Our community
Community Bubs Program
Cybec Foundation supports Family Life’s Community Bubs program. This program helps parents develop parenting skills, grow self-confidence and supports them in meeting their child’s developmental needs, equipping them with the skills needed to ensure their baby thrives and develops in a safe and supportive home environment.
Cydelia House
Cydelia House is a student accommodation facility bought in 2013 and refurbished to the highest standard by Cybec Foundation with the aim of providing accommodation for mature age and graduate students.
The Jim Willis Studentship
The Jim Willis Studentship was established by Cybec Foundation and honours the late Dr James Hamlyn Willis, a distinguished former senior member of staff at the National Herbarium of Victoria.
Red Stitch Theatre
Cybec Foundation is a philanthropic partner of Red Stitch Theatre. Established in 2002, Red Stitch Theatre performs contemporary Australian plays and award-winning new writing from around the world.
Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute
The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute is an independent, internationally renowned medical research facility, with a history spanning more than 93 years. Cybec Foundation has been a supporter of their work since 2004.
Monash Law Clinics
Cybec Foundation support Monash Law Clinics which are free community legal centres staffed by law and social work students enrolled at Monash University's Law Faculty and Social Work Department. The clinics provide free advice and assistance to members of the community in relation to a range of legal matters.
Oodgeroo Scholarship
The Oodgeroo Scholarships were established by Trinity College with the support of Cybec Foundation in honour of Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonucal (1920–92).
St Leonard’s College
Roger Riordan had a long association with St Leonard 's College in East Brighton. Cybec Foundation continues this long association by supporting two scholarships at the College.
Cassandra McLean Memorial Scholarship
Burnley College at the University of Melbourne has been a centre for teaching and research in urban horticulture since 1891. Dr Cassandra McLean was a Senior Lecturer at Burnley College.
Flinders Quartet
Flinders Quartet is the longest-running professional string quartet in Melbourne. It is an internationally respected force in chamber music, championing contemporary relevance and artform regeneration.
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war. in 2002, Cybec Foundation paid for the refurbishment of approximately 200 latrines in Afghanistan.
The Sally Riordan
In 1999, Roger and Sally Riordan paid for the fit-out of an air ambulance for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The RFDS provides emergency aeromedical evacuations throughout rural and remote Australia for people who are seriously ill or injured and require urgent medical attention.
Ned’s Corner
Ned’s Corner is a large property owned by The Trust for Nature with a 35km frontage to the Murray River. The property had previously been used as a sheep station and was seriously degraded. Cybec Foundation paid for the cost of refurbishing the homestead to make it into a centre for environmental studies for La Trobe University.
The National Theatre
Cybec Foundation supports The National Theatre, Melbourne with the Cybec Scholarship for drama students who demonstrate their professional potential.
Indigenous Eye Health
Cybec Foundation has provided ongoing support and encouragement to Indigenous Eye Health Australia in its work to ‘close the gap’ for indigenous eye health.
Vision Australia
Cybec Foundation has been a longtime supporter of Vision Australia’s library service which opens up a world of information to people who are blind, or have low vision, or a print disability.
The Smith Family
Cybec Foundation supported The Smith Family to fit out the consulting rooms at its Victorian Head Office to provide a private and comfortable space to assess the needs of disadvantaged families.
Cybec Electric
Melbourne Theatre Company’s annual Cybec Electric play reading series celebrates theatre in its essence: great stories, electric writing and brilliant acting all working to ignite the audience’s imagination.
Cydelia Conservation Reserve
Cydelia Conservation Reserve is a 160ha block owned by Cybec Foundation and preserved as a conservation area supporting several species of endangered plants as well as a number of species of endangered birds.