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Power Up Kids, Gold Coast (2026)

29/12/2025

Call for Board Leadership

Some work becomes too important to be led without the right people around the table.

Can We Change has reached that point.

As we prepare to apply for charity status over the next six months, we are opening Expressions of Interest for Board leadership.

We are seeking people with the experience, judgement, and integrity to help guide complex, high-impact community work across homelessness, mental health, domestic and family violence, youth services, and community care.

This is not about titles or profile.
It’s about responsibility.

Can We Change is the driving force behind a community movement designed to do two things at once:
• Educate the community with clarity, honesty, and visibility
• Directly support frontline charities and services with what they actually need

Alongside this, Power Up Kids will be our flagship initiative for schools and sport, embedding empathy, responsibility, teamwork, and community care early — through the environments that shape young people most.

We are already working with respected leaders and frontline organisations, and as this movement grows, governance must grow with it.

📩 If you believe you could contribute — or know someone who should be part of this conversation — please reach out via direct message or email to expression of interest. Powerupkids11@hotmail.com

This movement was never meant to stay small.
But it must grow the right way.

— Tony
Founder, Can We Change

22/12/2025

💙💜 THIS IS THE TRUE MEANING OF THESE BINS

The collection SEE Group did for Rosies - Friends On The Street is nothing short of outstanding — and it perfectly shows what these Essential Item Bins are actually designed to do.

This wasn’t just a donation.
This was the right items, at the right time, for real frontline need.

The collection included the crucial essentials Rosies needs on a nightly basis — including over 600 biscuits alone.
That single item will help create hundreds of moments of connection, conversation, dignity, and care for people doing it tough on the streets.

That is impact.

For the Gold Coast Zero Essential Item Bin supporting Hearts Of Purple , the collection has made founder Michelle Beattie absolutely stoked — collecting exactly the essential items needed to support women and families affected by domestic violence.

And it didn’t stop there.

The team also came together with partners to collect toys and donations for sick kids, alongside the many collections they’ve supported throughout the year.

A huge thank you to Nick Metcalfe and the entire SEE Group team — what you’ve achieved not just this Christmas period, but right across the year, is something you should all be incredibly proud of.

This is what it looks like when a business steps up — not just as a workplace, but as part of the community sector.

From all of us at Power Up Kids and Can We Change — thank you for showing exactly what community-led change looks like.

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22/12/2025

💙 COMMUNITY IN ACTION AT THE HELENSVALE FARMERS’ MARKET

What an incredible show of generosity from the Helensvale community.

Recently, The Helensvale Farmers’ Market took on the Outside the Locker Room essential item bin with the interchangeable lid featuring Gold Coast Youth Service .

In just one collection, the community donated over 117 essential items — from deodorant and toothpaste to meals, noodles, and aftershave. Every single item represents dignity, care, and genuine support for people doing it tough in our community.

But this story gets even better 👇

We’re excited to share that next year, The Helensvale Farmers Market has committed to hosting a Red Gold Coast Zero Homeless Essential Item Bin every single month for the entire year.

This means:
• A permanent, visible place for the community to give back
• Interchangeable lids, supporting a different charity each month
• QR codes on the bins that educate the community about what’s happening on the Gold Coast around homelessness and how people can help

This is exactly what change looks like — visibility, education, and action, all in one place.

A huge thank you to the team at The Helensvale Farmers Market for giving back so generously and committing to a long-term solution that will support charities, frontline services, and the people who need it most.

💙 From all of us atPower Up Kids and lCan We Change — thank you for support.

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18/12/2025

The visibility, the conversations, and the incredible generosity from the community really do say it all 💚
This is why Can We Change and Power Up Kids essential item bins exist — to make the unseen work of charities and non-profits visible, recognised, and supported.
As more of these initiatives roll out, this is the perfect example of the impact they’re having on our communities and, most importantly, on the people who need it most.

10/12/2025

💙 PROUD MOMENT FOR NERANG & OUR COMMUNITY

We’re incredibly proud to announce that Connections – Nerang has taken on the Gold Coast Zero Essential Item Bin, in partnership with the Gold Coast Homelessness Network inc, to support the beautiful frontline work of Set Free Care.

