Sound Relief

Sound Relief was two concerts with live bands playing at both the MCG and SCG on Saturday March 14th, 2009.

Sound Relief was hosted in both Sydney and Melbourne simultaneously in the hopes of raising $5 million for victims of the Queensland floods and Victoria bush fires, as as community's united Australia came together to raised over $8 million for those victims, with around 450 people volunteering as event staff and over 120,000 people attended the two concerts.

As the Natural disasters which happened in Queensland and Victoria left many people homeless, having to rebuild their lives, their communities and their homes, it came at a costly price to rebuild. Michael Gudinski came up with the idea to have two music concerts to help raise the money for those victims, so a special thanks to him for doing so.

Sound Relief had a positive economic impact as it created resources for communities that had been effected by the Queensland floods and Victorian bush fires, as $7,159,760 was donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and $874,416 to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.

As stated previously Australia came together to help support the victims of these natural disasters, this event created a great social impact as family, friends, communities and people rallied together to

give their support and take part in a good cause to raise money, as well as the event staff who worked for free, the music artists and the attendees who paid $75 per ticket.

As Sound Relief gained a great deal of media attention, Victoria's and Queensland's crisis was heard globally, internationally Australia has be thought of as "big hearted" as they have come together to rally support, donations and spirit to help those in need, Australian society came together in an uplifting and co-operative way at these two events.

As the negative economic impact of natural disasters, it cost over $1 billion Australian dollars to start to rebuild homes, pay emergency services as well as devastating local Victorian tourism and hospitality industry, Sound Relief was a great success and was fantastic in being able to raise $3 million more than what was expected for the bush fire relief fund.

Sound Relief is an example of how a major event can work positively for the local and national economy, contributing something back to a needy cause as apposed to the usual strain major event project on local communities.

Site of Interest:

http://www.soundrelief.com.au

Photos (Source)

First image: Sound Relief website

Second image: The Age