Crawford Australia has wasted no time kick starting our First Nations social impact efforts, following the release of our inaugural聽Reconciliation Action Plan earlier this month.
We are raffling of the original artwork featured on the cover of the RAP, with all money raised going straight into the聽.
Arts Law is a not-for-profit,聽independent, national community legal centre for the arts. It provides free or low cost specialised legal advice, education and resources to Australian artists and arts organisations across all art forms, on a wide range of arts related legal and business matters.聽
Arts Law鈥檚 Artists in the Black program delivers targeted services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists nationally. The program helps First Nations artists maintain the copyright to their work, know their rights, and have legally binding Wills created to protect the cultural and financial legacy of their artwork long into the future.
Head of key account management Angela Fitzpatrick, who led the development of Crawford鈥檚 first RAP alongside eight other passionate Crawford employees, said doing something meaningful with the commissioned piece of art felt fitting.
鈥淗aving a RAP is about truly making a difference, making an impact within our sphere of influence, and for us, that starts immediately with our fundraising efforts for Arts Law.
鈥淏eing a part of this project has been genuinely enlightening and rewarding but of course now the hard work really begins. We have made numerous commitments in our RAP and we are really optimistic about achieving those goals through the 鈥楻eflect鈥� RAP stage with the guidance of Reconciliation Australia where needed,鈥� Fitzpatrick commented.
Australia President Jonathan Hubbard said that with the organisation鈥檚 purpose being to restore lives, businesses and communities, it was very important to him that Crawford got on board the RAP journey.
鈥淚n so many ways, Crawford consistently delivers upon our 鈥楻estore鈥� promise in our everyday work across 70+ countries. But to be truly aligned to these values in the Australian context, we believe that Crawford must begin to participate in reconciliation with our First Nations peoples.
鈥淎longside many of our insurance industry clients, we operate in virtually every corner of Australia and touch a vast number of communities every day. So, we think that having a RAP will help guide us to ensure any service delivered to First聽
Nations peoples is done so in a culturally informed, respectful and accessible way.
鈥淚n my mind, RAPs are important because they form the framework and leave an undeniable marker within an organisation that it must evolve and do better by First Nations peoples,鈥澛�
Hubbard said.
The artwork titled Flourishing Futures,聽by Tim Buckley of Rareland Studio, is acrylic on canvas measuring 90cms by 60cms. Buckley is a Mununjali/Yugambeh man and visual storyteller with a passion for people and the natural world: 鈥淭he dots represent individual entities and when grouped together they represent teams, collective learning and growth. The amorphous shapes and forms represent diverse landscapes where employees live, work and play. These are the places and spaces where meaningful change occurs, building respect.
The linework, represents the dynamism and movement of the journey and the natural flow of life, of which we are all a part.鈥�
Raffle tickets to win Flourishing Futures are available via Arts Law鈥檚 website until 22 November.
