Mansfield Hospital Auxiliary Annual Art Prize

The Mansfield District Hospital Auxiliary asked the Foundation to provide a prize for local artists to be awarded at the annual art show held in aid of the Mansfield District Hospital.  A prize of $1,500.00 is awarded to a local artist each year.

List of funded projects

The following list of projects were fully or partially funded by the Harry and Clare Friday Foundation 

2023/2024

Rosehaven Hospice
$13,716
Outdoor patient equipment

Mansfield Autism Statewide Services
$10,370
Disability Swing

Mansfield District Hospital
Isolette Crib
$9,678 remainder of total cost

2022/2023

Mansfield Autism Statewide Services
$1,956
Pool cover

Mansfield District Hospital
$20,000
Isolette Crib

Rosehaven Hospice
$30,000 to renovate Training Centre

2021/2022

Mansfield District Hospital
$5,868
Raizer lifting chair

Bindaree and Buckland House
$35,000
Tovertafel unit for use by cognitively impaired residents suffering from dementia – assists with social and intellectual activities

Rosehaven Hospice
$2,665
Syringe drivers

$11,235
Air pressure mattresses

2020/2021

Rosehaven Hospice
$6,160
Lifting hoists for safe patient handling

$6,620
Smart televisions and iPad

2019/2020

Mansfield Autism Statewide Services
$6,560
Lounge suite and armchairs for Acorn house

Mansfield District Hospital
$14,990.00 Ultra Sound for dialysis
$4,120 Vital Signs monitor for Bindaree

2018/2019

Mansfield Autism Statewide Services
$1,360
Dishwasher at Crossroads facility

Mansfield District Hospital
$2,000
Capital works

2017/2018

Mansfield District Hospital including Bindaree
$51,000
CCTV installation

Beolite Village
$90,000 ($30,000 per year for 3 years)
Friday Foundation Creative Arts Centre

Mansfield District Hospital
$20,000
Capital works

Mansfield Anglican Parish
$1,750
Debribillator

Beolite Village
$15,000
Further funding of Gardening activities centre

Mansfield Autism Statewide Services
$4,562
Celebration of a year in Mansfield – art exhibition of place, space and autism

Mansfield Autism Statewide Services
$6,710
Fencing for residential facility Malcolm Street

2016/2017

Beolite Village
$15,000
Solar panels and additional chicken facilities

2015/2016

Yooralla
$10,800
Sensory Garden

Beolite Village
$10,000
Expansion of the Friday Foundation Gardening Activities Centre

Ambulance Victoria
$2,052
Wilderness/remote Area rescue kit

2014/2015

Jamieson Community Group
Matched funding, Aussie Icon Ball
$3,730

Mansfield Autism Statewide Services
$35,000
Assist with purchase of bus for educational purposes

2013/2014

Mansfield District Hospital
$90,000
Bentley House Redevelopment Project

Beolite Village
$22,000
Gardening activities centre

Mansfield District Hospital
$5,000
Travelling scholarships for Mansfield District Hospital staff

Bindaree
$2,726
Part funding of automatic door

Mansfield District Hospital
$50,000
Capital works

Mansfield District Hospital
$17,000
Part funding of HDTV processor and video camera

Mansfield District Hospital
$2,400
Travelling staff scholarship

Mansfield District Hospital
$17,000
Operating theatre air flow and filtration system

2011/2012

Mansfield District Hospital
$1,517
Matched funding, HI-Lo easy care bed

2010/2011

Buckland House
$19,534
Upgrade patient rooms, including bedside lockers, chairs and bed tables

Mansfield District Hospital
$4,000
Travelling staff scholarships

Mansfield District Hospital
$30,000
Capital works

Mansfield District Hospital
$73,235
Capital works