Welcome to the Loved & Shared Newsletter. It has been another busy month for us, read on to learn what we have been up to...
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We work in partnership with our community to gift and rehome high-quality donated nursery and children's goods, ensuring all families have access to essential resources needed to raise thriving children, while reducing the amount of goods sent to landfill in our region.
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Introducing our Executive Officer!
We are so pleased to announce the appointment of our Executive Officer, Jaimee Millar.
Jaimee brings valuable experience, passion and skill to the role. Jaimee holds a Bachelor of Fashion Design & Technology and is completing a Master of Global Studies minoring in International Development, with 8 years of experience in the Fashion and Textile industry and 5 years of experience in Community Development. Jaimee has worked across local government and not-for-profit sectors within areas of community development, regional management, volunteer management, charitable recycled retail, and youth engagement. Jaimee brings her passion for community, social impact, and the circular economy to the role. We warmly welcome Jaimee to Loved & Shared and we share our excitement with you as we progress towards our expected launch date in early 2023 under Jaimee's leadership!
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What's been happening this month at Loved & Shared. . .
Thank you Clontarf Foundation for visiting our warehouse! Young people from Clontarf came for a tour and hands-on experience at our warehouse this month. Clontarf are keen to engage in a regular volunteer commitment with Loved & Shared, and we're so excited to welcome you to our team!
Thank you Leadership Great South Coast for visiting our warehouse for your 'Volunteering and Creativity' program day! Program participants learnt about the meaningful volunteer opportunities Loved & Shared will offer to our South West Vic community. Participants trialled our donation sorting processes, providing valuable feedback to help improve our procedures!
We are so grateful to have the support of Uniting Church Op Shop! Chair Philip and Committee Member Liz visited our warehouse and generously donated children's goods, to help get us started!
A big thank you to our friends at SisterWorks for manufacturing our gorgeous volunteer aprons! We are really looking forward to building our relationship with you and working together on future projects! We are so grateful to recieve funding from the Vedmore Foundation to support this project.
We've been investigating recycling and waste management this month. To help us achieve zero waste, we commenced an exciting partnership with Steve from Recycle Care Australia! Recycle Care Australia provides an innovative national recycling and collection service that will assist us to keep children's clothing out of landfill, while contributing to a global circular economy.
Thank you to our good friends at Rotary Club of Warrnambool Central and Rotarian Brendan, for installing our broom and mop racks - it's often the little things that make a big difference!
A big warm welcome to our first "official" Loved & Shared volunteer Malcolm! Malcolm has been assisting with various handy-human jobs at our warehouse.
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Our new roll cages, ready to fill up with donations! Thank you to Wannon Water, Ripple Effect Program for supporting Loved & Shared with funds to purchase essential warehouse equipment
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We've been working on an exciting branding project and design materials with the creative team at Mr. Walter. Here is a sneak peek of our warehouse signage! Thank you to Amy, Jody and Leonard for your wonderful work. We are so grateful to receive funding from Sustainability Victoria to support this project.
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Remember that you can find us at www.lovedandshared.org.au. This is where our service users can contact us, where you can register interest to become a volunteer and where you can make any other general enquiries.
If you have any queries regarding any of the newsletter items above or anything else at all, please email us at info@lovedandshared.org.au.
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Our Regional Need
20% of the population aged 0-8 in the region are considered vulnerable on 1 or more of the 5 critical childhood development criteria, this is significantly higher than the state average.
We aim to save 3+ tonnes of good quality items going to landfill every year.
Local data from four LGAs (Warrnambool, Moyne, Southern Grampians & Corangamite), confirm that 1 in 5 children live in poverty.
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Loved & Shared is a community project initiated by Leadership Great South Coast 2020 Program Participants.
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