Wednesday luncheon #5078 with Steph Malan, Co-founder and CEO, The Village Co.

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Adelaide Oval Premiership Suite, L3 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

Web booking closes Monday December 1 12 noon!

Payment on the day at the Welcome Desk by Card only. 

Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

 Steph Malan, Co-founder and CEO, The Village Co.

Steph Malan is an Adelaide-based single mum, former midwife, and the Founder and CEO of The Village Co. In 2018, Steph started the charity after witnessing, time and time again, how many women fall into the gaps between services during pregnancy and early parenting. 

The Village Co exists to wrap practical care and genuine human connection around mothers and babies who are doing it tough. They support women experiencing domestic violence, homelessness, isolation, mental health challenges, and financial stress—stepping in where the system can’t always hold them. Through programs like Welcoming Babe Program, The Village Co delivers care packs to women via all public maternity hospitals and community services across SA. Each pack provides essential items for pregnancy, birth, and newborn life, but just as importantly, it carries a message of dignity and belonging: you matter, your baby matters, and you are not alone.

Rotary Adelaide has become a powerful part of that village through a donation with far-reaching impact. Earlier this year Rotary Adelaide provided a grant to purchase all of The Village Co’s felt bags, calico bag inserts, and cards for every woman receiving a Welcoming Babe bag over the next 12 months. That means 2,400 new mums and their babies will be supported because of this grant. These bags are more than just a beautiful way to present the packs, they’re the vessel that carries care into a mother’s hands. For some women, it may be the only bag she owns. It can become her everyday nappy bag, her carry-all for appointments, and, heartbreakingly, it may even become her “go bag” if she needs to flee domestic abuse. This is why Rotary Adelaide’s gift matters so deeply: it doesn’t just help deliver supplies, it helps deliver safety, dignity, and a lifeline that can travel with a mother wherever she needs to go.

Today, Steph is going to share her story, the stories of the mums The Village Co supports, where the organisation is headed next, and how all of us can continue to be a part of the village.

Don't forget to give to the Virtual Community Bowl this week by clicking on...  Community Projects Appeal

Please note the venue - Premiership Suite, Adelaide Oval, L3 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide