Who we are
Roundabout Canberra is here to give every child a safe start and every family dignity. We provide high-quality, essential baby and children’s items to families through trusted local services.
We take donations of new and preloved goods from the Canberra community from cots and prams to clothing and toys. Our volunteers clean, sort, and safety-check every item before it’s carefully packed for a family in need.
Through partnerships with more than 140 local services and over 700 social workers, we ensure families receive what they need, when they need it, with dignity and care.
We support children from newborns through to age 16, making sure every child has the essentials to feel safe, warm, and included.
Our Reach
We partner with over 140 social service organisations, ranging from government agencies, hospitals and schools, to leading community services like migrant support and women’s refuges.
We work with more than 700 social workers across Canberra and its surrounding regions to ensure we are connecting with those who need support and can provide the specific items their family requires.
While our heart and focus is in Canberra, we also support families in Queanbeyan and other areas of regional NSW, and we hope to expand this support in the years to come.
Roundabout's journey so far
When founder Hannah Andrevski saw that local charities couldn’t accept pre-loved baby items due to space and resource limits, she rallied a small group of volunteers to launch Roundabout Canberra. This volunteer-run service not only helped hundreds of children in its first year but also revealed the much larger need within the community.
From our grassroots in 2018, Roundabout Canberra has grown into a leading community-powered charity. Each year, our team of staff and volunteers provides thousands of children and their families across the Canberra region with safe, high-quality essential items.
With the support of our generous community, Roundabout Canberra has grown into a small but mighty team of employees backed by hundreds of volunteers. Together, we have provided tens of thousands of essential items, reduced waste, and ensured families receive support with dignity.
In 2024, our founder, Hannah, was honoured as ACT Citizen of the Year, a recognition of the dedication of our entire community of staff, volunteers and supporters.
Our Team
While volunteers are the heart of Roundabout Canberra, our small team of dedicated (mainly part-time and casual) staff work hard each day to keep everything moving. They coordinate 80+ tonnes of donated goods each year, support more than 250 volunteers, and work closely with over 700 social workers to ensure no family goes without.
Hannah Andrevski
CEO & Founder
Miranda Phillips
General Manager
Lynsey Kelly
Fundraising Manager
Vacant
Social Services Manager
Melissa
Community Engagement Coordinator
Kerrie
Warehouse Coordinator
Lysandra
Warehouse Coordinator
Sally
Social Services Coordinator
Laura
Volunteer Coordinator
Caroline
Volunteer Coordinator
Emily
Admin Assistant
Elinor
Orders Assistant
Ellie
Corporate Volunteering Assistant
Sarawee
Warehouse Assistant
Bridie
Warehouse Assistant
Our Board
Meet our volunteer Board, a passionate and skilled group who lend their professional expertise to help Roundabout Canberra achieve its mission.
Emma Reilly
Board Chair
Emma is a partner at Moray & Agnew, Lawyers. Her legal practice involves insurance and commercial litigation, property law and employment law. Emma lives in Kaleen with her husband Andrew and their two young children. She is also a Board member of MusicACT. Emma joined the Board of Roundabout after committing to use second hand items where possible for her own young children, for the sake of the environment. She loves being involved with an organisation that benefits local families in need in such an extraordinary way. She also loves the sense of community created through the valued contributions of the hardworking volunteers whose team work makes Roundabout Canberra possible.
Amanda Tobler
Deputy Chair
Amanda brings over 30 years of leadership experience across the community sector, with a career spanning early childhood, aged care, out-of-home care, disability, and mental health services. She is currently the Managing Director of ELM (ACT), a Canberra-based consultancy supporting not-for-profits and government through leadership and strategy. Amanda also serves as Chair of the ACT Child and Family Reform Ministerial Advisory Council and is a member of the ACTCOSS Board. Her commitment to ensuring children and families have the opportunity to grow and thrive aligns strongly with our mission.
Stephanie Crosby
Treasurer & Non-Executive Director
Stephanie is a Chartered Accountant who works in the ACT Community Sector. Stephanie spent many years working for KPMG (Wollongong) and Qantas (Sydney) in taxation, accounting, project management and process improvement roles. Since moving to Canberra in 2017, Stephanie has switched her career focus to the community and not-for-profit sectors. After meeting a number of the Roundabout board members through her work for the ACT Council of Social Service, Stephanie was prompted to join these dedicated and passionate volunteers. She looks forward to being able to use her finance, strategy and governance background to support this valuable organisation in the future.
Lauren Phillips
Company Secretary & Non-Executive Director
Lauren is a marketing and communications professional with a passion for the NFP space. She has worked in communications and marketing across a variety of sectors including retail, manufacturing, hospitality and non-profit and is often behind the scenes at Roundabout lending a hand with the website, marketing and social media. As a mum of two, Lauren is passionate about ensuring every child has access to the essentials they need to thrive. Lauren in the co-founder of not-for-profit Fortem Australia and the co-creator of Thank a First Responder Day. She holds a Masters of Marketing.
Amy Critchley
Non Executive Director
Amy is a founding board member and inaugural Board Chair of Roundabout Canberra. Amy is a criminal justice professional, with over 20 years experience mostly focussed in victim-based crime, strategy, policy and governance in her day job and Mum to four lively kids and a Labrador in her non-paid job! Amy also likes to keep herself busy through being a member of the local motor neurone disease community and MND NSW Board Member. Amy is really proud of the achievements and amazing journey Roundabout Canberra has been on and looks forward to continuing to assist local families through this amazing grassroots charity.
Jean Giese
Non Executive Director
Jean Giese is CEO of Volunteering ACT and has worked in senior roles in the community industry for over a decade. She has a wealth of experience in designing, delivering, and evaluating projects and collaborations that foster inclusion. She passionately advocates that inclusion is fostered through reducing barriers to participation in volunteering and access to community information. Outside her role as CEO, Jean is an avid volunteer, as a Board Director, MC, and trivia host extraordinaire. Jean is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has a Bachelor of International Relations and a range of industry specific qualifications.
Caitrin Dunn
Non-Executive Director
Caitrin is an experienced executive and company director with over 20 years of achievement across the public and private sectors. Caitrin has experience standing up her own organisation, Sayers Group a start-up providing boutique consulting services Government and the private sector. She has personal experience juggling growth in client demand, while balancing financial security and development of culture. She will use this experience to help Roundabout grow and continue to support the Canberra community. Caitrin has two children and a husband who is dedicated to the public service. She loves Canberra and couldn’t think of a better place to live.
Scott Polsen
Non-Executive Director
Scott is the managing director of Benmax, a family owned and operated commercial HVAC mechanical services company operating across five office locations in Australia and New Zealand. Passionate about helping the community and supporting programs and activities that contribute to greater community engagement, inclusion and wellbeing. He was inspired by the work of the Roundabout Canberra team, eagerly accepting a position on the board in late 2022. A father of two, Scott is pleased to be able to contribute his executive experience, strategic thinking and financial management skills to support local families.
Why the name Roundabout?
Our name reflects our mission to reduce waste and showcases our commitment to a circular economy, where items go from one child to another, and sometimes even back around again to another child.
In 2018, when Roundabout Canberra was founded, the name was the perfect embodiment of what we aimed to be – connected with our local roots, helping families and while fostering sustainability. Today, we’re still committed to helping those in our area whilst being as sustainable as possible.
Also – everyone knows that Canberrans just love Roundabouts!
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