Our Supporters

Our Patrons

James Griffin MP

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Member for Manly

Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, and Shadow Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government

Sue Heins

Mayor, Northern Beaches

Curl Curl Ward

Our Ambassadors

Kim Smee

Editor in Chief of Manly Observer

Kim volunteered to be ambassador for our charity and use her Manly Observer platform to amplify our message and calls for involvement.

John Cunningham

MD of Cunninghams Real Estate

John has been an ardent supporter both individually and as leader of his organisation, and is helping activate a LocalKind coalition of like-minded businesses and supporters.

Layne Beachley AO

World Surf Champ and MD Awake Academy

Layne volunteered to be an ambassador and has shared her amazing insights on resilience and being a champion, and also provides auction prizes and other unique value to our community.

Kirk Pengilly

Founding member of INXS

Kirk uses his philanthropic interest and platform to support LocalKind and to add energy and wit to our events. He is another piece of Awake Academy and offers great insight about life and humanity.

Sam McCourt

Manly Woman of the Year 2021

Sam is an Oncology Nurse, and one of the founders of Viral Kindness and the Kindness Coffee Manly movement during the pandemic.
"I have seen first-hand the care, assistance, resources and support LocalKind provides to those in our community who need it most. Communities are stronger when we come together, and LocalKind is all about, ensuring no one is forgotten and creating real change where it matters most."

Georgi Bates

Director at Cunninghams Real Estate

While Georgi's title is what's above, her role with LocalKind extends to being part of the team and evangelising across the community--and immersing herself in the community. She embodies LocalKindness by striving to understand and address the needs of our most vulnerable neighbours and also by teaching her family great values.

Our Gold Sponsors

Cunninghams Real Estate

Subscription & 'Transactional Giving Donors'

Cunninghams provides us significant funding through regular subscription donations, and also 'transactional giving' where they give a portion of their business transactions to LocalKind on a monthly basis. Their support extends beyond financial to business, event, and engagement assistance. They provide buyer, seller, landlord, and renter services.

Online Projects

Subscription Giving & Pro-Bono Support

Online Projects were the first local business to come to the table with regular monthly subscription donations. The team has also donated their services (they built this website design!), and they are great supporters at our events and with community engagement. They provide amazing services for websites, SEO and digital.

Enspira Foundation

Subscription Giving & Regular Large Donors

Enspira Foundation is the charitable arm of Enspira Financial. They believe that business is also about giving back. They provide excellent financial services for individuals and businesses.

Optus

Annual Giving, Sponsorship, Matching Donors

Optus provides significant annual donations and sponsorship for events, and they tripled community donations on our Giving Day. Their community support team takes active interest in the areas where they operate, for example volunteering and offering free SIMs and data for our clients, and they actively engage with LocalKind and our work.

Three Story Capital

Subscription Giving

Three Story Capital provide mortgages and capital to clients to enable growth. Their proprietor takes an active interest in the community where they operate and is passionate about supporting people in need.

State of Mind

Subscription Giving

Cath from State of Mind is a local art, jewelry and gift shop owner who is heavily invested in supporting the local community and her community of suppliers. Their support extends beyond financial to event and engagement asssistance.

Allan Hall Business Advisors

Subscription Giving

Allan Hall provides regular subscription donations. Their concerned directors take interest in community and back our service to provide support to the most vulnerable.

I'm In the Right

Annual Giving

I'm in the Right provides accident management services to not-at-fault drivers, supplying replacement vehicles. They support LocalKind because we also play a crucial role in providing immediate assistance to those facing crisis. They see a shared mission in contributing to a safer, more supportive community where everyone has the opportunity to find stability and hope, regardless of the challenges they face.

The Beaches Home Buyers

Subscription & Transactional Giving

When proprietor Tracy Black launched as a Buyer's agent, she had the compassion to see the connection to homelessness, and approached LocalKind out of the kindness of her heart to quickly pledge as a Gold Sponsor and enquire about transactional giving for a portion of each house purchase to help people facing homelessness and those less fortunate in our community.

Hardie & Co. Plumbing

Subscription Giving, Volunteering
Husband and wife team Will & Lauren Hardie lead a team that's not just high-quality plumbing, but also a group that likes to give back. In addition to subscription giving, the team likes to come in for volunteering and lending a hand where LocalKind could use a hand.

Global Skills

One-Off Giving
Together, we’re working to support vulnerable people with holistic, accessible services—from employment support to mental health care and domestic violence outreach. With a new MOU in place, Global Skills will be on-site at LocalKind monthly, helping us bridge the gap for clients who need tailored support.

Navigate Financial

Major Events, Matching Donors, and Volunteers

Tony and the team care deeply about the community, and they go above and beyond to support vulnerable people in our community and to help LocalKind have impact. Whether it's financial planning, accounting, tax or lending, Navigate Financial offers helpful services to their customers, and they do what they do at work and in the community with heart. LocalKind is the beneficiary of their flagship annual golf day fundraiser where all donations are doubled by one of their partners.

Budgy Smuggler

One-Off Giving, In-Kind Donations

The legends at Budgy Smuggler are a local-grown business with national reach. They are always quick to come forward with in-kind donations to help our fundraising events, and they also give annually at Gold Sponsor tier.

Peer Wealth

Major Events

Peer Wealth are consistent supporters of LocalKind through their annual Golf Day which fundraises meaningful funds to support LocalKind. They facilitate connections with their clients and community to LocalKind and also walk the walk when it comes to serving the community through their services and kindness.

Manly Financial Services

Matching Donors, and Donation Campaign

Anthony, Raffi and the team serve the community with great advice about everything from building wealth to retirement, but they also demonstrate a commitment to our community. They matched community donations for our Giving Day and also helped do a Christmas drive to all their clients for a couple years standing.

1 Community Supporters

We are very grateful to an amazing collective of supporters that donate funds, their time and material items; enabling LocalKind Northern Beaches to support vulnerable community members.

If you are interested in partnering with LocalKind Northern Beaches or showing your support, please get in touch.

Some of the ways you can assist: