OUR STORY
Southlake Marketplace have been managing a Food bank in the Lake Macquarie area for 5 years. Over 150 families, seniors, singles and homeless people come through our doors every week.Our clients love us because we do far more then just provide reduced food prices, free xmas hampers, free toys at xmas time, NILS loans, special needs playgroup and advocacy. If you walk through our door WE ARE YOU FRIEND! We have been blessed to share their lives with them. Sharing in their achievements and helping them when live just gets too much to bear.
Unfortunately they are not always easy stories to listen to!
Over the years we have witnessed what a lack of self-confidence can do to a person living in vulnerable situations: a person in a domestic violence relationship is often told they are nothing and no one else would want them; a child living below the poverty line is bullied at school because of their clothing and unkempt hair; a person suffering from a mental illness is too afraid to leave their house, parents with a child who is on the Autism Spectrum is to embarrassed to take their child out for fear of what uneducated people will say to them when their child has a meltdown. The list really is too long, you would be here all day reading and we wouldn't be out there helping.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE FREE HAIRCUTS TO ALL AUSSIE'S DOING IT TOUGH!
OUR PROJECT
Please watch our short video below
Community Hair Project video (also above)
We have partnered with Mobile Salons in case you are unable to leave your house for whatever infliction you might have, we have partnered with Home Salons in case you are to embarrassed to attend a Hair Salon, We have partnered with Barbers because all to often MEN IN CRISIS ARE FORGOTTEN. Lastly we have partnered with Hair Salons for those of our clients who want the full salon experience.
We have had apps and computer programs designed for salons and agencies (neighbourhood centres, women's refuges - anyone who deals with people in need.) By doing this we will be able to roll our program out across Australia. NO ONE WILL NEED TO GO WITHOUT A LITTLE CONFIDENCE BOOST.
The salon owners have been amazingly generous and so receptive to our ideas. Our Community Hair Project model will consist of us paying for 3 haircuts and the salons donating 1 FREE haircut to our program.
To make sure our program is not abused each recipient will be placed on a national data base. They are allowed 1 free haircut per year and 1 half price haircut per year.
WHY IT MATTERS
Since starting this campaign only 8 weeks ago we have been inundated with Neighbourhood Centres and Women Refuges from around Australia wanting to sign up to provide this service for their clients. We have had well over 1000 inquires from Aussies wanting haircuts for themselves and telling us their stories of how they got here and what steps they want to take get their lives back to normal.. Everyone of these stories involved their lack of self confidence.
Positive change requires Positive action.
NO A HAIRCUT WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR LIFE BUT IT WILL HELP BOOST YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE AND IT WILL LET AUSSIES KNOW WE CARE ABOUT THEM.
