COMMUNITY SERVICE

We believe it is important for all companies to be active in their community and/or to lend their support where they can to charities or worthy causes. To this end, the following is a snapshot of our efforts which we hope makes a difference over time if not immediately.

GUIDE DOGS VICTORIA

Lateral Building Design and the business owners actively support Guide Dogs Victoria in Kew.

We have puppy raised three Guide Dog Puppies “Georgia”, “Dessa” and “Faye”. Two of these dogs have been successful and have been placed in Japan.

Puppy raising requires the dogs to become part of our family life. We receive the puppy when they are about 7-8 weeks old and they remain with us until they are 12-14 months of age. All of the puppies in our care have been or are regular visitors to our office.

We occasionally look after more mature dogs in the puppy raising program on a short term basis having had “Fia”, “Vicky”, Tashi, Heath and Verner.

Exclusive Puppy Sponsorship provides funding to GDV to support the puppy’s journey from birth until the end of the puppy rasing program. We have been proud to the Exclusive Puppy Sponsors of:

  • Vicky (2007-8)
  • Carlyn (2008-9)
  • Pilot (2009-10)
  • Hadiya (2011)

 

Georgia Dessa - 7 Weeks Dessa
Faye Fia Tashi - 10 months
Heath - 14 months Vicki Carlyn Pilot - 7 weeks

MENTORING PROGRAM

We also participate in the Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) ‘Mentoring Program’ in which we provide support to a Building Design student for approximately 8 weeks each year.

This requires the student to visit our office each week for at least one hour during which they view projects in various stages of completion together with the documentation for the developments. It’s also an opportunity for the student to ask any questions they may have with respect to building design and documentation (plans and reports) as well as to ask questions about business ownership and the responsibilities.

OTHER

World Vision Sponsor

  • “Deisy” – Aged 3 ( in August, 2011) from Columbia.

Representative Basketball – Knox Raiders

  • Raiders Development League (Mens Team) Player Sponsorship (2009) – Ben Smyth

Jeans for Genes Day – Since 2009

Sids for Kids (Victoria) – Computer Donation

Lateral Building Design
Registered Practitioner
No. DP-AD431

95 Canterbury Road
(P.O. Box 651)
Heathmont Vic. 3135
Tel: (03) 9729 4973
Fax: (03) 9720 4040