Every Little Bit Helps is a charity. Established in July 2014, we collect, pack and redistribute unwanted hotel toiletries, inflight amenity kits, cosmetic and make-up samples to those in need including the homeless, asylum seekers and victims of domestic violence as well as troubled youths through Women’s Refuge, Homeless Shelters, Youth Centres, Asylum Centres and Community Centres as well as via small Government and Community Groups.
The catalyst for establishing Every Little Bit Helps was learning that while there are many facilities providing laundry and shower facilities, most are able to supply little more than running water and previously did not have regular and reliable access to basic toiletry products.
We have drop-off locations in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, ACT and Sydney or alternatively you can mail your donations to us at PO Box 340, Forestville NSW 2087.
Our organisation is proudly run by volunteers across Australia but like every organisation we need to cover our running costs. These include shipping and distribution of our kits to the people we support, annual insurance and the bags we pack our kits in to. We appreciate any offers of financial support.
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Today we were joined by a team of 40 corporate volunteers from Deloitte Australia as part of their Global Impact Day where 15,000 individual items were checked, sorted and packed to create 511 Care Packs and 240 Lady Care Packs ready for distribution to people in need who are homeless including Victims of Domestic Violence.
We also had the opportunity to give back to the 1st Forestville Scout Hall who do so much to support us by utilising the volunteers to give the Scout Hall a much needed new coat of paint.
This day was only possible through the generous support we received from Muffin Break - who supplied our delicious morning tea, Bunnings Warehouse Australia Chatswood, Coates Hire Willoughby & Eaton’s Mitre 10 Hardware Forestville. We ask that you help us thank them and the fabulous team at Deloitte for their support and we thank you for remembering Every Little Bit Helps
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Our friends at Active Travel in Canberra have been supporting us for some time now by hosting one of our little red bins so that we can collect your hotel toiletries and airline amenity kits for people in need who are homeless. We just love that they featured our little red bin in this video youtu.be/p7p74WFyJR4. Thanks for the support #ActiveTravel #CanberraCome and see Active Travel for all things Club Med whether it be Sun or Snow!
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The headlines need to start screaming MURDER because apparently this country is now far too comfortable with the words Domestic Violence
Dear RED HEARTERS. It is with extreme sadness and anger that we ask you to share a ❤ for another woman killed in Australia in 2018.
A 63-year-old woman was stabbed to death last night at Tweed Heads in NSW. A 64-year-old man known to the woman has been charged with murder.
The unnamed victim is the 70th woman killed in Australia this year. 19 children have also lost their lives since January 1, 2018.
The RED HEART Campaign asks all Australians to commemorate all women and children lost to murder, manslaughter or extreme neglect by sharing a ❤️.
If you, or someone you know, is in danger please call 000, 1800respect or PM The RED HEART Campaign page.
WE ARE COUNTING DEATHS IN AUSTRALIA: www.facebook.com/pg/TheREDHEARTCampaign/notes/
WE ARE MAPPING FEMICIDES & CHILD DEATHS: tinyurl.com/yc4r8jdnw
You may have noticed our post last week announcing we are now established in the Lismore area. We are also delighted to announce that the Flight Centre Australia - Lismore will be a drop off point for your donations.
We now have over 30 Flight Centre drop off points in NSW at various locations. You can identify your closest drop off location by following this link to our website - www.elbh.org.au/drop-off-locator/ANNOUNCEMENT: We are excited to let you know that with the generous support of Catherine we have now expanded our services to include Lismore.
Catherine recently contacted us to express an interest in setting up an Every Little Bit Helps branch in Lismore to support the local community and is busy engaging with the local community to gain some much needed support for the more than 1500 homeless people in the Northern Rivers districts.
If you can support in any way, or know someone who lives in the Lismore area, why not tag them in this post and introduce them to Every Little Bit Helps. We will gratefully accept hotel toiletries, airline amenity kits, as well as make-up and cosmetic samples and sanitary items and roll on deodorants for our Care Packs and Lady care Packs.