The colourful van is stocked with brand-new clothing donated by some of Australia's biggest retailers, to help those struggling with the rising cost of living.
abc.net.au/news/cafs-thread-together-clothing-central-highlands-inflation/102195566A mobile wardrobe van will deliver brand-new clothing to a rising number of people doing it tough in regional and rural parts of Victoria.A van stocked with new clothes will tour Victoria's Central Highlands region to provide people doing it tough with new outfits
The initiative is a collaboration between Sydney-founded charity Thread Together and Child and Family Services Ballarat . Cafs chief executive Wendy Sturgess said the community was "hurting" amid a "perfect storm of high interest rates and inflation".
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