Banner Image – Red Hill Gallery Director Margaret Campbell-Ryder, Carers Foundation founder Ronnie Benbow and Pagoni founder & jewellery designer Kassandra Behrendt
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Published on May 19, 2022 | in News
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Kassandra Behrendt arrived in Australia from Greece with her family, at the tender age of eight, not knowing a word of English. Now 58, she is a self-made business woman with a successful jewellery label.
A self-taught jewellery designer who has been meticulously handcrafting exclusive one-of-a-kind designs for over two decades, Kassandra’s passion for her art is what makes her stand apart. Her pieces are in high demand and have been featured on international magazine covers, runways and on high profile women across the globe.
At the age of 20, life was thrown into turmoil as her mother was dying of breast cancer. She was the sole carer and understands carers fatigue intimately. While her friends were going to parties and enjoying their 20s, she stayed home to look after her mum. After being introduced to Ronnie Benbow, founder of The Carers Foundation Australia, she was instantly drawn to this special woman who was advocating for unpaid carers.
Kassandra believes in the Foundation’s mission to advocate for unpaid family carers of all ages in the community by providing unique health restoration programs to support emotional, physical and mental wellbeing at no cost to them. This in turn helps to avert mental breakdowns in carers from compassion fatigue. These lifechanging programs teach new coping strategies, provide healing therapies, and bring carers together where they connect and form long-term meaningful relationships and support each other.
The reality is that there are children as young as eight years old caring for their parent or sibling, there are elderly people up to 85 years old still caring for their partner or disabled children, and the general public are totally unaware. After speaking with Ronnie at length and meeting a few of the carers that have gone through her program, Kassandra wanted to support the Foundation by hosting an event to raise funds.
She enlisted the help of her friend Margaret Campbell-Ryder, owner of Red Hill Gallery. This struck a chord with Margaret, who has experienced carers fatigue intimately herself. She was the sole carer for her cherished husband, who lost a kidney during one of four life-threatening operations, this resulted in his death and Margaret was left devastated. It was agreed that the Red Hill Gallery would be the perfect venue! The Gallery’s original artwork on the walls would be a beautiful backdrop for the Pagoni handcrafted jewellery. Models Angela Clark and Mal Carlton who would be modelling the new Pagoni Collection, were thrilled to offer their time to this cause. Caterers were hired and the invitations went out.
The event was a brilliant success, raising much needed funds for The Carers Foundation Australia. A beautiful morning was enjoyed by all. To donate to The Carers Foundation Australia please go to www.thecarersfoundation.org
Keynote Speaker at Women's Network Australia
Kassandra Behrendt
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(Photo courtesy of Celebrity & Hollywood Gifting)
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(Photo courtesy of Beinc, https://www.beinc.com.au/)
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(Photo courtesy of Beinc, https://www.beinc.com.au/)
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Cover of Elegant Magazine
(photo courtesy of Anthony Byron)
Cover of Elegant Magazine
(photo courtesy of Anthony Byron)
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(photo courtesy of Sunday Courier Mail)
Indulge Magazine
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Belinda Gaving, Selina McDonald, Kate Marsden
(Selina is wearing jewellery by Pagoni)
Simone de Haas, International Speaker (right).
Wearing jewellery by Pagoni.
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photo courtesy of Debi Brett Photography
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Elena Gosse, CEO of Australian Innovative Systems (AIS) and
Hayley Birtles-Eades, CEO of Beinc
Both wearing feather jewellery by Pagoni.
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Hayley Birtles-Eades, CEO of Beinc
Both wearing feather jewellery by Pagoni.
Featured of FMagazine
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Sonia Stradiotto,CEO Sonia Stradiotto Couture
Kassandra Behrendt, CEO Pagoni
(Kassandra wearing feather jewellery by Pagoni)
Elena Gosse Charity Event hosted by Starfire Diamonds
Women's Network Australia Magazine
November 2018 Edition
Kassandra Behrendt - Power Player
(Jewellery by Pagoni)
(photo courtesy of Debi Brett, https://debibrettphotography.com/)
Sunday Courier Mail
Women's Network Australia
Launch & Charity Event
May 2018
(Jewellery by Pagoni)
(photo courtesy of Queensland Headshots)
FMagazine
Women's Network Australia
Let's Fly Brunch, Paddington, Jan 19
Kassandra Behrendt - Pagoni and Janelle Bostock - Women's Network Australia
(Jewellery by Pagoni)
(photo courtesy of Debi Brett, https://debibrettphotography.com/)
Women's Network Australia
Christmas Charity Luncheon
Brisbane, Nov 18
Anne Noonan - Yoga Forever and Kassandra Behrendt - Pagoni
(Jewellery by Pagoni)
(photo courtesy of Debi Brett, https://debibrettphotography.com/)
Women's Network Australia
Christmas Charity Luncheon
Brisbane, Nov 18
Janelle Bostock - CEO Women's Network Australia
(Jewellery by Pagoni)
(photo courtesy of Debi Brett, https://debibrettphotography.com/)
FMagazine
Women's Network Australia Boardroom Lunch
Brisbane, Oct 19
Janelle Bostock - Women's Network Australia. Kassandra Behrendt - Pagoni.
Christine Matheson Green - Off the Hotplate. Hayley Birtles-Eades - Beinc.
(Jewellery by Pagoni)
(photo courtesy of Debi Brett, https://debibrettphotography.com/)
Joyce Akena wearing jewellery by Pagoni
Cover of Elegant Magazine
(photo courtesy of Anthony Byron)
Cover of Elegant Magazine
(photo courtesy of Anthony Byron)
