The team at Shhh Silk walked a combined 1,650,000 steps for the month of September raising funds for Cerebral Palsy. Shhh Silk donated $2,154 to the Steptember charity on behalf of our team. Shout out to our warehouse team member Jenny who walked the most steps and reached her personal target of 300,000 steps first. Another special mention to our operations Manager, Georgia for walking the most steps in one day, over 40,000. Thank you to the team for your amazing team work towards this important cause.

For Mental Health Awareness Month we donated $5 for every blue product sold in May to Beyond Blue. Beyond Blue has been providing support and services to those affected by depression, anxiety and suicide. In total, we donated $475.

14 children and 1 teacher were tragically killed in response to a mass shooting today at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed with guns. Our donation helps Everytown to work to prevent gun violence and save lives. Everytown works to pressure lawmakers to improve our gun laws and educate the public about common-sense gun laws and responsible gun ownership. 

Fitted For Work helps women experiencing disadvantage to get work, keep work and navigate their world of work. We donate clothes and silk scrunchies to be given to women through their outfitting service.

We planted 20 trees for every order placed on Earth Day. This was achieved through the organisation, Trees For The Future, who plant these trees with farmers across the sub-Saharan Africa. 

We donated to The Good Friday Appeal to raise money for the Royal Children's Hospital. Our donation contributed to the record-breaking total of $22,328,154 raised.

With the rising fuel prices making it expensive to enjoy day trips we gave one lucky Instagram follower the chance to fill their car up and take off for a long weekend or a road trip over Easter. 

Residents of New South Wales and Queensland are facing catastrophic flooding. Lives have been lost and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. With many properties and belongings now destroyed, donations and volunteers are desperately needed for the recovery effort. We’ve donated doona’s, pillows, towels, combs, brushes and Shhh Silk pillowcases for 15 families.

As the humanitarian crisis escalates in Ukraine, more civilians are forced to flee their homes. This donation provides protection and shelter to the hundreds of thousands of children and families who have been displaced

For the second time, we donated personalised silk sleep masks to Cancer Chicks for their annual retreat. Cancer Chicks is a community of young women who support and empower each other through their experiences with cancer.

We surprised 10 of our customers with $100 gift cards.

Pay the rent program is organised by First Nations and non-First Nations people working together, as the Pay The Rent Grassroots Collective. They are currently working through how to honour the legacy of the Elders and their role in the movement; and how money allocations can be fair and transparent to First Nation communities.

Through Feeding America, we donate 10,000 meals to adults and children facing hunger over thanksgiving in the USA.

Sent cakes for all of the nurses and staff at Central Park aged care, Windsor as they are in lockdown with another COVID outbreak.

We purchased some new bedding sets for a family of 4 children in Maine, USA who have experienced some financial hardship this year and are expecting baby number 5 any day now.

Every 6 minutes, someone in Australia attempts to take their own life.  The 6 Minute Challenge raises awareness around the need for positive mental health.The 6 minute challenge symbolically states that mental health comes first and that each person should look after their mental health as number 1 priority.

We donated $1250 to Karyn and her newborn baby Billi. At 29 weeks pregnant, Karyn was rushed to hospital for an emergency cesarean and diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer that had spread to her liver, bones and optic nerve. This money helps to support Karyn as she undertakes chemo and looks after a tiny, premi baby. You can watch Karyn and Billi’s story on the project here: https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectTV/videos/601890670826045/

Or make a donation to their go fund me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-single-mum-navigating-cancer-treatment

We donated $20,000 worth of $20 gift cards (1,000) to the participants of Frocktober. Frocktober involves participants wearing a dress every day of October to raise awareness and funds for ovarian cancer research.

R U OK? contributes to suicide prevention efforts by encouraging  people to invest more time in their personal relationships and support those who are struggling with life.

We supported a local gym in our area in Cheltenham, Melbourne in July and surprised them by paying their lease for the 4 weeks they were shut during lockdown. The fitness industry is one of many industries to face financial hardship due to lockdowns and we wanted to show our community champions spirit with this random act of kindness.

