MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION

This Financial Year CAFNEC’s major fundraiser, the Far North Wilderness Bike Tour was cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. Losing this critical fundraiser for us has really rattled our bottom line as an local NFP organisation. 

That’s why this End of Financial Year Appeal we’re asking those who can afford to contribute & make a tax deductible donation to do so. We have make or break financial decisions as an organisation & we need all the help we can get. 

In massive thanks to 5 generous donors including Rainforest Reserves Australia we have grateful to announce we have secure $8,000 in MATCHED DONATIONS. 

This means that within the specific donation period (next week – 22nd-24th) any donation you make will be DOUBLED! A $100 donation will become $200 just like that! 

If you can please share this Donation Opportunity with friends & family that will also go a long way in making sure we secure the funds for the work we do. 

Thank you to everyone who has or is intending to make a tax deductible donation to CAFNEC, the environment & our region this EOFY.

Thank you,
Jasmine Darrah
Fundraising & Database Coordinator
on behalf of the rest of the CAFNEC team.

 

 

MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION

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This Christmas we are asking for your financial support so that we can continue our work to protect our priceless FNQ environment, which has never been more important. 

This year we have worked extremely hard to power through the pandemic & have continued to make strong strides towards a prosperous environment & community.

You now have the opportunity to help us to continue & expand the impact of this work by becoming a monthly Ecostar. Since it is the gift giving season we also wanted you to have the opportunity to gift this donation on behalf of your loved one so they can become an Ecostar too! This is sustainable gift idea with real meaning & direct impact on the future state of our environment.

If you are interested in gifting the Ecostar subscription please contact Jasmine at community@nullcafnec.org.au & she will organise a certificate of donation for you to put under the tree!

To view the CAFNEC Christmas Donation Flyer click here. 

Give your loved one the gift of becoming an Ecostar this Christmas

How you can support CAFNEC this Christmas:

EcoStar Monthly Donation; for yourself or as a gift to a loved one

In a world full of uncertainty and instability, EcoStar monthly donations give CAFNEC the financial confidence and security to reach further, aim higher and pursue long-term change. 

Our monthly EcoStar donations provide vital reliable funds that help us continue to strengthen our region’s capacity for conservation and ensure the voice of our community and environment are strong and independent. 

Whether you’re a local, a new local or a visitor who fell in love with the beauty of FNQ, you can help to protect our unique, tropical environment with a regular donation starting from just $5 per month. Sign up today by clicking here!

Make a special one off Christmas Donation

We welcome one off donations large or small. You can use the form at the top of this page to make a one off donation with your credit card. If you prefer to make an electronic transfer into our account, in particular for larger donations, our bank details are Accnt name: CAFNEC Gift Fund BSB: 704966 Accnt: 100000899. Please type your Full name in the reference field.
If you require a tax receipt for your bank transfer please email admin@nullcafnec.org.au with your name, address and date of donation.

Fundraise for CAFNEC

Participating in a sporting event, race or challenge that you could raise funds for CAFNEC via? You can set up a Peer-to-Peer fundraising page via our Fundraise4CAFNEC page hosted by Raisely. Through this page you can collect donations which will automatically be transferred to CAFNEC, post updates and customise your site.
Sign up to Fundraise for CAFNEC.

All donations over $2 to CAFNEC are tax deductible.

The CAFNEC Gift Fund is a public fund listed on the Register of Environmental Organisations under item 6.1.1 of subsection 30-55(1) of the Income Tax Asssessment Act 1997.

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Three generous CAFNEC members have offered to match donations dollar for dollar (up to $6000) for 48 hours! Wowee!!

This means by donating before 7pm this Thursday 25th June you can double the impact of your EOFY (End of Financial Year) gift.

Last year we had up to $5000 to match and this year it is year it is $6000.
Do you think we can make it? I sure do.

Make a contribution here: https://cafnec-appeal.raisely.com/

Don’t forget: all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Every year CAFNEC relies on funds donated at this time. If you missed my first email calling for your support you can read it here or scroll down to the bottom of this email.

We would like to send a huge thank you to our generous matched donors and to those who have already contributed to the appeal. Your support keeps CAFNEC alive, thriving and pushing for change.

Matching will end this Thursday, 25th June at 7pm – the clock is ticking!

