John and Pauline Gandel
John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC are proud to support an arts scholarship through the General Sir John Monash Scholarship Foundation. They recently met with the 2020 recipient of the Gandel Philanthropy Arts scholarship, Jonty Coy (second from right) from Perth, who was accompanied by Annemarie Rolls (right), the CEO of the Monash Foundation.
Jonty holds a Bachelor of Philosophy with first class honours from the University of Western Australia, and since graduation he has been working at Perth Symphony Orchestra. Jonty plans to use his scholarship funding to complete a Master of Music degree at the world-renowned Paris Conservatoire.
Access and C Care in a unique partnership
Two community organisations recently launched an exciting pilot collaborative initiative. Access Inc. (Access) and C Care formed a partnership that will see participants in Access’ Introduction to Commercial Cooking course undertaking some of the food preparation for C Care’s meals, which are delivered weekly to community members in need. Each week, C Care will provide […]
Media Collective a reality
The Media Collective is the new co-working space housing SYN Media and other media-making youth organisations. Gandel Philanthropy provided a Major Grant to SYN media for the development, which is located at RMIT’s Media Precinct. This project has been in the making since 2016, and brings together SYN Media, RMITV and Catalyst magazine in a […]
Inaugural William Cooper scholarship recipients meet descendants
John Nagyivan and Jaya Blandthorn (far left and far right) are the inaugural recipients of the Uncle William Cooper Scholarship, which was established by John and Pauline Gandel at Monash University to honour the legacy of the legendary Aboriginal human rights activist. The William Cooper Scholars are encouraged to learn about Uncle Cooper’s story, his […]
