SHAKE IT UP AUSTRALIA FOUNDATION

Garland & Garland are proud to be supporting Shake it up Australia Foundation. In 2013, Robert Garland was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease.

With a passion to take out the stigma out of Parkinson’s Disease, Phoebes Garland was invited and appointed an Ambassador of Shake it up Australia.

Shake it up Australia is the only charity partnered with the Michael J Fox Foundation and was founded by leading businessman Clyde Campbell who was diagnosed when he was 44. Clyde and his brother fund all administration costs which allows 100% of all funds raised going directly into research in Australia.

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CLYDE CAMPBELL

Chief Executive Officer at Shake It Up Foundation

I have had the pleasure of working with Phoebes who has been a passionate supporter & ambassador for our Foundation, Shake It Up, for over 5 years now. She is an amazing professional, who is highly skilled & well known in the Australian fashion industry. Phoebes positive enthusiasm & dedication to helping others is both inspiring & motivating.

ADopt Change

In 2018, Phoebes Garland was invited by the board to become an ambassador for Adopt Change.

Phoebes was adopted from an orphanage in war torn Vietnam at just ten days old. When they returned to Australia, Phoebe’s parents found out she was cross-eyed and she required several operations over many years under the late Fred Hollows to correct her eyesight and was a patient of Gabi Hollows.  Phoebe is still in contact with Founding Director of the Fred Hollows foundation, Gabi Hollows today.

In 2008, Adopt Change was founded by Deborra-lee Furness with a small group of volunteers, in response to the needs of children who had been orphaned or were living in temporary care, along with the challenges and distress experienced by children and families navigating the complex adoption processes in Australia. Children who had already experienced difficult starts in life, and often trauma, were faced with further challenges in not being able to access stability or the appropriate support services. The focus of the organisation in the early years was on National Adoption Awareness Week, advocacy and providing support.

Vision

Adopt Change exists to ensure all children have access to a safe, nurturing and permanent family home and that families are well supported.

Mission

To Support and educate families and to raise awareness to encourage reform within the community, enabling children to grow up with safety, nurture and permanency for children.

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It is such a pleasure to work alongside Phoebes – someone who delivers a blend of professionalism, passion, vision and drive to all she does. For Adopt Change– we have benefited on drawing from her gift of sharing her personal story and applying her skills – assisting us in engaging the world in the important task of ensuring all kids have access to a positive life story and trajectory.

Renée Carter

CEO, Director, Advocate

Garland and Garland believe in ethics, integrity, giving back and supporting others.

For our lifestyle jewellery brand we use Carbon Neutral logistic partners, repurposed materials and work with ethical suppliers that support their workers.

We also support numerous not-for-profits by donating stock for fund-raising where possible and mentor emerging designers. We run an intern program and assist in placing our interns into suitable employment suited to their skills.

Phoebes Garland is also an Entrepreneur in Residence with ASPIRE program which contributes guides and mentors school children with their future careers founded by Naomi Simpson and Helen Baker.