{"id":378,"date":"2026-02-08T23:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/?p=378"},"modified":"2026-02-09T04:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:48:53","slug":"378","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/?p=378","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-411f4210-305e-440c-a564-6057823f5981\"><strong>SUPPORT RESTORE RENEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/vicern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Depositphotos_235813008_XL-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-193\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992895272475901;width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vicern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Depositphotos_235813008_XL-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vicern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Depositphotos_235813008_XL-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vicern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Depositphotos_235813008_XL-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vicern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Depositphotos_235813008_XL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vicern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Depositphotos_235813008_XL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-6a3634d5-c336-4726-ba86-bf4362d1dfd5\"><strong>We\u2019re a Group of Four Volunteer Organisations around Victoria &#8230;from East to West and North to South<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We support Victorian families who have experienced tough times. Many people, (particularly women with children), are left with few material assets, when they bravely start a new life&#8230;.and that\u2019s\u2019 where we assist by setting up a home with everything their new &#8216;nest&#8217; needs&#8230;from sofas to doonas, dining tables to washing machines , cooking utensils to knives and forks. These are referred to us by agencies, clients then contact our Centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-17dcb9c2-5673-4de4-9900-8aa614bc1b5a\">How We Operate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-77e606fb-cc7d-491e-99d1-dfed77e0d3d5\"><strong><em>Our Volunteers keep us afloat &#8211; without the many hours they give, we could not keep the doors open or our services operating.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-8a4195fa-4d54-4aad-b61f-46c122a97934\"><strong><em>We highly value our Business and &#8216;everyday&#8217; donors&#8230;who make us financially viable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-bb815162-5446-4a24-8a06-217a2c700954\"><strong><em>We are very grateful to those generous donors, who pass on good, &#8216;pre loved&#8217; goods<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUPPORT RESTORE RENEW We\u2019re a Group of Four Volunteer Organisations around Victoria &#8230;from East to West and North to South. We support Victorian families who have experienced tough times. Many people, (particularly women with children), are left with few material assets, when they bravely start a new life&#8230;.and that\u2019s\u2019 where we assist by setting up&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vicern.org\/?p=378\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ABOUT US<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vicemerg-relf-netwrk","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicern.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}