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Supporting our local communities
SHARE THE DIGNITY
There are more than 85,000 homeless women in Australia. Share the Dignity supports these women and women eeing domestic violence by providing them with sanitary items that most of us take for granted. They also fund funerals for victims of domestic violence and campaign for justice for women in Australia.
In November 2016, we delivered 140 handbags lled with personal care, sanitary items, little luxuries and other useful personal effects. Share the Dignity distributes these donations to women who are homeless, at risk of and experiencing domestic violence through their partner shelters and charitable organisations.
SHARING MENTAL HEALTH STORIES
For Christmas in 2016, we donated $10,000 to our national pro bono partner batyr for its batyr@ school initiative. The program features trained speakers who share their mental health stories
to encourage students to talk about their own challenges and reach out for help when they need it.
www.sharethedignity.com.au
www.batyr.com.au
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