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Tobin Brothers Foundation – Celebrating those who make a difference

We’re all familiar with the larger Australian charity organisations we’ve grown up with and come to admire and respect, but what of the smaller and equally worthy not for profit organisations? How ...
By Matt Weedon - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Monday, March 2, 2015

The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation

For more than 140 years, Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital has provided outstanding medical care to children and adolescents throughout Australia and today it is one of the world’s leading paed...
By Michael Lynch & Matt Weedon
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The Healing Power of Art Therapy

‘Art for the Heart’ held at the Yarra Gallery, Federation Square in November and December 2014 was a significant exhibition whose objective was to educate society and provide people with a venue to...
By Emma Finch ( A.Th.R.) and Samantha Rennie – Tobin Brothers Funerals
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Making A Will : What You Should Know

When your time comes to leave this world, what would you like to leave to members of your family? In this podcast, Mary Amerena of State Trustees explains that the legal reality is that unless you...
By Michael Lynch – Tobin Brothers Funerals
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Poverty In Australia

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” John F Kennedy Fifty years ago, social critic Donald Horne dubbed Australia “The Lucky Country”. Sadly f...
By Michael Lynch – Tobin Brothers Funerals
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Christmas Remembered

“They were the best of times, they were the worst of times.” Charles Dickens (A Tale of two Cities) Christmas times are often amongst a family’s happiest memories; for many, they were indeed the b...
By Michael Lynch – Tobin Brothers Funerals
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Salvation Army @ Christmas

Synonymous with the festive season are Salvation Army Bands playing Christmas Carols outside shopping centres in the hope that shoppers will open their hearts and their wallets to help feed and buy...
By Michael Lynch – Tobin Brothers Funerals
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

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Christmas Message 2021

  In 2020, they said it was a year that we will remember, we can add 2021 to that also. Back-to-back unforgettable years. The last two years have challenged us all in so many varied ways, an...

Escape from Neil’s Wheel: Good Friday Appeal Fundraiser

  Victoria’s Good Friday Appeal, is one of the most important annual events in the state, raising funds to enable The Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne to provide world class care for ...

The loss of an infant or child

From the first dream… From the first moment we dream of them, our babies and children matter. They become part of the very fabric of who we are. All our children, birthed or dreamt of, alive or de...

Thank you from Guide Dogs Victoria

Established in 1984 to mark the company’s 50th anniversary, the Tobin Brothers Foundation makes annual grants to organisations and individuals whose work can be shown to have meaningful “community ...

Get the Test Done

  In March 2020 I turned 50, it was a very quiet celebration as we had just commenced going into COVID19 lockdown. A few weeks after I turned 50 a parcel arrived for me in the post, a prese...

Tobin Brothers are here to help

  Funerals are an important time for family and friends to come together as a community to express our love and process our thoughts and feelings about the death of someone we love. The funer...

Celebrating International Women's Day 2020

At Tobin Brothers Funerals we are lucky enough to have 245 incredible staff. Today, 50% are female. It’s amazing to think that when recently retired Marnie Duncan commenced at Tobin Brothers over 4...