• Planktober

    1-31 October

    Raising much needed funds to build The LIVVIng Room. A social enterprise cafe and community hub where everybody is welcome. The LIVVIng Room is inclusion in action, employing people with disabilities and connecting socially isolated people in a safe, fun, vibrant environment.

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  • Planktober

    1-31 October

    Raising much needed funds to build The LIVVIng Room. A social enterprise cafe and community hub where everybody is welcome. The LIVVIng Room is inclusion in action, employing people with disabilities and connecting socially isolated people in a safe, fun, vibrant environment.

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  • Join us for Planktober!

    1 – 31 October
    1 Million Minutes of Planking Together Community at Our Core. This October, rise up to the challenge to build and strengthen our core community by planking everyday, any way you like. All monies raised go to supporting The LIVVIng Room project.

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  • #RAOK

    20 November

    On this day each year we encourage people to make a random act of kindness and share this special event with us by tagging #RAOK. This day commemorates the anniversary of Olivia Perkins.

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  • COMMUNITY CIRCLES

    Together we can tackle the crisis of social care, loneliness and social isolation with one proven model – COMMUNITY CIRCLES! Currently in pilot mode in 3 LGA’s, Community Circles connects people within their community to enable them to live better, more connected lives.

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  • The LIVVIng Room - Five Dock

    Touched by Olivia is partnering with the City of Canada Bay Council to help drive community connections by building The LIVVIng Room, at Five Dock. A flagship social enterprise model supporting disability employment and community activations and programs.

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We believe everyone is different and this is a good thing

We believe everyone has a purpose

We believe everyone deserves to be valued

We exist to improve the wellbeing of individuals and communities through inclusion and belonging

OUR STORY

When Olivia passed away in November 2006, John and Justine Perkins had no words, no answers, no idea. Just indescribable sadness. They knew the disease Olivia had been diagnosed with was life changing, but never had it occurred to them that it would be life taking.