page_title: Sacred Heart Mission
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: Sacred Heart Mission / Fundraising / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Heart of St Kilda Concert audience at the Palais Theatre with Brian Nankervis on stage, Melbourne, Australia 2011.
context_page_description: Sacred Heart Mission in St Kilda, an inner-urban suburb of Melbourne, is a medium-sized not-for-profit organisation that grew from the Catholic parish of The Sacred Heart in Grey Street, West St Kilda. It addresses homelessness, social exclusion and disadvantage by providing a range of diverse and creative services that:
  ensure people have access to necessities including housing, food and healthcare; and
  enable people to connect with their community and develop support networks that sustain and nurture their lives.
context_section_description: Fundraising staff work with volunteer committees on a busy program of functions, some of which have become landmark events on the Melbourne calendar. Sacred Heart Mission generates enormous goodwill and this is evident in the events which receive both financial and gift-in-kind support from corporate organisations, businesses, foundations and individuals.
  The most attended event is the Heart of St Kilda Concert that has been held annually mid-year at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda since 2008. It is hosted by Brian Nankervis and some of the prominent Australian musicians and comedians who have performed pro bono include: Paul Kelly, Jon Stevens, Jimeoin, Des Dowling, Dan Sultan, Kate Ceberano, Dave Hughes, Adalita, Tex Perkins, Rebecca Barnard and Icehouse.The concert was the idea of a few people involved in The Community Cup, an Australian Rules football match played annually between two non-footballing communities (typically musicians and comedians). Sacred Heart Mission organised the event for 14 years before it became too big logistically.
  Every May, Sacred Heart Mission holds its fundraising campaign DINE WITH HEART MONTH. First organised in 2014 as a gala dinner on the stage of St Kilda's iconic Palais Theatre, the event has expanded to a month-long collaboration with restaurants, bars and cafes all over Melbourne who help to raise money for the Mission's Meals Program, which provides up to 400 free meals daily. Every four dollars raised covers the cost of a meal for someone experiencing homelessness, social isolation or disadvantage. In 2016 the Dine with Heart event brought in $115,000, enough for 28,750 meals.
  An intimate sporting-themed dinner “Dine with the Champions” takes place each year to raise money for Sacred Heart Mission's sports and recreation program. Athletes, sporting personalities and sports journalists such as Giaan Rooney, Rick Kelly, Michael Klim, Simon Gerrans, Angela Pippos, Peter Moody and Merv Hughes have been invited to be panellists and share their stories with guests. It has been held at a number of locations including the nearby historic Junction Oval. Dine with the Champions raised $65,000 in 2016 for Sacred Heart Mission's Kick Start program
  Specific fundraising for the Mission's Women's House started in 1995 with a $100 dinner with 100 women at a private house to raise $10,000. This has evolved into the annual “Light Up a Life” cocktail party that in 2012 was held at The Prince Deck and attended by more than 350 people.
  The Mission has also been involved with "Batting for the Battlers" over the years – a charity cricket match at the Peanut Farm Oval in St Kilda with celebrities competing in the teams Veg Out vs The Vineyard.
caption: Heart of St Kilda Concert audience watches Brian Nankervis on stage at the Palais Theatre 2011.
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