{"id":138,"date":"2019-11-01T12:07:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T12:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brightfutures.com.au\/staging\/3962\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:33:02","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brightfutures.com.au\/staging\/3962\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Founded in 2005, Bright Futures is an Australian based Christian aid and development agency committed to the sustainable alleviation of poverty through development projects in India, Kenya, Uganda and Pakistan.\u00a0 Bright Futures is committed to building local capacity and to the delivery of projects in partnership with committed local development partners in each of the countries in which it operates.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cameron Bryson is State Manager for South Australia of Community Housing Ltd and Deputy Chair of ECH Inc., a major aged care provider.\u00a0 Cameron was previously owner and director of Oryx Property and Chair of community organisation Wirraway. He has experience in providing strategic property development advice, facilitating affordable housing, infrastructure investment, financial modelling, risk analysis and project management.\u00a0 Cameron is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Master of Business Administratio.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jack Snelling retired from politics in March 2018 after 20 years in the South Australian parliament and eight years as a minister. Jack had a reputation for leading complex reform and was responsible for the largest infrastructure project in South Australian history, the New Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is well respected by stakeholders in the ministerial portfolios he has held which included State Treasurer; Defence Industries; Health Industries; the Arts; Employment, Training and Further Education; Science; Road Safety; and Workers\u2019 Rehabilitation.\u00a0 He was also responsible for Government parliamentary strategy as Leader of Government Business having previously also been Speaker of the House of Assembly. Jack Snelling has a reputation for bringing consensus among disparate parties.\u00a0 More recently Jack led the Health and Wellbeing Project for Baptist Care SA developing a business model for a purpose built health facility for people experiencing homelessness.\u00a0 He also serves on the Board of North Eastern Community Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lee is the owner and principal of Tasman Human Resource Consulting, a South Australian based\u00a0recruiting and organisational development advisory firm specialising in the IT sector.\u00a0 He has held senior\u00a0practice management and recruitment consulting roles at Hudson (formerly Morgan & Banks) and elsewhere.\u00a0\u00a0Lee has served on the Board of Bright Futures since 2005 and has significant governance and community service experience through his leadership involvement at Clovercrest Baptist Church.\u00a0 Lee has formal qualifications in the areas of Christian ministry and\u00a0business management.\u00a0\u00a0 He has undertaken project visits on behalf of Bright Futures to Pakistan and in India.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Roger was Chair of the Bright Futures from its inception in 2005 through to 2018.\u00a0 He has a diverse background in commercial real estate, community services and as a Baptist minister. \u00a0Roger worked in the highlands of Papua New Guinea for nine years in leadership training and community development for the Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 His significant commercial experience includes six years as the Manager of the iconic Central Market in Adelaide and he has also served in key community roles as Communications Director with Mission Australia (SA Region) and as Senior Minister, Flinders Street Baptist Church. \u00a0Roger undertakes project monitoring visits on behalf of Bright Futures with a particular focus on projects in Uganda and Kenya.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lynton is a retired medical practitioner with extensive experience in emergency medicine having served in senior roles, including as Consultant GP and Director of Emergency & Medical Services, at Noarlunga Health Services in southern Adelaide.\u00a0 For more than 20 years Lynton has also served as a Clinical Lecturer at Flinders University and has undertaken courses in the area of tropical medicine.\u00a0 Lynton has played a very significant role in guiding the development of Bright Futures projects in Uganda and Pakistan, particularly the establishment of the Lukodi Health Centre in Northern Uganda.\u00a0\u00a0 Lynton lives in South Australia and is now involved in a pastoral role.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sarah is the Global Operations Manager of CottonOn Foundation and an\u00a0 experienced leader of development projects both internationally and in Australia.