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2025 ChristmasAppeal

For many single mothers facing urgent issues, including struggling to buy groceries and cover rising rents, having a community to support them through difficult times can make a real difference. During the festive season, single mothers who call our Support Line need your support.

Your donation can make an immediate difference:

  • $35 provides food and groceries for a struggling family
  • $60 helps a single mother family with energy bills
  • $180 helps a single mother with rent
  • $320 funds a specialist worker to provide families with individual assistance
  • $1,738 ensures our frontline services reach more single mothers in times of crisis
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How Your DonationMakes a Difference

This Christmas season, you can stand beside mothers like Anna. Your donation helps CSMC continue to provide essential support, resources, and financial assistance to single mothers doing their best through the hardest of times.

• Provide groceries for single mothers skipping meals
• Fund specialist support services to assist with urgent needs
• Help protect children in poverty from a lifetime of disadvantage

Because when we come together — when you stand beside families who are struggling — Christmas becomes a season of hope and generosity of spirit.

“I never thought I’d need help, but when I did, CSMC was there for me. They gave me hope when I felt lost.” – Anna, single mother of two

Anna'sStory

When Anna tucks her two children into bed each night, she waits until they’re asleep before quietly searching for rental listings she can afford. There aren’t many, and anyway, as a single income family, Anna knows that chances are her application won’t stand a chance.

After the rent on her current home was increased, Anna began falling behind. She’s been skipping meals to make sure her kids have enough to eat. With Christmas approaching, the pressure feels heavier than ever, not because of present lists or fancy meals, but because she doesn’t know if they’ll still have a place to call home.

When Anna reached out to CSMC’s Support Line, she was met with a level of understanding she hadn’t felt with other services. CSMC’s professional Support Worker had the lived experience of being a single mother. She helped Anna access emergency financial support, connect with local housing services, and plan her next steps. She gave Anna something she hadn’t felt in months: hope.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why donate to Council of Single Mothers and their Children?

For over 55 years, we’ve been a lifeline for single mothers, providing critical support for single mothers and their children and advocating for systemic change. As the housing crisis deepens and cost of living pressures increase, your donation ensures we can continue this vital work.

Where does CSMC work?

We provide support for single mothers in Victoria who call our Support Line and single mother families across Australia via the resources on our website. Our advocacy is both state and federal to address the systems that impact single mother families most.

What kind of help does CSMC offer to single mothers?

We provide practical, specialist support and emergency relief, and advocacy for change, focusing on poverty, social security, child support, family law and housing.

Where does my donation go?

As a not-for-profit organisation with minimal fundraising and administration costs, donations directly assist us to support single mothers and their children.

Is my donation tax deductible?

Yes, all donations over $2 are tax deductible in Australia.