The Livingstone Foundation was established by Livingstone International in late 2022. The Livingstone Foundation focuses on human welfare, education, community development, and spiritual and physical well-being, supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, rural areas, the elderly, and youth development. The aim is to support all ages, disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised Australians so they are given the best opportunity in life to thrive.
The Livingstone Foundation does not solicit donations. It solely relies on the donation of Livingstone International, who has committed to donate a portion of its annual income.
Livingstone Foundation has appointed a professional independent administrator Australian Philanthropic Services to support the directors with governance and giving with impact.
When you purchase from Livingstone International, you are contributing to the success of The Livingstone Foundation.
In recent years, the Livingstone Foundation has donated funds to Asthma Australia, the Black Dog Institute, and Dementia Australia. These donations have contributed to supporting community awareness campaigns and assisting critical research initiatives. These contributions underscore their commitment to making a lasting impact on public health and well-being.
Livingstone is proud to be partnering Accelerate, a Supply Nation Certied company. Accelerate offers a diverse range of products for your everyday and business needs.
Livingstone and Accelerate share an aligned vision and commitment of delivering high quality products, services and support to all businesses, communities and individuals throughout Australia.
With this partnership and access to funding and resources, it allows Accelerate to fund their initiatives of providing further education, employment and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
By supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses, means you will have a direct role in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The Accelerate logo features the artwork MALDHANHA, which means "to provide". This deeply spiritual piece represents the growth of Accelerate’s business in alignment with its commitment to delivering professional services to businesses and communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists Trevor Eastwood and Jason Douglas from Dalmarri carefully created this artwork to reflect Accelerate’s mission and goals.
By supporting Accelerate, means a percentage of the profit is donated to community programs, education and employment.
As an Australian-owned company, we are passionate about developing key initiatives that support and provide opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their communities, and businesses. We have proudly partnered with not-for-profit organisations to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Livingstone collaborated with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists Trevor Eastwood and Jason Douglas from Dalmarri, a Supply Nation Certified company, to create artwork for two newly introduced product ranges. We worked closely with them to develop meaningful and impactful designs for our Miyan and Duga ranges, reflecting our commitment to improving healthcare for all communities by providing access to quality products.
Through our collaboration with Dalmarri, we are able to contribute to their movement by providing education and awareness to schools, corporations and individuals across Australia through art, while creating further employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Livingstone launched our new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inspired range, Duga. Duga pronounced "do-gora" means to give or to supply. The artwork is illustrated by the many layers of Livingstone through research, knowledge and development from its beginnings providing healthcare products to all communities.
Gunawirra is a community-led, Not-For-Profit Organisation that works closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families, children and communities to reach their full potential. Their focus is operating programs that build capacity and confidence towards healing, resilience and self-reliance. Their commitment is operating programs that are initiated and informed by the community we serve. These practical grassroots programs advocate healing through culture, and improvements in health and educational outcomes.
Livingstone and Gunawirra core visions and commitments are aligned to support children, their families and their communities for them to be given the best opportunity in life to thrive. Livingstone will donate 1% of the sales of Duga products sold to Gunawirra Organisation who proudly support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mothers and Preschools across Australia. The DUGA donation will contribute to the art therapist in the Jarjum preschool in Lismore.
Gunawirra's provision of art therapy for preschoolers focuses on nurturing the emotional and creative development of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Through engaging, hands-on art activities, children are encouraged to express their feelings and experiences in a supportive environment. Employing techniques that involve smooth and repetitive bilateral movements and combining rhythmic repetition and nurturing interactions, an approach that effectively boosts sensory awareness and encourages improved emotional and bodily regulation in the children.
During these therapeutic sessions, the Gurung (children) have fun while learning to focus and participate in activities designed to support behavioural self-regulation and fine motor skills, ultimately working towards school readiness. The activities incorporate local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, totems, and symbols that reinforce their connection to culture.
Livingstone is proud to announce our partnership with UNICEF Australia. As part of this partnership, we made a one-off donation to support vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia, helping to ensure they are given the best opportunities in life to thrive.
After careful evaluation, UNICEF Australia and Livingstone selected the perfect program that reflects our vision of supporting young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and the most disadvantaged communities in Australia. The program selected is the UNICEF Australia Early Childhood Development Program that supports young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in rural areas of Australia, who often face significant barriers in accessing early childhood education and healthcare services.
The UNICEF Australia Early Childhood Development Program provides support for communities and parents to provide the nurturing care that children under the age of five need - across the critical domains of health, nutrition, stimulation and protection by supporting a locally developed program that aims to:
Both Livingstone and UNICEF Australia’s core visions and commitments are aligned to deliver life changing support to disadvantaged children and their communities in rural and remote locations to help ensure that every child has a fair chance to realise their full potential.
Livingstone is committed to providing access, resources or funds that are readily available to the community. With this partnership, it allows St. George Foundation to fund programs run by charities who are truly close to the families they help but who don’t attract funding from government and aren’t big enough to generate significant fundraising income.
Since 1990, St. George Foundation has partnered with over 800 community organisations across Australia and invested more than $23 million to improve the lives of Australian kids who are physically, socially or economically disadvantaged.
Livingstone and St. George Foundation core visions and commitments are aligned to deliver high quality support to disadvantaged Australian children.
Livingstone International acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia on which we operate and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present.