The Generous and the Grateful, Inc.

Turning empty rentals into safe, comfy homes with preloved furniture and whitegoods so survivors may begin to thrive.
The Generous and the Grateful, Inc.
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We support those rebuilding their lives after tragedy and trauma by sourcing high quality used furniture and white goods and delivering packages of bulky essential items when they move into housing. We do the big heavy expensive things that seem impossible when you have little, most importantly bed, fridge & washing machine, sofas and dinner tables. We enable recipients to move past pure survival mode, to a point where they may begin to thrive. By removing furniture sourcing from their caseworkers' workload, it allows them to focus on vital support like Mental Health, Employability, Financial and so on. We work alongside caseworkers and social workers at Mission Au, RedCross, Marist180, various DV shelters across Sydney and the like. The budget and time savings they enjoy can be better spent on work readiness and mental health support. Our recipients are typically survivors of DV, ex homeless, youth at risk, and refugees. We know that a good night sleep, safe food storage, and cleaned clothes vastly improve their chance of starting again and working towards the life they wish for. It's a simple concept, we are filling a clear gap in the market with supply and demand both plentiful, we simply connect the two, quickly. By working with caseworkers and advocates we sidestep lengthy assessment delays. We are volunteer run, our storage facility is currently near West Ryde Gold Club. In FY2019/20 we withheld 95 tonnes of quality items from landfills. Simply put we are in the business of connecting kindness and providing community to those that have lost theirs. Supported by Ryde Council, Goodman Foundation, Payce Foundation, Frasers Property, Armstrong Q, Herbert Smith Freehills, Macquarie University, Koala, Built Construction and more.

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Taken on 2020-12
Blog Posts
7th February, 2021
Interview in Rug Culture newsletter

https://www.rugculture.com.au/blogs/news/q-a-with-the-generous-and-the-grateful?mc_cid=1b5b7ad657&mc...

3rd February, 2021
Ryde Citizen of the Year: Carmen Lee Platt

Article by Ryde District Mums https://rydedistrictmums.com.au/ryde-citizen-of-the-year-carmen-lee-pl...

25th January, 2021
2021 Citizen of the Year

A huge congratulations to our very own Carmen Lee Platt – GG’s CEO and co-Founder – yesterday announ...

22nd December, 2020
Koala's generous donation

Koala, our long time partners in kindness, are donating $100,000 worth of beautiful new mattresses a...

15th October, 2020
AMP Tomorrow Fund grant

We are so excited to share that The Generous and the Grateful has been awarded an AMP Tomorrow Fund ...

30th August, 2020
Welcome to the team Dez!

We’re a bit stoked to introduce an exciting addition to the GG family- our new Warehouse Supervisor ...

12th September, 2019
Moving with grace and style

We're really going to miss the sight of the Grace Removals truck pulling into our warehouse. They've...

5th September, 2019
How to help a charity

Today is the International Day of Charity, and it’s a great reminder that there are SO many ways you...

20th July, 2019
New warehouse, new possibilities

Moving day! What a mighty effort from our amazing volunteer team today as we moved the equivalent of...

28th June, 2019
Transforming lives and community connections

GG was the chosen charity for the launch of John Holland’s exciting new workplace Macquarie Square o...

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