The Trustee for QCoal Foundation

We are committed to building resilient regional and remote communities Resilient regional communities are built on the pillars of health, education and liveability. QCoal Foundation develops programs in conjunction with communities across Queensland to deliver sustainable improvements over the long term. In developing our programs, the QCoal Foundation applies a social venture approach based on identifying community needs, supporting the development and trial of innovative solutions and capturing data during the trial phase to measure the effectiveness of the solution and track real community improvements over time. The trial results are then used as the basis to achieve a sustainable operating model to ensure the solution continues to deliver improvements over the long term. Communityfocused programs to encourage liveability, health and education in regional and remote communities Our social venture approach is best demonstrated by the RFDS Dental Service. As a Founding Partner of the RFDS Dental Service, the QCoal Foundation funded the initial fouryear trial that provided stateof theart oral care to over 8,000 patients in 21 regional and remote communities using a mobile dental unit. Clinical and operational data collected during the trial allowed us to clearly demonstrate that mobile oral health provision was an efficient and effective approach for regional and remote communities without compromising on technology or standards of patient care. Innovative programs delivering sustainable improvements QCoal Foundation partners with leading forpurpose organisations, Hear and Say for the RETAIN program, and Act for Kids for the ReACT CQ program. RETAIN sees an innovative approach to using telepractice technology to provide worldclass listening and spoken word therapy to children experiencing hearing loss in regional and remote communities and ReACT CQ brings traumainformed therapy to vulnerable children and their families in Central Queensland addressing a crucial service gap. In addition, QCoal Foundation continues to seek opportunities to contribute to building sustainable regional communities by investing in new communityled initiatives targeting health, liveability and education. The QCoal Foundation relies on public donations to continue to grow its projects.