We received a call on Friday from one of our partner organisations asking if we could possibly find a bed for a 3 year old girl named Emily. Although a home had been found for Emily, her Mumand Emily’s baby brother, they couldn’t find a bed for Emily anywhere. Furniture isn’t something we often take care of but all other avenues had been exhausted and we felt that being a big 3 year old, Emily deserved her very own bed. Thanks to your donations we were able to have a new bed and mattress delivered to Emily today. She will have her very […]
National Homeless Collective
What a day! What an incredible amazing day. Only a few weeks ago we had completely run out of sanitary items and desperately needed help. And you amazing people all came together as soon as we put out the call for support. We didn’t get photos of everyone who stopped by but we’d like to thank everyone all the same. We haven’t counted our donations but we will do that next week and let you all know how much we raised. Thank you all. You really are amazing and we are so grateful for your support.
Leaving home because of family violence is an incredibly traumatic experience for everyone, but for children the trauma can carry into so many areas. Imagine having to leave everything behind, move house or go to a strange place like a refuge and not be able to get to school easily because you don’t have a bike and your new school is just a bit too far to walk. Children shouldn’t have to suffer further when family violence strikes. So we make sure to do everything we can to help kids in this situation. Yesterday we delivered to more bikes for kids who have […]
We done only take care of periods here. Melbourne is absolutely freezing. So we have sleeping bags, scarves beanies and gloves, all hitting the streets of Melbourne tonight to help our friends on the streets keep warm <img width=”640″ height=”480″ src=”https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/290428208_3299554370365199_4947419887509159251_n-1024×768.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/290428208_3299554370365199_4947419887509159251_n-1024×768.jpg 1024w, https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/290428208_3299554370365199_4947419887509159251_n-300×225.jpg 300w, https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/290428208_3299554370365199_4947419887509159251_n-768×576.jpg 768w, https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/290428208_3299554370365199_4947419887509159251_n.jpg 1284w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> <img width=”640″ height=”853″ src=”https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/289605217_3299553910365245_4065074972711831182_n.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/289605217_3299553910365245_4065074972711831182_n.jpg 720w, https://www.nhcollective.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/289605217_3299553910365245_4065074972711831182_n-225×300.jpg 225w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” />
For most Mums, Mother’s Day is a happy occasion but for some Mums it can be tough. Today we delivered some gorgeous Easoto Backpacks full of Mothers Day treats to 8 single Mums who have children who live with chronic illness or disabilities. All Mums are busy, but Mums of kids who need extra care really do it tough. My youngest child has three medical appointments each and every week, he is on a daily regime of 12 different medications and he will need life long support, forever. It’s tough, but I have help. I’m not doing this alone. Mums […]
To our incredible followers and supporters, this is what you help us do. Last week we received a call from Cicely who helps children who have had to leave home due to domestic violence to re settle in new accommodation. Often those children had to leave everything behind. They leave home with nothing, sometimes not even shoes on their feet. These kiddos started at a new school but needed bikes to get there, so Cicely reached out to us to see if we could get them some bikes. Of course we said yes, and this is what Cicely sent me […]
We are completely overjoyed at the response to our Mothers Day appeal. This year we are sponsoring 90 Mums experiencing Homelessness and hardship to celebrate Mothers Day. We have started gathering gifts and assembling our gorgeous Easoto bags, and have delivered the first two car loads of goodies to our partner organisations. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has donated to our appeal so far. We are so incredibly grateful for your support. Please click below if you would like to donate https://national-homeless-collective.giveeasy.org/2022-mothers-day-gift-appeal
Remember the fundraiser we did to send 20 kids to the cinema over the school holidays? Well, thanks to your donations, love and support we raised a little extra, and 25 kids from Drummond Street services had an amazing fun filled day at the cinema over the holidays. For some kids, this is their first ever time attending an event like this. Creating fun and exciting events creates fun and exciting memories, and every child needs that. Every child needs a day where they feel good, are welcomed and having fun. You might never meet them, but they’ll never forget […]
412kg, 2 cubic metres of flood relief items going to flood affected areas in NSW and QLD. People have lost everything. They’re sleeping on bare floors and waterlogged cars. Among the items we have here are 40 new sleeping bags. It’s not much but it’s a start. We need more. If you would like to donate a sleeping bag to someone in a flood affected area please consider donating below https://national-homeless-collective.giveeasy.org/2022-winter-warmth-and-sleeping-bag-appeal
Please Donate to National Homeless Collective (giveeasy.org) Nobody chooses this. Homelessness is never an easy way to live. Homelessness is chaotic, lonely, cruel and cold. This week alone we sent out 40 sleeping bags to help young people experiencing homelessness, 30 more sleeping bags to children sleeping in cars, 24 sleeping bags to assist children to go to school camp, 35 sleeping bags to people sleeping rough, and 70 sleeping bags to our partner organisations to reach even more people who call the streets home. We have no sleeping bags left. Not one. Our 2021 allotment has been exhausted. We […]
As the cold weather begins to nip, today we loaded up the Mitsubishi and delivered 15 sleeping bags to drummond street services. Each week DSS gets our stock exactly where it needs to go- this time to teenagers and young adults. We are so grateful to everyone who supports us and our work, as it allows us to support the community directly through the hard work of the wonderful people at Drummond Street Services.
Although we do many things, supporting menstruation poverty is still the core of our work. On Wednesday we delivered another 100 Period Packs to support people experiencing homelessness, to the North Richmond Health Centre. Each pack contains enough sanitary items for the average period plus liners, disposable bags and wipes. Thank you for helping us help so many others xx