• Compassionate Ballarat

    Compassion moves us to go out of our way to help people experiencing difficulties. 

    It calls upon our sense of fairness, strengthens our relationships and underpins flourishing 

    communities and effective organisations.

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Ballarat’s Day of Compassion - 2023 Launch Recording


The National Day of Compassion launch provided an inspiring start to our 2023 Day. The launch included the inspiring words of our national Charter Ambassador, author and social scientist Hugh Mackay AO who spoke on the wisdom of community. And in this, the year of the Voice referendum we were privileged to hear from Tania Rossi, the great granddaughter of Aunty Marg Tucker, one of Australia's earliest female Aboriginal activists and a leading figure of the 20th Century.  Here is the link to the recording of the launch event:

 

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Compassionate Ballarat is a volunteer organisation encouraging compassionate decision-making and actions in our city. We provide forums for discussion, promote compassionate actions by residents, publicise the wide range of support services available in the city to assist people in need, and produce timely publications to help people cope with crises such as the COVID lockdowns. In short, we try to get people talking and acting from a viewpoint informed by compassion.


If you can influence your community, organisation or workplace to take a compassionate stand in Ballarat, please contact us.


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By Compassion Ballarat 18 Mar, 2024
with Ciara Bryne, Dr. Janet Salisbury and Dr. Lynne Reeder In early February, researchers from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service presented data indicating that throughout 2023, temperatures surpassed the critical threshold of a 1.5-degree increase above pre-industrial levels. This threshold is significant as it is the limit global leaders committed to not exceed in order to prevent the most severe impacts of climate change. With this new evidence highlighting the failure to make sufficient progress in combating climate change, it becomes imperative to explore the obstacles hindering our advancement. We must delve into the psychological, logistical, financial, economic, and political challenges that are impeding our ability to take significant strides toward safeguarding our future and the planet from the escalating climate crisis. https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/events/target-1-5-degrees-what-are-the-barriers/
By Compassion Ballarat 06 Feb, 2024
21 January 2024 - Compassionate Ballarat partnered with Let’s Talk Peace Ballarat to contribute a webinar discussion as part of the Martin Luther King David 40 Days of Peace program which is an annual event organised by the global Charter for Compassion. This event was entitled Turning ‘the dream' of Peace into Action, One Compassionate Step at a Time and featured speakers David Hartsough, Founder of World Beyond War; Tim Hollo, Executive Director of the Green Institute; and Gem Romuld, National Director, ICAN. David Hartsough has been working actively across the globe for nonviolent social change and peaceful resolution of conflicts since his personal encounter with Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and he shared his experiences on practicing nonviolence and in taking tangible and compassionate steps toward a peaceful world during. You can listen to the inspiring presentations here: 40 Days of Peace - Turning ‘The Dream’ of Peace into Action One Compassionate Step at a Time ( youtube.com )
By Compassion Ballarat 17 Dec, 2023
At a time when we all have numerous stresses in our lives, it’s good for our mental health to recall that there are still many things to celebrate. Each year Compassionate Ballarat collects stories of compassion in action from our primary and secondary school students, and in 2023 its Compassion Heroes publication focused specifically on the collective work happening in schools. These stories encompass the remarkable work of Ballarat’s current students on food insecurity, homelessness, youth mental health, multicultural homework, anti-bullying, supporting young girls in developing countries, the benefits of being in nature to young children and those in aged care, committing to peace, supporting those in financial need, caring cross-generational exchanges, supporting nursery schools in Malawi, mentoring programs, tree planting for Landcare, and more. Take some time to be inspired by the compassionate work happening here in Ballarat. 
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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation, those of the past, present and future.

With gratitude and respect, we recognize their continued relationship, custodianship and bond with the land and waters throughout the ages.  We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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Compassionate Ballarat is aware of the growing need for support and resources in our city. 


We will continue to develop and provide what we can and draw upon the global Charter for Compassion for assistance and inspiration that we can share to Ballarat residents.


If you would like to contribute financially to our work, we are grateful to receive donations which can be made via the following link. 

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