Help Us Help Others
Help us Break the Cycle of Violence
If you would like to make a positive difference to the lives of children, you could support us in funding and establishing a much-needed child-focused counselling service.
Children are often the unseen victims of family and domestic violence. Even when they are not directly harmed, living with violence can have a lasting impact on their emotional wellbeing, development, learning and relationships.
Specialist counselling can help children process trauma, build resilience and begin to heal. However, access to free, specialised support remains limited in Perth’s eastern metropolitan region, leaving many children without the help they need.
To address this gap, Starick is working to establish a dedicated counselling service for children and young people affected by family and domestic violence.
Your donation can help provide life-changing support to a child on their journey to recovery. Together, we can help break the cycle of violence and create safer, brighter futures for children and families.
How Can I Help?
Ways You Can Help
Donate Money
Donate during one of our fundraising campaigns or set up regular donations to help fund health & wellbeing programs.
Fundraising Events
Hold a fundraising event in your workplace or complete a personal challenge. Or attend one of Starick’s fundraising events.
Bequests - Make a Gift to Starick
Once you have cared for your loved ones, consider leaving a bequest to Starick via our Willed platform.
The Starick Op Shop is a valuable community service
Volunteer at Starick’s Op Shop or donate good quality clothing items.
Become a Volunteer
Volunteer at one of Starick’s fundraising events, our Starick Op Shop, or share a special skill.
Workplace Giving
Ask your employer about Workplace Giving and donation matching.
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How Your Donation Helps
Your donation to Starick helps us support women and children impacted by domestic and family violence.
Some of the important services we provide are not supported by government funding and we must raise the funds ourselves in a variety of ways, including:
- Applying for grants.
- Using revenue from the Starick Op Shop.
- Receiving donations of money and goods.
- Fundraising campaigns and events.
- Partnering with community organisations.
- Securing corporate sponsorship.
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Financial Donations
Financial donations provide the flexibility to support women, children and young people wherever the need is greatest, helping us build on and enhance our government-funded services
Donate to Help Women and Children Rebuild Their Lives
Financial abuse is a common form of family and domestic violence. It can leave women without access to money, limit their independence, and create financial hardship that continues long after the abusive relationship has ended.
Many women who come to Starick have little or no access to financial resources and rely on our support to meet their immediate needs. Providing essentials such as food, clothing, toiletries and other practical items plays an important role in helping women and children stay safe and begin their recovery.
Starick is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) (ABN 56 721 993 085). All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
You can also choose how your donation is used. Some donors direct their contribution to a specific program, while others choose to support practical needs within our refuges, such as clothing, household items and essential supplies.
Every donation helps us provide safety, support and hope to women, children and young people affected by family and domestic violence.
You can donate securely online using our encrypted payments service (see link below), either on a one-off or regular basis, or send a cheque to us at PO Box 174 Cloverdale WA 6985.
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Workplace Giving
Workplace giving is a simple, low‑cost way for employees to support a charity through automatic payroll donations.
Workplace Giving enables employees to make regular donations directly through their payroll. If your employer offers a Workplace Giving program, you can nominate Starick as your chosen charity and have your donation automatically deducted from your salary each pay cycle.
If your workplace does not currently have a Workplace Giving program, consider speaking with your employer about introducing one. Regular contributions, no matter the size, help provide Starick with reliable funding to support women, children and young people affected by family and domestic violence.
For more information about Workplace Giving, visit the Australian Taxation Office.
For more information visit the ATO website
Bequests
Your impact can live on forever.
Starick welcomes and values bequests. Through making a gift to Starick in your will, you project your values and wishes, as well as support our work with women and children well into the future.
Starick has partnered with Willed, Australia’s favourite legal Will writer. Willed makes it possible to sort your affairs and write a Will online in as little as 20 minutes.
You have the opportunity to include a bequest for Starick Services and save 20% off your Will. All gifts whether big or small, are welcomed. Even a contribution as little as 3% has the power to impact lives long after you’re gone.
Start planning your legacy at www.willed.com.au/starickservices and receive 20% off your Will today.
You can do this by clicking on the link below which will take you to our bequest partners, Willed.
Go to Willed
Fundraising Events
You could run a fundraising campaign amongst your friends or colleagues and donate the funds to Starick - it's easy to do via our donation portal.
We receive donations from organisations, individuals and community groups who support our services throughout the year, and who also schedule fundraising events on our behalf.
Need some ideas?
Here are some examples of individuals and groups who donated the proceeds of their event to us:
- Soroptimists of South Perth collect Christmas gifts and have an annual food drive for our clients.
- Picabar host our Side By Side Event every year and donate the proceeds.
- Bunnings Belmont provided paint and labour to redecorate our offices.
- Luca Libertino walked 1500 km across New Zealand to raise money for Starick.
