PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE FOR PILBARA PROGRAM
Earbus Foundation is delighted to have won 'Most Outstanding Large Organisation' at the Pilbara For Purpose Awards.
Earbus has three programs in the Pilbara, servicing communities around Newman, Tom Price, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland. CEO & co-founder Dr Lara Shur said it was important to bring support to remote areas who would normally have to travel significant distances for ear health services.
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EARFLO THE GO IN PILBARA
Earbus Foundation research partner, EarFlo, have developed an innovative device to assist in the treatment of glue ear and middle ear disease. With the support of the Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, we will now expand the successful clinical trial to the Pilbara region. Aboriginal children will now have access to this non-invasive treatment which has the potential to change the way we treat middle ear disease in children.
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EAR HEALTH BOOST DURING NAIDOC WEEK
In celebrating NAIDOC week, Alcoa announced its global charity, the Alcoa Foundation, will provide Earbus Foundation of WA with three year's of funding to continue to deliver our program across the communities near where it operates in the Kwinana, Peel and Upper South West regions.
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CHEERS TO TEN YEARS
The Earbus team is grateful for the kindness of three fabulous Chefs who each donated their time and expertise to help us celebrate our ten year milestone at CALEB's Restaurant & Bar. Chefs Stephen Clarke, Caleb Azuka and Phil LaBrooy each created a course utilising produce from local West Australian suppliers matched with premium WA wines, beers from Spinifex Brewing Co., and Yaru Water, all of which was also generously donated.
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RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP HONOURS HARVEY COATES
Prior to the pandemic, Earbus Foundation announced a partnership with Griffith University in Queensland to create the Harvey Coates Research Fellowship. Honouring our Clinical Patron, Professor Harvey Coates AO, Earbus is proudly supporting the funding of a PhD student to conduct Otitis media research at the university's Institute for Glycomics on the Gold Coast.
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LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AT EARBUS FOUNDATION
Earbus Foundation of WA is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Lara Shur as the new Chief Executive Officer.
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EARBUS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF OPERATION IN 2023
From humble beginnings around a kitchen table in Wanneroo in April 2013, Earbus Foundation of WA has grown to become one of - if not the - leading ear health service providers in Australia in terms of reach and client throughput.
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CAN KIDS IN DETENTION HEAR?
Recent media spotlight on Banksia Hill and juveniles detained by the WA justice system begs the question of how many of these young offenders can hear?
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YOUNG INDIGENOUS WOMAN WORKING TO CLOSE THE GAP
Listen to our Program Coordinator Kassy Hayden, a young Noongar Yamatji woman, share a little about her role at Earbus and the work we do.
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SERVING YOURSELF OR SERVING OTHERS?
CEO & co-founder Paul Higginbotham recently shared with Third Sector News about how we stay on mission.
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LIVED EXPERIENCE SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON OM
Earbus Outreach Program Coordinator for the Goldfields & Pilbara, Kassy Hayden, made the national news this month sharing her lived experience of Otitis media (middle ear disease), telling National Indigenous Times how getting the condition treated makes a big positive impact in children’s lives.
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NEW MINISTER VISITS EARBUS
The Earbus team was delighted by a recent visit to our Hear Today Clinic from the Hon Dr Anne Aly MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth.
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