Host a Purple Picnic to help children escaping violence
Raise funds to give comfort and a Buddy Bag to the 32 children escaping violence every day in Australia.
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This September, bring love, comfort and a Buddy Bag to children fleeing danger
When you host a Purple Picnic throughout September or on Alannah & Madeline Day, 18 September, you’ll raise funds to help provide Buddy Bags for children in emergency care – helping them feel safe and cared for, perhaps for the first time in their lives.
How it works
It's as easy as signing up, decorating your picnic spread with all the items in your host kit, inviting your guests and raising vital funds for children escaping violence.
Your Purple Picnic will give a child comfort when they need it most, by helping raise funds to ensure they get a Buddy Bag filled with brand-new essential items like fresh PJs, underwear, toiletries, a book and soft teddy when they need a cuddle.
Register your Purple Picnic
Choose to host on Alannah & Madeline Day (18 September) or anytime in September and invite your friends!
Get your free host kit
Download your free host kit with decorations, recipes, and activities – everything you need for a perfect picnic!
Raise funds and have fun!
Plate up, have fun, and picnic with purpose as you raise vital funds to help comfort children in emergency care.
Did you want to donate to a friend?
Secure your free tea towel!
Kickstart your fundraising with a $55 self-donation to receive a free tea towel featuring heartfelt drawings from children.
Free digital host kit
Sign up to get your free digital host kit with decorations, recipes, activities, and other goodies to make your Purple Picnic a success!
Join our ambassador
Anna Simon is a Sydney-based home cook, proud Calabrese Italian-Australian, and mum of two who has been featured on The Chef’s Line and Dishing It Up on SBS, as well as regular cooking segments on Channel 7’s Sunrise and The Morning Show.
She believes in the power of food to comfort and connect. Through her support of the Purple Picnic, Anna hopes to help children impacted by violence trauma in the way she knows best – the warmth of food.
Your picnic, your way
Each Purple Picnic is unique and can be tailored to how you'd like to host.
Host at a local park with your community
Host in the office with your colleagues
Host at your early learning centre or school
A Buddy Bag and cuddly teddy meant the world to Millie*
The violence and abuse Millie and her siblings lived through meant they were afraid of everyone. They barely even spoke when they arrived in their foster home.
That’s until they found the Buddy Bags filled with brand-new and essential items that had been left on each of their beds. Without Buddy Bags, Millie and her siblings would have spent their first night in their foster home sleeping in their school uniforms, with nothing to cuddle.
But thanks to kind people like you, Millie and her siblings felt safe, loved and like someone truly cared for them.
*This is a true account, but the names have been changed to protect the child's safety and privacy.
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If you prefer to speak directly with us, you can call us on 1300 720 747.
