Charities
One of the most delightful things about Chat 10 Looks 3 for us has been discovering the teeming world of Chatters out there and the kind things they do for each other. Humans are good! And when we get organised enough to do a live show, we like to pick a charity to support, in honour of all the kind people who support us. Here's a list of the charities we've raised money for so far. We love them not because they're big and flashy but because they've had good ideas about how to help people who tend to be forgotten. Crabb is working hard to convince Sales to support endangered small birds but so far: sorry wrens. No dice.
TEACH LEARN GROW
https://teachlearngrow.org.au/
Perth Live Shows 2022 and 2023
Teach Learn Grow provides free one-on-one tutoring and mentoring to children in rural and remote Australian communities. With the support of their partners, sponsors, donors and volunteers they seek to ignite a movement to influence change through education.
For many children, living in a rural or remote area of Australia means they will have significantly lower educational outcomes, which have a profound effect on their future.
ALBANY COMMUNITY HOSPICE
Albany Live Show September 2022
Albany Community Hospice has been delivering expert palliative care to the Great Southern Region for over 30 years.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY (SA)
Adelaide Live Shows 2022 and 2023
The St Vincent de Paul Society is an international organisation tackling poverty and disadvantage, assisting people in need, and combating social injustice.
In South Australia, the Society currently comprises over 2,500 members and volunteers in 61 local networks, 34 Vinnies shops and numerous special works such as their Crisis Centres. They work together, supported by dedicated staff, to relieve not only the immediate requirements of those in need, but to identify the deep and long-term causes leading to spiritual, financial and social hardship in our community, and provide a voice for those experiencing disadvantage and homelessness.
LAUREL PALLIATIVE CARE FOUNDATION
Adelaide Live Show August 2023
The Laurel Palliative Care Foundation supports essential palliative services through providing Art Therapy and Wellness Centre Services to palliative care patients and their families. The Foundation provides an annual grant to Southern Adelaide Palliative Services to assist in funding identified needs in Laurel Hospice.
KARINYA HOUSE
https://karinyahouse.asn.au/
Canberra Live Shows 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023
Karinya House for Mothers and Babies is a community based, grass roots, local organisation, supporting vulnerable and at risk pregnant and early parenting women in Canberra and the surrounding Region.
ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
https://www.rchfoundation.org.au/2016/08/support-associate-professor-sebastian-king/
Melbourne Live Shows 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023
RCH Foundation supports the research of A/Professor Sebastian King who is passionate about helping children whose guts don’t work. (What Chat 10 Looks 3 calls “the bum unit”). Dr Sebastian King’s research focuses on children born with anorectal malformations. He is interested in the long-term outcomes for the affected children and the impact that poor intestinal motility has upon their quality of life.
MACLEOD ACCOMMODATION SUPPORT SERVICE
http://www.macleod.org.au/
Gold Coast Live Show October 2019
MacLeod Accommodation Support Service provide supported crisis accommodation and short to medium-term supported accommodation for women and children involved in domestic and family violence.
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION
https://www.mda.org.au/
Adelaide Live Show August 2019
Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Australia provides support and services to people living with a neuromuscular condition. The assoiciation also supports research to find a cure and improved clinical practices.
SYDNEY STORY FACTORY
https://www.sydneystoryfactory.org.au/
Sydney Live Shows 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023
Story Factory is a not-for-profit creative writing centre for marginalised young people aged 7 to 17. They work with young people most at risk of low literacy. Their priority is young people from Indigenous, culturally and linguistically diverse and lower socio-economic backgrounds.
HOBART WOMEN’S SHELTER
http://www.hobartws.org.au
Hobart Live Shows 2019 and 2023
Hobart Women’s Shelter provides safe emergency accommodation and support to women who are affected by family violence and those who are homeless.
MUSICA VIVA IN SCHOOLS
https://musicaviva.com.au/education/mvis/
Canberra Live Show December 2018
Musica Viva In Schools provides life-changing musical experiences and education to more than 900 schools and 280,000 Australian students each year, no matter the type of school, location or economic situation. (In memory of Richard Gill.)
OzHARVEST
https://www.ozharvest.org/
Moral High Grounds Keep Cup October 2018
OzHarvest is Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, collecting quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivering it directly to more than 1300 charities supporting people in need across the country.
SHOOTING STARS
http://shootingstars.com.au/
Perth Live Show September 2018
Shooting Stars fosters education through netball. Fewer than 30% of young Aboriginal women have completed Year 12, compared with 60% of other Australian women. Shooting Stars helps to change this.
THE SIMTH FAMILY - CARE 2 ACHIEVE
https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/campaigns/care2achieve-scholarship-for-young-women-leaving-care-qld
Brisbane Live Shows 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023
The Care2Achieve Scholarship is for young women transitioning out of State Care in Queensland and planning to undertake higher education studies at University or TAFE within Queensland. It provides financial, practical and personal support for these young women.
SECOND CHANCE
https://secondchancedraft.wordpress.com/
Brisbane Live Show May 2018
Second Chance Programme is a fundraising organisation that provides direct financial support to organisations that help homeless women and their children. Their aim is to get women off the streets and to help them take control of their lives.
SEEDS OF AFFINITY
http://www.seedsofaffinity.org.au/
Adelaide Live Show February 2018
Seeds of Affinity assists women transitioning from prison back into the community. They support women and their children during the difficult phase of leaving prison and re-entering the community.