Pin and Win is Victoria Racing Club’s annual flagship charity fundraiser. Since 1995 the VRC has given charities a national platform and profile, helping to raise more than $7.4 million through the sale of Lexus Melbourne Cup souvenir pins. Proceeds from the funds raised go directly toward changing lives and supporting our community.
The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour is an annual event that now engages communities across the globe. This much-loved initiative celebrates the iconic status of the Lexus Melbourne Cup race, and uses that goodwill to the benefit of the broader community.
Victoria Racing Club welcomes schools from across Australia to experience the magic of Flemington Racecourse.
Listed on Australia’s National Heritage List, customised heritage tours of this iconic national treasure and home of the Melbourne Cup can be arranged from Year 3 to 12.
Please contact the VRC on vrcschoolsprogram@vrc.net.au for more information.
As a large employer in the local area, Victoria Racing Club operates an employee volunteer program to give back to the local community.
Employees are encouraged and enabled to take up volunteering opportunities to lend a hand with charity partners and local community organisations during work hours.
If you would like to find out more please email community@vrc.net.au
Living Legends is the post-career home of some of Australia’s most celebrated champion racehorses. Open to the public, Living Legends is set in the beautiful surrounds of Woodlands Historic Park.
Since 2004, the National Jockeys’ Trust (NJT) has helped over 180 jockeys and their families to overcome financial hardship and cope when jockeys are injured or killed in action.
The VRC’s Charity Partner for Pin & Win in 2022 and 2023 is Australian Childhood Foundation, a leading not-for-profit organisation that provides specialist therapeutic support to children to help them heal and feel safe, as well as educating and empowering communities to safeguard children.
CARM (Child and Racehorse Movement) is a collaboration between two registered charities, the KIDS Foundation and Rehab4Rehab to deliver equine-focused mental health and wellbeing programs for children, engaging with retired racehorses.
For over 91 years, the Good Friday Appeal has raised over $421 million for The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Victoria’s largest and much-loved Charity, the Good Friday Appeal has enabled The Royal Children’s Hospital to establish itself as one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals.
Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) is a voluntary, non-profit organisation which provides opportunities for anyone with a disability to enjoy safe, healthy, therapeutic, horse-related activities in Australia.
Racing Hearts offers Equine Assisted Therapy programs to groups and individuals. The first organisation of its kind in Australia, Racing Hearts offers retired racehorses a new lease on life through retraining and integration to equine assisted therapy programs for humans. Humans helping horses helping humans.
