✨ EU Embassy, 10-50k grants, ReLove + more

💕 The love edition + 40 unlocked opportunities

Hey impact creator!

💕 Valentines is on the horizon so in addition to 40+ epic impact opps, hope scroll on for a few ideas to spread the love ~ with impact ~ in this update plus:

  • ❤️️ Love is in the air: social enterprises gifting love & care

  •  🌊 Community shoutouts: get inspired and connect with Ripplers

  • 🔝 Our Top 7 Opportunity Picks: Don’t miss these.

  • ⭐️ + 40 high growth opps for Ripple members

  •  ⛳️ Poll results: here’s what we heard about the additional support do you most want in 2024

ReLove: 3 ways to get involved!
ReLove's Free Store is a safe place for people in crisis to shop for everything they need to furnish their new home 💜. Here’s 3 ways you can get involved with this highly innovative, compassionate and impactful team.

  • Join: Channel your community/relational and operational skills to amplify their work as Community Operations Manager. I’m looking at you Ripplers with a collection of ~3 yrs work or volunteer experience - if you’ve got questions please feel free to hit reply and ask me directly.

  • Volunteer: If their work is resonating but you aren’t on the job hunt then you can also give your time as a volunteer.

  • Furniture/contacts: The incredible Ren from ReLove did a shout out on LinkedIn this week - they’re looking for couches and other furniture so if you’re in Syd or know someone that can help - pls tag or spread the word. Check out the video from Ren below - it’s a great opp to get to know her and their work.

💐 For Melbournites - The Beautiful Bunch is a floral-delivery service bringing joy through flowers, and creating jobs for women from refugee backgrounds. Their founder Jane shared some info about how your support on valentines (even if you’re not feeling particularly romantic) can amplify their impact.

Rippler Shoutouts

Got some good news to spread hope and joy for your fellow Ripplers? Hit reply and share your good news, events, origami creations, wins, etc.

  • Ebony is about to head to Japan as a New Colombo Plan scholar and like many Ripplers is no stranger to balancing a retail gig with a purpose-led role (Rebel Sport + law clerk life) 👟She’s also wrapping her 2023 term as one of the US Consulate Youth Advisors - an opp which she discovered last year through Ripple which is now open for applicants! Scroll down for more.

  • Jonathan is a mover + shaker + Rippler and software developer with a passion for civic action. He founded YIMBY Melbourne (“yes in my backyard”), a citizen-led urban reform movement 🌇 He’s also a graduate of the Emerging Fundraiser’s Fellowship which he found in this very newsletter, opening again soon. Stay tuned in coming weeks for it!

  • Priya has one of our fave community involvements of all time - leading frog workshops at Woodford Folk Festival 🐸 She’s also volunteered as a surf lifesaver and is now on the QLD Youth Parliament team who are looking for 2024 Representatives! If you’re curious about the opp, keep reading and also feel free to reach out to her for any Q’s you have, she’s happy to have a chat.

Ripple’s Top Opportunity Picks

🏡 ReLove: Community Operations Manager
An excellent opp for crew in Sydney who love connecting with others and want to support an amazing charity + burgeoning social enterprise. ReLove’s model is built around responding quickly when people get the keys to safe housing - giving them the dignity to choose their own furnishings for free.

💖 The Flourish Journey: Program Sales and Relationships Manager 
Flourish has been changing the lives of young women and gender diverse crew in schools for over five years now, and they’re growing! Use your relational skills in this role to help an epic org reach more students and transform their confidence, connection and capacity for flourishing!

🕯️ Amnesty International Australia: Global Assembly Youth Delegates
We are sooo pumped about this one - two positions are open right now with Amnesty for their 2024/25 Global Assembly and Asia/Pacific Regional Forum. Apply if you’re keen to build experience in governance and advocacy. 

💸 Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation: Backing the Future Grants
VFFF are back at it supporting young people in rural and regional areas with 50k for early stage ideas across four impact areas. The Queensland round is open now - throw your hat in the ring if you’ve got an idea or pilot project that benefits young people.

🫧 Orange Sky: Data and Insights Coordinator 
If you’ve got a passion for impact measurement and a head for numbers then this might just be your gig. The Orange Sky Laundry team and their volunteering platform Volaby have made waves tackling homelessness across the country.

🇪🇺 Delegation of the European Union to Australia: Graduate Traineeship
Do you have a degree in international relations or political science? Graduates in this 6 month program are supported with a stipend and are prepped in all things policy, media, speech drafting and briefings - fab if you want to see the day-to-day of a diplomatic mission!

Why building lateral experience is important:

Research shows that small wins can create a ripple effect, making each subsequent challenge 50% easier to conquer. Momentum isn't just a feeling; it's science.

Whether it’s your career or the wider impact you’re looking to create, there are all kinds of opportunities that can catalyse your momentum and compound your impact.

40+ High Growth Member Opportunities

Oh hey Ripplers 👋 there’s ~40 more opps waiting on the dash for you right now. 🎉 Sign up or login to your free account for 40+ more opportunities in addition to these right now.

Here’s a taster:

Sign up or login to your free account for 40+ more opportunities in addition to these right now

📍 🥁 Poll results…Here’s what’s coming in top 3

Tbh - some of these results kinda surprised us… so - big thanks to everyone that’s jumped in so far. Do these surprise or resonate with you? We’re going to leave it open one more week to see if anything chances. In addition to keeping the epic opps coming, here’s what we’ve heard from Ripplers so far.

#3 Mentoring: someone to bounce off and guide me

#2 Negotiation and influencing people

#1 Figuring out my direction

Vote now to let us know how we can support you this year.

In 2024 we're circling in (eh eh) on how we can match you with the best social innovators in the country AND help you level up your impact toolkit. We're keen to know, what is the #1 thing you feel like you'd want extra support in?

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As always, hit reply if you have any questions, ideas or want to share an opp.

Remember to check out the amazing social enterprises ReLove, Flourish Journey and The Beautiful Bunch (and let us know if we should be spotlighting any other lovely social enterprises for valentines). Have a 💕 lovely 💕 week.

Skye + the Ripple team.