The Metropolitan Remand Centre, which is part of the Victorian Correctional Facilities, recently made a charitable donation of furniture through the operator Cushman & Wakefield.
The furniture was donated to several organisations that work with disadvantaged communities, some of which are located outside of Australia in impoverished countries often affected by drought, internal wars and low economic circumstances to which the provision of these goods makes a major difference to the lives of many of its people.
One of the organisations that received a donation of furniture is the Rotary Donations in Kind project. This long-established Rotary initiative aims to provide requested goods, predominantly hospital and school needs, to overseas recipients. The 198 chairs that were donated to Rotary Donations in Kind from the Metropolitan Remand Centre have already been earmarked for a school and public library in Timor Leste and will be packed and shipped in March/April 2023.
The Western Emergency Relief Network is a network of 60 partner welfare agencies and 13 Rotary clubs that supports its partners and their beneficiaries with material aid such as household furniture, whitegoods, kitchenware, electrical items, beds and bedding. Beneficiaries typically require assistance due to homelessness, domestic violence, drug and health issues, or refugee circumstances, but they can also be in a crisis brought about by fire or flood. The donation of 191 chairs from the Metropolitan Remand Centre will be used to support families and individuals in critical need within the community.
The Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network is a multi-Rotary Club community service project and registered charity that supports people in inner Melbourne as they set up homes following homelessness, domestic violence, release from jail, refugee displacement, loss from fire and flood, or other crises. The organisation received a donation of 30 stackable chairs and sofas from the Metropolitan Remand Centre, which will go to the Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network in East Brunswick.
We are very pleased to have received the chairs.
Laurie Fischer
Store Manager
Your donation will assist in providing those in need with hope and support.
Ross Butterworth
Administration Manager
Your donation will make a difference to the lives of many of our clients, so thank you.
Susie Cole
Chair