Donate here: https://cafnec-appeal.raisely.com/

COVID has pushed this little non-profit into crisis planning. The truth is we do need your financial support now more than ever. Despite the global pandemic the threats to our environment have not waned but instead worsened. Help us maintain the strength we have built to continue pushing for change.

It is up to us to champion for the changes we want 
– and that our environment needs.

By us, I mean CAFNEC and by CAFNEC, I mean you.
After all, CAFNEC is only made possible by people like you that have supported the environment centre through thick and thin for 38 years.

Work with us, and stand with us.  Our climate, our region, our future depend on it. 

Thank you,
Bess Murphy
Community Engagement Coordinator
on behalf of everyone at CAFNEC

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Wow. Another year has passed!

Click here to read our 2018/19 Annual Report

…or read on for an excerpt from the President and Director

Excerpt – President’s Report 

“Since the 2018 CAFNEC annual report, the organisation has been busy on a range of issues and there has been a changing of the guard with Lucy Graham replacing Roz Walden as Director in late August. 

Roz had three wonderful years as the CAFNEC Director. Add the years before that as a volunteer with the Marine Response Team (MRT) and as a member of the CAFNEC Management Committee, we can safely say that her contribution to the organisation was massive. Her skills as a thoughtful organiser, planner and communicator helped to continue to make CAFNEC the vibrant and financially secure peak body that it is. Roz’s dedication to the protection of our FNQ environment was constant in word and deed. We wish Roz well in her new adventure in New Zealand. 

However, every cloud has a silver lining and we were delighted to welcome Lucy Graham to the role of Director. She is well-known to CAFNEC members and returns, after a period away in Brisbane, with renewed passion and skills. Lucy has already settled in brilliantly to the position and is currently driving CAFNEC’s five year strategic planning process to ensure we remain environmentally engaged and relevant, and financially secure, well into the future.

In January 2019 we were also pleased to expand the CAFNEC team and welcome one of our previous interns, Kate Meliville-Rea as our Projects and Events Coordinator. Kate has worked tirelessly to ensure the ongoing engagement and active improvement of our projects and events including Drain Stencil, Boomerang Bags, Green Drinks and more. She is a real asset to the team here at CAFNEC.

There were many big moments that CAFNEC and its members were involved in this year. These moments called for celebration, renewed focus and determination in the work that we do. We had the greatest pleasure to celebrate 30 years of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. CAFNEC’s role in the creation of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area was key, and we were humbled to reflect on the work of those before us. We commemorated this history in the collector’s edition of Ecotone in November (Vol 38 No 4) ‘Celebrating 30 years of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area’.

Late 2018 a major moment passed as our community lost 23,000 Spectacled Flying-foxes in what was arguably one of Cairns’s worst heat waves. CAFNEC worked with other organisations and members to respond to this event and campaigned for better protection of bats and their roosts. In February 2019 the Australian Government upgraded the threatened status from vulnerable to endangered and we still continue to support their ongoing protection.

The new year saw yet another big moment as CAFNEC dove into the Federal Election. CAFNEC staff and volunteers worked tirelessly throughout the pre-election period and used the opportunity to have conversations about climate change and our region.

The results of the election was a disappointment to many, but as advocates, we never quite know how our work influences change. We do know we knocked on thousands of doors, had hundreds of conversations, got our voices and faces in the media and grew stronger together along the way. Since the election we have seen volunteers from this work step up and become leaders in our community.

There is no doubt that this election has made the environment movement here – and across Australia – stronger and more courageous. This is critical because it only requires the shift of a very small percentage of the population for an idea to become the prevailing view. With our words and actions we can change hearts and minds.

Not long after celebrating 30 years of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area we saw the initiation of the Wet Tropics Plan Review by the Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA). CAFNEC took on the responsibility to oversee, consult with community groups, and write the Wet Tropics Plan Review submission on behalf of the conservation sector. We have an ongoing dialogue with WTMA about this submission and are looking to ensure that the next part of the process, The Tourism Destination Plan, includes strong voices from the conservation sector.

In the middle of the year we had pause for reflection as we mourned the death of Peter Hitchcock and John Glue, two long term members of the environment movement in FNQ. CAFNEC is deeply appreciative of the people who have contributed to our community in the Far North and our quarterly Ecotone celebrated their life and achievements.

