The Kindness Collective
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Rebrand for foodbank
The Kindness Collective has rebranded as Kyneton Foodbank in a move to improve connectivity to its services. Board director Rhonda Holmes said the rebranding had helped people in need locate the service with ease. “We found that people didn’t understand what The Kindness Collective was and when people in need tried to search for foodbanks…
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Community gathers to support homeless
Local staff and volunteers supporting those who find themselves at risk of homelessness gathered in Kyneton last week for a barbecue lunch. The event, organised by Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health and catered for by The Kindness Collective Kyneton and the Kyneton branch of the Rapid Relief Team, was held to mark Homelessness Week. The…
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Fashion for foodbank
The Kindness Collective at Kyneton is hosting an Op Shop Fashion Parade fundraiser this month to help raise funds for the Kyneton Foodbank. Amid cost-of-living pressures, the Kindness Collective is seeing daily increases of people signing up to use the foodbank and coming in for soup kitchen lunches. “The fashion parade fundraiser will help us…
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Op shop fashion fundraiser
The Kindness Collective at Kyneton is hosting an Op Shop Fashion Parade fundraiser next month to help raise funds for the Kyneton Foodbank. Amid cost of living pressures, the Kindness Collective is seeing daily increases of people signing up to use the foodbank and coming in for soup kitchen lunches. “The fashion parade fundraiser will…
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Donate to support residents in need
Increasing cost-of-living pressures has seen a surge in demand for local foodbank services.
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Foodbanks facing increased demand
Sam Irvine Foodbanks in the Macedon Ranges are facing unprecedented demand for their services as the cost-of-living crisis worsens, but volunteers say strong community networks are helping to ease the burden. Volunteering Victoria’s CEO, Thu Trang Tran, said volunteer-led organisations across regional Victoria were facing increasingly difficult circumstances. “Services are isolated, volunteers and staff are…