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Shell's PM's award assists aboriginal community school - October 2008
Shell's PM's award assists aboriginal community school
Shell was awarded the 2007 Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships for the special category “Impact on a Community”. The prize money from that $10,000 has been donated to two of Shell's social investment projects from opposite ends of the country - the Corio Let's Read programme and the Parnngurr Remote Aboriginal Community School.
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Partners in Arts and Science - October 2008
Partners in Arts and Science
Since late 2005, Shell Netherlands and the Van Gogh Museum have been working together as Partners in Science in a unique research project.
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PM’s prize means more Shell support for Corio Let’s Read - October 2008
PM’s prize means more Shell support for Corio Let’s Read
Prize money awarded to Shell Companies in Australia through the 2007 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence will be donated back to key social development programmes - the Parnngurr Remote Aboriginal Community School and the Let’s Read programme in Corio.
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Shell EcoVolunteers - helping to adapt to the effects of Climate Change - October 2008
Shell EcoVolunteers - helping to adapt to the effects of Climate Change
Shell has recently launched a new national social investment initiative with its community business partner, Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA). The initiative will help communities around Australia address the issue of climate change at a local level.
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Shell expands ‘Let's Read’ programme in Gosnells WA - October 2008
Shell expands ‘Let's Read’ programme in Gosnells WA
Earlier this year the City of Gosnells provided funding for the establishment of the Let's Read programme for 150 Gosnells families through the Maddington and East Kenwick Playgroups. With additional funding by Shell, the programme will now be extended to three more centres, boosting the programme's reach to 500 families in Gosnells.
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September

Keeping children safe at Shell - September 2008internal article
Keeping children safe at Shell
Taking a look at Shell India's safety campaign for retail sites
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Malaria - are you risking your life? - September 2008
Malaria - are you risking your life?
Thinking of travelling to a malaria-endemic country or living in one? Reading this article could save your life.
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Science Circus a part of NAIDOC Family Day - September 2008
Science Circus a part of NAIDOC Family Day
The Shell Questacon Science Circus was a part of celebrations in Canberra recently to mark the NAIDOC Family Fun Day. The Science Circus is one of Shell's flagship national social investment programmes.
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Volunteers Give Local Playcentre a Makeover - September 2008
Volunteers Give Local Playcentre a Makeover
Almost 40 Shell Retail employees spent their team-building day gave the Tawa-Linden Play Centre a much-needed makeover.
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August

Great result at WorldSkills competition - August 2008
Great result at WorldSkills competition
Shell Geelong Mechanical Fitting Apprentice, Alistair Keddie, recently competed in the Australian WorldSkills competition.
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Limeburners Link Community Planting & Discovery Day - August 2008
Limeburners Link Community Planting & Discovery Day
The annual Limeburners Link Community Planting & Discovery Day took place recently on a cold, wintery Sunday. More than 75 people, including Shell employees, turned up to help, despite the challenging conditions.
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Shell Wins Regional Sponsorship Award - August 2008
Shell Wins Regional Sponsorship Award
Shell has won the Best Regional Sponsorship Award for its support of the 60 Springs education programme at Puke Ariki.
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Sowing the seeds of a greener future for Western Australia - August 2008
Sowing the seeds of a greener future for Western Australia
Cleared farmland in the southwest corner of Western Australia is somewhat richer in biodiversity following the efforts of 13 Shell volunteers and their families who planted 15,000 tree seedlings native to the area in July.
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July

Shell supports Wildscreen - July 2008internal article
Shell Worldwide Intranet - Wildscreen Article
May this year marked the first major milestone in Shell's support of the conservation organisation, Wildscreen, and in particular support to the Africa Chapter of ARKive.
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June

Be a science hero in your Child's school! - June 2008
Shell Science Heroes
Shell parents and grandparents of primary school children attending school in metro Melbourne have been offered the opportunity to bring the Shell Questacon Science Circus to their child's school - and thus make a hero of themselves!
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Shell Cats Heroes - June 2008
Shell Cats Heroes
At Skilled Stadium on Thursday, May 1, 2008, around 180 primary school students from the northern suburbs of Geelong had an "experience of a lifetime" as part of the 2008 Shell Cats Heroes program.
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May

Retail in India - Repaying the right to operate - May 2008
Retail in India - Repaying the right to operate
As the only international energy company licensed to build and operate service stations in India, Shell takes its responsibilities very seriously, putting social and environmental considerations at the heart of its retail operation.
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Shell in Kazakhstan - May 2008
Shell in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan lies in the middle of central Asia and has been called by many "the bridge between East and West." It is a melting pot of culture, cuisine and entertainment, surrounded by the Tien Shan mountains and China to the east, the deserts of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to the south, the desolate Siberia plain to the north and the shallow, hospitable Caspian Sea to the west. The country also holds billions of barrels of oil in its soils. Campbell Keir, the new Country Chairman, speaks from the heart of the region.
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Working towards a new beginning for Indigenous Australians - May 2008
Working towards a new beginning for Indigenous Australians
At Perth's Gurlongga Njininj Child Care Centre on January 20, 2008, the launch of the Indigenous Australian Early Development Index (I-AEDI) marked an important and practical step towards providing a better start in life for Australia's indigenous children.
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