The leasing of land to private interests in national parks became a hot topic around this time with the Wangetti Trail and Hinchinbrook  development being proposed. CAFNEC collaborated with four other environmental NGOs to push for the maintenance of the ‘cardinal principle’ in national parks, which we argued would be compromised by private development within these parks. This issue is ongoing and added another complicated dimension to the Wet Tropics review.

The Nullinga Dam project was back on the agenda and CAFNEC argued strongly in stakeholder forums and newspaper columns that the dam did not make any economic (let alone environmental) sense. Along with other community members and groups that opposed the dam, we celebrated it’s dismissal and that the proposal has, once more, been put on the back burner, although disappointingly, not permanently shelved.

The KURWorld development proposal continued to concern the Kuranda and wider community and was stymied by the traffic limitations of the Kuranda Range Road. The Jack Barnes Boardwalk off Airport Avenue, more recently, has galvanised a cross-section of the community seeking its long-term repair and/or replacement given its biological diversity. CAFNEC was proud to work alongside AYCC and School Strikers in the recent and hugely well attended climate strike on the Esplanade which reflected the community sentiment we need urgent action to address the current climate crisis. 

Excitingly we have also had Mangrove Watch funding extended for another 2 years, securing our ability to contribute to important work that helps us all understand and better protect mangrove and saltmarsh communities in FNQ. This work is ever more important as we see mangrove die-back and destruction increasing in our region.”

2019 has been a big year and with strategic planning in process for 2020 – 2025 we are getting ready to ensure the next 5 years are equally strong, impactful and fun. Thank you to everyone in our community who makes CAFNEC what it is.

Denis Walls (President) and Lucy Graham (Director)

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We love the CAFNEC community so much! Every day CAFNEC supporters help protect the environment in many different ways.

Today, after the success of our first ever matched appeal in 2018 we are excited to announce we are doing it again.

Two generous CAFNEC supporters have offered to match donations dollar for dollar (up to $5000) for the next 48 hours! Wowee!!

This means by donating between now and 7pm Thursday 27th June you can double the impact of your EOFY (End of Financial Year) gift.

Donations will be matched for 48 hours only.
Donate today to make your gift go twice as far:
$25 = $50
$50 = $100
$150 = $300
$250 = $500

Last year we had up to $4000 to match and this year it is year it is $5000. Do you think we can make it? I sure do.

Donate here: https://cafnec2019.raisely.com/

Don’t forget: all donations over $2 are tax deductible and your receipt will be emailed to you. 

Every year CAFNEC relies on funds donated at this time. If you missed our first email calling for your support you can read it here.

We would like to send a huge thank you to our generous matched donors and to those who have already contributed to the appeal. Your support keeps CAFNEC alive, thriving and pushing for change.

Matching will end this Thursday, 27th June at 7pm – the clock is ticking!

Donate here: https://cafnec2019.raisely.com/

Many of the bigger environmental organisations send out appeals at this time of the year but we are asking you to donate to a local group like CAFNEC. Invest in action in our community.

It is up to us to fight for the changes we want 
– and that our environment needs.

By us, I mean CAFNEC and by CAFNEC, I mean you.
After all, CAFNEC is only made possible by people like you that have supported the environment centre through thick and thin for 38 years.

Work with us, and stand with us.  Our climate, our region, our future depend on it.

Thank you!

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Bess here. I know many of you are in shock after the Federal Election. I know I am. The national election results are hard to swallow and put simply will result in the continuation of policies we know simply are not working for our environment.

Despite this I want to share a photo with you. This photo was taken early on Saturday night with CAFNEC and Fight For Our Reef Volunteers. We were celebrating our campaign to make climate a key election issue in Leichhardt. In six weeks we knocked on 3000 doors, had over 800 meaningful conversations and had over 600 people send letters to local and national candidates. We handed out thousands of scorecards on Election Day comparing party policies. We hosted events, supported school strikers, got in the way of pollie’s media with climate messages and so much more. We grew our number of volunteers, we grew our skills, we grew our impact.

Despite the national outcome we ask everyone involved in fighting for the environment in FNQ to take stock of their impact and be proud of what we achieved in Leichhardt. Our seat was the only one in the North to buck the Queensland trend. Our re-elected local MP went to great lengths to position himself as good for our Reef and environment and discussed the impact of our campaign on live national TV on Saturday night. The environment, our reef and climate were key election issues and it was the direct result of everyone in our community who stood up and got involved, regardless of what group they were a part of or what angle they approached it from.

