đź’– CREATING MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES
Kinfolk is a social enterprise café and caterer which exists to create more inclusive communities and relieve social isolation. It runs with the labour and love of a large talented and energetic volunteer workforce who compliment our core staff. We provide a personalised volunteer experience and we redistribute our profits to our two partner charities – this year we are supporting the ASRC and Cathy Freeman Foundation.
When Kinfolk began trading 8 years ago, it was thanks to generous contributions of time, energy & funding from a broad community numbering in the hundreds who were inspired by this early vision of a social enterprise cafe. It soon became a favourite for the CBD crowds & defied industry trends to quickly become a self-sufficient café. Along the way, an incredible community of people developed with shared values of inclusion. Now, our greatest impact can be seen in the personal achievements made possible through our volunteer training program. Kinfolk has witnessed many individual successes with more than 700 volunteers who have donated over 50,000 hours since Kinfolk opened its doors.
Now, we have so many people on the waiting list that we often can't accept people into the program for months at a time. For people with time-critical issues, this can simply be too long to wait.
This is your opportunity to be a part of a new chapter in the story of Kinfolk. We are calling on the community to come together to create something special.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, SIBLING!
Sibling will open in Carlton North and allow us to double the size of our volunteer program over the next two years. This means our weekly active volunteers will grow from 60 to 120!
It will provide support and guidance, a sense of community, a space for creativity, accredited training and more donations to our partner charities.
We are also proud to announce our partnership with Fitzroy Learning Network which will enable us to provide certified training in hospitality.
Kinfolk Enterprise is a DGR registered charity with the ACNC so all outright pledges and cash donations will receive a 100% tax deductible receipt.
🌱 OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM NEEDS TO GROW
We have so many people on the waiting list that we often can't accept people into the program for months at a time. SIBLING will allow us to welcome an additional 60 volunteers to the program each week within two years.
“Unfortunately at Kinfolk we have a bit of a wait list for our volunteers. We have so many people who want to get involved that it’s usually about 2 – 3 months until we can get them to an induction. When people need immediate help, it’s really hard to make them wait those few months and it really breaks my heart that I can’t just tell everyone to come in the next day and get them started.” – Katie Huk, Volunteer Manager.
đź’ˇ GET TO KNOW OUR VOLUNTEERS
Since the start of the year, we have helped over 74% of volunteers who were looking for work find paid employment.
Every week, we have 60 volunteers participate in the Kinfolk volunteer program from more than 31 different countries. We have an open-door policy and support people facing barriers to social inclusion. To give you a snap-shot, at the half way mark of this financial year, 104 volunteers had completed 4,526 hours of volunteer work and our program included:
🤝 PARTNERS
The Sisters of Mercy have generously offered to provide the majority of the renovation and reduced rental for the first 4 years.
Thanks to a partnership with Fitzroy Learning Network (a Registered Training Organisation), Sibling and Kinfolk will offer accredited hospitality training to volunteers. This will further help in developing a positive pathway towards employment or their future goals.
Small Batch has also put forth a swanky coffee machine & grinders and has also pledged training & support that will enable our volunteers to learn from the best in the biz on the best equipment.
đź“Ł HOW CAN YOU HELP?
It is often the small things that can make a big difference to our volunteers – a hot coffee, a warm embrace, some advice, a new challenge or an invitation. Small things are also what will help us achieve the goal of this crowdfunding campaign.
So how can you help? We’ve kept it simple:
#1 Donate!
Look to the right to choose one of our great rewards.
#2 Spread the word!
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter - wherever you lurk online.
#3 Host your own fundraising event... that could be fun!
Get in touch ([email protected]) to ask how your fundraising event can contribute to this campaign. It could be a pot luck dinner, auction, movie night, karaoke or talent show. Whatever gets your people together for a good cause.
“We need more opportunities like Sibling and like Kinfolk. It has worked once and it can work again - we have to do this.” – Jarrod Briffa founder/CEO
As we learned from Kinfolk, it takes a community to make something as special as this happen – we hope you’ll be a part of it!
Check out our new home - you can help us transform this construction site into a place to create more inclusive communities and relieve social isolation.