This bin is more than just a collection point — it’s a public education and visibility tool.
Through the QR codes on the bin, the community can now:
✅ See live homelessness data
✅ Learn who is doing what, suburb by suburb
✅ Understand what items are truly needed
✅ Watch real frontline stories

This is what Gold Coast Zero is all about — transparency, education, and real community action.

💛 Set Care Free supports individuals and families escaping domestic violence, homelessness, and crisis — providing essential items, dignity, safety, and hope when it matters most.

To the team at Connections, thank you for being a business built on healing that now extends that care directly into the community. Your impact goes far beyond your walls.

From all of us at Power Up Kids and Can We Change, in proud partnership with the Gold Coast Homelessness Network — thank you to everyone who will donate, scan, learn, and share.

This is community in action.. 💙

09/12/2025

This post may be long — but when you’re talking about two incredible charities and a corporate business that genuinely wants to give back to the community, it’s hard for it to be short. Some stories deserve the space to be felt.

💜 A COMMUNITY STORY THAT DESERVES TO BE SEEN
Hearts Of Purple x SEE Group

Some stories are so powerful, so raw, and so driven by genuine community heart that they deserve to be told properly.
This is one of them. 💜

💜 Hearts of Purple — And The Woman Who Built It With Her Whole Heart

In September 2022, Hearts of Purple purchased their very first block of land.

Not through government funding.
Not through council support.
Not through major grants.

But through something far more powerful…

10-cent cans and bottles collected by everyday people in our community.

In just three years, this extraordinary grassroots movement has now raised:

$500,000

And today… that money is being transformed into TWO brand-new 2-bedroom homes for domestic violence victims.

Homes that represent:
• Safety
• Stability
• Dignity
• A fresh start

These homes are now under construction and are due for completion by February 2026.

Every single dollar raised by the community.
By clubs.
By everyday people who refused to look away.

No government support. No council support. Just pure community power.

But behind every dollar…
Behind every bottle…
Behind every life changed…
Is one extraordinary woman.

Michelle Beattie.

Sometimes in this work, you meet founders who inspire you.
And then sometimes… you meet founders who move you in a way that changes how you see impact forever.

Michelle is one of those people.

She has given everything to Hearts of Purple.
Her time.
Her energy.
Her personal sacrifices.
Her voice.
Her heart.

Not for recognition.
Not for applause.
But because she cannot stand the thought of another woman or child being trapped in fear with nowhere to go.

Michelle doesn’t just advocate for domestic violence awareness —
she lives it, breathes it, and fights for it every single day.

And when you stand beside her, hear her story, and see the weight she carries for others…
you don’t just want to help.

You feel compelled to.

That is her power.
That is her leadership.
That is why Hearts of Purple is changing lives.

SEE Group — A Business Built on Family, Values & Real Impact

Since starting as a Tweed Heads family-run business in 1988, SEE Group has grown into one of the most respected infrastructure partners across Queensland and New South Wales.

Now made up of four divisions —
✔️ Civil Engineering
✔️ Mining
✔️ Fleet Management
✔️ Quarrying

SEE Group now proudly employs over 800 people and in early 2025 was officially recognised as a Certified Great Place to Work.

But more than projects, awards or growth — SEE Group stands for:
• Family values
• Social sustainability
• Equal opportunity
• Stronger, safer, more connected communities

This year, SEE Group was rightfully awarded:
🏆 Business of the Year (for the second year running!)
🏆 Construction & Trades Award
at the 2025 Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards.

And now… they are stepping into something even bigger.

💜 SEE Group Supporting the Gold Coast Zero Essential Item Bin
In Support of Hearts of Purple
- helping deliver essential items, visibility, and real awareness for those fleeing domestic violence.

This isn’t just about donations.
This is about visibility.
Education.
Support.
And making sure no woman or child feels invisible in their time of need.

🤝 A Moment That Turned Into Action

While I was with Nick Metcalf, talking through this entire program and showing SEE Group the Outside the Locker Room Mental Health Essential Item Bin, something incredible happened.

They didn’t just listen.
They didn’t just nod.
They took action.

👉 SEE Group immediately committed to taking on the Outside the Locker Room Mental Health Essential Item Bin for two full weeks, giving their team the opportunity to learn, engage, and actively support mental health both in the workplace and across our community.

