Our Community Programs

KiP’s volunteering sessions address the needs of young people experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, disadvantage and disability.
KiP mobilises children, parents and families across generations, to directly make a difference by working alongside charities who provide benevolent relief to those in need. The participants in our programs build social awareness, develop leadership skills and empathy, and strengthen their mental well-being.

Gift of Giving

Gift of Giving is all about providing support and a little bit of joy to young people in need doing it tough during the holiday period.

Families come together to learn about how others less fortunate may be spending the holiday period, and get involved by helping us pack care kits, make sweet treats, and create holiday surprises to be taken out on the streets of Melbourne and donated to homes and centres that need a little cheer.

Gift of Giving is an opportunity to engage families at your school, workplace, or community group. Get in touch if you want to find out more!

Pitch for Change

Pitch for Change is an event that has a focus on fundraising, philanthropic giving, funding decisions, and volunteering to support our partner charities in providing benevolent relief.

Participants are given an opportunity to be involved with three different grassroots charities, all of which include a hands-on volunteering element.

Participants will learn about what the charities do for the community and will then decide on who they want to support with a pre-determined philanthropic gift. This is a great conversation starter with children about the allocation of finite resources, which types of social problems they want to help solve and the issues that exist within our community. It is also a wonderful opportunity to engage in an intimate and meaningful way with the charities involved.

Pitch for Change can be run at your school, workplace or community group. Get in touch if you want to find out more!

Volunteering Sessions

KiP run a number of bespoke hands-on volunteering sessions (open to the public) throughout the year. In collaboration with our charity partners, we create sessions that address the needs of disadvantaged young people. These sessions range from packing care kits to making scarves for our friends living on the streets.

School Incursions

Agents for Change is a tailor-made program for schools which empowers and educates young people to assist others in need.

Agents for Change is customised to your school’s needs, areas of study, curriculum, and timetable. We can run a variety of sessions ranging from a 2-hour workshop to a unit-based project that is implemented over a term. We also run ½ day or full day hands-on volunteering sessions that can be focussed around a social issue that the students would like to address.

Children who have participated in KiP sessions remain engaged from start to finish and will leave with the following benefits;

  • increased sense of empathy for others
  • a greater understanding of philanthropy
  • heightened sense of well-being through the act of helping others
  • tools and practical skills on how to be a changemaker within their community
  • a desire to do more to help others

Hangout for the Homeless

Here at KiP, we don’t think it’s right that there are Australian youths without a safe and secure place to sleep at night. So, every year, we come together as a community to help these young people and this event is called Hangout for the Homeless.

The Hangout sleep rough event is where we ask you to give up your bed for the night to raise money and awareness for youth homelessness in Australia. 

Hangout Hands On is a hands-on volunteering session (typically held on the afternoon of the sleep rough event). It is all about giving back to our friends living on the street and those in need. This is a great event to complement sleeping rough, or an ideal way to get involved for those not quite ready to give up their bed!

Please note – Hangout for the Homeless is transitioning to a school-led event where your school can design and deliver your own version of this event to help your local community. Get in touch if you want to find out more!

Made with Love

Made with Love (MWL) is a Food Collective utilising the power of community and networking to provide delicious, nutritious and hearty home made meals, Made with Love, to those experiencing food insecurity. MWL has engaged schools, school Kitchen Garden programs, and Community kitchens who are now participating in this initiative.

Together with our growing MWL community, we have provided hundreds of homemade meals, countless deliveries of supermarket groceries and basic essentials, fresh fruit and vegetables, supermarket vouchers, clothing and more.

Please note, our Made with Love program is currently on hold. Please email us at hello@kip.org.au if you have any questions.

Gift of Giving

This event is all about bringing families together through hands-on volunteering to create a little bit of joy for those doing it tough during the holiday period.

Learn about how others less fortunate may be spending the holiday period, and get involved by helping us pack care kits, make sweet treats, and create holiday surprises to be taken out on the streets of Melbourne and donated to Homes and Centres that need a little cheer.

Gift of Giving is an opportunity to engage families at your school, workplace, or community group. Get in touch if you want to find out more!

Pitch for Change

Pitch for Change is an event that has a focus on fundraising, philanthropic giving, funding decisions, and volunteering.

Participants are given an opportunity to be involved with three different grassroots charities, all of which include a hands-on volunteering element.

Participants will learn about what the charities do for the community and will then decide on who they want to support with a pre-determined philanthropic gift. This is a great conversation starter with children about the allocation of finite resources, which types of social problems they want to help solve and the issues that exist within our community. It is also a wonderful opportunity to engage in an intimate and meaningful way with the charities involved.

Pitch for Change can be run at your school, workplace or community group. Get in touch if you want to find out more!

Volunteering Sessions

KiP run a number of bespoke hands-on volunteering sessions (open to the public) throughout the year catered to children and their families. These sessions range from packing care kits to making scarves for our friends living on the streets. We work with a number of local grass-root organisations and endeavour to create a session that provides meaning to the charity as well as those participating.

School Incursions

Agents for Change is a tailor-made program for schools to inspire and help shape future leaders. By fostering the values and ideals associated with philanthropy, our program will help create a positive context for an entire generation of young Australians, giving them the exposure and opportunities to take up responsibilities, learn leadership skills and, ultimately, make a difference in the world.

Agents for Change is customised to your school’s needs, areas of study, curriculum, and timetable. We offer workshops for students ranging from 1 hour through to a unit-based project that is implemented over a term.

From our extensive research and practice in this area, we have identified that children between the ages of 5 to 15 years have an emerging sense of self and are at an age that is appropriate for growth and achievement through new challenges. We have seen that kids quickly understand the essence of social enterprise and innovation and are driven to use this passion to change society for the better.

Hangout for the Homeless

Here at KiP, we don’t think it’s right that there are Australian youths without a safe and secure place to sleep at night. So, every year, we come together as a community to empower change and this event is called Hangout for the Homeless.

The Hangout sleep rough event is where we ask you to give up your bed for the night to raise money and awareness for youth homelessness in Australia. 

Hangout Hands On is a hands-on volunteering session (typically held on the afternoon of the sleep rough event). It is all about giving back to our friends living on the street and those in need. This is a great event to complement sleeping rough, or an ideal way to get involved for those not quite ready to give up their bed!

Please note – Hangout for the Homeless is transitioning to a school-led event where your school can design and deliver your own version of this event to help your local community. Get in touch if you want to find out more!

Made with Love

Made with Love (MWL) is a Food Collective or Food Giving Circle utilising the power of community and networking to provide delicious, nutritious and hearty home made meals, Made with Love, to those experiencing food insecurity. MWL has engaged schools, school Kitchen Garden programs, and Community kitchens who are now participating in this initiative.

Together with our growing MWL community, we have provided hundreds of homemade meals, countless deliveries of supermarket groceries and basic essentials, fresh fruit and vegetables, supermarket vouchers, clothing and more.

Please note, our Made with Love program is currently on hold. Please email us at hello@kip.org.au if you have any questions.