Bedford's 2024 Christmas Appeal

'Tis the Season for Giving!

We invite you to give a gift this Christmas and share in our commitment to support people with disability, to live the life they choose.

Even a small contribution can make a big impact and your tax-deductible donation can create a lasting impact to the lives of people with disability.

Gift joy, choice and more opportunities.

Wishing you a safe and joyful festive season with your loved ones.

$10

Small change creates big impact

Every donation will help support people living with disabilty to learn more about healthy eating and how to grow your own veggies too!

$25

Gift an experience

Provide opportunities for clients to engage, expand knowledge, develop new skills, and connect with others in enjoyable and meaningful ways.

$50

Creating Rainbows

Your donation will provide specialist art teachers and tools to inspire our artists to participate in exhibitions like this year's South Australian Living Artists (SALA).

$75

An Essential Gift

The festive season is a time for joy and celebration, but for many, this time of the year can be overwhelming. Your donation will create and update sensory spaces - reducing anxiety and overstimulation with soothing lights, sounds, and textures.

$100

Gift Connection & Conversation

Who doesn't love going out for a long lunch and making a new friend? Your donation will create more choices for Social Saturday programs supporting people living with disability to connect over lunch, by the sea or try something new like strawberry picking, bowling or a community garden.

$125

Support new artistry

With each piece made with pride, over 114 artists creatively express their feelings, goals and hopes. An online auction facilitated sales and income for each artist – an exciting first for Bedford’s SALA exhibition this year.

$150

Gift Inclusion 

Creative and performing arts provide opportunities for people living with disabiity to fulfil a creative drive in a safe and encouraging environment. Also exhibiting work in festivals such as SALA, and selling their own pieces, gives artists exposure and income.

$200

Gift a Garden Bed

Help people living with disability learn how to grow food, create and follow a gardening calendar and decide what vegetables they would like to eat. Gardening days are focused on providing high quality supports that enhance overall health and wellbeing.

$250

Explore.Learn.Create.

Everyone is unique, help support inclusive activities to suit different interests and goals. Art, Life or Work-ready skills, require specific equipment like cameras, tripods, music boards, multi function laser tool for micro enterprises.

$500

Fun in the Sun

The holiday season is a time for joy and celebration, help us buy new BBQs, outdoor furniture, games and create more shaded areas to have fun, safely outdoors.

$1000

Gift Skills for Life

Help develop and build on independent living skills including numeracy and literacy development, building computer and budgeting skills, gardening, sewing and much more!

$5000

Gift artistic tools

Support artistic expression and the opportunity to showcase our artists’ works at exhibitions across the state. We offer a mix of visual and performing arts including painting, music, dance and Cricut but we always need more supplies, tools and teachers!