Pictured L-R: Horizon Power Customer & Community Manager Michelle South, Member for Pilbara Kevin Michel MLA, Anglicare WA’s Bronwyn Harris and Charlene Senior, and Horizon Power Community Engagement Manager Juliane Bush at the ribbon cutting event for the Karratha wardrobe opening on 30 May 2025.
Thanks to a $20,000 Horizon Power Community Partnership, Anglicare WA has been able to expand their ‘Thread Together’ program into the North West, with the opening of a permanent community wardrobe in Karratha.
The wardrobe will provide people in financial hardship with access to a range of casual, comfortable clothing. Individuals can choose clothing that suits their needs and personal style, helping to restore dignity and confidence. Referrals to Thread Together can be accessed through various community and social services specific to the regions, including Anglicare WA and headspace.
Thread Together’s mobile wardrobes - brightly coloured vans packed with new clothing and shoes - have been supporting people in the Perth metro area since 2021. Along with the newly-launched Karratha wardrobe, more locations are set to open soon in Broome, Port Hedland and Kununurra.
Horizon Power has also assisted with the cost of transporting the flat-pack wardrobes to the regions, and in providing volunteers to help assemble the pieces.
Anglicare WA CEO Mark Glasson said while the service had been growing in demand and delivery in Perth, this partnership allow the initiative to expand into sites in the Pilbara and Kimberley, supporting even more West Australians doing it tough.
“The housing crisis and cost-of-living continues to affect people right across the state, but we know these issues are exacerbated in WA’s regions, particularly in the Pilbara and Kimberley.
“People in need deserve the dignity and choice of new clothing, without judgement.
The funding will help install regional wardrobes to provide much-needed access to clothing to the community of the North West.”
Former Horizon Power Chief Executive Officer, Stephanie Unwin, said Horizon Power was proud to be supporting such an important initiative, empowering residents across regional and remote communities.
“Having access to new clothing which suits our style, personality and the environment we live in is something many of us take for granted. We hope that by partnering with Anglicare WA, to establish its permanent Thread Together wardrobes in the Pilbara and Kimberley, it will help relieve some financial pressure on households and boost confidence for those in need in these regions.”
Now in its twelfth year, Thread Together is considered one of the Australian fashion industry’s most important chains in the fashion life cycle. A not-for-profit charity responsible for accepting excess end-of-season, brand-new clothing, shoes and accessories from designers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers then redistributing it through a network of more than 1,500 registered charities and social service agencies to Australians in need, for free.
Horizon Power, on behalf of the West Australian Government, provides $1.1 million each financial year to community initiatives and events that positively impact remote and regional communities through its Community Partnerships Program.
The program provides funding support up to $50,000, per partnership, to organisations delivering health and wellbeing outcomes in their communities, across the Pilbara, Kimberley, Mid West, Gascoyne, Esperance and Goldfields regions.
To find out more about our Community Partnerships program, visit: horizonpower.com.au/partnerships
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