Funding Applications

Each year Woodside invites applications from community organisations to financially support worthwhile programs.

This invitation takes place annually for funds to be drawn the following year.

Woodside's social investment program is focused on creating health and well-being at a personal, community and environmental level.

There are three categories to Woodside's social investment program:

• Living Energy - personal health and well-being;
• Creative Energy - community health and well-being; and
• Natural Energy - environmental health and well-being.

London Benchmarking Group

Woodside is a member of the London Benchmarking Group.

The London Benchmarking Group monitors and measures our social investments, a three tiered funding structure supporting not-for-profit community-based organisations at a regional, state and national level.

We measure social investment contributions in these categories:

• Donations – Intermittent support to a wide range of good causes in response to the needs and appeals of chartable and community organisations, increasingly through partnerships between the company, its employees, customers and suppliers.
• Community Investment – Long term strategic involvement in community partnerships to address a specific range of special issues chosen by the company to support its long term corporate interest, to enhance its reputation and to contribute effectively to communities where it can make a positive impact.
• Community Initiative – Activities in the community, usually by commercial departments, to support directly the success of the company, promoting its corporate brand identities and other polices, in partnership with charities and community-based organisations.

Our focus in 2012 is to measure our impacts using the London Benchmarking Group impact tool (view the user guide, or visit http://www.lbg-online.net).

All applicants are asked to review the guide to better understand how they can measure and report the impacts of their programs.

There are four steps to making an application. These are:
 
Step 1: Read the Woodside Social Investment Guidelines

Step 2: Read the Woodside Code of Conduct

Step 3: Complete the Application form

Step 4: Submit the application form with financial details

For more information please contact: 
Community Relations
Ph: +61 8 9348 4000
Email: communityrelations@woodside.com.au