NORMLESS

#24 Kate Austin: Pinchapoo

Episode Summary

Kate Austin is the Founder & CEO of Pinchapoo- Australia’s biggest not for profit distributor of personal hygiene products. This cheeky start-up turned leading national charity is a world first concept founded on the idea of pinching hotel toiletries and was born 14 years ago after escaping family violence in her childhood home. 14 years in and Kate has successfully transformed a simple modern day ‘Robin Hood’ concept into a movement that has now works alongside more than 1300 organisations and government institutions in support of the disadvantaged and has proudly supplied in excess of 11 MILLION products to men, women and children in need nationally. Kate is an award-winning social justice warrior who is leading global change on hygiene poverty. She is an energetic visionary who certainly has a story to tell about the place and time in her life that Pinchapoo was born and how she’s used her trauma to fuel a journey of impact.

Episode Notes

Kate Austin is the Founder & CEO of Pinchapoo- Australia’s biggest not for profit distributor of personal hygiene products.

This cheeky start-up turned leading national charity is a world first concept founded on the idea of pinching hotel toiletries and was born 14 years ago after escaping family violence in her childhood home.

14 years in and Kate has successfully transformed a simple modern day ‘Robin Hood’ concept into a movement that has now works alongside more than 1300 organisations and government institutions in support of the disadvantaged and has proudly supplied in excess of 11 MILLION products to men, women and children in need nationally.

Kate is an award-winning social justice warrior who is leading global change on hygiene poverty. She is an energetic visionary who certainly has a story to tell about the place and time in her life that Pinchapoo was born and how she’s used her trauma to fuel a journey of impact.

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Instagram: @pinchapoo_aus

Website: www.pinchapoo.org.au

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