Help Acclaim to raise funds to help our talented young Australian opera singers. Acclaim receives some grant money, but we need help in a range of areas to maintain and increase our funding. Any help, in any way will be very beneficial. You might be skilled in just one area or in several, but it can all help. The type of things we need assistance with include: • Apply for Grants. A lot of information can be provided and templates given, but we then need ongoing applications made by due dates • Help write regular communications with donors and supports, emails, a newsletter • Help manage request program, annual emails to data base for e.g. End of Financial Year donation requests • Manage a data base • Send emails regarding events, post events, donation requests, etc • Help the team manage events, Opera Dinners, soirees, etc The organisation is called the Acclaim Awards, for full information, please go to our website.

There is a Board of 7 Directors, all are volunteers.

You will work with two of the main directors who will guide your work and help provide you with all the information you need to do your job.

You can work from home or your office.

Acclaim does not have an office, there are no paid staff. All our funds go to providing prizes to our talented young singers.

We support very talented young Australian opera singers, aged 18-34. They can be from anywhere in Australia. We send them to the very best institutions and teachers in Italy to be taught in the Italian teaching technique to help them reach the very highest international standard possible. Some go on to have an international career, and some return home and perform here at an international standard.

We are a small and very friendly “family” of volunteers. We all love opera and enjoy helping highly talented young singers. We work with everyone in the Australian opera world, all opera companies, all teachers, etc. We believe it takes a village to raise an opera singer, and we play a small part in providing some of the best training possible.

Please email us to express your interest and tell us how you think you can help us in our work.