About this organisation
Summary of activities
The Aurum Project's mission is to advance the understanding and practice of homeopathy in Australia. We did this by: Prolific and expansive activity continues within The Aurum Project, (AP) now in its 19th year as Australia s only homeopathic research organisation, with ACNC DGR status. The AP remains the Peak Body for homeopathic research in Australia. Research outcomes 2023/24 By Dr Celeste Salter, Research Co-ordinator for The Aurum Project The Research Priorities Working Group (RPWG) continued to track research activity on the building blocks defined in 2018. In 2024 the review process began with the setting of new and amended priorities. Stakeholders in homeopathy education, research and pharmacy were invited to the working group, including IACH representatives. Research Pod Activity Throughout the year research activity continued in these Pods: UTI Research Pod - A poster was presented at the Australian Homoeopathic Medicine Conference (AHMC) in Brisbane November 2023 Molluscum Contagiosum Pod - Research proposal for the molluscum Pod was initiated. A poster was presented to the AHMC Conference in November 2023 in Brisbane. Systematic Review - The Pod continued rating the papers for the review. A poster on the project was presented at the AHMC Conference in November 2023 in Brisbane. Teal Vision Pod - A presentation was made at Transformations Conference 2023 in Sydney for July 2023. A poster was presented for the AHMC Conference in November 2023 in Brisbane. A paper was published in Social Innovation Journal in December 2023 Respiratory Pod - discussion continues as the Respiratory Pod forms Workforce Survey - A poster was presented to the AHMC Conference in November 2023 in Brisbane. The research proposal was published in Similia: The Australian Homeopathic Medicine Journal in December 2023. Ethics for the project was given in January 2024 from NIIM Ethics Committee. The AHA awarded a research grant of $500 to the project, through Sandra Venables, The Chief Investigator. Emergent pod : Homeopaths and Communication Pod, discussions continued throughout the year. Auspiced Activity: The Solomon Island (SI) Water Project Crystal Medicine Project, with Peter Tuminello Cluster Sessions In 2023 - 2024, sessions where Pod members shared their latest research activity with each other and other members of The Aurum Project continued. All members are invited to join in these sessions for free and be part of the discussions after the initial updates. Non members are also invited to attend for a small fee. To Summarise This financial year Pods research has continued to mature. Five posters were presented at the Australian Homoeopathic Medicine Conference in Brisbane on 4th and 5th November 2023. Linlee Jordan and Celeste Salter presented a paper on The Aurum Project and Teal at the 5th International Transformations Conference 2023 in Sydney, and a conference paper from that presentation was published in the Social Innovations Journal.
Like what you see?
Outcomes
Outcomes are self-reported by charities
Programs and activities
Name: Autism Support Project
URL: https://aurumproject.org.au/autism-support-project/
Classification: Complementary medicine (Health > Complementary medicine)
Beneficiaries:- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
Name: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection
URL: https://aurumproject.org.au/homeopathy-research-uti/
Classification: Complementary medicine (Health > Complementary medicine)
Beneficiaries:- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Females
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Molluscum Contagiosum
URL: https://aurumproject.org.au/research-pods/
Classification: Health and medical research (Health > Health and medical research)
Beneficiaries:- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
Name: Workforce Survey of Homeopathy in Australia
URL: https://aurumproject.org.au/research-pods/
Classification: Health and medical research (Health > Health and medical research)
Beneficiaries:- General community in Australia
Name: Systematic Review of Homeopathic Research in Australia since 1990
URL: https://aurumproject.org.au/research-pods/
Classification: Health and medical research (Health > Health and medical research)
Beneficiaries:- General community in Australia
Finances
What is this?
This graph shows how much revenue (money in) and expenses (money out) the charity has had each year over the last few years. Charities have many sources of revenue, such as donations, government grants, and services they sell to the public. Similarly, expenses are everything that allows the charity to run, from paying staff to rent.
What should I be looking for?
First off, this graph gives a general indication of how big the charity is - charities range in size from tiny (budgets of less than $100,000) to enormous (budgets more than $100 million). You're also looking for variability - if the charity's revenue and expenses are jumping up and down from year to year, make sure there's a good reason for it.
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want revenue to be slightly above expenses. If expenses is reliably above revenue, the charity is losing money. If revenue is much larger than expenses, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
What is this?
If a charity receives more money than it spends, that's a surplus (in business, it would be called profit). If it spends more than it receives, that's a deficit. This chart shows surpluses and deficits for the charity over the last few years.
What should I be looking for?
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want a charity to make a small surplus on average. A deficit means that charity lost money that year, which may indicate poor financial management or just a series of bad circumstances. If the charity always has a huge surplus, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
What is this?
This chart compares the amount the charity receives from various sources, including donations (i.e. money given by the general public or philanthropy), goods and services, government grants, and other sources.
What should I be looking for?
Donations are an important source of revenue for some charities. Others rely more heavily on government funding, or on revenue from other sources. This is an indication of how much they need donors to accomplish their mission. Note that there is no 'good' or 'bad' amount of donations for a charity to have. It might be interesting to look at values over time - are they going up or down? A charity that gets less donations every year may be in trouble.
What is this?
Assets are things that the charity owns that are worth something. This could be anything from a car to investments. Similarly, liabilities are debts or obligations that the charity owes to someone else, like a loan or an agreement to pay for something.
What should I be looking for?
Firstly, in general a charity should have more assets than liabilities. If it doesn't, it implies that the charity might not be able to pay its debts, and you should look very closely at the charity's annual and financial reports to make sure they are taking steps to remedy this. Current assets should generally be above current liabilities - that means the charity can easily pay off the debts that are coming due soon. Beyond that, look for a large stockpile of assets. While a charity should have enough assets to keep it afloat in hard times (a 'buffer') if that stockpile gets too large the charity could be using that money more effectively. As always, if you have concerns check the annual and financial reports.
Transparency
Scoring detail
Details