On Sunday 21st October, Kids in Philanthropy which is a newly formed sub-fund of the Sydney Community Foundation held a S.E.A.T Project workshop, facilitated by Melanie Greblo. Kids In Philanthropy aims to raise awareness in children, from more advantaged backgrounds, of the poverty and need in disadvantaged Sydney communities. As you can see the kids had a great time building and decorating their … [Read more...]
How cool the world would be if mainstream business integrated social enterprise.
The S.E.A.T Project is a result of Virginia's vision to see global brands demonstrate that they can integrate social and economic value into their Brand and Business DNA. So with the S.E.A.T Project that is what we set out to do. Every step of the life cycle of the S.E.A.T Project has been engineered to ensure that we create a positive impact. Our intent to make a difference has been woven into … [Read more...]
Kids in Philanthropy use SEAT to help kids understand how to make a difference
Kids In Philanthropy held a workshop with 13 families today where the children all got to build and decorate SEAT from the S.E.A.T Project. Kids In Philanthropy aims to raise awareness in children, from more advantaged backgrounds, of the poverty and need in disadvantaged Sydney communities. The ultimate aim is to bridge the increasing divide between the children who ‘have’ and who ‘have not’ and … [Read more...]
Crowd fund to help kids like Blayde
Blayde is a little boy that I had the pleasure of meeting at a little pre school in Kempsey. The school is one that ALNF supports with their award winning literacy programs. I was warmed by Blayde's enthusiasm for the S.E.A.T Project. The photos say it all! … [Read more...]
Hand Up if you want to help: S.E.A.T Project crowd-funding campaign launches on Indiegogo.
SEAT is a small stool with big ambitions: it's fabrication creates work for a community in Vietnam, it's sales go towards the Real Foundation's projects, it assists teachers and students to learn about their own unique potential to change the world for the better. Over the last few months, we have been able to achieve these goals on a small scale but to really reach our potential, the … [Read more...]
Bill Gadd visits the S.E.A.T Project team in Sydney.
A few weeks ago, we were joined briefly in Sydney by S.E.A.T Project friend, Bill Gadd. Bill is the CEO and owner of Vietnam B2B Direct, a company which facilitates business relationships between clients (like us) and the Vietnamese industry (like the factory which builds SEAT). Bill's daughter lives in Sydney and on his latest visit, he made sure not to miss the chance to see SEAT in it's … [Read more...]