The Create Foundation

At the risk of sounding embarrassingly new age, I have come to the realisation that the only way to bring good things into your life is to let go of some of the greed, and to support people who are really struggling. Not being able to buy a new lap top or another pair of ballet flats is not struggling.

I was in the car and heard an interview on ABC Radio with Jacqui Reed of The Create Foundation who help kids leaving foster care by helping them with support, training, health, employment, rights and housing. I heard one of the advocates, an ex foster kid himself, and I realised how little attention the issues around foster care get in the media, yet the issues lead to so many social problems. You have to remember that these kids haven’t grown up with their own parents guiding them through life and some of them go from home to home, never really settling. Create helps them find their independence and also works in advocacy for the improvement of foster care, giving a voice to the kids and young adults who have really been shafted – excuse the expression – by life.

So I am giving 2.5% of our profit to Create, and though it isn’t a massive amount, I hope to be able to help Create in other ways, through the blog, through our promotions, and through a general awareness that our partnership will generate. I love the idea that ‘creating’ can mean using the resources available to achieve independence, stability, a career. The Create Foundation is trying to build a stable place so that the only limitations to creating a life are the limits of the imagination.

You can donate online to Create by clicking here