FUNDRAISE FOR OUR VILLAGE
Fundraising is a fun and sociable way to support the babies and children we help.
Partner with Our Village
Explore partnership and sponsorship opportunities with Our Village
Our Village has a number of opportunities for corporate partnership and sponsorship, including our annual Mother’s Day Lunch events in Melbourne and Geelong.
Joining Our Village as a Partner not only helps us achieve our goal of helping more families in need, it offers your business the chance to have greater engagement with the work that we do via workplace volunteering, exposure to our large social media audience and to our community of supporters. You will be aligning with a highly trusted and well-loved organisation committed to wasting less, sharing more and caring for every child.
We can work with you to develop a partnership that will help you achieve your business and marketing objectives – and help us achieve ours. If you’re looking to make a meaningful difference for vulnerable babies and children, we’d love to talk to you!
If you would like to discuss sponsorship and partnership opportunities further, please email us.
We also greatly appreciate donations of products and services that enable us to help families in need. This may include the donation of a specialist skill or service (eg. tech support, photography, videography, printing, training), nursery equipment, or a product that we can rehome with families. We can issue a gift-in-kind receipt to your business that you can use for tax purposes.
Please check that we can accept your donation – there is a complete list of items that we can rehome on our donate goods page
our current partners
We would like to gratefully acknowledge our many generous supporters without whom Our Village would not exist.
Our Village Founding Partners
Corporate Partners
Gift in Kind Partners
Community Partners
For a list of supporters for the current financial year please see our Annual Report.
Other ways to help
HOLD A Donation drive
A donation drive is a great way to get your community involved in helping every child thrive.
Leave a Gift in your Will
Your Will is a lasting gift to your loved ones and to the next generation. Making a Will is a very personal matter. After you have provided for your loved ones, you may consider including Our Village as a beneficiary.
A gift in your Will to Our Village is a special and powerful way to support a cause that is important to you and the community. If you choose to leave a gift to Our Village, you can be assured that any amount – large or small – will go towards helping vulnerable babies and children in Victoria as well as helping create a more sustainable future for our planet.
how to include a gift in your will
Gifts left to charities in Wills come in all different shapes and sizes and giving a gift in your Will is not just for wealthy people – it is for anybody thinking about doing something powerful, special and lasting.
Making or updating a Will is simple. The best way to arrange leaving a gift to Our Village is to speak with a solicitor. They can ensure your estate is distributed in a way that meets your wishes. How you choose to leave a bequest depends on your personal preference and circumstances.
Please make sure that they include our correct legal name St Kilda Mums Inc. (trading as Our Village Network), address 14 Winterton Road, Clayton Vic 3168 and our ABN 11 296 752 873.
There are three ways to include Our Village in your Will.
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Residuary
You decide to leave what is left in your estate to Our Village after all estate debts or expenses are met and specific gifts are made. It’s the simplest and most effective way to support Our Village.
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Percentage
You leave a percentage of your estate to Our Village. This gives longevity to your Will because your gift won’t be influenced by inflation or changes in the value of your estate.
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Specific Amount
You can make a specific bequest in your Will by simply stating the dollar amount that you wish to leave to Our Village.
To make a bequest to Our Village, we suggest the following wording for consideration by your legal advisor:
“I give and bequeath (a percentage of my estate) or (specified sum) or (all my rights, title and interest in [description of specific land or property at……]) free of all duties, for the general purposes of St Kilda Mums Inc. (trading as Our Village Network) (ABN 11 296 752 873) of 14 Winterton Road, Clayton Vic 3168. I declare that the receipt of an authorised officer of St Kilda Mums Inc (trading as Our VIllage Network) shall be a complete and sufficient discharge for the executor(s).”
We believe it is an important step to talk to family and loved ones about your Will. Communication will ensure that decisions that are important to you are understood by family members, executors and guardians.
have a gift already in your will
If you have already included a gift in your Will, please accept our heartfelt thanks for your thoughtfulness, foresight and generosity. We would be grateful if you could please let us know so that we can thank you personally and we can give you a choice about how we might recognise you and how you would like us to communicate with you.
For questions about leaving a gift in your Will to Our Village, please contact:
Olivia Zinzan
Head of Fundraising and Communications
olivia.zinzan@ourvillage.org.au
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