\u00a0 Sarah has also held senior strategic roles at Mission Australia and through her work at Mission International, Bright Futures and World Vision has significant development experience.\u00a0 Sarah brings to the Board tertiary qualifications in management, international and community development expertise and a passion to see poverty and disadvantage alleviated across the globe through sustainable projects and innovative partnerships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Philip operates his own accounting practice on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east of Melbourne and for seven years worked as an accountant for Kimberly Smith Partners, working with many not-for-profit organisations.\u00a0 From 2004-2010, Philip worked for Robbins & Co \u2013 a public practice accounting firm. Philip has also worked for the Weather Bureau in various observational, training and pilot briefing capacities in Sydney, Canberra, Richmond RAAF base and Melbourne (1978 \u2013 1989). \u00a0From 2006-2017 Philip held the position of Treasurer for New Peninsular Baptist Church \u2013 a church of 1,000+ on the Mornington Peninsular. He is a founder of World Relief Australia (WRA) and has served as Treasurer for more than a decade.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Deepa Mathew is a small business owner and an experienced leader in the financial services sector, having previously worked in various roles in the banking sector. Deepa currently lectures at University in the MBA cohort. Deepa brings to the board management and financial skills and a passion to serve the community and see communities thrive. Deepa is also on the Board of the Australia India Business Council and has previously held various board and Committee positions in the past.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fred Chilton is a solicitor based in Sydney. After 29 years as a partner at the large regional law firm, Allens Arthur Robinson, after which he spent eight years at law firm Emil Ford & Co and now at Toomey Pegg where he continues to have a broad corporate and commercial law practice.\u00a0 Fred has assisted in the establishment of a number of not-for-profit organisations including Worldwide Orphans Australia, Christian Surfers International, Centre for Public Christianity, HART Australasia and Cape York Digital Network (CYDN).\u00a0\u00a0 Aside from his role as Chairman of the Bush Church Aid Society, Fred is a Director of CYDN and serves on the Northern Region Council and other church and parish bodies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Carl Ginger\u2019s academic background is in Civil Engineering and Business Administration. He currently holds a senior position in local government and lives in regional New South Wales.\u00a0\u00a0 Carl is widely experienced in development having been involved in capacity building and community infrastructure development projects in Indonesia, Laos, The Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Mauritius, Timor Leste and Trinidad. Funding for these projects has been secured through the World Bank, UNDP and AusAID.\u00a0\u00a0 The community development projects include water supply, sanitation, schools, education, housing, medical infrastructure, adult literacy, micro enterprise development, environmental and capacity building and these have been undertaken in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Zambia and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Paul served as voluntary Executive Officer of Bright Futures from 2005 to 2022 and is now involved as a volunteer in the areas of communications, resources and as Company Secretary.\u00a0 He currently serves on the Boards of World Relief Australia Board and YMCA-SA.\u00a0 Previous roles have included CEO of The Wyatt Trust (2012-2019); Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity; Executive Director of Baptist Community Services SA;\u00a0 EO Child & Family Welfare Association SA and General Manager, Mission Australia SA Region.\u00a0 Past Board appointments include SA Housing Trust; Foodbank Australia SA and Universal Charitable Fund.\u00a0 Paul has also served as a Ministerial Advisor and on the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.\u00a0 He has undertaken major projects for Government in the areas of child protection and Indigenous substance abuse.\u00a0 In 2005, together with friends, Paul and his wife Barbara founded Bright Futures.\u00a0 In 2001 Paul was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to the community and in 2016 awarded Member (AM) of the Order of Australia.\u00a0 Academic qualifications include a Master\u2019s Degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the School of Law at Western Sydney University.\u00a0 Earlier in his working life he was a Detective at the SA Police Major Crime Squad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Hon Hieu Van was appointed patron of Bright Futures Child Aid and Devlopment Fund in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>

