March 2025 Highlights, Spotlight & Snapshot
Dress for Success Tasmania – Empowering Women with Styling and Career Support
Dress for Success Tasmania is empowering women to overcome barriers to employment and participation by offering free services including interview and employment styling, along with career support. Clients leave with a new outfit and a boost in confidence. All clothing is donated by the local community, contributing to addressing the textile crisis and reducing landfill waste.
Vision: Tasmanian women are empowered to overcome barriers to participation and employment.
Purpose: To empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools to help women thrive in work and life.
Values: Dress for Success Tasmania is committed to supporting women to participate and feel a true sense of belonging. Striving to connect deeply with their clients and the community, ensuring that everyone feels seen and valued. They pride themselves on being there to support your growth and empower you every step of the way. Kindness, respect, and compassion are at the heart of Dress for Success, staying true to their values and mission.
How to Set Up Your Supplier Relationships For Success – Lunch & Learn
While suppliers are critical to the success of most organisations, many relationships can remain transactional and operational, never expanding outside of the basic role of supplying ‘stuff’.
This Lunch & Learn delivered by Spend Solutions outlines how to set up your supplier relationships for success, and better leverage the depth of resources, expertise and services your suppliers will have to elevate the relationship with your organisation, add value and drive sustained improvement in your organisational performance.
Date: Thursday, 27 March 2025
Time: 12pm to 1pm AEDT
Presenter: Justin Sulley, Director Procurement Services, Spend Solutions
This Lunch & Learn session will explore the following:
- How to set up your supplier relationships for success
- Why all suppliers are not created equal
- Where suppliers can create value
- How to ensure ongoing success
- Recent examples
- Q & A
Boost Your Impact with Depop’s Charity Office Hours Session
Charitable Reuse Australia recently hosted a Depop 101 session, helping members learn how to grow their charity’s presence on Depop. For those who missed it, charities that successfully onboard and list 50+ items per month can access free selling fees (T&Cs apply).
To support members further, Depop is hosting its first Charity Office Hours session—an opportunity to:
• Get answers to any Depop-related questions
• Learn the latest tips and tricks
• Make the most of the free fees offer
Event Time: 16:00 AEST, Tuesday 1st April
How to join: Email charities@depop.com to be added to the guest list
Members can also access this exclusive offer and the Depop 101 session recording via the Member Hub.
Welcome New Members
We’re very excited to extend the warmest welcome to our newest members.
Each of these incredible charities brings a unique spark and heartfelt dedication to their local communities. Their efforts are the very heart of what makes our reuse sector so vibrant and impactful.
To all the other small, passionate organisations out there – if you’re looking to amplify your impact, connect with a supportive network, and contribute to a more sustainable future, we’d love to welcome you too.
Together, we can make a world of difference and support you to achieve your reuse and retail objectives and drive your mission goals.
Shop for Shops – Helping Op Shops Thrive with Essential Retail Solutions
Shop for Shops is an Australian provider of shop fittings, shelving, and display solutions and one of our corporate partners.
Each year they help hundreds of small, medium and large charity shops all over Australia with the essentials for retail from their product range though to fitting out new and existing stores.
Charitable Reuse Australia members have access to their gold reward pricing– saving up to 55% off RRP
Shop for Shops, the one stop shop for charity op shops.
Working with the wonderful team at Uniting OpShops, we helped them get this fabulous store up and running in Fitzroy, Victoria
Charitable Reuse Conference – Sydney 2025: Exhibitor Opportunities
Why Your Business Should Be a Part of It?
Unrivalled Networking:
Build valuable connections, form strategic partnerships, and explore new opportunities to grow your business. Connect face-to-face with charitable reuse leaders from across Australia.
Maximum Brand Visibility:
As a Corporate Partner, you’ll gain access to exclusive rates to showcase your brand, products and services to a highly engaged audience of industry leaders and key decision-makers.
Shape the Future:
Be at the forefront of innovation and help shape the future of the charitable reuse and retail sector with your aligned products and services. Every exhibitor package includes access to the conference sessions and gala dinner so you’ll be engaging with leaders all the time.
Amplify Your Impact:
By sponsoring and exhibiting at the event, you’ll position your brand as a leader in the sector while supporting charitable causes that benefit communities across Australia.
A Once in a Century Event:
This isn’t just a conference—it’s a milestone celebration. Be part of this unique moment as we come together to discuss the future of the reuse sector and the opportunities that lie ahead.
Reserve your spot today and be at the heart of innovation, collaboration, and success.
To learn more about exhibiting explore our exhibitor packages or contact Salma Ghoraba.
Webinar – Unlocking the Insights of the TAS Reuse Impact Study
If you missed the TAS Reuse Impact Study launch event, then join us for this webinar, where we will share the key findings of the recently conducted study on reuse data in Tasmania. This webinar will provide valuable insights for all reuse organisations and Tasmanian councils on how to leverage this information to accelerate reuse initiatives.
- Date: Monday 7 April
- Time: 10am to 10.45am (AEDT)
- Format: Zoom link to be provided
Register now to find out the environmental, social and economic impact of reuse in Tasmania.
Getting Social: What’s the Buzz on our Platforms this Month?
Charitable Reuse Australia’s social media is on the move again this month with the spotlight on members in Victoria, NSW and Tasmania.
Expect to see some new and familiar faces from organisations like Reverse Garbage, Anglicare, Uniting, City Mission, Sacred Heart Mission, Lifeline, Red Cross, Wayside Chapel, Vinnies, Salvos and Brotherhood of St Laurence as we venture from Darlinghurst to St Kilda then on to Hobart and Launceston.
We’ve been chatting with leaders from op shops and reuse social enterprises whose insights are engaging, educational and are helping to drive awareness about the role our organisations play in the circular economy – and to fund essential community programs.
Tune in also for all the latest on Tasmania’s Reuse Impact Launch. So much fun. So much to share. We love to celebrate the good being done by our community.
If you aren’t already “Following” us on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn it’s time to do so now – and get your friends and family involved too.
Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and ACT – we have you on our radar and will be heading your way soon.
Corporate Partner Referral Program for Members
Charitable Reuse Australia is pleased to launch a new Corporate Partner Referral Program. Spread the word to attract a new Corporate Partner to our collective network, and we’ll provide you with a free ticket to the 2025 Conference, as a thank you.
Our 43 mission-aligned Corporate Partners bring unrivalled products and services to help members build capacity and grow. But there are still gaps for members across other operational and strategic areas – and we’d like to fill them for you, with appropriate new corporate partners,
How it works:
Recommend and refer one of your trusted suppliers to Salma, and when they join as a Corporate Partner, we’ll provide you with a free Shop Manager Break-In ticket to the 2025 Conference in Sydney.
Why it Benefits Members:
Partnering with mission-aligned organisations referred and trusted by our members allows us to build the corporate partner network to provide you with enhanced resources and expertise. This ultimately enables us to better serve your needs and fill in the gaps where you need trusted suppliers.
Win-Win:
You get rewarded for referring Charitable Reuse Australia, and your referral helps us grow and better support our members.
It’s that simple.
Ready to Start Referring?
Get in touch with Salma Ghoraba, Membership & Partnership Manager.
