Looking back on 2022
Thank you to everybody that supported us this year. Whether you donated time, items, funds, or helped spread the word about us, we truly appreciate
December 20, 2022
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Warehouse closure
We will be closed on Thursday 26th January reopening on Friday 27th.
Helping thousands of Victorian children thrive.
You can make a difference to a child in need.
Share the joy this festive season
We’re a community of helping hands. We Are YOU!
We are a grassroots organisation with 300+ volunteers committed to helping our community’s most vulnerable children and families.
No one knows our community better than its residents, like YOU! Please join us in making change for your neighbours.
When we embrace the problem together, we make the biggest difference.
Embrace the bare facts
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children live in poverty in Australia
According to the ACOSS 2020 Poverty and Inequality report1 774,000, under the age of 15 live below the poverty line in Australia.
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care packages sent out
The main reason families request our support is financial hardship, followed by domestic violence.
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tonnes of recycling and counting...
We are helping the environment by recycling and repurposing pre-loved items on a daily basis to gift to families in need (with some items that must be given new).
“I had nothing.”
“I am a soon to be single mum due in literally weeks. I was terrified and trying to figure out how I was going to afford what I had left to buy for my baby’s arrival. With no family help or support I was getting worried and felt like I wasn’t able to figure this out on my own. Today, I received the most amazing delivery from you and I just want to say, God bless all of you and thank you sooo much!!”
You can create lasting change.
DONATE GOODS
Do you have new or pre-loved children’s supplies to pass on?
We have families waiting for your items.
Your donated goods are distributed to local children living in crisis. Check out our list of urgent requests – you could help someone TODAY.
FUNDRAISE
TODAY
You can raise money to help families in financial crisis.
We believe in you! And we’re here to help at every step.
Funds you raise will help us continue to provide the essential items our families need. You can raise funds at an event you host, or online as part of a personal challenge.
VOLUNTEER
WITH US
Want to support a local cause and make a real difference?
Join our volunteer family today, we need your help!
We have so many ways you can get involved, from our centres or at home, whether it’s as an individual or as a workplace team. every minute makes a difference.
Call-out for urgent needs
Can you help?
Our needs change with those seeking our material help and your donations. Check our current needs and donation drop-off locations and hours.
Give your pre-loved items a new life. Give a child a better life.
Annual Events at Big Group Hug
PJs, Socks, Singlets and Jocks
Run a goods drive in your school or workplace to collect new pyjamas, singlets, socks…
Coats4Kids
Our biannual coat drive in May, asking the business community and members of the public to donate coats for kids…
Gifts of Hope
This festive season, gift an essential item for a local family in need.
Keep child poverty down by keeping up with the news
Curbing the Effects of Poverty
One in six Australian children live in poverty. This means that 774,000 Australian children lack access to the resources they need to thrive and survive;
July 6, 2022
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Reuse, Recycle, Donate
We, at Big Group Hug, invite you to join us in the war against waste. By repurposing pre-loved goods to provide material aid to vulnerable
July 6, 2022
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We can’t help others without our partners and supporters.
That’s the Big Group Hug way!
Support comes in all shapes and sizes. We are so grateful to the organisations, businesses, corporates and councils who get behind us, both financially and with material aid.
Thank you Money3!
Corporate partner and local specialist non-bank finance provider
From supporting specific campaigns such as our Pj’s, Jocks, Singlets and Socks, and Coats for Kids, to donating cots on behalf of their clients instead of giving Christmas hampers, Money3 has been a constant cheerleader of Big Group Hug. The Money3 team went above and beyond when it came to hosting our Giving Day 2021, where they not only came on board as a Match Donor, but also provided the venue for the Giving Day HQ and their own staff members even helped man the donation hotline! Money3’s ongoing support and encouragement is incredible and truly appreciated by the Big Group Hug team.
