No Laughing Matter
No Laughing Matter
In late April 2021 we presented the soft launch of our No Laughing Matter website.
Held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Surry Hills, over 150 guests gathered for an interesting evening of interviews from victim/survivors of incest, an address by our keynote Speaker Tracy Adams, CEO of Kids Helpline, followed by a performance from our very special friend and supporter, comedian Fiona O’Loughlin. The evening was MC’d by actor Rodger Corser and launched our podcast series, raised awareness on the status of incest in Australia, and importantly initiated our call for more advocates of the No Laughing Matter project. We thank everyone for their time and support, and we will keep you posted of further activities surrounding our podcast series.
Play for Lives
Craig Foster’s Play for “Lives” https://www.playforlives.org/
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED (especially on Monday and Thursday mornings between 8 and 10)
Liz Deep-Jones, Bryan Brown, David Field & Tanya along with many many others have been packing food hampers/boxes for the most vulnerable communities and charities at Addi Rd Community Centre for the last couple of months.
Please go to the Play for Lives website and register as a volunteer. The location is The Addison Rd Community Centre – 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
Check out the video on Facebook
Postcards from Tomorrow
CorriLee Foundation is proud to be supporting @postcardsfromtomorrow for Lou’s Place. The book is available on Amazon and there is also a website for you to check out. Also follow @kimchandler on twitter to stay updated. #postcardsfromtomorrow #corrileefoundation #internationalwomensday
Rally Forever - Positive Event for Positive Mental Health
On Wednesday the 24th of June the Centennial Park Trust and The Corrilee Foundation generously hosted a round robin tennis fundraising event for the newly developed program Rally Forever.
Rally Forever aims to create a new frontier for mental health by helping people thrive through physical activity and human connection. This event was a fantastic way to introduce the objectives of the program and to give people a real and practical sense of what it is all about.
Founder of Rally Forever Louise Pleming, former professional tennis player, coach and Grand Slam commentator had the opportunity to share her story of Rally Forever and create awareness in how positive movement can be for our mental health.
Louise told those at the event how the idea was triggered by an experience with a gentleman hard on his luck who reached out to her for a tennis lesson. “He approached me for a lesson, told me about his circumstances and it was clear after a period of time connecting and giving him some time, a positive situation was created where he could be physically active and engage. Over a three and a half year period, creating the opportunity to be active and connected truly showed to me just how positive it was for his mental health.”
The fundraising event held on Wednesday saw 24 keen tennis players from all over Sydney creating an uplifting, positive atmosphere for everyone involved. All participants had the opportunity to play in the round robin event with Louise, current professional player Alex Osborne and former professional tennis player Jess Moore. While the event was intended to be an awareness launch we were very fortunate to make close to $900.
A special thank you to Yonex and Phil StrungOut for their kind donation of the EZone 100 tennis racquet.
Rally Forever would like to thank Centennial Park for the opportunity to use their tennis courts and club area for such a positive fundraising event. Rally Forever would love everyone to get involved and be a part of this genuine uplifting concept. Together we can all live healthier lives.
The Cova Project
“In October 2019, The Cova Project held its first fundraising event, to raise funds for the purchase and distribution of menstrual cups to developing communities across Africa. We approached the event with an ambitious fundraising goal of $50,000 and exceeded that goal, thanks to our supporters and donors. An important part of raising these funds during our first event was having a speaker who brought experience and credibility to the night. Tanya from The CorriLee Foundation worked tirelessly to help us connect with Gretel Killeen, who spoke on her personal experiences with women from Nigeria and Kenya and inspired our crowd.
Tanya shows immense dedication to ensuring charities tackling difficult subject matter are as successful in their work as possible. She brings people together, sharing the same philosophy as The Cova Project, that collaboration moves everyone forward. The Cova Project would like to wholeheartedly thank Tanya for her support and unmatched passion.” written by Genna Dunne CEO / Director of The Cova Project
Shae's Night
Tanya Lee and the Corrilee Foundation were instrumental in the success of the Comedy Spectacular Dinner held on 23rd October 2019 at Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club. The Dinner raised $63,000 for the Shae Gibson Women’s Cancer Support Fund, which operates through the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. These funds will greatly assist women experiencing many costs in managing their cancer, to enable them to focus on recovery. Tanya’s experience in managing major fundraising events assisted greatly in the planning and conduct of the event, including her management of the comedic talent! The Shae Fund Committee expresses our sincere thanks for Tanya and the Corrilee Foundation’s support!
