Category Archives: Homelessness

Brisbane’s best kept foodie secret

Posted on March 10, 2015 by charityspam

Do you want to know Brisbane’s best kept and most awesome foodie secret? Yes? Then you had better read on…. I can tell you, but you have to promise me, that you wont keep this delicious secret to yourself. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward | Tagged Brisbane Events, Dalton Hospitality, Homelessness, Jerome Dalton, make a difference, Signal Flare, Sunday 15th March | 2 Comments

Queensland Charity Events 2015

Posted on January 19, 2015 by charityspam

This is the third year I have written this Queensland charity event list, kind of a wish list of all the amazing fancy-pants-for-a-good-cause type events that Queensland charities put on each year. Take a look, support* a couple and please … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane Events, Causes, Children, Community, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, MND and Me Foundation, Queensland charity, Second Chance, Variety Queensland | Tagged ACT for Kids, BCEC events, Black and White Ball 2015, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane Events, Bruce Lynton Charity Ball, Bulimba Fashion Festival, Charity Events Brisbane, Childhood Cancer Support, Dance for Daniel 2015, Dancing with the CEOs, Daniel Morcombe Foundation, Endless Summer Ball 2015, Gold Coast Events, Hanworth House, International Womens Day, Mater Little Miracles Ball 2015, MND and Me Ball, Mummy's Wish Ball, RBWH Foundation, Redlands Centre for Women, Ronald McDonald NQ Charity Ball, Scott Sullivan Memorial Dinner, Second Chance Program, Sheldon Events Centre, UN Women, Variety of Chefs Ball, Victoria Park Golf Course, Water Aid Australia, Women's Legal Service | 8 Comments

drink coffee, do good, action against homelessness

Posted on August 6, 2014 by charityspam

This Friday 8th August 2014, take action against homeless and buy your Friday coffee from a cafe across Australia participating in CafeSmart 2014 and they’ll donate a $1 from every coffee sold. To find your local do-gooder cafe, click here. … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian charity, Brisbane Events, Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Uncategorized | Tagged #drinkcoffeedogood, cafesmart, Charityspam, Friday 8th August, Homelessness, street smart, streetsmart, Tara Castle | Leave a comment

Aprons4Action – get involved!

Posted on April 15, 2014 by charityspam

Their four rules are simple: wear your apron, take a photo, give a little and pass it on. These are the rules of newly formed fundraising group Aprons4Action and by following these four simple steps, you too can help take … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, Ethical Shopping, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle | Tagged 10 May Brisbane, Aprons for Action, Aprons4Action, Brookfield, Bundaleer Rainforest Gardens, Erampatti Village, Madurai, Mothers Day 2014, Shalom Community Development Projects | 1 Comment

Rise from the Rubble: Bangon Pilipinas – 11am Sunday, 24 November 2013

Posted on November 20, 2013 by charityspam

I cant imagine what the people who survived the Typhoon in Phillipines are going through, and I have been thinking of ways I can help. Local lady Ella Castillo has put out this public plea for help, please support this … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, GIVING, Homelessness, Pay it forward | Tagged charity event to support Phillipines, Ella Castillo, Haiyan, Mount Cootha, Mt Cootha, Phillipines, Rise from the Rubble, Sunday 24th November 2013, support cyclone victims, Typhoon Haiyan | Leave a comment

Pay A Sack Forward

Posted on September 11, 2013 by charityspam

For most of 2013 Micheal Stafford, my new favourite superhero and brains behind BAM! Expresso has been busily making the world a better place, one expresso at a time. Earlier this year, Michael opened a philanthro-cafe BAM! Expresso on Julia … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane Events, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Uncategorized | Tagged #bne, Bam Expresso, charity spam, coffee by donation, Di Bella, make a difference, Michael Stafford, Pay a sack forward, philanthrocafe, Philanthropy, Phillip Di Bella, social enterprise brisbane, Tara Castle | 1 Comment

stop traffick – the JC Denim Project

Posted on April 22, 2013 by charityspam

The United Nations estimate that 20.9 million men, women and children are trafficked around the world for purposes of forced prostitution, labor and other forms of exploitation every year. This is equivalent to the entire population of Australia. This figure … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, HIV / AIDS, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Social Enterprise | Tagged Cambodia, Destiny Rescue, ethical fashion, forced labor, human trafficking, JC Clothing Company, JC Denim, JC Denim Project jeans, JCCC, Social Enterprise | 1 Comment

Queensland Charity Events 2013

Posted on March 4, 2013 by charityspam

So I went looking for a list of what charity events are on in Queensland this year, more specifically the frock-up-for-your-favourite-cause type charity Balls and couldnt fine one. So I decided to write my own. So dust off your penguin … Continue reading →

Posted in Breast Cancer, Brisbane Events, Children, Community, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, MND and Me Foundation, Mummy's Wish, Pay it forward, Second Chance, Uncategorized, Variety Queensland | Tagged 2013, ACT for Kids, Brisbane charity events, Bulimba Fashion, CCS, Childhood Cancer Support, Cystic Fibrosis, Dance for Daniel 2013, Daniel Morcombe Foundation, DMF, Hear and Dream Ball 2013, Hear and Say Centre, Jelly Baby Ball, Mater Little Miracles Ball 2013, MND and Me Foundation, MND and Me Gala Dinner, Mothers Day, Mummy's Wish, One Night for Youngcare 2013, Queensland charity events, Scott Sullivan, Second Chance, Second Chance Programme, Silver Gala Ball 2013, sunshine coast charity events, Swing into Spring, The Breathless Ball 2013, Toogoolawa School, Triple Zero 000 Ball, Variety Queensland, Youngcare | 7 Comments

a call for help – 2013 #bne BBQ for homeless and others who need it

Posted on February 12, 2013 by charityspam

There is a Big Issue vendor in Brisbane known as “Grant the Polite Guy” and each year he organises a large scale and free BBQ for homeless people (and others who need it) in Musgrave Park in West End, Brisbane. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, CSR, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, Second Chance, The Big Issue | Tagged #qldfloods, BBQ for homeless, charity spam, Dalton Hospitality, Grant the polite guy, Jerome Dalton, Musgrave Park West End, Queensland Floods, Second Chance, Sunday 17th February 2013, Tara Castle, The Big Issue | Leave a comment

Friends for Fiji Appeal 2013

Posted on February 3, 2013 by charityspam

Today I met the amazing Jo Hassan, who alongside Sam Brown, a facebook page and a whole lot of community support, is trying to fill a twenty-foot shipping container bound for cyclone-ravaged Fiji this Friday (08/02/12). I had heard about … Continue reading →

Posted in #blogforgood, Brisbane Events, Children, Community, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward | Tagged #bigwet, #blogforgood, baked relief, charity spam, Cyclone Evan Fiji, donate items, donated childrens toys, Friends for Fiji, help fiji, Jo Hassan, Sam Brown, Save the children, Tara Castle | Leave a comment