VIC/TAS State Chapter Christmas and End of Year Celebration
About
Join our VIC/TAS FCA State Chapter Committee and your fellow franchising peers for a night of celebration and festive cheer as we share our wins from the year.
Enjoy finger food and drinks while catching up with your colleagues at the final FCA event of 2022.
Let's celebrate the end of the year by acknowledging the challenges we faced and getting ready for what 2023 will bring.
This year we are teaming with the charity OzChild to support children in need.
We encourage everyone to bring along a gift to put under the OzChild wishing tree or donate on the night.
OzChild is a leading child welfare organisation committed to improving the lives of at-risk children, young people and families for over 170 years. We work hard every day to provide a better future for those in our care, with the belief that every child and young person deserves the chance to shine. OzChild is focused on providing support for children and young people in foster or kinship care and keeping families together where possible through the delivery of evidence-based programs and evidenced-informed services aimed at strengthening and repairing relationships. Each year we conduct the OzChild Wishing Tree – seeking donated gifts for children and young people in our care to help brighten their lives and put smiles on faces at Christmas time. The Wishing Tree is made possible by our generous corporate and individual supporters. We aim to distribute up to 2,000 gifts each year.
Speakers
MC - Bruce McFarlane, CEO, BDC Partners
Bruce is the Chief Executive Officer of BDC Partners, a multi-disciplinary advisory firm that helps franchisors and retailers to grow successful businesses. Bruce is also founder and principal of BDC Law and leader of the firm's M&A team. He has over twenty five years experience advising franchisors and other business owners on commercial legal issues and development strategies.
Supporting the franchise sector is important to Bruce, he has been an elected member of the Victorian State Chapter Committee of the Franchise Council of Australia for over 12 years and presented at various FCA state and national events.
Bruce is a shareholder and former CEO of BlueRock, an entrepreneurial advisory firm and Everything is Awesome Limited, as investment company that has interests in hospitality, retail, technology, professional services, property consultancy and contract management businesses
Martin Murley, Philanthropic & Corporate Partnerships Manager, OzChild
An educator at heart, with over 35 years’ experience in the education and not-for-profit sectors, Martin is committed to building productive partnerships that have kindness and generosity at their core, by pairing philanthropic intent with tackling disadvantage.
Martin has worked in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector since 2012, firstly in youth homelessness prevention, and now supporting vulnerable children and young people in out-of-home (OOHC) or at risk of entering care with child welfare agency OzChild.
Prior to his jump into the NFP space, Martin worked in the education sector, teaching, marketing, career counselling, project managing, tendering, business developing and managing high-performing teams.
A serial volunteer from kindergarten committees to school councils, he spent four years broadcasting in community radio in Ballarat, volunteered as an MC/stage coordinator at the Caloundra Music Festival, and just spent October running the equivalent of a half marathon a week, to raise funds and awareness for OzChild as part of Move It For OzChild.
Location
Findex Offices
Level 42/600 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Cost
Members: $65
Non-Members: $120