No matter the overall outcome of this election, we should be so proud of our work. So thank you to everyone who poured their heart into this campaign.

But where to from here? It does feel daunting. These election results come at a time when a lot of people in the environment movement could do with a break. Throughout this election campaign I found myself saying frequently ‘if I can just get through the election’. I thought I’d get to this week and get a little breather, I think a lot of us did.

The answer to what we do now is pretty straight forward though: we keep going – because we have to. There isn’t another choice with the drastic environmental impacts that are playing out in our world. It is up to us to speak up for our values and stand strong. We re-group and re-evaluate and continue this fight. We must continue to build our movement and reach out to new allies. Only together can we build the movement to overcome powerful vested interests to ensure a safe climate future.

For me ‘keep going’ this week means putting together CAFNEC’s End of Financial Year Appeal, and the letter I’m writing you now is not the letter I thought I would be writing a few days ago. In hindsight it’s lucky I was so busy last week I didn’t get to drafting it before the election. The tone from then would not be the appropriate tone for now.

I haven’t checked but I’m almost certain in each End of Financial Year Appeal I’ve written for CAFNEC in the past few years I’ve said ‘we need you now more than ever’. Yes, a repetition for sure but the reality is every year it is true because every year the survival stakes get higher and higher for our unique Far North Queensland Environment. And every year the urgency mounts.

We do need all our supporters ‘now more than ever’. Put simply donations mean this this tiny but powerful organisation function. It helps us stick up for the issues that matter. It helps us to be bold, it helps us to be adaptive.

Make a donation

When asked in the last few days, how do we go on? The response is simple. In the last 5 years, we have come so far as a movement, both locally and nationally, and more importantly, together we’ve had more influence than we have had in a decade. With the strength and courage we have build through action, change will come, it must.

As we gather our thoughts on how to move forward, I ask that if you are able to give financial some assistance to CAFNEC this End of Financial Year you consider it. I am so proud of how far we have come in the past few years in continuing a legacy started over 37 years ago. I’m tired from the election but I know I can speak for all involved in CAFNEC when I say we have the energy to go on and the dogged passion to never stop.

Many of the bigger environmental organisations send out appeals at this time of the year but instead I’m asking you to donate to a local group like CAFNEC. Invest in action in our community.

Make a donation

All donations over $2 are tax deductible which means if you’ve got your finances in order for tax time you may be able to give a bigger chunk than you think. However as always every bit counts, small or large.
It is up to us to fight for the changes we want
– and that our environment needs.

By us, I mean CAFNEC and by CAFNEC, I mean you.
After all, CAFNEC is only made possible by people like you that have supported the environment centre through thick and thin for over 37 years.

Work with us, and stand with us. Our climate, our region, our future depend on it.

Thank you,
Bess Murphy
Community Engagement Coordinator
on behalf of the rest of the CAFNEC team.

You can make a donation online here, or if you prefer you can also donate by:

• Bank Transfer (recommended for larger donations so we don’t pay fees)
  Accnt name: CAFNEC Gift Fund
  BSB: 704966
  Accnt: 100000899
  Please use your name as transaction reference
• Credit card over the phone:
  Ring office on 07 4032 1746
  Monday – Thursday, 9.30am – 4.00pm, or call in.
• Cheque:
  Drop it into the CAFNEC office Mon – Thurs 9.30am – 4.00pm
  27-29 Greenslopes St North Cairns
  or post to PO Box 323N North Cairns, Qld 4870.

Ps. Will you help us spread the word?
If you have a moment please forward this link to others with a quick sentence or two about why you support CAFNEC and ask them to also invest in us to build a strong and united voice for conservation in Far North Queensland.

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Are you in a position to make an End of Financial Year contribution to CAFNEC?

All donations over $2 are tax deductible and directly support CAFNEC’s grass roots environmental advocacy in the region.

With your support, we can continue to push for greater conservation and protection of the region’s remarkable environment, as we have done for 37 years. 

To make a donation click here (opens new page). Your receipt will be emailed to you after. 

