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Category Archives: Homelessness
carpets for communities
Ok, we have all heard about Tupperware parties, but have you ever heard about carpet parties? Well they are kind of similar, except these kind of parties have an amazing feel-good factor to follow: helping to empower mothers to break … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise
Tagged buy a rug, buy for good, Cambodia, carpets for communities, charity spam, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, eco friendly rug or carpet, help a family, helping women, host a different kind of party, mothers, mums, put children in school, renovate, rugs, Social Enterprise, Tara Castle, tupperware
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social media for social good: donate a friend
I have said it before, and I will say it again: you dont have to be rich to be a philanthropist. As nice as it would be to be Bill and Melinda Gates or Chuck Feeney and give away billions of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, Give Blood, GIVING, GIVIT, Homelessness, KINDNESS
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates, Charityspam, Chuck Feeney, donate a friend, facebook, GIVIT, Givit.org.au, help a charity online, Juliette Wright, online advocacy, Philanthropy, Social Entreprenuers, social media for social good, Tara Castle, the givit list, twitter, WA, Western Australia
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Top 10 socially kind Mothers Day Gifts that give back
Don’t go buying Mum another pair of fluffy slippers this Mothers Day – instead, what about giving a gift that gives twice. A beautiful gift for mum AND a socially kind story behind it – there are lots of perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Cancer Council, Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, HIV / AIDS, Homelessness, KINDNESS, KIVA, Mummy's Wish, Pay it forward, TOMS, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 Mothers Day, bras for homeless shelter, buy a gift for mum, cate bolt, Charityspam, cool gifts to give, Foundation 18, gift for girl who has everything, Gift ideas, HEather Samsa, kiva, lipstick, MAC VIVA GLAM, make a difference, Marysville Cookbook, Mothers Day, Mummy's Wish, necklace, Project Now, ROMA boots, socially kind gifts for mum, sseko designs, Tara Castle, The Trading Circle, TOMS shoes, Victorian Bushfires
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volunteers needed! can you spare just 3 hours?
It was 1994, it was hot. I was dressed up in an old, mangey full body koala suit standing in the middle of the Victoria Bridge in Brisbane’s CBD on a hot Queensland summers day. Crazy? Possibly. This was my … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, Ethical Shopping, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Sandlewood Projects
Tagged be a volunteer, Brisbane Charity Shops, Charityspam, domestic violence, Find a thrift shop, Moorooka, Queensland Floods, Sandlewood Op Shop, Sandlewood Projects, Tara Castle, Volunteering, Wilderness Society, women's shelters
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shoe boxes of love
The concept behind Shoe Boxes of Love Inc. is simple. To provide love, hope, and support to individuals directly affected by a disaster, through the provision of Shoe Boxes of Love; boxes of essential and luxury items. Shoe Boxes of Love Inc was launched by Kimberley … Continue reading
mums helping mums: st kilda mums
I recently heard about an amazing group of mums in St Kilda; helping Melbourne’s most vulnerable and needy families, who aptly call themselves St Kilda Mums! St Kilda Mums was established in February 2009, born out of sheer frustration of local opportunity shops … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, GIVING, Homelessness, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle
Tagged books, donate a cot, Donate baby items, donations of baby/ preschool children's clothing, essential nursery equipment, give away pram, Melbourne, mums who care, need baby stuff, Pay it forward, St Kilda, St Kilda Mums, Tara Castle, toys, Victoria
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a bike can save a life
Bikes 4 Life is a global community initiative, based in Melbourne, Australia, dedicated to providing bicycles to underprivileged youth, helping the most vulnerable, isolated and neglected groups within society both in Australia and overseas. It all started with the idea to … Continue reading
Posted in Bikes 4 Life, Children, Community, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise
Tagged Adelaide, atlantic star, Atlantic Star Productions, bike parts, Bikes, Bikes 4 Life, Bikes4Life, Brisbane, community initiative, East Africa, Ebony Butler, Melbourne, melbourne australia, Old bikes, Perth, recycle your bike, Uganda, underprivileged youth
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Our Big Kitchen: food for the soul
Our Big Kitchen has one simple goal: to bring more goodness into the world. It is an industrial community kitchen located at The Yeshiva Centre in Flood Street in Bondi, Sydney, Australia. It was built purely by donations and runs solely on … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized
Tagged Bondi, Bondi Beach Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility Sydney, give your time Sydney, Kids Holiday Program Sydney, Kindness Eastern Suburbs, make a difference, Our Big Kitchen, Tara Castle, The Yeshiva Centre Bondi, Volunteering Syndey
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make a New Year’s resolution of social kindness
Consider this post your personal invitation to join the growing global kindness revolution; helping you make ONE of your 2012 new year’s resolutions, a resolution for social good: 1. Give Blood, give plasma Help save a life! One in three people … Continue reading
Posted in Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, Give Blood, GIVING, Haiti, Homelessness, KINDNESS, KIVA, Leukaemia, Make a Wish, Pay it forward, R U Ok? Day
Tagged Charity New Year's Resolution, Charityspam, Corporate Social Responsibility ideas, Give Blood, Give plasma, Make a difference 2012, New Years Resolution, Pay it forward, Socially kind new years resolution, Tara Castle, This year I will, volunteer, Volunteering, work group for charity
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Another socially kind Christmas gift that gives all year
Still last minute Christmas shopping? Then please, let me help you! What about a magazine subscription….? One that gives two-fold for all of next year? Give the gift of a 2012 subscription to The Big Issue, the world’s most widely circulated street … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, The Big Issue
Tagged Charity Christmas gifts, gift that gives twice, gifts that help a charity, Gordon Roddick, Homelessness, John Bird, Social Enterprise, Social Entreprenuers, social kindness, Tara Castle, The Big Issue
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