Giving Bizz

Think businesses are only there to make profits? Think again.

WOMENS’ HEALTH

L’Oreal Paris joins forces to help save lives

A new partnership between major worldwide consumer brand L’Oreal Paris and The Ovarian Cancer

Research Foundation (OCRF) aims to increase awareness and funding for research into an early detection program for ovarian cancer .

In Australia, one woman dies of ovarian cancer every 10 hours. This disease affects women – others,

sisters , daughters – of all ages and has a higher mortality rate amongst women diagnosed than those

diagnosed with breast cancer.

“As there is currently no early detection program for ovarian cancer, L’Oréal Paris hopes to raise awareness of this disease and is delighted to help advance cancer research through the work of Dr Simon Chu,” says Mark O’Keefe, General Manager L’Oréal Australia Consumer Division.

MEN’S HEALTH

Movember (brought to you by your favourite chocolate bar)

Say goodbye to your favourite moustache. Movember is finally over.

Movember’s major partners are Snickers, Cool Ridge, NIB and ... Schick – time to whip out the razor boys! The sponsorship list is an unusual combination, but one that has helped create the p henomenon that is the month formerly known as November.

In turn the Movember Foundation works to generate awareness of male depression, anxiety and r elated disorders as well as prostate cancer. In 2008, Movember committed $8,135,629 each to beyondblue and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. This year’s proceeds are expected to exceed that extraordinary amount.

LAWYERS ANONYMOUS

“If it wasn’t for lawyers we wouldn’t need them.”

“Do you know how to save a drowning lawyer? Take your foot of his head.”

We all love to hate lawyers but Australia now has the strongest law firm pro bono culture outside

of the United States. Our nation’s lawyers have provided free legal services worth at least $45.9 m illion to disadvantaged and marginalised people and the not-for-profit organisations that support them.

The national Pro Bono Resource Centre has released figures showing that lawyers who have signed up to the centre’s aspirational target for pro bono work provided 183,771.5 hours of free work last financial year.