Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Lucy Jacka is the General Manager Fundraising at Cerebral Palsy Alliance and also holds the title of Acting Head of Fundraising. Prior to this role, Lucy was the Strategic Partnerships Manager at Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Lucy has also worked as the Fundraising Manager at Asthma Foundation NSW and held multiple roles at Asthma Foundation NSW and McGraw-Hill Australia. Lucy is a member of the Fundraising Institute Australia and holds a Master of Arts in English Literature and a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English & Industrial Relations from the University of Sydney.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Cerebral Palsy Alliance is a ground-breaking, global centre of expertise for cerebral palsy research, advocacy, intervention and assistive technology innovation. - We are world leaders in cerebral palsy research, and the world’s largest private funder of cerebral palsy research - Our research informs our world-class interventions and services which we provide across about 70 sites throughout metropolitan, regional and rural NSW and the ACT - Our global disability tech accelerator program, Remarkable, is unlocking the potential of technology to drive greater inclusion for people with disability - we connect inclusive start-ups with the capital, expertise and skills they need to succeed. - We use our influence to bring together communities in advocating for change. For over 75 years, we have been driven by our founders’ vision of a future where nothing is impossible for people with cerebral palsy and similar conditions. Together with our clients, the 17 million+ global cerebral palsy community, our 2500+ employees and 150,000+ donors, fundraisers and entrepreneurs, we are contributing to solving the next set of impossibilities. We believe that one person can have an idea, but it takes different skills and the knowledge of many people to make that idea a reality. This is what happens when great minds think differently.