limb Family Foundation,

Victorian Foundation for Promotion of Oral Education of the Deaf, Leith Trust,

Inger Rice Foundation, The Jack Brockhoff Foundation and The Marian & E H Flack Trust for supporting

our group programs.

Listening and learning to speak

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Our Team

‘‘ 1,392hours of professional

development undertaken by staff in 2015

34% of staff have

achieved more than 10 years’ service

Our staff of 53 is diversely skilled. Early Intervention Coordinators, a Social Worker and a Psychologist working hands-on to support hearing impaired children with language acquisition. Kindergarten and Early Childhood Educators supporting our early learning centre and our 3 and 4-year-old kindergarten programs. Audiology staff who test, assess, and diagnose. Administration and fundraising staff who raise much-needed dollars as well as our organisational profile.

Like most non-profits, the majority of our people (75%) work part-time. Indicative of individuals’ commitment to children and families, 34% of our employees have given ten or more years of service. We congratulate each employee on this significant milestone.

Over the past 12 months we have actively promoted our Employee Recognition Awards program. This program recognises the significant contributions our people make to service delivery and our culture. Staff members are acknowledged for exhibiting behaviours that align with our organisational values.

Professional development continued to be given due consideration this year with a total of 1,392 hours undertaken (equivalent to 26 hours per staff member). A number of staff travelled to attend conferences. Judy Bainbridge of our early intervention team presented at the AG Bell Symposium in Balitmore (USA) and Jean Moores-Chadwick published an article in The Volta Review. A number of high profile professionals kept us up-to-date. These included Dr Shani Dettman from the University of Melbourne on The Use of Key Word Sign, Tim Flowers of Saward Dawson on the NDIS and consultant John Huigen on organisational strategy.

Our valuesRESPECT: We recognise and appreciate others’ skills, knowledge and contributions. We value diverse opinions and backgrounds.

CLEAR COMMUNICATION: We actively listen to others, are open to feedback and encourage open dialogue as we work to achieve mutually beneficial results.

COMMITMENT: We are professionally dedicated to our mission and aim to deliver high quality results.

ACCOUNTABILITY: We act reliably and consistently to deliver responses within realistic timeframes. We are accountable individually, as teams and as an organisation for our behaviours, actions and results.

QUALITY: We use evidence to implement and measure quality standards in our practices.

INNOVATION: We strive to support advancement, improvements and excellence through creativity in new ideas, services and processes.

SENSITIVITY: We support families with sensitivity and empathy as they work through the emotional impact of the diagnosis of hearing loss.

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Family Stories

DavidMy son David is two years and seven months old. At three days of age he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Treacher Collins Syndrome. This means his ears and ear canals haven’t fully formed. It also means he is severely deaf and has to wear a bone-conductor hearing aid (commonly called a Baha) above his right ear on a soft headband.

When David turns five years old the Baha will be surgically inserted into his head (known as a bone-anchored hearing aid). This will help him hear via vibrations.

We found out about Taralye through Australian Hearing and attended a number of information nights and participated in Taralye’s Make the Connection program. Taralye has helped David learn how to speak through speech therapy provided by his teacher of the deaf, Jenni.

We were delighted to learn, through his speech and language assessment, that David now has the comprehension and language skill levels of a three year old and is like any other child in that he loves playing with trains, trucks, cars, and tractors. Thomas the Tank Engine is his favourite toy.

This has been made possible by the dedication of Jenni and her visits to our home and David’s childcare centre. We are very happy with David’s progress and the wonderful support we have received from Jenni and Taralye.

Carol – Mother of David ‘‘

‘‘Lachlan In 2012, my newborn, Lachlan, received two ‘not clear’ results when his hearing was screened through the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program. I wasn’t too worried because he was responding when I fed him, and reacting to loud sounds such as doors slamming.

At four weeks of age Lachlan underwent full testing and we received the life-changing news that he had moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss. Following Lachlan’s diagnosis I cried for 12 hours. I was worried about his future. I also remember thinking that I didn’t know any deaf people and suddenly I was parenting one.

