The Block Community Challenge
Through The Block Community Challenge, Reece Foundation volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help transform crisis accommodation units at The Ranch 2.0 in Mornington. Together with the team at the Mornington Community Support Centre, they helped create safe, functional spaces for people experiencing homelessness.
Access to clean water and sanitation is often viewed as a basic need, but it also plays a critical role in a person's wellbeing, dignity, self-esteem and sense of belonging.
The Project
Located in Mornington, the Community Support Centre provides a wrap-around support service for people experiencing hardship, including food relief, material aid, emotional support and emergency accommodation. Through The Ranch 2.0 program, individuals and families experiencing homelessness have access to a safe place to stay while they get back on their feet.
As part of the Community Challenge, Reece Foundation volunteers worked alongside project partners to help renovate two accommodation units, supplying and installing bathroom and laundry facilities. Over four days, volunteer plumbers completed the rough-in, stack work and fit-off, helping deliver spaces designed to feel like home.
The Reece Bathroom life team provided a beautiful suite of products from the Posh Solus range to create a beautiful calm and welcoming space.
For many people, a bathroom is something that's easy to take for granted. It's where we start and end each day. It's a place of privacy, comfort and routine. But for people experiencing homelessness or hardship, access to safe, functional amenities can mean much more. It can provide dignity and safety during some of life's most challenging moments.
Supporting rural families.
The trade has the power to create dignity, restore comfort and provide a sense of safety when it's needed most. A huge thank you to every volunteer who donated their time, expertise and trade skills to make this project possible.
A better world starts with you.
Every donation helps us and our partners on the ground make real change for the people that need it the most. If you’re a qualified tradie, you can join our list of volunteers to be notified when there's a project that needs your expertise. Have a project idea? Apply for a Reece Foundation Grant to help a community here or overseas.