- WA Poets hold an annual performance poetry event ‘Woman Scream’ and donate raffle proceeds.
- Stakehill Produce & Mrs Browns Bar hold an annual fundraiser and donate all proceeds to Starick.
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Volunteer or Donate your Services
You, your organisation or community group can help us improve the wellness and quality of life of the women and children in our service.
Donated services include providing a regular gardening service, offering yoga classes, providing us with health club memberships for our clients or teaching our clients a skill to help them become independent, such as cooking classes and self defence.
You can also volunteer your time to sell raffle tickets or help set up one of our fundraising events.
If you wish to offer volunteer services to Starick contact the Starick Office on (08) 9478 5300
Donate to our Op Shop
Our Op Shop is run by a dedicated team of volunteers and we are always on the lookout for volunteers and donations of clean, good quality stock.
The op shop is operated and run by hard-working, dedicated volunteers, and proceeds from sales of discounted clothing, toys, bedding, household goods and more support Starick’s services.
Every dollar of profit from the op shop is used to fund health & wellbeing programs which address some of the impacts of domestic and family violence on women’s and children’s lives – such as art therapy, self-defense training, and yoga for trauma.
More Ideas and Ways You Can Help
We are always ready to discuss ways you can support us, and we’re open to hearing all your ideas. Give us a call on 9478 5300 or email for a chat about what you or your organisation can do to help.
Donate your 'Containers for Change' refunds to Starick
WA’s new container deposit scheme aims to reduce litter and increase recycling of beverage containers by offering 10c refunds on every eligible contained returned (including cans, plastic and glass bottles, but not wine bottles).
You can also donate your refund to Starick using the Starick SCHEME ID: C10289306 to support Starick and recycle at the same time:
- Find your closest refund point at the Containers for Change website.
- Collect eligible drink containers (check the label to see if it carries to 10c return information).
- Take your containers to the refund point.
- Use the Starick Scheme ID C10289306.
- The donation is the sent directly to Starick from the refund point.
Every little bit counts, and even returning just 10 containers per week for a year enables us to provide emergency food items for a woman and her children who arrive at one of our refuges with nothing.
Participate in a Personal Challenge
Every year people take part in the South 32 Rottnest Channel Swim, or HBF Run for a Reason.
Sign up as an individual or a team when competing in events such as the Rottnest Channel Swim or HBF Run for a Reason and raise funds for Starick – Keep an eye on our socials! Details and event notifications will be updated regularly.
Last year Luca Libertino walked the length of New Zealand to raise money for Starick!
Create your own challenge using any one of the many fundraising platforms available. Contact us if you require any details or the use of our logo, and keep an eye on our social media and newletters for up to date information.
Fund a School Holiday Program for Children in our Refuges
Like annual donors Mineral Resources, you could fund a school holiday camp or holiday program.
Every year Mineral Resources generously donates $10,000 to Starick to be used over the Christmas period.
For children living in Starick’s refuges, having a normal Christmas with gifts and holiday activities is especially important. Many have fled violence and uncertainty, and celebrating Christmas helps restore a sense of safety, joy, and childhood.
These simple moments: receiving a present, decorating, joining in festive activities, remind them that they are valued and cared for. Creating positive memories not only strengthens their wellbeing in the present but also helps rebuild hope and stability for the future.
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Special Gifts
You could support us by helping arrange special gifts for our families for birthdays and Christmas. This list shows you some of the generous donations of new goods made by corporate organisations, community groups and individuals over the years.
- Christmas gifts for each member of a family in our transitional homes.
- Movie vouchers.
- Bikes for children
- Christmas trees.
- A leg of ham for each of the families in our transitional homes for their Christmas celebrations.
- A table tennis table for one of our refuges.
- An extensive selection of scrapbooking items for the children’s program in our refuges.
- Individually fitted new bras for our refuge clients.
- Christmas gifts specific to each woman and child in our refuges.
- Christmas cakes.
- Gift vouchers
- Hairdressing vouchers
- Food parcels for the families.
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How your donations make a difference
The following information will give you a sense of just how much money we need to raise to provide services to women and children escaping domestic and family violence. Any financial donation – no matter how small – can assist us in enhancing and increasing the support we are able to provide to women and children at risk.
What $50 can buy
What $100 can buy
- $100 would provide back-to-school basics for one of the children living at our refuge.
- $100 would cover the cost of one child participating in an engaging program of fun school holiday activities.
What $1000+ can buy
- $1,000 would enable us to provide financial assistance to a woman with no resources of her own because of financial abuse.
- $1,500 – $2000 would enable us to provide a starter pack of basic household items, electrical appliances and linen to two families transitioning from refuge accommodation into their own subsidised rental property.
- $6,000 would enable us to fund a specialist children’s counsellor for one month
- $20,000 would enable us to continue offering a full-time domestic violence advocacy service at a police station in the southeast metro corridor.
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