March 2026: The 9th Betty Amsden Participation Program came to life as Home Bound in the Arts Centre Melbourne’s AsiaTOPA Festival. Devised by Luke George and Daniel Kok, the work invited connection with joyful play (and a lot of yarn and string)

MARCH 2026: It all started with one of Betty's game-changer ideas back in 2016. Today, the Access Monash Betty Amsden AO Leadership program is still going strong with the next group of Monash students ready to start their career development journey.

NOV 2024: Our largest alumni Annual Gathering to date, saw everyone who braved a mega-storm rewarded with an inspiring afternoon at Guide Dogs Victoria

OCT 2024: Congratulations to Caitlin C., winner of the 2024 Betty Amsden Epworth Hospital Midwifery Scholarship.

OCT 2024: The Monash University Betty Amsden AO Leadership Program end of year graduation - highlighting another successful program to prepare the leaders of tomorrow.

OCT 2024: Performing Arts grant recipient, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, have adapted their Warumpi Band main stage, ‘Big Name, No Blankets’ to tour into Victorian prisons.

SEPT 2024: Guide Dogs Victoria opened the reimagined sensory campus.
As former GDV Board member & Chair of the Captial Campaign Committee, Betty was a driving force for this major infrastructure. The new education wing is named after Betty

AUG 2024: Our triennial performing arts company, Polyglot Theatre Company takes home the 2024 PAX Australia Impact Award for their work When the World Turns in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne

DEC 2023: Sue Giles’ keynote address at our Annual Alumni Gathering has been published on Arts Hub. Read ‘Art Need and Impact’ here