Internet research led me to Taralye and I learnt that with hard work and determination from Lachlan and myself that speech and communication were possible. Through Taralye, Lachlan received home-based early intervention, attended early learning sessions, and participated in the Parent-Child Mother Goose and Playgroup programs. Meeting other Taralye families was also a fantastic help for both of us.

At seven weeks of age, Lachlan was fitted with hearing aids. For various reasons this was filmed. It was the best feeling in the world watching my little boy’s face light up as he heard and smiled for the very first time. Lachlan’s video has since gone viral (13.6 million viewings) fuelling media stories in Australia and overseas and bringing awareness to hearing impairment as well as much-deserved attention to Taralye. We are also very proud that Lachlan was invited to be the face of Loud Shirt Day in 2015.

Lachlan is now three and his speech and language are considered age-appropriate. I am so grateful to Taralye for their support and expert advice, particularly in those early days. My advice to other parents is remain positive and be proactive in linking into early childhood intervention services such as Taralye.

Michelle – Mother of Lachlan

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A total of 43 children exited the Taralye Early Intervention Program in 2014.

This exiting cohort was characterised by the following:

• 47% were diagnosed through the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program at birth

• 53% wear bilateral hearing aids

• 32% wear one or two cochlear implants

• 25% use a language other than English in the home such as Arabic, Egyptian, Vietnamese, Dari, Burmese Hakha Chin, Mandarin, Auslan, German and Khmer

Our Graduates

‘‘Cochlear Implant

Bilateral hearing aids

Cochlear implant & hearing aid

Bone conductor

Local primary school

School with facility

Other early intervention service

Special school

Relocated

Independent school

Cochlear Implant

Bilateral hearing aids

Cochlear implant & hearing aid

Bone conductor

Local primary school

School with facility

Other early intervention service

Special school

Relocated

Independent school

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Speech and language outcomesAnnual communication assessments are completed for children enrolled in the early intervention program. In some instances, informal measures such as parental reports and observations, rather than standardised testing, is the most appropriate way of assessing speech and language. This is the case for children for whom English is not the primary language spoken at home, and for some children with additional disabilities.

Results from assessments are used to inform the development of goals by families and staff. Taralye staff also have regular communication with other professionals and agencies such as the Cochlear Implant Clinic, which ensures that all professionals working with Taralye children share a common perspective on the communication goals for the family. At times children may also be referred to a psychologist for a developmental assessment. During the past year, 35 developmental consultations were completed at Taralye.

A variety of assessments is used to gauge the level of children’s receptive (understanding) and expressive (spoken) language skills. The assessments chosen depend on a child’s age with the following tests being routinely used to measure language development:

• the Rossetti Infant Toddler Language Scale (usually used with younger children or children who are not developmentally ready to be assessed with the other tools)

• the Preschool Language Scale 4th or 5th editions (PLS-4, PLS-5)

• the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals 4th or preschool editions (CELF-4 or CELF-P)

Standardised assessment results were available for 29 of the 34 children who commenced school in 2015. Of this number, 72% had speech and language skills within or above the normal range for their age.

Exit pathways

Thirty-four (79%) of the children exiting the Early Intervention Program started Prep in 2015. These children transitioned to a variety of school settings including local primary schools, schools with a facility for deaf and hard of

hearing students and independent schools.

Hearing devices

Exit pathways in 2014


Taralye is pleased to be a member of First Voice, the regional voice for member and affiliated organisations that provide listening and spoken language early intervention services for children who are deaf.

First Voice plays a national leadership role within the early childhood deafness sector, advocating for world-class early intervention services. First Voice works with government and other organisations to influence public policy and funding decisions related to services for children who are deaf. Member organisations are committed to evidence-based research and measuring children’s outcomes.

Our CEO Therese Kelly was privileged to be Chair of First Voice during March 2014 until October 2015. During this period First Voice launched consolidated Sound Outcomes data following a three year longitudinal study of children’s speech and language skills which was funded by the Telstra

Foundation. In addition, two highly successful Power of Speech events were held in Canberra and VidKids, the service delivery pilot project for families living in rural and remote regions of Australia, was completed through a consortium involving all First Voice member centres, Deaf Children Australia and Vision Australia as the lead agency.

