About The H.A.G.S. Collective Inc.
Heal • Art • Growth • Sustainability
The H.A.G.S. Collective Inc. is a rural, community-led charity based in Oaklands, New South Wales. We’re dedicated to creating practical, sustainable, and healing opportunities for women, families, and our wider community through creativity, connection, and care for the environment.
Our vision is to turn waste into opportunity, hardship into hope, and isolation into belonging. By combining healing, art, growth, and sustainability, we empower people to rebuild their lives, learn new skills, and strengthen community ties.
H.A.G.S. is guided by trauma-informed, inclusive values that ensure everyone feels safe, supported, and valued. We focus on hands-on projects that restore both people and the planet — encouraging creativity, resilience, and circular living.
What We’ve Been Doing
We’ve already started putting our mission into action by:
Creating a local gardening crew to help community members with garden chores and outdoor wellbeing.
Finding and photographing the native orchid that grows near Oaklands to protect and celebrate local biodiversity.
Doing a recce at the tip to plan a reuse hub and clothes-share space for domestic violence survivors.
Applying for community and environmental grants to fund our first creative reuse and support projects.
Hosting gatherings and idea sessions to bring people together and shape our next steps.
Together, we’re growing a stronger, kinder, and more sustainable community — one project, one conversation, and one pair of helping hands at a time.