Welcome to the Loved & Shared Newsletter.
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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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Our new website is LIVE! Get involved by visiting www.lovedandshared.org.au
 Learn more about us
Learn about our impact
Celebrate our supporters
Become a supporter
Express your interest to volunteer
Donate goods by booking a drop-off session
Register to distribute gifts
Donate money
Sign up to our newsletter
Drop us a line (we'd love to hear from you!)
Thank you to the talented team at Mr. Walter and Codedrips for bringing our visual identity and web build to life.
Our website build project was supported by the Recycling Victoria Communities Fund, delivered by Sustainability Victoria on behalf of the Victorian Government.
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What's been happening at Loved & Shared?
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We've been busy building the A-team! Over the last couple of weeks we've been recruiting, inducting and training a fabulous team of volunteers - our pioneering volunteers!
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Onboarding volunteers is a significant milestone for our organisation, and we're so grateful to connect with such a great group of dedicated people who will help us to build a welcoming, productive and passionate volunteer culture at Loved & Shared.
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Volunteers Vince, Val and Aggie working their magic during our 'Collection Queen' training, with goods donator Belinda who donated an abundance of high-quality preloved children's clothing - thank you!!
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Volunteers Tammy, Renee and Jonah nailed the pram safety check during our 'Collection Queen' training. Thanks to Lisa and her sons who donated such a high-quality pram - we dubbed it the 'Rolls-Royce Pram'!! . . . it even came with a sheep skin insert!
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If you'd like to join our vibrant volunteer team, express your interest here.
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We need donations of high-quality nursery and children's goods to do what we do. Learn more about what we can rehome here, and book your drop-off session here. Allow 10-15mins during your drop-off session for our team to check your items. We have plenty of available drop-off sessions this week ♥
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Thanks to our wonderful community of supporters including our financial donors, community clubs and groups, and support services and agencies who've visited our warehouse for a tour, to learn more about what we do! If you'd like to book a tour, drop us a line.
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Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Warrnambool, Mpower and Rotary Club of Warrnambool Daybreak for visiting, we look forward to building our relationship with you!
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We are sincerely grateful for in-kind goods and services we receive from local businesses, it makes our work possible and supports our operations to continue to be sustained. Join us in celebrating the overwhelming support we've received throughout our establishment by visiting our supporters page on our website.
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Thank you to our many supporters including pictured Rack & Shelf, Elite Spray Seal & Asphalt, Woolworths Warrnambool, Cleanaway, Cassign, and Star Printing for your generous contribution of in-kind goods and services to Loved & Shared.
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A little bit of love to our board!
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We're so grateful to have such a highly skilled, passionate, experienced and dedicated board. Thank you for your immense volunteer contribution, your active engagement, support, and leadership. Our board members are Felicity Melican (Chair), Amanda Hennessey (Deputy Chair), Bernadette Northeast, Catherine Darkin, Carole Reid, Meredith Ericson, Tim McPherson.
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We're looking for a volunteer minute-taker.
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If you have skilled experience in executive secretarial and administrative support, we want to hear from you! Working closely with our executive officer, duties will include preparing agendas for monthly Loved & Shared board meetings, attending, recording and transcribing minutes, and formatting, editing, distributing and archiving minutes in a timely matter. Express your interest here.
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Get social with Loved & Shared.
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Get social with us on social media. Your likes, shares, and follows help to raise awareness of our organisation. Our newsletter will be sent out bi-monthly from now, so be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram to keep updated with our latest news, opportunities, events and celebrations.
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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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