With the news of the 4th Lockdown here in Victoria we wanted to ease the financial burden for one of our Instagram followers by paying their rent or Mortgage for 2 weeks. The lucky winner was @ryhnoburger

To help Victorians get through yet another lockdown, we gave away a $250 Uber Eats voucher to bring some joy through food to one of our Instagram followers. The lucky winner was: @belinda_jonas

We've been donating to the Australian College Of Nursing since 2020. In March we were so proud to donate 524 beauty fridges to the Australian College of Nursing to thank nurses across the country. Totalling $114,756 RRP of stock, this was our biggest donation yet. 

On behalf of one of our loyal customers @luv_melbourne_ we made a small surprise donation towards her Water Challenge 2021 fundraising efforts.

Wateraid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. 

You can support Wateraid here: https://www.wateraid.org/au/donate

We donated to the unicef emergency appeal to help the children dying of starvation in Yemen. Yemen is currently devastated by war and this donation helps to provide food, medical treatment, water and sanitation. If you would like to help, you can donate here.

During the 20/21 financial year we donated a massive 9.13% of our profit to organisations, our customers and our community.

On a frequent basis we do random acts of kindness or pay it forward on our socials. We believe lots of small acts of kindness can make a huge impact.

We sent every customer from 2020 a $50 gift card for Christmas as a thank you for their support in 2020, ending the year with another milestone pay it forward give back.

We donated 5,000 meals to families in need on thanksgiving through Feeding America

By far our biggest give back in the history of the brand. We manufactured 1,000 x 10L beauty fridges (RRP $219 each) to gift to our customers with every set of pillowcases purchased in Australia for a limited time.

In October when Victorian secondary schools reopened we donated $7,000 RRP of silk face mask coverings to students.

We donated an 18 piece outdoor lounge and dining setting to Japara aged care in Windsor , Victoria one of the aged care facilities affected with active covid cases and where our founder's father Jim (pictured) lives with Dementia, to allow staff and residents to enjoy some much needed fresh air and outdoor relaxation.

To show our ongoing support to frontline workers in 2020 we donated eye masks to healthcare workers at Bronx Care Hospital, donated over 400 care products to nursing staff all around Australia through the Australian College of Nursing, and we gifted frontline workers with 50% off all Shhh Silk products. We also donated Olive Oil cakes through Little House Confections & Fuelling The Fearless in LA for hospital staff hospital staff to enjoy.

We donated a hand washing station for refugees through UNHCR to assist with hygiene during the pandemic.

We gave away a $5000 business start-up package fully funded by us to one lucky follower.

For 6 weeks we did a brand funded giveaway every day of Victoria’s stage 4 lockdown for 42 days.

We donated to Antar to support their work for justice, rights and respect for First Peoples.

We donated to Black lives matter in LA

We set up a funding page to raise money for the bush fire effort. We also donated $10 from every Glow Recipe x Shhh Silk set sold to @wwf_australia and donated thousands of water bottles to firefighters.

We donated silk products to Cancer Chicks which supports women battling cancer in their 20s and 30s and make them feel empowered

The entire Shhh Silk team volunteered at Sacred Heart Mission to serve food to homeless people.

We created a sleep mask for the homeless. The mask is light blocking, to help improve the quality of sleep.

Shhh Silk allows customers to be actively involved in our social impact. With each purchase enabling customers to choose one of the three charities, we donate to on their behalf.

The entire Shhh Silk Team spent the night in our warehouse, sleeping on only cardboard for a mattress to raise awareness and funds to help make real change to homelessness. $5 from every order placed in May was put towards breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness.

Involved in helping ROI (Retail Ophan Initiative) which aims to raise awareness and provide real solutions for more than 400 million children worldwide

Shhh Silk contributed funds to open a closed hospital in Haiti and restore access to medical assistance.

Over 2 years we helped over a thousand orphans in Tigray in their education by providing school books and supplies. During this time we also contributed to the building of a library for students in Tigray.