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collaborate for a cause – social media for social good 27 July 2012
The purpose of my blog is to (attempt to) inject a bit of social kindness into your week and to showcase what many clever and kind people are up to helping others. This post is no exception, but this time … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Council, Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, KINDNESS, Mummy's Wish, Pay it forward, Uncategorized
Tagged ACT for Kids, Autism Queensland, Cancer Council, charity shopping, Charityspam, collaborate for a cause, facebook, GIGI and Me, GIGI&Me, Mummy's Wish, shopping that helps a charity, social media for social good, Tara Castle
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100 blankets in July, and other ways to make a difference
Through the power of social media, I heard about two inspiring Brisbane ladies; Denise Hoyle and Kerry Krause, who, alongside a small army of like-minded kind folk, call themselves Making a Difference – Brisbane. Their current goal is to collect 100 Blankets … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, CSR, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Project Now, Second Chance, The Big Issue, Uncategorized
Tagged 100 Blankets in July, Buffed, Denise Hoyle, donate hygiene pack, Grant Richards, Grant the polite guy, homeless BBQ, Kerry Krause, Making a Difference Brisbane, Mates Helping Mates, Queensland Floods, second hand blankets and sleeping bags, The Big Issue
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A #payitforward Birthday for charity: water
I am always looking for creative ways to teach my kids about philanthropy. A really easy one is their birthdays. To be completely honest, there are a couple of other motives at play here too: firstly they simply don’t need … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, GIVING, KINDNESS, Make a Wish, Pay it forward, Uncategorized
Tagged access to clean water, charity spam, charity: water, clean water, Harrison and Mia birthday, Harrison and Mia Cole, Make a Wish Foundation, Pay it forward, payitforward, Ryan's Well, Tara Castle
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Biddy Bags, a unique gift
My blog post about social enterprise Expresso Train was the most read post last month, so I thought I would introduce you to another: Biddy Bags. Biddy Bags is clever intergenerational social enterprise based in Brisbane, connecting socially isolated nannas … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, KINDNESS, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized
Tagged Biddy Bags, Brisbane, buy something meaningful, Charityspam, Samantha Jockel, Sarah Blasko, Social Enterprise, social innovation, social kindness, Tara Castle
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a Friday afternoon feel-good story for you…
I would like to share a nice, feel-good story with you. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine told me about an appeal happening in Australia to buy bras for women in a small village in Fiji who were … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Project Now, Second Chance, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized
Tagged 20 bed residential facility for women, Brisbane, Charityspam, drug alcohol and gambling addiction, Fiji floods, make a difference, Michelle Davis, Project Now, Queensland Floods, Red Hill, Rotary Club of Brisbane Planetarium, Salvation Army, Sandra Sully, Shopping Up Late, Tara Castle, women helping women
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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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help me #blogforgood from Tanzania
Good news everyone! Recently I entered charityspam.com in a competition run by Telstra and CBM Australia called #blogforgood. The competition was open to any blogger who, um, blogs for good – yes a perfect fit for my posts on charityspam.com. The challenge for me was trying … Continue reading
this sunday 4th march is Clean Up Australia Day
This Sunday 4th March is Clean Up Australia Day! Clean Up Australia Day is a simple way you can take action to clean up, fix up and conserve our prized Australian environment. Last year in 2011, an estimated 565,510 volunteers cleaned up 16,454 … Continue reading
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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Lest we forget. We will remember them.
It is about to be 11:11am on 11th November 2011. I asked my dad to write a this post for me, Philip Castle who served in Vietnam from 1969 -71 and whose father, Frank Castle, my grandfather, served as an … Continue reading