But they didn’t stop there.

Through the power of the interchangeable lids, SEE Group also decided to take on another collection for Rosies - Friends On The Street — and the work they delivered throughout the year for the Rosies Logan branch absolutely blew me away.

The volume of support.
The consistency.
The care shown by their teams.

What they achieved for Logan wasn’t just impressive —
it was deeply impactful, and it showed exactly what’s possible when a business genuinely commits to community.

💜 What’s Coming Next

Two months ago, we created Hearts of Purple’s very own Can We Change Essential Item Bin — built specifically for their mission, their branding, and the women and families they protect every single day.

We cannot wait to release this over the coming weeks.
A bin built with purpose.
A bin built with visibility.
A bin built to help save lives. 💜

❤️ This Is Only the Beginning

With SEE Group’s strength, values and reach…
With Hearts of Purple’s proven impact and Michelle’s fearless leadership…
With community-powered programs like Outside the Locker Room, essential item bins, and frontline collections and our amazing partnership with the Gold Coast Homelessness Network inc

We are about to change lives at scale.

Not one home.
Not one family.
But many.

Michelle — your courage saves lives.
SEE Group — your support will change futures.
And to every single person who ever returned a bottle or can for Hearts of Purple —

This milestone belongs to you.

From Power Up Kids and Can We Change,
we thank you for believing in the kind of change that is built with hands, hearts, and community — not just words. 💜

06/12/2025

🎄 This Christmas, the power of everyday people is moving through one of Australia’s most important distribution centres — and straight into the hands of those who need it most. 💚

We are incredibly grateful to share that Primary Connect Heathwood, a core part of the Woolworths Group supply chain, is hosting two Rosies - Friends On The Street Essential Item Bins as part of their Operation Santa Christmas Appeal.

Each week, the Heathwood Distribution Centre delivers chilled and frozen products to over 300 Woolworths Supermarkets stores across Queensland. This Christmas, that same hardworking site is also becoming a place of compassion, action, and community care.

With a team of around 650 staff, Primary Connect Heathwood hand-selected Rosies - Friends on the Street for this year’s appeal because of their ability to:

✔️ Deliver immediate frontline support
✔️ Use essential items that are affordable and accessible for team members to donate
✔️ And ensure items go directly to people experiencing homelessness and hardship

For nearly 40 years, Rosies - Friends on the Street has walked alongside people with dignity, conversation, meals, and human connection. These bins now create a direct line between everyday generosity and real frontline impact this Christmas. 💚

A very special thank you to Kendall Eliot-Cotton , Team Experience Partner at Primary Connect Queensland, for the heart, leadership, and care behind bringing this Christmas appeal to life. This simply would not have happened without you.

To the entire team at Primary Connect Heathwood — thank you for choosing to open your workplace, your hearts, and your Christmas to those who need it most. What you’re doing here is not about publicity. It’s about people. 💚

🤝 We also truly look forward to what may grow from this moment — because when logistics, people, and purpose align, the potential for long-term community impact is powerful.

From all of us at Rosies - Friends on the Street,Power Up Kids & Can We Change — thank you to every single person who will place an item into these bins this Christmas. What feels small to give can be life-changing to receive. 💚

💚 This is how Change begins. 💚

06/12/2025

🌟 Supporting Show The Way Inc. — Community, Visibility & Real Impact

Today marks another powerful moment for our community, as two amazing clients of Show The Way Inc. proudly took on the Gold Coast Homelessness Network inc Gold Coast Zero Essential Item Bin and the Outside the Locker Room Mental Health Essential Item Bin.

Show The Way has been supporting men, women, and children experiencing crisis and homelessness since 2018 — offering food relief, essentials, hope, and a place where people feel seen and supported. Their volunteers, their heart, and their mission make them one of the true pillars of compassion on the Gold Coast.

Through this initiative, we’ve always stood by one truth:
visibility, honesty, and community action will always lead the way forward.

🩵 Real Life, Real Work — And Why We Kept Moving

At the start of the week, we prepared a dedicated QR code for Show The Way’s public donations.
But due to an unexpected technical glitch — combined with the team responding to urgent real-world situations — we weren’t able to fix it in time.

