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What's in a name?

Plenty, when it comes to Free Matilda. Our Aussie bushies called the swags they carried ‘Matilda’. And it could often be a pretty hefty load on their backs. Trying to get a community project off the ground can also be a hefty load. We exist to get rid of that load and make your task easier and successful. Our logo represents the many community opportunities that exist, coming together to form one larger centre of focus. We are all about assisting Communities to put service, responsibility, youth training and sustainability above growth and profits, with the objective of enabling them to become more self sufficient and reliant.

We can help make it happen for you

Empower your community to a better life

Free Matilda is an Australian not for profit company which has developed a non-centralist platform that enables Communities within the Western Pacific to independently develop better lives for their members.

We make it happen with you in charge

We deliver results through experienced volunteer Field Workers who are appointed by your local Community Committees. We assist those Committees with planning and funding to recruit, mentor and manage their Field Workers.

And importantly have total independence to implement their plan and get on with the job.

The opportunities are all around us

We deliver results through experienced volunteer Field Workers who are appointed by your local Community Committees. We assist those Committees with planning and funding to recruit, mentor and manage their Field Workers.And importantly have total independence to implement their plan and get on with the job.

A sharply focussed few can help so many

Community needs are wide and varied. Our 5 main areas of community assistance are designed to meet those needs without outside interference. They can be groups or individuals.

We are all about assisting members to put service, responsibility, youth training and sustainability above growth and profits, with the objective of enabling communities to become more self sufficient and reliant. We deliver results through experienced volunteer Field Workers who are appointed by your local Community Committees.

We assist those Committees with planning and funding to recruit, mentor and manage their Field Workers.And importantly have total independence to implement their plan and get on with the job.

Our Five areas
of focus

Cases & Causes

Marshalling charitable resources within Communities to provide improved voluntary care for individuals (Cases) and groups (Causes)

Projects & SME's

Assisting Communities to plan and develop Community Projects, and assisting members to develop their private SMEs

Free Matilda Learning

Providing activities, mentoring and educational programs for 15-18 year olds which will assist them to develop life and employability skills

Right of Passage

Assisting 18-21 year olds to develop experiences and social capital by participating in a beneficially disruptive 40 week paid internship program

Pacific Partners

Helping Communities across Australia and the Western Pacific to communicate and to develop and maintain peace through educational, commercial, trade and social relationships