Sponsorships 2018

Macquarie Credit Union Dream Festival

DREAM Festival is a community festival that welcomes everyone; embraces many facets to celebrate the Dubbo region. Each festival brings a series of entertainment, theatre, dance, visual arts, music and outdoor events from local and professional groups and artists.

DREAM utilises a range of Dubbo's facilities and venues and has a variety of ticket prices, plus many free events. With Dubbo as the ‘hub of NSW’, the festival aims to be a key destination festival within Australia’s cultural calendar, encouraging interstate visitation to see what Dubbo has to offer.

For more information please visit www.dreamfest.com.au/

Dubbo Stampede

The Dubbo Stampede took its first steps in 2012, initiated by a group of runners wanting to make a difference to our community.

The event was created with the dual goals of:

• improving our health and wellbeing
• showcasing the best of Dubbo to the rest of the world.

Since then our event has doubled in size to 2400 runners and walkers in 2017. They are a positive, inclusive, whole of community event. The Dubbo Stampede serves everyone from world class marathoners to families just wanting to move off the couch and into a healthier life.

For more information please visit www.dubbostampede.com.au/

Orana Relay For Life

This years theme “Unite in the Fight” to celebrate Orana Relay For Life’s 10th year in Dubbo with start at 3pm on Saturday 20th October finishing on Sunday morning 21st October.. Not yet registered for the event jump online and register today, All proceeds raised go to the research, support and advocacy work of Cancer Council NSW.

Relay For Life is an overnight, community event for thousands of Australians who, relay non-stop as they celebrate cancer survivors, remember those lost, and fight back against the disease by raising important funds.

For more information please visit www.cancercouncil.com.au/event/relay-for-life-orana-2018/

NSW TAFE

Macquarie Credit Union are proud to partner with TAFE NSW, the largest training provider in NSW, to offer scholarships to students who need a helping hand to complete their training. The Macquarie Credit Union Scholarships have to date assisted 30 individuals in Dubbo and the surrounding areas who display determination and high application in their studies and are looking to explore future educational and career opportunities.

For more information please visit tafensw.edu.au

St Johns College

In great tradition the Year 12 students of St Johns College choose a charity to support and raise funds for each year, this shows great inclusion and empathy from the students in the wider community, This year as in the past an annual golf day was the key fundraiser & the chosen charity being Orana Early Childhood Intervention.

For more information please visit www.stjohnsdubbo.catholic.edu.au/

Dubbo & District Junior Cricket Association

Macquarie Credit Union offer support to the Dubbo & District Junior Cricket Association to help cover the full costs of uniforms for the U12 – U15 representative sides, This removes the barriers for low social economical parents allowing children the opportunity participate & represent Dubbo at this level.

Black Dog Ride

The Black Dog Ride mission is to raise awareness of depression and suicide prevention. The Black Dog 1 Dayer is an Australia-wide event held annually on the third Sunday in March, This event commenced in 2009 as one mans ride to raise awareness of depression and has evolved into a national suicide prevention charity involving thousands of Australian motorcycle riders. Funds raised for local mental health service Lifeline go directly to train telephone counsellors in our local area from activities associated with the Dubbo Ride.

For more information please visit www.blackdogride.com.au/

Narromine MS Support Group

Although the group has been established for the past 8 years this is the fifth Annual Charity Golf Day. The Narromine MS Support group raises funds for medical and associated costs to assist local MS sufferers

Dubbo Base Hospital Spring Ball

Dubbo Base Hospital Spring Ball is only in its forth year yet is already the largest event in the Western Area Local Health Districts social calendar. The event itself is not run for profit nor seeks to do so, rather a way of saying thanks to our hard working hospital staff whilst promoting a better culture by building morale and friendships across disciplines within the hospital. The staff at Dubbo Base Hospital provide us with an incredible standard of healthcare despite geographical and resource barriers and we are proud to support this event.

Mt Arthur Challenge

The Mt Arthur Challenge offers running and cycling events to suit the whole family and is organised by a sub committee of the Mt Arthur Trust. Any profit made by this annual event is used to fund the ongoing maintenance and management of the Mt Arthur Reserve.

Mt Arthur Trust has little regular income and relies on volunteer labour & government grants when available, in recent times they have managed to upgrade signage, picnic facilities, road maintenance, safety upgrades, fencing, weed control & some tree planting. The reserve itself is for the benefit of the whole community.