And that’s okay.

Because this is the reality of community work:
not everything goes perfectly, but the mission never stops.

Rather than delay these two essential item drives, we pushed forward because visibility matters.
The public deserves to see the real work Show The Way does every single day.
The organisation comes first.
And above all… the people they serve come first.

🌟 A Huge Thank You to Oscar on Main

A massive thank you to Oscar on Main, and to Rochelle and Jason, the incredible resort managers, for proudly hosting an Essential Item Bin to support Show The Way.

Your generosity and willingness to step in immediately brings help, awareness, and dignity to people who are doing it tough.
We are so grateful for your support.

🩵 A Special Shoutout — Hussain Baba, Multicultural Social Network

Today, I also had the honour of meeting Hussain Baba the heart behind the Multicultural Social Network, and what an extraordinary man he is.

His commitment to serving our community is unbelievable — from preparing 100 meals for Set Free Care, to running his own organisation, to supporting countless charities across the Gold Coast.
Hussain shows up for everyone.
He lifts people.
He leads with kindness, humility, and strength.

I genuinely look forward to more conversations with him.
A beautiful man — and truly one of the most respected hearts on the Gold Coast.

🩵 Thank You, Show The Way Inc.

To Amber and the entire team: your courage, compassion, and dedication inspire us all.
You carry some of the hardest stories, you show up on the toughest days, and you never stop caring for those who need you the most.

These essential item bins are here to bring you visibility, support, and a community standing behind you.

Together — one movement at a time —
we can change the way our city sees and supports those in crisis.

🩵 With Gratitude

From Power Up Kids and Can We Change, we thank every single person involved — for your heart, your support, and your belief in making our community stronger.

06/12/2025

🌟 Helensvale Farmers Markets Are Making a Real Difference 🌟

This weekend and for the next two Saturdays , The Helensvale Farmers Market Proudly welcomes the Outside the Locker Room Mental Health Essential Item Bin — a simple tool with a powerful purpose:
to support families doing it tough, raise awareness around mental health, and help our community see the frontline in a new way.

For this rotation, the community collection is supporting an organisation that continues to go above and beyond for young people across our city.

💛 Gold Coast Youth Service

Supporting young people when life becomes overwhelming

GoldCoastYouthService has been helping vulnerable young people for over 40 years.
They walk beside youth aged 12–25 who are facing homelessness, family breakdown, financial pressures, or mental-health challenges.

What makes GCYS extraordinary is the way they show up:

✔️ Crisis support
✔️ Housing and emergency assistance
✔️ Food, hygiene & essential items
✔️ Mediation with families
✔️ Pathways into education & work
✔️ Real, human connection — without judgment

And to the people behind this work:

Maria, Belinda and the entire team at GCYS — the work you do is truly life-changing.
You give our young people more than support… you give them hope.
You help the community understand what so many youth are facing, and sometimes all they need is an ear or a voice.
You are doing so much more than that — you’re creating pathways, lifting spirits, and helping young people take their next steps when they don’t know where to turn.

🩵 Thank You, Helensvale Farmers Markets

Thank you too, two legends for hosting this bin, you’re giving your community a real way to help — with essential items, awareness, and visible support for youth mental health.

On behalf of Power Up Kids and Can We Change we want to truly thank the Helensvale Farmers Markets.
You’ve done an incredible job supporting our recycling bins, our initiatives, and the visibility of the work we’re building together.

From the bottom of my heart — and from everyone in our family — your support means more than you know.
It honestly feels like you’ve become part of our family, too.

If you haven’t had the chance to drop into the Helensvale farmers market, please do Awesome atmosphere , fresh produre , food and so much more .

05/12/2025

This week we had the privilege of meeting Sam O'Connor MP — Queensland’s Minister for Housing and Public Works, and Youth Minister — to introduce two new initiatives created in partnership with the Gold Coast Homelessness Network and Outside the Locker Room.

For past 6 months , Sam has proudly supported Rosies - Friends on the Street with a permanent collection point in his office.
But this week marked a major step forward.

💛 Sam has now chosen to keep the new Gold Coast Zero Essential Item Bin — designed in partnership with the Gold Coast Homelessness Network inc — permanently in his office for Rosies Friends On The Street.

