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COURAGE
COMPASSION
RESPECT
FAITH
Who we are
We are for women.
We stand with women who hope for a better life. Strong, beautiful, courageous women who are ready to take control. Women who are tired of fighting, women who have been carrying the burden alone. Women who have been surrounded by hopelessness, brokenness, and darkness. Women who desperately seek the light.
We are not designed to do life alone, our community makes all the difference. The Lovewell Foundation exists to be that community.
We support. We encourage. We partner. We equip. We love.
Lovewell Foundation dares to believe that we are not broken women, we are women who need people to believe the truth about who we are. We are worthy, we are valued, we have purpose and a destiny. Lovewell Foundation boldly expects that change can, and will happen. We find opportunity.
We are here to change the narrative, to speak YOU CAN when the world has said YOU CAN’T. We are here to bring strength when they feel they are weak. We are here to remind them that their life has meaning beyond the moment, and that life always holds more for them.
At Lovewell Foundation we work with women who are rebuilding their lives. We work with counsellors, social workers, local businesses, and our social enterprise café Lovewell, to train, reskill, and rehabilitate women as they establish a new life.
Our Mission
To champion all women to know that they are loved, respected and created with a purpose
Our VISION
Enabling women’s safety, empowerment and independence
What we do
Sunflower Place
Better Futures Program | Training & Employment | Socials
Sunflower Place is the hub of activity for women seeking support and services offered by Lovewell Foundation. Our space is located in Mt Gravatt and easily accessed by public transport. Women can approach us directly or be referred by another organisation or service.
Our main focusses at Lovewell Foundation are to assist women to reset, rebuild and reconnect. This is done through support and referral services to vulnerable women requiring assistance to rebuild their lives. The focus of our service is to assist women grow through self-development and implement goals associated with training or employment.
Our Better Futures Program is a 6-week intensive (3 days a week) series of practical workshops to assist vulnerable women focus and develop their goals and plans for tomorrow, the day after and the one after that. They are then assisted to identify and commence training or employment (which may include starting their own small business), supported for the following 3-6 months by a trained mentor.
We also conduct one off workshops on a range of topics, have social and physical exercise events and assist women develop a new tribe of friendships in their local communities.
We are currently NOT able to offer emergency accommodation or response services to vulnerable women.
Contact us to get in touch.
Lovewell Cafe
Partnering with Lovewell Foundation, Lovewell Cafe works with women who are rebuilding their lives. Our café provides a safe place and community for them to grow into their purpose. At Lovewell we want customers to know our narrative and the women behind these stories – the WHO we are, the WHAT we do and the WHY we do it.
We want customers to feel the culture, the welcome, the care and the love that goes into preparing and delivering their food and coffee. We want them to see the big picture – that we really are changing one woman at a time, one coffee at a time.
They need to know that at our café, their coffee means a woman can get back on her feet, can hold her head high, can rebuild her life and her confidence, can take her place in the community, can feel safe, can grow, can provide for herself or her family and that she is enough.
Volunteering and Mentoring
We’re on the search for more wonderful volunteers for the Lovewell Group and Lovewell Café. The Lovewell Group is known for its work with women who are rebuilding their lives. We work with counsellors, social workers, local businesses and our café the Lovewell project to train, reskill, and energise women as they establish a new life.
We would love to know what skills and hobbies you have, what superpowers you keep under wraps and what time you have available to assist us. We need admin and IT help, drivers, support people to attend appointments with our women, social and craft group facilitators, skills trainers, gardeners, the list is endless. Volunteers are required to have a Blue Card and Police Check and will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.
We also have a mentoring program where women who have completed our Better Futures Program are supported by a volunteer mentor for 3-12 months whilst they undertake training or begin employment. These mentors receive training and require a Blue Card and Police check and will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Contact us if you want to make a difference.
Donations
Lovewell Foundation relies heavily on donations from individuals, businesses, and corporates to run the programs and support services we offer. We currently do not get funded by government but do apply for arrange of grants. We welcome one-off and regular donations. We also welcome donations of store gift cards or vouchers from local businesses able to be used by the women we support. Household white goods and furnishings, schoolbooks, non-perishable or frozen food items, and kitchen appliances are things our women often need. Currently, we are not taking any donation of clothing as we have very generous ops shops in the area. Please follow us on social media where we regularly post items that are in current need.
To support what we do here, you can make a donation either online or via bank transfer
BSB: 114 879
ACC #: 482348341
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