The Philanthropic Collective is a not-for-profit charitable organisation who has a primary focus on children and families in the community experiencing adversity in life. We provide the opportunity for material supports to student, family members, seniors, and schools on a case-by-case basis. This assists in ensuring options are available for community members facing structural limitations and access to governmental or charitable organisations.
Our Free Food Program provides access to improving health and wellbeing through supplying fresh fruit and produce to hundreds of school children, families, and senior citizens across the ridge each week. By delivering the program through local schools we can ensure that all who are facing challenges within our community maintain a sense of dignity and value whilst accessing nutritious food.
The Philanthropic Collective aims to provide a meaningful experience of life on the ridge with a holistic approach to serving the community through our many and varied philanthropic pursuits.
Our Vision
The Philanthropic Collective envisions:
A community where all possess inherent value and capacity to care for the most vulnerable, providing support, sustenance and connection and creating opportunity to grow health and wellbeing through physical and emotional nourishment.
Our Mission
The Philanthropic Collective exists to:
Enhance community wellness and wellbeing through increasing access to essential resources undertaking all service with considered responsible efforts in reducing environmental impacts through landfill reduction.
Our Values
Our work is inspired and guided by our beliefs and dedication to:
Good Will - Building strong connections and community utilising only the currency of good intentions and unwavering commitment.
Hope - Inspiring community members to grow value within through service to others.
Dignity - Recognising the inherent value of every person through respecting all people, and acknowledging the value of diversity, equality and equity.
Integrity - Act with impeccable transparency and honesty at all times in our service to the community and organisational and stakeholder interactions.
Participation - Acknowledging and valuing the significance and worth of volunteer contribution within communities and organisations.
Our Persuasions
A stand alone organisation.
As a guiding principle of our charter, and to best serve our community the Philanthropic Collective holds the view that we remain non-partisan and abstain from engaging in any specific political party requests or promotion in our engagement with the community and all stakeholders. As such, our organisation maintains neutrality and does not align with any political party, policy, or view. Our volunteer work is centred in the domain of ‘good will’ as our currency, and whilst our volunteers enjoy broad personal political views, whilst performing their roles these views remain separate to our organisation.
A very special Thank You
A huge level of gratitude and thanks to Dean Jenkin, Director of RipperWebsites, for his vision, time, patience, expertise and commitment to our community to design a website worthy of showcasing our charity.
This website was made possible thanks to the State Government of Victoria - Department of Health and Human Services - Community Food Relief Fund Food Relief Grants.
