Community Awareness
Now more than ever, we need to support our community. According to Connect health & community,
‘Charitable organisations have risen to the challenge of the pandemic by providing vital support to those affected, whether emotionally or materially through loss of jobs, having a place to stay or by providing food and clothing. Giving to charities has more than monetary benefits. Donating doesn’t just benefit the charity or organisation but can be rewarding for you too’.
Connect health & community list the following five reasons why donating to charities is so gratifying.
Makes you happier: Giving to charities – whether monetary or donated goods is a mood booster. Helping those in need can make you feel more content and fulfilled. Research has shown that there is a link between making a donation to charity and feeling joy.
Strengthens personal values: Social Conscience is a widely given reason on why people donate to charities. When questioned, many individuals stated that they felt a moral duty to help others when they can. These personal values and principles were commonly found amongst individuals.
Introduces your children to the importance of generosity: Educating your children about donating teaches them about the importance of helping others. Sharing this experience from a young age can be valuable. It shows that they can make a positive impact in the world and that no amount of help is too small. Encouraging children to be generous can strengthen their attitudes towards helping others.
Inspires those around you to take part: Your actions can encourage those around you to take part and donate to charities too. Family giving strengthens relationships through a shared goal and raises more money collectively. Working with family and friends can increase the positive impact.
Tax Deductable: Donating to charities can help lower your taxable income.
‘In Australia, domestic and family violence is the biggest social injustice that we are confronted with. The RizeUp mission is to drive awareness of domestic and family violence within society by generating life-changing, practical support for the families affected, giving them the hope and empowerment to move on to a life free from violence’.
‘SHINE for Kids has been assisting children and young people with a relative in the criminal justice system for over 30 years. SHINE for Kids has a firm belief in the power of early intervention and a focus on collaboration to reduce the negative effects of parental imprisonment on children and young people’.
‘Kathleen York House is an abstinence based residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation service for women. The also offer a structured, six month abstinence-based long term through care model treatment program for Women. Children aged eleven or younger can live in during their mother’s treatment, and we also support women at any stage of their pregnancy’.
‘Mosman House is an innovative project that will provide safe and secure transitional housing to women over 55, with support to identify permanent housing solutions. Older women are often the hidden victims of homelessness and it is precisely why projects like this, that make use of empty properties, are so important in order to provide additional safe and secure accommodation for vulnerable women in need’.