Jul 12, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 13 segments
In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, Chloe and Kellie sit down with lawyer turned charity founder Carly Fradgley, the CEO of Baby Give Back, an organisation that has now supported more than 60,000…
Carly FradgleyGuest
Chloe DavidsonHost
Kellie JohnsonHost
It's an organization supporting families in crisis by providing essential baby goods and helping give every child the best possible start to life.
Every year they walk alongside families facing financial hardship, homelessness, domestic and family violence and refugee resettlement and other incredibly difficult circumstances thank you so much for joining us Carly
thing Chloe and I were talking about is you know We feel like we're probably not people who would need these kind of services, but I imagine in all the time you've been working for Baby Give Back, it might not be as far away from people as they actually think it is.
Do you find that people's circumstances can change really quickly and then they can find themselves in need of some help?
I think any one of us is fewer steps away from needing support than what we realise.
And we see that at Baby Give Back where families might need to dip in and out of receiving support or families might experience something like a medical diagnosis, a traumatic incident, domestic violence affects people across all levels of society.
And there can be those sudden incidences where people find themselves all of a sudden needing support.
that can really be an added additional level of trauma, not being able to provide the essentials that they need.
And it's something, Chloe, you bring this up all the time, the concept of the village and how we used to do that so well before the modern world, but that village, that community aspect is not necessarily always there for people anymore.
Yeah, we're more isolated and less connected than we've ever been in human history.
But our volunteers pour so much love into the clothing packages and the safe start boxes that they pack.
And we ensure that we have all of the little additional touches so that when a family receives that support, it really is felt as though it's a hug from the community.
There's a little note that says, packed with love by, and they pop their name on there.
And it's those little things added together and the way that the support is provided is how we create that sense of a village.
It's so interesting because I find as a parent, I'm often drawing parallels between my daughter's life and my life as a child.
It's an organization supporting families in crisis by providing essential baby goods and helping give every child the best possible start to life.
Every year they walk alongside families facing financial hardship, homelessness, domestic and family violence and refugee resettlement and other incredibly difficult circumstances thank you so much for joining us Carly
thing Chloe and I were talking about is you know We feel like we're probably not people who would need these kind of services, but I imagine in all the time you've been working for Baby Give Back, it might not be as far away from people as they actually think it is.
Do you find that people's circumstances can change really quickly and then they can find themselves in need of some help?
I think any one of us is fewer steps away from needing support than what we realise.
And we see that at Baby Give Back where families might need to dip in and out of receiving support or families might experience something like a medical diagnosis, a traumatic incident, domestic violence affects people across all levels of society.
And there can be those sudden incidences where people find themselves all of a sudden needing support.
that can really be an added additional level of trauma, not being able to provide the essentials that they need.
And it's something, Chloe, you bring this up all the time, the concept of the village and how we used to do that so well before the modern world, but that village, that community aspect is not necessarily always there for people anymore.
Yeah, we're more isolated and less connected than we've ever been in human history.
But our volunteers pour so much love into the clothing packages and the safe start boxes that they pack.
And we ensure that we have all of the little additional touches so that when a family receives that support, it really is felt as though it's a hug from the community.
There's a little note that says, packed with love by, and they pop their name on there.
And it's those little things added together and the way that the support is provided is how we create that sense of a village.
It's so interesting because I find as a parent, I'm often drawing parallels between my daughter's life and my life as a child.
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