Cohort in the Community

“Our City of Villages needs strong and diverse businesses to support economic growth, employment and thriving local communities” - Lord Mayor Clover Moore

Our offices are situated in Zetland, a small suburb in Sydney, which is just a five minute drive from Redfern. Last year, multi millionaire Peter Bond, was part of the television show ‘Secret Millionaire’. Peter Bond lived in Redfern for a week and volunteered at a number of local charities including The Shop Women's and Children's Centre run by the incredible Susan Flower and her team of volunteers.

Susan kindly invited members of the Cohort team to The Shop to attend one of their famous Wednesday lunches, where they open the doors for local women and children to come and eat. Susan explained to us the kind of services ‘the Shop’ offers to the community. The Shop functions as a safe haven for women seeking crisis counseling, parenting and social support and during the lunch we could see why Peter Bond had chosen to help out. The devotion that Susan and other staff members have towards their job is incredible to see. The staff members of ‘the Shop’ not only open the doors of ‘the Shop’ to these women, they also open the doors to their own hearts.

Every Christmas, the Shop organizes a Christmas party for all the children whose mothers have visited the Shop. This year Cohort Digital was given the important task of ensuring that Santa Claus and his team of helpers made it to Redfern park on time. The Christmas Party was a massive success with lots of happy faces on children’s faces after unwrapping the presents. One bemused face was that of Cohort Digital’s financial controller who we gave the appropriate role of Santa. But just like Ebenezer Scrooge from a Christmas Carol, he came good in the end.

It was a valuable experience that has hopefully created a long lasting relation between ‘the Shop’ and Cohort Digital.