This festive season, Ray White will continue its successful charity drive ‘A Little Ray of Giving’ which has been running for over a decade. This holiday campaign is a tradition for the brand and serves as an opportunity for hundreds of local branches to connect with their communities while raising awareness and much-needed resources for worthy causes.
As a charitable initiative, this inspiring Christmas drive will see your local, family-owned Ray White office support St Vincent De Paul Society Yass to help disadvantaged families who may need a little extra care and support during the festive season.
“This campaign has always been a real highlight of our year. It gives us a chance to reach out to the people around us directly and help them during a demanding time of year,” said George Southwell, CEO.

The Ray White Rural Canberra | Yass |Murrumbateman team is calling on the Yass Valley to show their generosity and give to St Vincent De Paul, by sending their donations to Ray White for collection and safe storage.
“The news is full every day of people in our community being impacted by the cost of living crisis. At Vinnies, we are responding to a significant increase in demand including people just looking pay their rent, put food on the table or afford medicine” said Phillip Jones, Director of Fundraising, Marketing and communications – Vinnies Canberra & Goulburn.
“Even for those with a roof above their heads, Christmas can be a very difficult time. As rent and Electricity bills continue to rise, many families are skipping meals and going hungry in order to pay bills,” Phillip added.
“When you are struggling to keep a roof over your head, finding money for gifts is nearly impossible” The Vinnies Christmas Appeal allows us to assist with rent and utilities, but we also seek donations of gifts that can help to bring joy to people at Christmas”, Said Mr Jones.
“Only with the support of the community can we, through our volunteer network and specialist services, contribute to give a hand-up to those doing it tough this year in the Yass Valley and Capital Region. On behalf of the society, I’d like to thank Ray White and the community again, getting behind this year’s Christmas appeal”.
“More people than ever are experiencing homelessness, with a 10% rise in NSW since the start of the pandemic and 54,000 households are experiencing a worsening in housing stress since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of low-income households in regional NSW in extreme housing stress has also increased by 52% since the beginning of the pandemic”.
Between July 2021 and June 2022,2,471 instances of assistance were received in the community by the local St Vincent de Paul Society volunteer group. The most common type of assistance sought was food, followed by help paying household bills and clothing. In total, more than $136,723.00 worth of assistance was provided. Over the Christmas period last year, St Vincent de Paul provided 76 Christmas Hampers to families in need.
“The last three years have been extremely difficult for everyone, but no one’s felt the negatives more than those groups that were already vulnerable. Lots of people and families have even found themselves in a bad position because of the way things have gone recently. So this year’s A Little Ray of Giving is especially important to us, and it’s going to be a good way to let people in need of help know that their community supports them,” George said.
Those who wish to donate a gift just need to inform the Ray White team if the gift is for a male or female and nominate an age group.
Ray White RuralCanberra | Yass | Murrumbateman is located at 151 Comur St, Yass and will have their special giving tree in their reception and will be collecting gifts from now until Christmas. The gifts are safely stored on the premises and are collected by St Vincent De Paul. Ray White has run this initiative since 2012, and every year, offices from across Australia and New Zealand have collected thousands of gifts and donations for not-for-profit organisations and charities and uplifted hundreds of communities in the process.