Waywardwomangivingfund

09/04/2026

Waywardwomangivingfund is auctioning to the highest bidder
2 x signed bottles of limited edition Johnny, Vince & Sam's Vino Italian-Style Wine. From the Cmedy Trio Sooshi Mango

1 x bottle of Prosecco '22 and 1 x bottle of Moscato '22.

These bottles come in a beautiful wooden box lined with black satin. The box also has a a side latch.

Both bottles are signed by all 3 members of Sooshi Mango

Bids start on Friday 1st May and end at 11.59pm
All funds raised will be donated to the Waywardwomangivingfund
Starting bid is $300



https://airauctioneer.com/sooshi-mango-johnny-vince-sams-vino-2-x-limited-edition-signed-bottles-of-wine-1-x-bottle-of/sooshi-mango-johnny-vince-sams-vino-2-x-limited-edition-signed-bottles-of-wine-1-x-bottle-of

16/08/2025

A fantastic and worthy exhibition at the Brunswick Mechanics Institute...beautiful embroidery and handmade jewellery crafted by the brave women of Afghanistan...
In conjunction with
Curated by the talented and supported by Wayward Woman Giving Fund
All items are for sale and the funds go back to the women who are living in Afghanistan under the oppressive rule of the Taliban.

04/08/2025

Here is a sneak preview into the next Wayward Woman Giving Fund Auction, which will take place on 1 Feb 2026 - it is going to be a 'Celebrity Auction' and I am hoping to raise $20,000 this time around so that we can continue to support Australian Cultural and Community Development projects and programs...

So far 8 talented Aussie musicians have agreed to have a 1 hour 'respectful' online chat with the highest bidder...

Our celebrities include - Richard Burgman (The Sunnyboys), Singer/Songwriter Jo Dolce ("Shaddap You Face") + One signed bottle of JVS wine (Sooshi Mango), Rock Photographer Tony Mott, Mark Ferrie (Models, Sacred Cowboys), Lindy Morrison (Xero, The Go Betweens, Cleopatra Wong), Tim Rogers (You Am I, Hard-Ons), Kim Salmon (The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists), Mick Harvey (The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds)

More to be announced...

https://airauctioneer.com/celebrity-silent-auction

22/07/2025

Supporting this awesome project

10/04/2025

Wayward Woman Giving Fund is proud to donate $1000 to
Sparks in the Dark: 208 weeks of resilience.
The 1st exhibition of Afghan women’s embroidery at Next Wave.
Showing at The Next Wave Festival in August.

The project brings together Afghan women’s embroidered artworks from Afghanistan with creative response from Australian artists, creating a powerful fusion of traditional and contemporary art. Each piece represents the Afghan women’s struggles, resistance, and hope for a better future.

By August 2025 it will be 4 years (208 weeks) since the Taliban started working to erase women from Afghan society. In defiance, this exhibition will showcase 208 pieces of embroidered handkerchiefs by Afghan women, sharing their message to the world: that they refuse to be silenced, erased or oppressed.

This exhibition presented at Next Wave will include creative responses from Australian artists also touched by the ongoing effects of this war: resilience, creativity and humanity in the face of adversity.

Please donate to Wayward Woman Giving Fund so that we can continue to support Australian Community Arts and Cultural Development projects and programs
https://waywardwomangivingfund.org/donate/

03/04/2025

Wayward Woman Giving Fund is proud to support this piece of Theatre with $500.

Threadbare is a new play empowering LGBTQIA+ voices, and raising awareness for the impact of dementia.

This play is made by and for the q***r community, however the themes of conditional love, loss, self discovery and q***r euphoria are universal and resonate with a wider demographic.

Connecting with both q***r and dementia focused groups such as Minus18, The Victorian Pride Centre, Transgender Victoria, Dementia Australia, local libraries, Umbrella Dementia Cafes and Australian Multicultural Community Services are just some of the groups this group of performers are slowly forming bonds with to ensure that they aren't just in their own arts-echo-chamber.

Threadbare will debut in July 2025 at St Martin's Theatre in Melbourne. St Martins

31/03/2025

Wayward woman Giving Fund is proud to support the brilliant work of Emma Louise Pursey and her theatre production of Where is Joy? with $500... Building on extensive creative developments, WHERE IS JOY? will be the first full-length solo theatre work to centre the life and work of Melbourne modernist pioneer Joy Hester, the only major woman artist of the Heide Circle curated by Sunday and John Reed.

This new work uses direct storytelling balanced with experimental, interdisciplinary elements to amplify Hester’s underacknowledged legacy and address the gender bias that has historically marginalised women and artists living with disability.

Emma is still fundraising to get this production up and running... please support her if you can...

https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000G5hmH/where-is-joy-boost?fbclid=IwY2xjawJK3dtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHf7_YQ8j36NcISZGbr8jfN7xXqWTJz32YtkEthfLmgMhXv_05fwqsq3ucg_aem_L7VVvpwhgh4wB3RRj60pRg

Where Is Joy? - photo still from 2004 creative development, funded by Arts Queensland Metro Arts, Sue Benner Theatre. Emma Louise Pursey as Joy Hester. Photo credit: Phil Hargreaves

26/03/2025

Ooohh look at me in the local paper...talking about Wayward Woman Giving Fund

Footscray’s Melynda von Wayward always wanted to make meaningful change in the world, so when she stumbled upon the concept …

23/03/2025

What an amazing and very moving exhibition that was put on by veterans as part of the Festival of Veteran Artists and Australian National Veterans Arts Museum ... The exhibition component that Wayward Woman Giving Fund supported by Sacha de Witt literally made me cry...

I feel like it's very important to support our veterans in whatever way we can as they are the brave men and women who are putting their lives on the line for us ordinary Australians every day! Please check it out if you can....

23/03/2025

What an amazing and very moving exhibition that was put on by veterans as part of the Festival of Veteran Artists and ... The exhibition component that we supported by literally made me cry...

I feel like it's very important to support our veterans in whatever way we can as they are the brave men and women who are putting their lives on the line for us ordinary Australians every day! Please check it out if you can....