This initiative is built to transform how the Gold Coast understands homelessness —
through visibility, real data, education, and true community action.

This bin does more than collect essential items.
It helps the public see:

✔️ Which organisations are doing the work
✔️ Where they operate
✔️ What they need
✔️ And verified data showing how homelessness is shifting across the city

All powered by the Gold Coast Homelessness Network.

The outcomes already speak for themselves.

In just six months, Sam’s Rosies bin has collected over 1,200 essential items, directly supporting more than 3,500 people across the Gold Coast.

A heartfelt acknowledgment to North Coast Rosies Coordinator and volunteer Goldcoast Volunteer of the Year, Teresa Beatties, whose efforts continue to inspire everyone.

📢 Community Call-Out: Rosies urgently needs milk.

If any business or community member is able to donate milk, it will immediately support Rosies - Friends On The Street nightly outreach — providing connection, conversation, and dignity.

We also introduced Sam to our Mental Health Essential Item Bin, created in partnership with Outside the Locker Room .

This bin is designed for sporting clubs and businesses, supporting both mental health education and families facing hardship.

Last week, we proudly delivered the first of the new design to the Broadbeach Cats Junior AFL Club.
This bin collects pre-loved sporting gear kids have outgrown — ensuring families within the club who are doing it tough have access to what they need.

Throughout the year, every club or business involved in the program can also choose a charity within their community to support through additional essential-item drives.

A simple, powerful concept: support the club, support the families, support the charities.

It was a pleasure meeting Sam.

The responsibilities that sit within the Housing and Public Works portfolio — combined with his role as Youth Minister — are immense.
Yet Sam continues to give his time to organisations across the city, listening deeply and supporting new initiatives that serve the community.

We are grateful for his time, his support, and his commitment as we work alongside the Gold Coast Homelessness Network toward a future driven by visibility, compassion, and real solutions —
a future moving closer to Gold Coast Zero

04/12/2025

🌱 Wynnum & Manly — today we launched something special.

This afternoon, we proudly presented our first green Can We Change Essential Item Bin through Power Up Kids created to support the incredible work of Wynnum Community Place .

This bin isn’t just for donations.
It’s a visibility and awareness tool — helping the community see exactly what items are needed most, so every act of generosity has real impact for local families doing it tough.

💚 The Eclectic Mix — First Host of the Donation Bin

The Eclectic Mix - Vintage, Upcycled & New - Furniture, Homewares & Coffeee in Wynnum will proudly host the donation bin for the first three weeks of its rotation.
Owner Kylie Alcorn is a true local legend — recently awarded Community Person of the Year at the Bayside Business Awards and recognised as a Life Member of United Community Services.
Your kindness, community spirit, and ongoing support for Wynnum Community Place set the perfect example of what leadership in our community looks like.
Thank you, Kylie, for stepping up first.

💚 Councillor Alex Givney

Alex, your leadership across Wynnum and Manly is sensational.
You’re always out there, always showing up, and always backing local grassroots organisations doing the real work.
Thank you for recommending Wynnum Community Place — your belief in the community you serve is electric.

How the community can help…

If you’ve ever thought,
“I want to help, but I just don’t have the time to volunteer…”
— this is your moment.

Right now, outside The Eclectic Mix, you’ll find this bright lime-green donation bin:

✔️ The lid lists the most-needed essential items
✔️ Every item collected supports individuals and families in Wynnum and Manly
✔️ And there’s even a QR code to learn more about Wynnum Community Place and access a donation page that helps them provide for the needs of your community

Let’s fill this bin before Christmas and show what a united community can do. 🎄

A message to Wynnum Community Place

To Lauren and the team at Wynnum Community Place —
Our hope is that this bin delivers the visibility, awareness, and essential items needed to continue the powerful work you do for people facing difficult times in Wynnum and Manly.
Your impact moves people forward when they need it most, and we’re proud to support your mission.

Together — PowerUp Kids, Can We Change, Wynnum Community Place, Cr Givney & The Eclectic Mix — we’re building a stronger, more connected community.

A community that sees each other.
Supports each other.
And steps up for one another.

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