Blind friendship
For companies who want to support families in refuge, the assistance most needed and appreciated is not always obvious. Take window furnishings, for example. Recently, Refuge Victoria was contacted by
Donations
The spirit of Christmas comes to refuge
Every gift or donation we receive at Refuge Victoria is greatly appreciated, no matter what time of year it is given – but there’s something about donations at Christmastime that
Supporting families from refuge to recovery
Service delivery was front-of-mind in all our work this year. Whether it was designing and implementing programs to support the education of children in refuge, introducing therapeutic programs, employing nurse
The Generosity Collective
When clients arrive at refuge with just the clothes on their backs, one of their most immediate needs, unsurprisingly, is clothes on their backs. Clients staying in Refuge Victoria’s
This tax time, give the gift of a safer future.
Women and children escaping family violence need urgent and significant help, and your tax-deductible donation can make sure they receive it. It also gives survivors something that has been missing
Toothpaste, pillows, pads and community
They arrive in boxes, bags and backpacks, unpacked from vans and family cars. Yet, while the contents are all very different, these deliveries have one thing in common: they are
This is what 200 hand-knitted chicks sitting atop chocolate eggs looks like.
It’s a sight that stays in your memory – but not as much as the memories of the chicks being so enthusiastically and happily welcomed by children spending Easter in
How one company reset the narrative
On the surface, the Christmas dinner looked no different to any number of yuletide festivities taking place across Melbourne. There were mums, wearing paper hats retrieved from crackers, sharing tales
The joy of giving to families in refuge
It’s the season when all around us, store windows come alive with festive tinsel and baubles, and beautifully adorned Christmas trees. But for one business in Croydon, the Christmas tree
The Generosity Collective
In the peak of Melbourne’s first lockdown in 2020, Blackburn residents Elise Stevens and Natalie Dymond met (socially-distanced) at a park and conversation inevitably turned to the continued uncertainty of COVID-19.