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AUSPOL – Police Welfare Foundation (PWF) is Australia's National Police charity, assisting serving and former law enforcement officers and employees, and their families and dependants. It was established in 1999 and is an Australian Taxation Office authorised Deductible Gift Recipient.
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Appeal
The PWF launched its online donations appeal in 2008 in a partnership with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Australia. This included the launch of the single 'St Michael's Day' by the band 'Federal as Anything' which includes prominent Police Officers Australian Federal Police Former Commissioner Mick Keelty and the current Commissioner Tony Negus. All proceeds from the sale of the single on the iTunes music store go towards the PWF.
In the wake of the Victorian Bushfires, the PWF assisted members of the Victorian Police that had been badly affected.
Affiliates
The AUSPOL – Police Welfare Foundation is affiliated with the United Kingdom's Police Dependants' Trust.
The PWF has largely been modelled on the successful Police Dependants' Trust which has Elizabeth II as its patron.
Governance
The trustee of the Police Welfare Foundation is the Australian Law and Justice Association Ltd. (ALAJA). Its directors are:
Applications for assistance are considered by the Benefits Assignment Committee, which comprises two directors of ALAJA (one of whom chairs the Committee) and one community representative who is connected to ALAJA. Members of the Benefits Assignment Committee are appointed by the trustees for a term of 12 months.