Goodies Junction and Roundabout Canberra have teamed up for the 2025 annual Giant Charity LEGO Sale.

All LEGO and Duplo donated to the reusable facilities at Goodies Junction in Mitchell and Mugga Lane will be donated to Roundabout Canberra for the annual fundraiser.

Run by St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn, Goodies Junction accepts and sells reusable goods, cutting waste and helping local charities in the ACT.

Roundabout Canberra partners with social services to ensure the safety, wellbeing and dignity of children and their families.

St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn CEO Lucy Hohnen said it was part of the charity’s commitment to support the community to repurpose goods, while also supporting charities and community organisations in the ACT.

“We hope this will be a contributing piece to the ongoing success of their major annual fundraiser so they can continue the important work of providing essential baby and children’s items to local families experiencing hardship,” Ms Hohnen said.

She said the charity’s hope is that the Giant Charity LEGO Sale can put LEGO to use in a similarly good way.

“This is the natural thing to do. We know that Roundabout Canberra is synonymous with the LEGO sale, and it’s very successful in the community, so we’re really happy to support that,” Ms Hohnen said.

“We’ve already started stockpiling for their next event!”

Roundabout Canberra CEO Hannah Andrevski said it worked with the Vinnies Family Program and several of their Conferences (a diverse group of people who carry out the “good works” of the Society in the ACT and surrounding region).

“Families supported by these programs have access to safe, essential goods they need for their children,” Ms Andrevski said.

“We hear regularly that when services are able to provide families with material goods, this can play a really important role in their ability to develop rapport with the families.

“And support them to address the other more complex challenges they might be facing.”

Ms Andrevski said the LEGO sale had become an important part of Roundabout’s fundraising efforts, with almost $200,000 raised through the initiative over the past three years.

“The event has become something that local LEGO lovers really look forward to, as well as attracting out of towners,” she said.

“For the past two years, customers have queued for hours to ensure they have the chance to see what’s on display before anyone else, with one man travelling from Melbourne to be the first in line both years!”

A Roundabout Canberra spokeswoman said the latest Giant Charity LEGO Sale, which was held on 21 September, raised $47,500.

“Which will enable us to support the increased need for support we’re seeing in this last part of 2024,” the spokeswoman said.

“We have seen a 30 per cent increase in need among the Canberra families needing safe, material goods for their children.”

She said Roundabout Canberra supported 4,175 children in 2023, which was expected to rise to 5,000 this year.

“Typically, November and December are the months of the year where we see the greatest need, so the funds raised through this year’s sale will play an important part in us being up to meet those needs,” the spokeswoman said.

“With the cost-of-living pressures remaining so high, we expect this increased need will remain in 2025.

“We want to ensure we never have to say no to a family requiring support for their children.

“The continuation of the LEGO sale will play a very important role in us being able to continue to meet the needs.”

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