Unless you’re an agoraphobic you probably enjoy getting out of the house once in a while, in which case you might want to get your hands on a copy of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Entertainmentâ„¢ Book 2008.

That is Big Brothers Big Sisters who are promoting getting out of the house, not to be confused with Big Brother, promoting human degradation by being trapped inside a house. Read on…

The Oxfam Challenge supported by Intrepid, Lonely Planet and Urban Artistry Photography is a trek, or two, for all those nomadic travelers out there.

The Oxfam Challenge gives you the opportunity to adventure through some of the most fascinating places on earth and all for a good cause. Read on…

Transport is a charity night being held to benefit Asylum Seekers through the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre.

It will be a huge night of entertainment hosting cabaret, comedy, art, performance, puppetry and music, all to support asylum seekers and refugees get around on the met once they’re in Melbourne. Read on…

The Cancer Council Victoria Daffodil Ball, organised by the Young People’s Committee, is on in September.

The Daffodil Ball is the funkiest youth event put on for Daffodil Day and is held a week after, being a black tie event with a touch of daffodil.

Like all other years there will be a haven of entertainment, fun, frivolity, drinks and many canapes. Read on…

Guide Dogs Victoria Top Dog Day is coming up, and rest assured that it will be a day of raising money and awareness for a good cause, and not an event honouring Bee Smith, top dog from the long forgotten Australian drama Prisoner.

Top Dog Day is the latest fundraising event for Guide Dogs Victoria where you can buy or sell some cute little key rings, dog tags and other merchandise to support blind and vision impaired Victorians.

Primary and Secondary Schools, and businesses, are encouraged to get involved by selling boxes of funky Guide Dogs stuff, dressing up as dogs, having casual clothes days, and selling hot dogs for gold coin donations. Read on…

Socceroo’s Healthy Active Ambassador Harry Kewell visited an Aussie school recently for the Healthy Active program, an initiative of the Australian Government.

Taking time out of his four-day visit to Australia, Kewell was a roaringly popular speaker at the school, highlighting the need to start living an active healthier life, especially at a young age. Read on…

Melbourne sci-fi fans can get a small dose of the Firefly reprise, Serenity, at the charity film screening event, Can’t Stop The Serenity.

The Joss Whedon (Buffy) cult sci-fi film is screening as part of the massive global fundraising event Can’t Stop The Serenity, raising money for Equality Now. Read on…

The breast cancer site is offering free mammograms for underprivileged women, but they need daily clicks and visits to make this possible.

June is breast cancer survivor month and the breast cancer site needs to achieve 6 million clicks for sponsors to donate $20 000 for free mammograms.

It takes less than a minute to visit and use your net trigger finger to support the mammogram program and it won’t cost you a thing (other then the aforementioned minute of your very valuable life). Read on…

This week is Drug Action Week® and there are heaps of things you can do to show your support.

The Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) and community organisations have all rallied together for Drug Action Week® 2007, organising events like the Festival for Youth, theatrical performances, basketball games and other fun and educational events all around Victoria (you’ll have to check the Calendar of National Events for more details). Read on…

Footy players everywhere are really getting it right this season, with a specky above anyone else, in aid of charity. Across the state, fields will be flushed with yellow on the weekend of June 23 and 24, in support of The Cancer Council Victoria and Essendon Football Club’s fundraising event, Call to Arms.

Call to Arms invites all football communities around Victoria to get amongst the pack, and show support to people touched by cancer.

The Call to Arms event will see local football clubs raise funds by donning yellow armbands during matches. Read on…

The Demons and the Tigers will go head to head, and boot to muddy boot again this year, to battle it out for the Berry Street Victoria Football Cup.

The Melbourne and Richmond Footy Clubs clash next week at the MCG to raise funds for Berry Street, an independent not for profit organisation existing to increase the chances of life and laughter for kids and youth at risk or who have experienced trauma through family violence, abuse and neglect. Read on…

Variety Australia, in partnership with Top Taste, is having their National Lamington Day (or rather week) this July.

Supporting Variety Australia is as easy as popping down to the local supermarket and picking up a pack of good old Top Taste Aussie lamingtons. (Lamingtons are actually a New Zealand creation but like all other successful New Zealand exports, we’ve decidedly made them our own).

Last year’s National Lamington Day was a huge gorging success, with Australia’s lamington eating public raising almost $37 000 for Variety Australia’s children in need. Read on…

At the turn of June 1, winter suddenly hit Melbourne and it got perpetually colder, which means Off Your Back needs the clothes off your back for their winter coat drive.

We all enjoy, as a given, having heating, a roof over our heads and clothes to keep us warm outside but for some people, especially kids, those things are a luxury that they can’t afford.

On any given night in Victoria, there about 2618 homeless children under 12, with parents. On top of that there are 4663 homeless children between 12 and 18 without a parent, and 2401 homeless youth aged 19 to 24. Read on…

The Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser, A.C. will host A Touch of Africa – The Tomorrow Foundation Ball, this August.

The Ball will be a spectacular night of tribal entertainment with a performance by South Sudan Musica, music from DJ Luke of Advance, a premiere screening of the short film Nomads, a Sudanese and Kakuma Refugee Camp photographic exhibition by Matthew Albert and a silent auction and raffle.

The three course dining, dinner and drinks experience will be a formal occasion with just the right amount, a touch in fact, of Africa to open up cultural exchange and exploration. Read on…

An Ovarian Cancer Cocktail Party has been organised by three Public Relations students from Swinburne University of TAFE, and it looks like it’s going to be a night not to miss.

The Cocktail Party is being held to raise awareness and money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. Read on…

The Alannah and Madeline Foundation NAB Half Time Wrap is on in July, at the MCG.

The charity business lunch will be hosted by Giaan Rooney and Cameron Williams.

All your favorite (and if you’re one-eyed, probably some of your biggest foe) footy players and coaches will be sitting on the bench, in deep discussion, ready to answer all your questions about how your team is holding up, and what’s in store for the rest of the season. Read on…

This June, the SIDS and Kids Red Nose Day charity will be holding a competition with excellent prizes for you and your family to vie for.

To be in the running, just purchase a Car Magnet Red Nose ($5 from participating stores around Australia) during June and follow the competition requirements to win weekly prizes of $500 Prepaid United Fuel Cards or enter the draw to win the major prize, a family holiday for 4 to Disneyland in LA.

You can also wear your Red car Nose to win instant prizes from road traveling radio car spotters. Read on…