
Welcome to Our New Good360 Team Members
We are excited to share that the Good360 Australia team is growing, and we have welcomed five new members these past few months. Let us introduce you to Samantha, Sean, Ákos, Lyndal, Peter, and Caroline.
We are excited to celebrate and congratulate our July Member of the Month, Cire Services! Cire Services is one of the largest NFPs in the Yarra Ranges, with a focus on empowerment through learning opportunities and education. Their mission is to help people of all ages, particularly those experiencing poverty and disadvantage in its many forms.
We interviewed Cire Services’ Partnerships and Funding Manager, Sandra Bucovas asking her about some of her favourite moments and how Good360 supports Cire’s work.
Cire Services focus on empowerment through learning opportunities and education, our mission is to help people of all ages, particularly those experiencing poverty and disadvantage in its many forms.
We operate across multiple sites across our region which covers the largest geographic area of any LGA in Victoria. Some of the towns in our reach are on the lowest percentile of the ABS’s Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas.
Cire is privileged to be part of the Good360 network. It has enabled us to deliver such joy and unexpected generosity/helping hand as well as boost the self-esteem and self-worth of people in our reach with Good360 donations to us totalling over $100,000 (RRP). It has been even more appreciated during these current unprecedented and particularly challenging times when people are doing it tougher than ever. Good360 and your donors, we cannot thank you enough!
Our core operations are:
Children’s Services
Mother’s and special person’s day gifts and also toilet rolls during Stage 3 COVID lockdown. Our families were stressed, anxious and their mental health was suffering. Many had lost their jobs, been stood down or had reduced hours so money was very tight – receiving the toilet rolls and gift packs helped them feel special, brighten their day and helped them to feel appreciated and connected to our services and their community. It also meant they didn’t need to buy some of the items saving them money when they were doing it tougher than ever.
First Impressions Clothing Exchange
We have had makeup days/workshops pre COVID and also virtually during restrictions periods, using pampering to help boost the self-esteem and emotional wellbeing of our vulnerable women. These events have been hosted by a professional makeup up artist. At the onsite event with bubbles and nibbles, and through the Good360 network, we were able to give the ladies pamper packs full of quality makeup items. We organised collection of the pamper packs during Stage 3. The women were ‘blown away’ with the generosity, the level of which many had never experienced previously.
There is such a need to support and nurture our most vulnerable. The Good360 network enables us to go above and beyond, the donated items allow us to add those extra touches of support that we wouldn’t normally be able to otherwise. Our partnership with Good360 also enables us to connect and engage with our community and further our reach to those most in need.
Without Good360, we would not be able to do the extra things we do to boost self-esteem and help empower people within our reach. A little bit of pampering, unexpected generosity goes a long way in helping engage people experiencing disadvantage and provide them with a sense of belonging and self-worth.
First Impressions Clothing Exchange: ‘It was priceless to see the beams of sheer joy on the women’s faces when they opened their bag of (makeup) goodies.’
Community Hubs/Children’s Services networks: ‘Who’d ever believe the “gifting” of toilet paper would be so appreciated.’
Difficult because our services are so diverse and we have such an extensive geographic reach. Approx. 600 as a rough estimate.
We are excited to share that the Good360 Australia team is growing, and we have welcomed five new members these past few months. Let us introduce you to Samantha, Sean, Ákos, Lyndal, Peter, and Caroline.
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Congratulations to our Member of the Month for December, Doin It For Rural Aussie Kids (DIFRAK). DIFRAK aims to uplift and provide support to Australian children in rural communities. Currently, they are holding their 1000 Christmas Gifts for 1000 Rural Children campaign, driving over 10,000 kilometres to deliver gifts throughout five states. Through the support of Good360 and the BIG W Giving Tree, children in regional towns are able to experience the holidays and are not left feeling forgotten.
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