The Shoalhaven Superheroes Festival (SSF) is a pioneering annual community series of different fundraising events and activities which celebrate pop culture. Superheroes Events Limited (SEL) is a volunteer not for profit company which is the organiser of the SSF. SEL was established in November 2014 with the Mission to make the Shoalhaven the Superheroes Capital of NSW/Australia through the the establishment of pop culture events and fictional pop culture POP Worlds. The first fictional POP World introduced in 2014 was BerryPOP The Shire of Berry Potter. All SSF events and activities held in the Shire of Berry Potter are Harry Potter theme related. All SSF events and activities are fundraising for the Superheroes Community Care River Retreat (River Retreat) at River Road, Shoalhaven Heads, Shoalhaven, NSW, Australia. The River Retreat will provide accommodation short stays for families with chronically ill kids and/or families requiring benevolent assistance. The first event held was the BerryPOP Pop Culture Charity Expo in December 2014. Since then the SSF has grown to staging events both within and outside the Shoalhaven region. SSF pop culture fundraising events now include:
* Shoalhaven Pop CulturePOP - SHOALPOP Pop Culture Charity Expo
* Shoalhaven CommunityPOP - Volunteer ‘Service & Beyond’ Awards
* Shoalhaven SchoolsPOP - Schools ‘Capes for Community’ Awards
* North NowraPOP - Premier’s Cup Golf Charity Tournament State
* NowraPOP - Bat City
* Nowra AlivePOP - Creators Universe
* ParliamentPOP - Speaker’s Garden Volunteers Recognition
Reception
* BerryPOP - Shire of Berry Potter Home of the Kidditch World Cup Tournament
* BomaderryPOP - Bomo-lympics Galaxy Games
* UlladulaPOP - Pirates Party World
* BerryCoolPOP - Master & Miss Brix Buy a ‘Superheroes’ Brick
Land of Donations
* Shoalhaven HeadsPOP - River Retreat Benevolent Home
* TeraraPOP - Country Music Capital
* Sussex InletPOP - Santa SUP Regatta
To focus on SEL’s growing charitable work, Superheroes Community Care was established in September 2020 ahead of SEL applying to ASIC and ACNC to change our legal structure to a Charity, Public Benevolent Institution with DGR status. This was approved by ACNC on 27 April 2021 and backdated to 19 November 2020. Check out our website www.shoalhavensuperheroes.com.au or shoalhaven superheroes instagram.
