The Future
Statement by the Board of Father Bob Maguire Foundation
The volunteers and Board of the Fr Bob Maguire Foundation want to thank the Victorian and broader Australian community for the outpouring of love and admiration in honour of our founder, Father Bob Maguire AM RFD.
Father Bob established the Foundation in 2003 to bring together all of his social impact initiatives and create a vehicle that would honour and continue his unique philosophy to create opportunities for the marginalised and vulnerable – “the unloved and the unlovely”.
The Future of the Foundation
The Fr Bob Maguire Foundation is committed to continuing the life work that Father Bob began in the South Melbourne community. Now more than ever our job is to translate Father Bob’s vision into a ongoing action and service by his beloved Foundation.
The Foundation remains the practical arm of Father Bob's philosophy – to feed people, to give them respect and whatever other assistance we can offer. In 2023 the Foundation has made strategic decisions to sharpen our focus and resources on the people who need it the most. From our busy OutreachHQ and fleet of HopeMobiles we will be continuing to deliver programs across the inner Melbourne area.
The simple message of Father Bob was to leave no one behind, as he always said ‘don’t forget me, cobber.’
The work of the Foundation is a lifeline to many and it is essential that we now look to the future to implement Father Bob’s vision of community.
The Foundation team is powered by volunteers and are all people with a commitment to what Father Bob stood for and his spirit embedded at the heart of all that we do. In keeping with his vision of investing in the next generation, we are consolidating our operations and continuing to deliver our outreach, social and emotional wellbeing programs and exploring opportunities to expand.
The Future
The Board are friends, supporters, volunteers, and acolytes of Father Bob’s. We are people who collectively have decades of accumulated experience of Father Bob’s philosophy. Father Bob said the Foundation was about the next generation and to support the continuing success of the organisation, the Board now includes a previous Board member who has re-joined, a former manager of the Foundation and a long-term volunteer.
We are humbled by the overwhelming support the Foundation has received in the last month and through the work of our volunteer team will continue to honour the legacy of Fr Bob by keeping his work going.