All things GiveBack since April!
What an incredible 3 months! So much has happened! We have been loving being out and about in community, providing access to health and wellness services and treatments to homeless and vulnerable young people. During the months April to June we gave back 190 wellness...
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Give Back Update!
We are leading a social-purpose movement in the health and wellness industry to inspire GiveBack that transforms the lives of homeless and vulnerable young people. Our GiveBack is when we’re out in the community, providing access to health and wellness services and...
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Recalibrate 2018 – Our Annual Retreat in Celebration of International Women’s Day
We held our annual Recalibrate retreat on Sunday 11 March, just after International Women’s Day. These retreats have become the most marvelous tradition for our community and for us. Nested in the urban oasis of The Tribal Space , surrounded by fairy lights, we had an...
read moreOur 2017 Young Women’s Retreat
Our annual retreat for young women was held on Tuesday 14th November and it was a power FULL day! Each ticket sold to our Recalibrate and Reignite retreats earlier in the year funded a place for a homeless and vulnerable young woman to have her own retreat experience....
read moreReignite – Our Second 2017 Retreat
The theme of our second one-day women’s retreat for 2017 on Sunday 22 October was ‘Reignite’. Our intent was to create a program that was about invigorating the mind and body as well as encouraging imagination and inspiration. The program was jam-packed with...
read moreOur GiveBack Wrap Up for 2017
We are leading a social-purpose movement in the health and wellness industry to inspire GiveBack that transforms the lives of homeless and vulnerable young people. Our GiveBack is when we’re out in the community, providing access to health and wellness services and...
read moreOur Founder Kylie and the 2017 AusMumpreneur Awards
You know what it's like. You're scrolling through your emails, scanning subject lines and senders and then you spot it. There's the familiar email address, not because it's your mum/bestie/boss/kid's school but because it's from a organisation you know by reputation....
read moreJoining Hands at Homeless Connect 2017
Over the past few months, together with some of our incredible GiveBack Ambassadors, we’ve been at the Homeless Connect Events in Brisbane and on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. They’ve been epic days, full of doing what we do: providing access to health and wellness...
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When It All Comes Together
Wednesday was a big day for us – huge!! That day saw the culmination of our #30facesofhomelessness campaign that was all about introducing some of the incredible young people we’ve met. During the campaign we were honored to share the stories…of their experience of...
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How We Started 2017 Giving Back
Here’s an update of our GiveBack from the first three months of 2017. We kicked the year off reconnecting with some of the young people we see regularly at the Red Cross Night Café and Jabiru College. We also made some new connections. This introduced us to a whole...
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Why Youth Homelessness Matters to me.
Why Youth Homelessness Matters to me? Today is Youth Homelessness Matters Day which is part of National Youth Week. I was driving along today and began to reflect on this day and why youth homelessness matters so much to me. So much that I have devoted the last 20...
read moreChange Making Ambassadors of the Month.
We love Nat and Lily! Nat,Lily and her amazing community paid forward 18 wellness session for our Give Back Program!
Sam and her beautiful community have paid forward an amazing 4 sessions for homeless and vulnerable young people! Thank you x
Huge gratitude to Kate for her energy, love and unwavering support!
Joining Hands in the public forum
- One Health Organisation – ‘Joining Hands for Homeless Youth‘
- Holistic Living e-Mag – Business Feature (go to page 13)
- HairBiz Magazine – ‘Cuts For a Cause’
Ash, an inspiring young woman, shares her experience of Joining Hands. See more on the Joining Hands YouTube Channel
Got a thirst for knowledge?
Take a look at some of the literature which forms the foundation of our thinking.
- What Is a Social Enterprise? (Guardian) An excellent look at the meeting point between social purpose and commercial sustainability.
- Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude – A friend of founder Kylie wrote her PhD on happiness. Fascinating reading.
- Six Ways Meditation can boost health (ABC)
- Mental Illness Hits Small Business Hard (ABC) – Poignant reading on the impact of mental illness on the bottom line. (Corporate Wellness is this way)
- Building Resilience in the Workplace (ABC) – A versatile mind is vital to all human organisation, underlining the usefulness of Resilience Building Workshops.
- Harvard piece on Yoga for Anxiety and Depression
- A brilliant TED Talk on Mindfulness
- The Power of Community GiveBack – how giving back to community can boost your business.
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Love what we do? Join our movement.
Together we can increase our impact on the health and wellness of homeless and vulnerable young people. We have big visions and want you to join us for the ride! It’s as simple as booking your next haircut, yoga class, fitness class, dance class, nutrition class, mindfulness session, massage and more with your local GiveBack Ambassador.
Help us grow our movement. We thrive from your people power. Next time you talk to your massage therapist, book a massage, or head to your yoga centre, tell them about our Ambassador Program.
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