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Tag Archives: Brisbane
Project Declan
This Friday afternoon, I want to tell you about an amazing thing that is happening in Brisbane, best told by an inspiring facebook post I read last night: Status Update By Project Declan. UPDATE – Please take a minute to … Continue reading
my annual charity dinner
As my good friend Neil Shannon from The Villager Hotel puts it “we are about to enter the boobs and balls fundraising season”. That would be Breast Cancer in the month of October, and Prostate Cancer (via hugely successful Movember … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Cancer, Brisbane Events, Cancer Council, Community, CSR, GIVING, KINDNESS, Movember, Uncategorized
Tagged #bne, annual charity dinner, Breast Cancer dinner, Brisbane, brisbane charity dinner, charity spam, GLAM it up for charity, Neil Shannon, Olive McMahon Lodge Toowoomba, Tara Castle, The Cancer Council, The Villager Hotel
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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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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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All I want for Christmas…
Today, Tuesday 13th December, the Milton Business community in Brisbane are rallying together to help two flood affected local boys. Almost a whole year one from the devastation of the Queensland floods, there are still many families still struggling to … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, Flood relief, GIVING, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Variety Queensland
Tagged bikes for boys in toowong, Brisbane, James Golden, Milton Business Community, Park Road Milton, Queensland Floods, Tara Castle, Variety Queensland, Volunteering, Volunteers, Westpac, Westpac Milton
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buy your christmas pressies AND help a charity
Thank you to the ever-generous and lovely Katrina Blowers for this guest post: Will your Christmas stocking be filled with feel-good factor this year? Rather than battling shopping centre crowds, click your way to stockings stuffed with exquisite gifts by … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, KINDNESS, Mummy's Wish
Tagged auction, Bernadette Vella, Brisbane, charitable gifts, charityspam blog, Christmas Auction, facebook, Facebook Charity Auction, Gayle Richardson, giving, Katrina Blowers, kindness, Mummy's Wish, mums with cancer, positive giving, Queensland, Tara Castle
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Goodbye fundraising month of boobs. Hello fundraising month of balls…
Meet Neil Shannon, publican, crazy Irishman and serial fundraiser. For the past five years, in the month of October and with the help of Neil Shannon, I have hosted a charity dinner supporting various breast cancer charities. In addition to … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Community, Movember
Tagged #bne, 2011, Brisbane, Brisbane Events, charity auction, Charity Dinner, charity fatigue, Jon Coghill, Mo Bros, Movember, Movember Australia, Neil Shannon, Powderfinger, Tara Castle, The Villager, The Villager Hotel, Thursday 10th November
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Card making for a cause
I have been harassing Leisa Gill, owner of iconic lime green 70’s style Pandemonium Café in Paddington, Brisbane, for too many years to count, of course, always in the name of charity. I have co-erced her to sell copies … Continue reading
The World’s largest Teabag?
I have decided to have a go at my first Guinness World Record. Yep, that’s right I am aiming to smash the current World Record for the largest tea bag – sound crazy? Yeah it kind of is, but with … Continue reading
