Address: Chadstone Shopping Centre, Level 9, Office Tower One
1341 Dandenong Road, Chadstone Vic 3148
PO Box 204
Chadstone Vic 3148
Australia
Phone: +61 3 8564 1288
Mobile: + 61 0 458 344 689
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Website: https://gandelfoundation.org.au/
Director/Person in Charge: John Gandel AC, Chairman and Co-founder
Principal Staff Members:
Vedran Drakulic OAM, CEO
Nicole Brittain, Grant Manager, Jewish and Israel programs
Year Established: 1978
Type of Organisation or Mission: A private family foundation which supports a broad range of social and community organisations, including a specific and significant focus on Holocaust remembrance and education throughout Australia. Gandel Foundation provides grants, in-kind support and other assistance to organisations to develop and deliver Holocaust education and remembrance programs in schools and in the general community. Gandel Foundation also runs an award-winning national program called the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators, a year-long professional development program for Australian secondary school teachers who learn how to properly and effectively teach about the Holocaust, culminating in an 18-day immersive training at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
Services: Teacher training (through the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program), and also through joint funding with the State of Victoria government for training of teachers in Victorian public schools; Holocaust education programs; Holocaust exhibitions such as the Anne Frank Travelling Exhibition and the Courage to Care exhibition; support for Holocaust museums and centres such as the establishment of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre; grants and funding for organisations that deliver Holocaust education; grants and funding for Holocaust remembrance programs; convening and knowledge sharing initiatives; public research related to Holocaust knowledge and awareness in Australia; advocacy initiatives such as lobbying State governments in Australia to introduce mandatory Holocaust education in public schools (implemented in the State of Victoria); and awareness and recognition of Holocaust education programs and activities such as the Gandel Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education.
