Give with impact, give locally
Our collective generosity transforms lives of women and children of the Northern Rivers.
We are a collective of passionate women taking action to tackle local disadvantage. We welcome women connected to the Northern Rivers who want to join our community to create change. Your donation contributes to supporting grassroots change.
Our community needs your support
1,349
domestic violence related assaults
were reported to Police in the
Northern Rivers from Jan-Dec 2023.
2,310
women in the Northern Rivers sought assistance from a Specialist
Homelessness Service in 2022-2023.
10,000
people were displaced by floods and 1,800 are still living in temporary housing
How it Works
Our goal is to have 100 women donating $1,000 so we can gift $50,000 each year to grassroots women and girls empowerment projects. The remaining $50,000 grows the Northern Rivers Women’s Fund - which guarantees projects will be supported each year into the future.
Each year, the members of the Women’s Giving Circle come together for a pitch night to hear from and learn about two local, grassroots programs being undertaken in the Northern Rivers. Each member has the opportunity to vote on who will receive the pooled funds. You are connected with the leaders and recipients of your philanthropy.
2024 Events
Our Women's Giving Circle meets for Quarterly Socials, including an end of year Christmas Garden Drink at NRCF's headquarters in Clunes. We also meet to hear the project pitches, vote and award the Empowering Women and Girls Grant each Spring.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
QUARTERLY SOCIALS
Thursday 2nd May
Event Photo Gallery at The Brooklet, Newrybar
Thursday 9th May
Event Photo Gallery at Tweed River House
COFFEE CATCH UPS
Coming Soon
PITCH NIGHT – MEMBERS ONLY
Thursday 12th September
5:00pm - 7:00pm Empowering Women & Girls Grant Pitch Night
CLUNES GARDEN CHRISTMAS DRINKS
December (TBA)
Our goal
Our goal is to reach 100 members to raise $100,000 per year for grassroots projects to transform our local community.
Who is NRCF?
Past recipients
“I’m a proud Barkindji woman who works with The Returning Indigenous Corporation to facilitate the Postpartum Care Program that creates culturally safe postpartum care for First Nations mothers, led by First Nations women. We were incredibly grateful to be recipients of a $25,000 grant awarded to us by the Women's Giving Circle which has expanded the number of mothers we can care for.
“22% to 32% of the Indigenous population experience food insecurity, we know this directly affects First Nations mothers giving birth. With the grant, we can nourish families with local, organic and native foods for the first 6 weeks postpartum, and in the next 6 months plan to support at least 15 mothers and babies and 75 family members with meal support.”
Kirilly Dawn,
Postpartum Care Program Manager
“The Walking Tall project targeted 12 women around Northern NSW. We supported young women to find their individualism and build on their self-esteem, and their skills… put that in a package to get them work or education-ready.
It’s really about supporting that person and not putting them in a box – bringing what skills and attributes they have as a person and their style and letting them own that, with the $40,000 grant donated to us by the Women’s Giving Circle we have seen almost 50% of our cohort find employment.”
Jade Bennett,
Kyogle Family Support Service’s Case Manager
Give locally. Give with impact.
Connect with us
Connect with the Women’s Giving Circle on Facebook and Instagram
If you would like to learn more about the NRCF Women’s Giving Circle please email Amy Colli,
the NRCF Women's Giving Circle Coordinator on givingcircle@nrcf.org.au.