A Tribute to Tennis great Peter McNamara
Peter McNamara Tribute
Saturday 25 January
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA)
We had a highly successful event where we raised almost fourteen thousand dollars for PCFA.
A big thank you to:
Paul McNamee
Michael Roberts
Wayne Arthurs
Nealefraser
Bryan Wood
Mats Wilander
Boris Becker
Nartina Navratilova
Mark Woodforde
Scott Draper
John Alexander
Ken Rosewall
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Casey Dellacquaqua
Dianne Evers
Mark Philippoussis
Anton Albert
Russell Barlow
Kerryn Pratt
Judy Dalton
Janet Young
Pat Cash
Richard Fromberg
Peter Thrupp
Eliza Greenhatch
Bree Calderwood
Carolyn Ferris
Darren Cahill
John Fitzgerald
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Babolat Badminton
Elliot Loney
Matt Ebden
Brett Mccall
Debbie Spillane
Gaynor Ramsay
Rodney Lack
Keith Jenkins
Rowan McNamee
Michael Muza (a very big thank you to Sirromet!)
A Few of our Favourite People with Tony Mott
A Few of our Favourite People with Tony Mott
We had a marvellous fundraising event at the Paddington RSL for The Snow Manjushree Orphanage in Kathmandu.
We raised eight thousand dollars for The Manjushree orphanage.
Fabulous performances from Christa Hughes, Fiona O’Loughlin, Wendy Matthews, Jeff Duff all accompanied by Peter Northcote and his band.
Thank you to our brilliant MC, auctioneer and drawer of the raffle – Simon Marnie.
Thank you as always Tony Mott for his wonderful stories and of course his photographs
Thank you to:
Stu Spencer
Wendy McDougall
Tania Smith
Danielle Harte
Anne MacPherson of Annie Mac Designs
Mala Beads
MUSE Hair
Dianne Brooks for being a photographer for the evening
Peter Bliss from Business is Bliss
Rusty Thorpe from The Blues Festival
Lou Winter for tickets for the Wendy Matthews and Grace Knight concert
Patrick Macy for design
Jack Elias our audio and visual guy
Grant Hilton
Special thanks to our volunteers – Camilla, Bree, Laura, Kate, Liz & Sally
A little word from Tony Mott:
In 1996 a walked the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal and met and interviewed Mantok a Tibetan girl 15 years old and had a story published in Dolly magazine comparing the lifestyles of a mountain Tibetan girl and a 15 year old girl from the suburbs of Sydney , 20 years later I went back to Nepal and the Annapurna circuit and tried to find Mantok to see how her life had turned out, she was from a village of 3oo people, however spending a day there I could not find her, at the end of the day I was in a tea house and lady said the Shepard girl bringing her goats into the village knew everybody and unbelievably she was mantic sister!!! Long story short she had married a policeman from Kathmandu what a little girl, the bad news was her husband dies of cancer and she ended up in an orphanage in Kathmandu, the Snow Manjurshee orphanage, I visited the orphanage and saw first hand the great work they do. Motty
24th Celebrity Charity Tennis Eevent 2019
Our 23rd tennis day will be honouring Gilto, one of Australia’s and especially Manly’s favourite tennis players, Davis Cup representative, Bjorn Borg’s doubles partner & recipient of the Australian Defence Medal for services to Australia during the Vietnam War.
Kerryn Pratt will interview Gilto
Special Guest speaker: Award winning journalist
& Ambassador of Bowel Cancer Australia, Anton Enus
Special guests include Bill Bowrey and Ken Rosewall
Join us for a great morning of competitive (but friendly)
tennis at Manly Lawn Tennis Club Round Robin Tennis
with the Champions
You will be playing a “timed round robin” consisting of 5
rounds of mixed doubles, rotating with 24 other players
including former professional players and celebrities
players which include:
Bob Giltinan + Lesley Bowrey + John Marks +
John Alexander + Judy Dalton + Glenn Knox +
Kerryn Pratt + Anton Enus + Scott Draper
+ Bryanne Crabb