Alternatively you can donate by:

• Bank Transfer – Accnt name: CAFNEC Gift Fund, BSB: 704966 Accnt: 100000899 (Use your name as transaction reference)

• Credit card over the phone: ring office on 07 4032 1746 Monday – Thursday, 9.30am – 4.00pm, or call in.

• Cheque: Drop it into the office Mon – Thurs 9.30am – 4.00pm at 27-29 Greenslopes St North Cairns or post to PO Box 323N North Cairns, Qld 4870.

Thank you so much for your support!

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There is so much at stake. In Far North Queensland we are already reeling from the impacts of Climate Change: unprecedented coral bleaching and mangrove dieback, record breaking temperatures, mass die offs of endangered mammals like flying foxes and islands being inundated with seawater in the Torres Strait.

We don’t need to tell you this. We know our supporters are feeling it, experiencing it first hand, feeling it in their heart and in their community.

At CAFNEC we believe change happens in the community. Climate Change is devastating our region yet we are rollercoastering toward a Federal Election where both major parties lack credible climate policies.

The next few years will define the degree of the suffering caused by Climate Change. Most importantly the incoming Federal Government will define Australia’s part in this suffering. To exacerbate or lessen it. There will be a Federal election between now and May and we must make sure this is the Climate Election. 

This Federal Election we want to be prepared, and that’s why we’ve already been gearing up the past few months along with other environmental organisations.

This election is make or break for Climate Change in Australia. And you can help make that climate action happen.

In our community we want feet on the ground: door knocking, talking, writing, walking for a safer climate. We’ve been fighting for this region for 37 years and we don’t intend to stop.

We know we can count on all of you to stand up, stand out and get out in the community and talk about this issue but we also need your financial support. Put simply we need dollars to plan for our response in Far North Queensland, to plan for our impact. 

Will you chip in this Christmas and support CAFNEC’s climate work?   

We say this all the time but we’ll say it again: every tiny bit adds up and has real impact – we are strong in Far North Queensland because there are many of us who care for our environment. Any contribution will help us get the message to our next elected representatives that our community expects nothing less than an emergency response to the climate crisis – we must do all we can.

This Christmas donate to support CAFNEC’s climate work. We are making plans now, for next year. Donations made from 4pm Thursday 13th December til 4pm Thursday 20th of December will determine how much we can do: The more we have, the more we can do – so chip in all you can, we’re running the appeal for 7 days only!

Make a donation by credit card using the form to the right of the page (or scroll down on mobile) and your tax receipt will be emailed to you.

Alternatively you can donate by:

• Bank Transfer – Accnt name: CAFNEC Gift Fund, BSB: 704966 Accnt: 100000899 (Use your name as transaction reference)

• Credit card over the phone: ring office on 07 4032 1746 Monday – Thursday, 9.30am – 4.00pm, or call in.

• Cheque: Drop it into the office Mon – Thurs 9.30am – 4.00pm at 27-29 Greenslopes St North Cairns or post to PO Box 323N North Cairns, Qld 4870.

Thank you so much for your support! Let’s do this! 

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📢 Donate your drink containers and HELP CAFNEC! 📢

On the 1st of November 2018 the Containers for Change QLD scheme began. This means most beverage containers now have a 10c value that can be redeemed by taking your containers to a depot.

CAFNEC is excited to announce we have signed up as a registered charity that you can donate to via the scheme and it is so easy!

Simply collect your eligible containers, take them to a depot and enter CAFNEC’s scheme ID C10006963, the refund will be sent to us automatically. 

Your beverage containers like beer bottles and cans are now worth money so you can either put them in the recycling bin and give that money to the local council when they collect your rubbish or you could save them up and drop them at a depot and make a donation to CAFNEC!

List of eligible containers here: https://bit.ly/2PTLhZB
Containers for Change website: https://www.containersforchange.com.au/where-can-i-return
List of drop off points in FNQ: We would recommend going to an ‘Over the counter depot’ for your first drop off to familiarise yourself with the process.

We are hoping that our supporters and members can really get on board with this, participate and promote to others to support CAFNEC too. As an organisation we campaigned hard to see this litter prevention legislation introduced and it is great to think of how it can support our continued work. We just need everyone to get on board!

We’re currently looking for volunteers to help us grow this fundraising option by setting up a monthly business collection route to collect containers from hospitality businesses and look into other ways of collecting for CAFNEC. If you’re interested contact Bess community@nullcafnec.org.au.

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