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Vinnies TAS School Winter Appeal 2025
Vinnies TAS supports tens of thousands of individuals and families each year who are experiencing financial and housing insecurity. This year, our Winter Appeal theme will be “no one chooses to be homeless”.
We are focusing on addressing homelessness, highlighting the factors that lead to homelessness and the support needed to recover and rebuild over the long-term of experiencing homelessness.
The Vinnies Winter Appeal plays a major role in ensuring our Members and Volunteers can continue to provide support to the people we assist and that our services are able to meet their individual needs.
We invite your school community to join us in participating in the 2025 Vinnies Winter Appeal. Your school’s contributions will help rebuild lives and dismantle the communal constructs that lead to disadvantage in the first place.
What can you do?
Our School Activities Kit has everything you need to know about holding your appeal – including a Case Study, statistics around this year’s Winter Appeal theme and a range of classroom resources to help support your school’s campaign.
For everything you need to know on how to donate, check out this one-page explainer (printable PDF)
Print out our school posters and show how your school is contributing:
Download our certificate of appreciation - A Vinnies Member or your Youth Engagement Officer would be happy to present it in person.
You can also create your own school fundraising page to build momentum for your campaign and invite people to donate online. The sky is the limit when raising funds, so create your own snazzy event and get involved in a way that best suits your school community!
Alternatively, our general donations page is where any school or individual can make a once-off donation.
Vinnies School Sleepout
Vinnies School Sleepouts provide students with an opportunity to get a glimpse of what it is like to experience homelessness by ‘sleeping rough’ for one night. Students gather sponsorship from friends and family for their Sleepout. Schools can run sleepouts in a variety of ways. You choose which grades participate and whether the sleepout will be at school or ‘at home’. Vinnies Staff can support with activities, reflections and resources for the night, or you can create your own.
Contact the Vinnies TAS Schools Team
Our staff and Members can also give presentations and talks about the cost-of-living crisis and inspire the community to give to your school’s local Appeal. If you’re not in touch already, see list below to find the contact email for your region.
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