Winter Appeal for families in crisis

For families on lower incomes, the increased cost of living has led to impossible choices: skip meals, fall behind on bills, or risk losing their home. People need somewhere to turn for support right now.

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Your gift this winter will ensure struggling families can get the support they need. Thanks to a small group of key supporters, every dollar raised up to $29,000 will be matched – meaning you can double your impact.

$50 can help provide emergency groceries, toiletries or transport for someone struggling to afford rising living costs.

$125 can help fund warm meals, clothing and a welcoming place to go for support through one of our community partners.

$250 can help someone in crisis access safe temporary accommodation and vital wraparound support.

All donations above $2 are tax-deductible. Donate by 30 June to earn a tax benefit on your next refund.

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Donation Total: $50.00 One Time

“We end up with nothing left”: Annie’s story

Annie’s family is feeling the constant pressure. “It’s an extra $780 a month just for our mortgage,” she says. “Our rate’s locked in now for three years, the bank said we either agreed to that or we had to pay an extra $400 on top. Everything’s gone up. Electricity, school stuff, petrol.”

Annie lives with her husband, her younger daughter and her 14-year-old grandson. She and her husband are on the pension, while her daughter has a part-time job and has been looking nonstop for more work. “She hasn’t had any luck lately, but she keeps going day-by-day and hopes that she finds something,” says Annie. “I think maybe I can look out there and find a day’s work or something, but nobody will hire me, I’m too old.”

Annie heard about a foodbank run by one of our community partners and, even though she felt she didn’t deserve it enough, made the difficult decision to reach out for help. “There are so many people in need,” she explains.

“But then when our mortgage went up, that’s nearly our whole two pensions gone. Then we have the normal bills and the insurance and stuff like that and we end up with nothing left.”

Annie is not alone. Last year 20 per cent of Australian households experienced severe food insecurity (for example skipping meals or whole days of eating), while one in three Australian households – almost 3.5 million people – suffered food insecurity.

Annie continues to visit the foodbank every week, and feels better after a much-needed cuppa and chat with the staff. “I go there for half an hour and just sit down and explain everything I’ve been brooding on,” she says. “I have somewhere to go if I just need to talk. And I know that they’ll never ever turn me away.”

Lower-income families across Australia are facing a cold and miserable winter

Right now, the pressure on the people we help is relentless. The cost of living continues to increase Australia-wide, rental and mortgage payments have become unaffordable, and the prices of basics like groceries and petrol are staggering.

Families on lower incomes, who were once just getting by, are now facing impossible choices – and for too many, the very real risk of homelessness. This constant financial strain has led to nonstop anxiety and declining mental health.

With your help, we feed, house and educate some of the most disadvantaged people in Australia. Your gift this winter will ensure desperate people have somewhere to turn for help.

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Account Name: Sisters of Charity Foundation Ltd
BSB: 032 040
Account number: 126 376

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