Supported Charities

Always Was, Always Will Be.

I would like to firstly acknowledge, and pay my respects to the Wathaurong (Wadawurrung) people of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians and owners of the land, on which I conduct my business. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present. I stand with the traditional custodians of these lands in working towards a more equal future. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to face discrimination and disadvantage due to our country's colonial past. I stand with them in their fight against injustice. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.

What This Page Is, And What It Isn't

This isn't a page about me being a good person. It's a page about two organisations doing real work on the ground, and a small business owner who thinks they deserve more eyes, more dollars and more loud support.

I run Video Confidence Coach on Wadawurrung Country. Every online workshop, every livestream, every virtual consultation, every podcast episode I record happens on land that was never ceded. The least I can do is name that, back it up with money and time, and point my clients and readers toward the people doing the actual work.

So that's what this page does. It tells you who I support, why, and how you can join in if you want to. And you should.

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative

Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on Wadawurrung Country.

The Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative has been the heart of the local Aboriginal community in the Geelong region for decades. They run health services, family support, youth programs, education, art and cultural programs, and so much more. If you live in this region and you've been to a NAIDOC event, a community day, or a yarn at the old building, you've probably already crossed paths with their work.

I volunteered at the Co-Op for about a year. That time changed how I think about my hometown. I sat with the aunties out the front of the old building more times than I can count. We had long yarns about everything from family to footy to the state of the country, and they pointed me in directions I didn't know I needed to go.

A lot of what they shared with me, I still carry into my business today. The respect, the patience, the practice of listening properly before you speak. None of that is in a coaching textbook. It came from those conversations, and I owe them.

Now I support the Co-Op in two ways. I donate every quarter, and I run a podcasting program for their youth team, helping young mob find their voice on mic. That's the bit I love most.

Djirra

Specialist support for Aboriginal women experiencing family violence in Victoria.

Djirra is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation that provides legal advice, cultural support, and long-term care for Aboriginal women experiencing family violence across Victoria. They run the Koori Women's Place in Melbourne, deliver workshops in community, and advocate at the highest levels of government for systems change.

For accurate, current information about the issue itself, please go to Djirra directly. They are the experts. I'm not.

What I can tell you is why I support them. I know what an unstable household feels like. I also know that for First Nations women, the stakes are different, the systems are harder to navigate, and the support is often missing or culturally unsafe. Djirra fills that gap. They do it with deep cultural knowledge, lived experience, and a track record that speaks for itself.

Why This Matters to your Video Confidence Coach

You might be wondering what a coach who teaches people to talk to a camera is doing on a charity page. Fair question.

Two reasons.

The first is that the values I run my business on aren't separate from the values I live on. Respect. Empathy. Truthfulness. Generosity. They show up in how I coach clients, and they show up in where I send my money. If I told you to back yourself on camera and then I sat quietly while organisations doing actual community work scraped by, that would be hollow.

The second is that the people I work with often have something brave to say. Service providers, founders, members, mentors, all of them trying to get a message out into a noisy internet. The work Wathaurong and Djirra do is the same kind of brave, just at a different scale and with much higher stakes. Supporting them is the through-line.

I've also worked with a number of Indigenous business owners over the years, and that work matters to me. Carla Egan Consulting and Game Time Coffee are two I'm proud to have supported on camera. The thread between all of it (the coaching, the volunteering, the donations) is the same. Show up, do the work, send money to the people doing more.

I'm one small business. I am not a saviour. I am not the story. The Co-Op and Djirra are the story. I'm just the coach who keeps centring first peoples efforts whenever possible, celebrating their work, linking to them in her footer and tells her clients to do the same.

How You Can Help

If this page has nudged you in any direction, here's what you can actually do.

Donate to Wathaurong: wathaurong.org.au/donate

Donate to Djirra: djirra.org.au/donate

You can donate anonymously, or tell them Zoë sent ya 😉 Both work.

A few other things that cost nothing and matter:

  • Follow both organisations on socials and amplify their posts when they ask you to.

  • Show up to local NAIDOC and community events if you're in the region.

  • Pay the Rent if you're not already, or look into local options where you live.

  • Acknowledge Country at your own events, on your own livestreams, in your own meetings.

If you're a business owner and you've been thinking about giving but you haven't picked anywhere yet, I'd back either of these two with my whole chest.

A note little from me

I donate every quarter, in roughly equal splits between the two. The amount changes based on how the business is going, and I'd rather be honest about that than pretend I tithe a fixed percentage. When the profits get more consistent, the percentages will too. That's the plan.

Until then, I keep showing up. I keep volunteering. I keep telling people what I just told you.

Thanks for reading this far.

Zoë Wood your Video Confidence Coach 🧡

CONTACT

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Zoë Wood your Video Confidence Coach acknowledges the Wathaurong (Wadda-Warrung) people, of the Kulin Nation and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia.

I recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples’ continuing connection to land, place, waters and community. I pay our respects to them, their heritage and cultures; and to elders both past and present.

Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.

Zoë Wood your Video Confidence Coach acknowledges Harold Thomas as creator of the Aboriginal flag and Bernard Namok as creator of the Torres Strait Islander flag.

Zoë Wood your Video Confidence Coach is always proudly inclusive and a member of the LGBTIQIA+ community and the movement toward equality.

Zoë Wood your Video Confidence Coach acknowledges Daniel Quasar as designer of the Progress Pride flag.

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