On May 25 Courtney Herron was brutally murdered in Melbourne. Courtney had no safe place to call home and became the victim of yet another crime of violence against women. She was taken from her family far too soon and her death was  We’re raising money to cover the costs of Courtney’s funeral expenses, to save her family from further grief at having to find funds to bury their daughter.  All money donated will be given directly to Courtney’s family to help give Courtney the proper funeral service her family plan for her and hopefully alleviate some of the added […]

http://plateupproject.org.au The Plate Up Project is a new homelessness and domestic violence initiative launched in Melbourne to offer people fleeing domestic violence and experiencing homelessness a hand up, not a hand out. Launched by National Homeless Collective, the charity who also coordinate Melbourne Period Project and The School Project, the Project assists its students to gain new cooking, hospitality, and employment skills. Participants of Plate Up have said the benefits of the program have already proven to be life changing, “For the first time in years I finally have something to look forward to when I wake up in the […]