First Voice

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Installation of an energy monitoring system and a lighting upgrade at our Blackburn facility commenced this year. On project completion this has the potential to deliver approximately 30-40% reduction in our power bills.

The costs of this project were generously funded by a Cummins Foundation grant obtained through an international grant application and submitted by our corporate partner, Cummins South Pacific. Just as important, Cummins provided their expertise as a global power leader, and a provider of emission solutions and electrical power generation systems.

The computer-based energy monitoring system is cutting edge. At any real moment in time we can obtain a graphical depiction of power usage across our buildings. As well as making our infrastructure more energy efficient, this has the potential to guide decision-making on future facilities management.

The Taralye/Cummins partnership was established in 2011, initially with Cummins Filtration and now with Cummins South Pacific. These relationships are part of Cummins’ Corporate Social Responsibility program. It addresses a community need in a very practical manner and is a clear manifestation of their community engagement goals and workforce engagement activities.

We wish to thank Penelope Walter, Director of Workplace and Community Environment (Asia Pacific) for her nurture and stewardship of this relationship; and the many Cummins staff involved in this project. Thanks also to Mark Levett, Vice-President Community Relations & Corporate Responsibility from Cummins USA who travelled from the USA to visit the Taralye team to get a first-hand experience of this project.

The Power of Partnership

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Taralye’s fundraising team worked strategically and cohesively this financial year to make progress in an increasingly competitive marketing environment. With approximately 40% of our income being derived from government, hard work is required each year to raise funds to support and expand programs for hearing impaired children. Our efforts were well rewarded this year with a 5% increase in fundraising income. Much of this income was from trusts and foundations where annual distributions from deceased estates now provide a more regular source of revenue.

Loud Shirt Day continued to be our biggest annual fundraising event, raising $53,000. Economies of scale employed through First Voice (national alliance) in recent years have proven effective in raising the Loud Shirt Day profile. Also successful was our annual Caulfield Race Day, which provides an enjoyable and entertaining outing for 200 guests.

Taralye small change boxes, now on the counter of over 100 businesses, raised both funds and our profile. This growing fundraising venture proves that small change can indeed lead to significant change in the lives of hearing impaired children by contributing to expanded programs and additional resources.

This year the fundraising team set a goal of improving name recognition by obtaining a minimum of one media story per month. For the year ended 30 June 2015, we achieved twenty. Making ourselves known to the wider community has also been advanced via social media. Our daily Facebook posts are seen by 5,300 friends and our tweets are read by 287 Twitter followers.

Two recent innovations in the fundraising space are the community lottery and child sponsorship. Lottery prizes are provided by the Peoples Choice Credit Union which allows Taralye to retain 100% of ticket sales. The recently introduced child sponsorship program matches support for hearing impaired children who do not qualify for Better Start for Children with Disability funding with philanthropic businesses.

A critical tool for fundraising success is a functional donor database. During the year we undertook a six-month database reboot of our existing system (Donman). This involved data analysis and cleansing; acquisition and integration of new donors; and establishment of processes, procedures, and staff training to guide and maximise database usage in future fundraising activities. This revised and refreshed system will support future fundraising communications and campaigns, along with the building of existing and new donor relations. We take the time to offer a special thankyou to Samantha Smith and Margaret Polacska from our fundraising team for their efforts in bringing this project to completion

We thank the fundraising team and volunteers for their hard work

and tireless fundraising efforts throughout

the year.