Mr Hieu served as Governor of South Australia from 2014 to 2021, having served as Lieutenant Governor of South Australia from 2007.<\/p>

Mr Hieu was born in the Vietnamese province of Quang Tri before moving to Australia in the aftermath of the war in 1977. He received a Master of Business Administration and an Economics degree from the University of Adelaide, is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants and a Fellow Member of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bright Futures Child Aid & Development Fund Australia (Bright Futures) ABN 76 803 488 074 is a Company Limited by Guarantee and Public Benevolent Institution which operates within the governance arrangements described in its Constitution – Bright Futures.<\/a><\/p>

International Partnership:\u00a0 Bright Futures works in partnership with capable, well established Christian development agencies in each of its areas of operation in India, Uganda, Pakistan and Kenya.<\/p>

Code of Conduct:\u00a0 Bright Futures engages in the World Relief Australia Code of Conduct self-assessment process which provides a framework and monitoring mechanism for sound and ethical development practice.<\/p>

Tax Deductibility:\u00a0 Donations to the\u00a0Bright Futures Australia \u2013 Overseas Aid Fund<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>a public fund (DGR1) operated by Bright Futures and approved by the ATO under the Overseas Aid Gift Deduction Scheme, are tax deductible.<\/p>

Charity Status:\u00a0 Bright Futures is a Public Benevolent Institution registered as a charity with the\u00a0Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission (ACNC)<\/a><\/p>

Board Governance:\u00a0 Formally established on 26 January 2005, Bright Futures is governed by an experienced Board with a wide range of skills in management, education, law, international development and medicine. The Board meets regularly to receive reports, plan and determine policies necessary for the efficient and ethical operations of Bright Futures in accordance with good governance practice.<\/p>

Management:\u00a0 The work of Bright Futures is led by the Chief Executive Officer, Jack Snelling and assisted by a small part-time and volunteer team.<\/p>

Audit and Regulatory Compliance:\u00a0 An auditor is appointed by the Board to provide an annual audit of the financial operations of the agency and public ancillary fund returns are provided to the ATO.\u00a0 Additionally, Bright Futures is registered with, and reports to, the Australian Charitable and Not for Profit Commission (ACNC) and completes the ACNC External Conduct Standards self-assessment each year.<\/p>

Bright Futures Child Aid & Development Fund Australia Ltd<\/strong><\/p>

ACN 166 546 167\u00a0 \u00a0ABN: 76 803 488 074<\/p>

Bank Details:<\/strong><\/p>

Bright Futures Australia \u2013 Overseas Aid Fund
Bank:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Westpac
BSB:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0035-002
Acc No:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 392116<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Policy on Child Protection & Safeguarding<\/a><\/p>

Policy on Sexual Exploitation, Abuse & Harassment<\/a><\/p>

Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>

Policy on Partnership<\/a><\/p>

Policy on Conflict Resolution<\/a><\/p>

Policy on Confliction of Interest<\/a><\/p>

Policy on Transparency<\/a><\/p>

Policy on Whistleblowing<\/a><\/p>

Complaints Policy<\/a><\/p>

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To lodge a complaint please send marked \u2018confidential\u2019 to:<\/p>

Bright Futures Board Chair: Sarah Spiker,\u00a0Bright Futures Child Aid and Development Fund Australia Ltd., PO Box 3071 Rundle Mall SA 5000<\/h6>
Chief Executive Officer:\u00a0 Jack Snelling\u00a0 M: 0457 528 800 E: jack.snelling@brightfutures.com.au<\/h6>
Company Secretary:\u00a0 Paul Madden\u00a0 M: 0411 740 549\u00a0 \u00a0E:\u00a0 paul.madden@brightfutures.com.au<\/h6>
Policy re Donations and Use of Excess Funds\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0\u00a0Gifts of $2 and over are tax deductible.\u00a0\u00a0To qualify for tax deductibility, gifts must be unconditional.\u00a0\u00a0We undertake to allocate your gift according to your wishes, or if not possible, to the nearest similar project.\u00a0 Unmarked gifts will be allocated to the area of most need.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Bright Futures Annual Report 2023-2024<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Statement 2023-2024<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2022-2023<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Statements 2022-2023<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2021-2022<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Statements 2021-2022<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2021<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Statements 2020-2021<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2019-2020<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Report 2019-2020<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2018-2019<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Report 2018-2019<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2017-2018<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Report 2017-2018<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2016-2017<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2015-2016<\/a><\/p>

Audited Financial Report 2015-2016<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2014-2015<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2013-2014<\/a><\/p>

Bright Futures Annual Report 2012-2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Newsletter – June 2023<\/a><\/p>

Newsletter \u2013 June 2022<\/a><\/p>

Newsletter \u2013 December 2021<\/a><\/p>

Newsletter \u2013 June 2021<\/a><\/p>

Newsletter \u2013 December 2020<\/a><\/p>

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