Our Team - Courage to Care

Ed St John, Chief Executive Officer

Ed is responsible for running our organisation and delivering on our strategic goals. Most recently, Ed was Executive General Manager with The Ethics Centre – and prior to that, he held a variety of roles in the entertainment industry including CEO of Warner Music, Managing Director of BMG Australia and Director of Marketing at Sony Music. A strong believer in the values of Courage to Care, Ed applies skills in leadership, organisational change, marketing, event management and fundraising in helping C2C to meet its goals.

Danielle Blumberg, Education Manager

Danielle is responsible for the development and delivery of education programs. With almost 20 years’ experience working in the independent education sector in Sydney, she is a passionate educator with expertise in gifted education, student wellbeing and leadership. Most recently Danielle was the Head of Junior School at Masada College for three years. Born and educated in Sydney, she has volunteered within the Jewish community in a variety of roles. She relishes the challenge of encouraging our youth to be “kind on purpose” by being Upstanders in their daily lives.

Ariella Symons, Operations Manager – Education Programs

Ariella is responsible for coordinating and supporting the effective delivery of C2C Classroom Programs in NSW. Ariella has a background in mental health nursing with a focus on children, and has worked in a busy, major metropolitan hospital. She has also worked in learning supported education, having spent two years at Moriah College. Ariella has two young children (and a puppy!) and has recently returned to living in Melbourne. At Courage to Care, Ariella has put her communication and organisational skills to good use and liaises with teachers, volunteers and staff daily.

Louise Jaque, Administrative Officer

Louise keeps the Courage to Care office running! Before taking time out to raise her two young children, Louise was Event Manager at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce for 7 years, responsible for running 50 events per year. Prior to this, Louise was employed in various organisations as Event Manager. Louise brings a wealth of organisational and event management experience to Courage to Care.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.

Entrants must be permanent residents of Victoria with a valid residential address, email address, and phone number.

There is no cost to enter.

There are two categories of Entries:

Victorian School Students Competition – which is open to any currently enrolled student in a Victorian Primary or Secondary School (including VCAL or equivalent); and
Open Competition – which is open to all Victorian residents of any age.

Each Entrant may enter only one photograph.

By entering this Competition, you confirm that:

you are the creator and owner of the entered photograph;
you grant Courage to Care (Vic) (“C2C”) at no charge, a perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use, sell and reproduce your photograph in print and digital media, for use in and promotion:
- of C2C’s 30^th Birthday Exhibition; and
- by C2C for any purpose.
the exhibition and promotion of your photograph does not infringe copyright or moral rights; and
you have obtained all relevant permissions of persons shown in photograph.

Your entry for this Competition must include:
A digital image file in jpeg format with a file size of at least 4 MB and no greater than 10 MB
A title for your photograph; and
A written explanation in no more than 50 words that explains why your photograph is relevant to the theme of “Being an Upstander.” For Further information on this theme, refer to couragetocare.org.au
Digital manipulation and alternative post-capture image processing methods of photographs are permitted.

No entries will be accepted after 11:59 pm on 31 March 2022
C2C will acknowledge receipt of all entries. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within fourteen days, please contact C2C competition@couragetocare.org.au.
Entries will not be accepted or judged if:

under normally accepted standards, the photograph could be considered offensive in terms of pornographic content, character denigration, racial or religious prejudice. The Judge’s decision and discretion will be final; or

The Judges will decide and notify the finalists and also the Competition winners. The Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning the Judges’ decision will be considered.

All finalist photographs will be exhibited at the C2C 30^th Birthday Exhibition and will remain for the duration of this period.
C2C reserves the right to curate the exhibition as it sees fit. C2C will determine whether the photograph will be displayed digitally or as a printed photograph. The costs of printing and display of the photographs will be paid by C2C.
The Competition winners will be announced during the C2C 30^th Anniversary Exhibition.
For the duration of the Exhibition, all Photographs must be available for sale. All proceeds of sales will go to C2C as a fundraising initiative to support their charitable purpose.

Photographs will be sold via a “silent auction”. All photographs will be delivered to the purchaser as a printed photograph at C2C’s expense.
The Prizes for the winning Entrants in the Competition are …TBD

C2C will not be responsible for any loss or damage of the submitted digital image files or printed photographs, however caused.
Please note that this Exhibition is separate from the annual Art Show run by B’nai B’rith Victoria.

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