Philanthropy & Fundraising

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Businesses, Community organisations and Foundations Australian Leisure & Hospitality Group

Bazzani Scully Priddle Lawyers

Beth MacLaren Smallwood Foundation

Box Hill Reporter District Cricket Association Inc

Brian M Davis Charitable Foundation

Catanach’s Jewellers

Celestials Masters Group

Collier Charitable Fund

Deafness Foundation (Victoria)

Dick Smith Foods Foundation

Esso Australia Pty Ltd

Flora & Frank Leith Charitable Trust

Foundation of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies

Freemasons Victoria

Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation

Herald Sun

John Saville Eastwood Estate

Kew Masonic Centre Ltd

Lions Club of Blackburn North

Lodge of Concentration No. 753

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

PFD Food Services Pty Ltd

Pierce Armstrong Trust

Ray White Real Estate (Blackburn)

Shying Family Trust

Taralye Parents & Friends

The Freemasons Public Charitable Foundation

The Chase Hotel

The Calvert-Jones Foundation

Our Donors

The Marian & E H Flack Trust

The Baker Foundation

The Harper Bernays Charitable Trust

The Feilman Family Foundation

The Miller Foundation Ltd

The Limb Family Foundation

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia

Victoria Masonic Lodge

Whitehorse City Council

Whitehorse Community Chest

William Angliss Charitable Fund

William Buckland Foundation

IndividualsMr Robert Albert

Mr Brian Anthonisz

Ms Lynne Baillieu

Mrs Norma Bathie

Mr Ian Broadhead

Mr & Mrs John & Janet Calvert-Jones

Mrs Margaret Castle

Mrs Gwen Charlesworth

Mrs Fiona Crosbie

Mrs Kate Crosbie

Mr J Dorrington

Prof Richard Dowell

Mrs Jean E Drury

Mr Ryan Hainsworth

Mr Paul Hockridge

Mr & Mrs Gerrit & Sarah Horchner

Mr Basil Moss

Mr & Mrs Lee & Katharina McMillan

Mr & Mrs Nigel Peck AM

Mr & Mrs Robert & Elizabeth Reid

Mr & Mrs Peter & Joan Selby Smith

Pro Bono SupportersCummins Filtration

Cummins South Pacific

Deloitte

Exxon Mobil

Pud for all Seasons

Lions Club of Blackburn North

Lions Club of Nunawading

Taralye Parents and Friends

VolunteersMary Bau

Naomi Baulch

Jessica Bower

John Briglia

Sue Brooks

Marilyn Dann

Elissa Dyson

Valerie Ebdon

Phoebe Elterman

Winnie Gee

Lisa Johns

Belinda McIntosh

Elissa Merritt

Jan Millard

Joan Murphy

Jackie Nathanielsz

Jessica Nomikos

Koulla Nomikos

Bridget O’Regan

Sonia Pang

Effie Redman

Stacey Rowe

Annabelle Scott

Tracy Tau

Silvana Vitale

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Taralye would like to thank all

of our donors and volunteers for their generosity and commitment.

These contributions enable us to continue to pursue our vision that children who are deaf will listen,

learn and speak to their full potential. ‘‘

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About TaralyeIn 1968 a group of families and early childhood education professionals formed The Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing (ACCIH). This group—Mrs Nancy John MBE, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, Mrs Frances Derham MBE, Mrs Ethleen King CBE, Mr & Mrs Worrall Jones, Mr John Calvert-Jones AM, and Mrs Janet Calvert-Jones AM – believed children who are deaf should have access to the same educational opportunities as hearing children.

Forty-seven years on Taralye remains true to its mission, providing life enhancing opportunities for hearing impaired children, supporting families with evidence-based programs, researching and advocating on children and families’ behalf.

Taralye is now an internationally recognised centre providing families with hearing impaired children with support across Victoria. Services include early intervention, early childhood and audiology and aim to realise our vision of giving each child the opportunity to listen, learn and speak to their full potential.

As we approach our fiftieth anniversary, Taralye is proud to be a founding member of First Voice, a supporting party of the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, and a partner of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

137 Blackburn Road Blackburn, Victoria 3130 (Melways 62 A1)Postal address: PO Box 113, Blackburn, Victoria 3130Phone: +613 9877 1300 Facsimile: +613 9877 1922Email: [email protected] Website: www.taralye.vic.edu.au

At Taralye we celebrate the diversity of all

families and strive to respect and value each of their own

special stories. Belinda - staff member

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