Make A Difference Day · Saturday 24 October 2026
Our Launch Day Is A Day For Doing Good Locally.
Place & Space launches on Make A Difference Day, the fourth Saturday of October, a day for community service and local volunteering. Here are six ways to make a difference in your Community, each in about an hour or less.
Six Ways To Make A Difference On Saturday
Choose the one that fits you. Doing one thing well beats planning six.
Start A Care Roster
15 MinutesChurches, Clubs, Groups
Someone near you has a new baby, an illness or a loss. Set up meals, lifts and visits, and share one private link so helpers can pick a slot. Helpers need no account.
Start A RosterRun A Skills Exchange
20 MinutesLibraries, Churches, Clubs
Young people teach phones and apps, older people teach cooking, trades and life. You pair them up and log the hours.
Set Up An ExchangeJoin Or Start Your Circle
5 MinutesEveryone
One Circle per suburb, where locals and businesses meet, trade and look out for each other. If yours does not exist yet, you can start it.
Find Your CircleGive A Local Business Your Next Job
10 MinutesEveryone
Find a local business in your Community and send it an enquiry. Your enquiry goes only to that business. It is never sold, and there are no lead fees.
Browse Local BusinessesBuy With Social Value
10 MinutesBuyers, Councils, Organisations
Search for suppliers that employ locally, support First Nations enterprise or reinvest in community, and export a shortlist.
Open The MatchmakerHelp A Local Group Get Found
10 MinutesVolunteers, Board Members
Run the free AI check for your club, charity or church, see what AI assistants say about it, and fix the facts that matter.
Get Your Group FoundGood Rules For The Day
- Never sell to volunteers or the people you are helping.
- Care Rosters show first names only, and contact details go to the organiser only. Leave health details out.
- Under-16s join a Skills Exchange only when an organiser adds them, with guardian consent and a current Working With Children Check.
- Everything here is free on every plan and never changes anyone’s ranking or trust labels.
Run A Business Or Group?
Reserve a free Founding place on launch day and put your Presence to work for your Community from the start. There is no card and no payment to reserve, and nothing goes out in your name without your OK.
Reserve A Founding PlaceMake A Difference Day began in the United States and is held each year on the fourth Saturday of October. Place & Space is not affiliated with or endorsed by its organisers. We simply share the idea with our Community.