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Department of Communities - Community Recovery - South East Qld

Department of Communities - South East - includes Logan, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast - office is at Robina

Department of Communities - Community Recovery - South West Qld

We are focused on improving the lives of Queenslanders by increasing social, economic and digital inclusion. Our vision is to create thriving communities where all Queenslanders have pathways to a safe and stable place to live and enjoy high levels of social and economic wellbeing, supported by a strong digital economy and vibrant arts sector.

Department of Communities - Community Recovery Hotline

Provide support to individuals and families experiencing hardship after disasters.

Department of Communities - CPFS Kalgoorlie

Child Protection and Family Support

Department of Communities - Midwest Gascoyne

The Department of Communities is Western Australia’s major human services department that brings together vital services and functions that support individual, family and community wellbeing.

Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) - Armadale

The Department of Communities protects and cares for Western Australian children and young people who are in need, and supports families and individuals who are at risk or in crisis.

Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) - Fremantle

The Department provides a range of child safety and family support services to Western Australian individuals, children and their families.

Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) - Joondalup

DCP is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of WA's most vulnerable children and young people and also supports individuals and families at risk or in crisis

Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) - Karratha

Child Safety and family support

Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) - Mirrabooka

Mirrabooka Office supports families and children with Child Protection concerns, as part of this support we provide intensive work with families to promote the protection of children within their families and communities.

Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) - Pilbara

Child Protection and Family Support

Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) - Rockingham

Child protection

Department of Communities (Housing) - Fremantle

The Department of Communities operates across the construction, property finance and human services sectors to create affordable housing opportunities for people who would otherwise have difficulty accessing appropriate housing.

Department of Communities and Justice - Central Sydney

Child protection

Department of Communities and Justice - Housing - Illawarra

Provides emergency temporary accommodation, links to transitional accommodation and long term social housing tenancies for clients eligible for social housing assistance.

Department of Communities and Justice - Housing - South West Sydney

Provide housing assistance to vulnerable clients

Department of Communities and Justice - Sutherland

The organisation responds to safety concerns for children. The department handles child protection and carer support.

Department of Communities Child Protection - Busselton

The Department provides a range of child safety and family support services to Western Australian individuals, children and their families, from the Kimberley to the Great Southern regions of the State.

Department of Communities Child Protection and Family Support - Derby

We provide services and partner with others to keep children safe; deliver social and public housing; deliver vital community services, including in emergencies; address homelessness; prevent family and domestic violence; provide stewardship for disability services; and drive the agenda for women's interests, youth, seniors and ageing, carers, and volunteering.

Department of Communities Disability Services - WA

Supporting individuals and families

Department of Communities Emergency Services - Kimberley Floods

Government Agency - Kimberley Flood Relief

Department of Communities Emergency Services - Wooroloo Bushfire

Government agency

Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy - Maryborough RentConnect

The RentConnect service helps eligible Queenslanders to access and/or sustain a tenancy in the private rental market. Assistance may include basic coaching about the private rental market, assistance to apply for a rental property, sustain private rental tenancies that are at risk and specialised rental subsidies and headleasing.

Department of Education - Bushfire Recovery - East Gippsland

Providing support to schools affected by the 2019/2020 bushfires in Clifton Creek, Buchan, Lucknow, Tambo Upper, Bruthen, and Eagle Point.

Department of Education - Participation Team

Participation Team is responsible for supporting students in the final two years of their compulsory education period (typically year 11 and 12), or those turning 16 and 17 years, to comply with the legislative Leaving Age requirements in Western Australia.

Department of Education - Student Wellbeing Package, Metropolitan Region

School-based social workers as part of Student Wellbeing Package in the Brisbane Metropolitan area; support to promote students' learning, mental health, and family wellbeing.

Department of Education - Warren Blackwood Engagement Team

The Warren Blackwood Engagement and Transition team works with young people in years 6 to 12. The team works with the young person and their family to address barriers and support the students educational pathway.

Department of Education and Training

The Department of Education and Training (DET), working across a number of fire impacted schools in East Gippsland.

Department of Education and Training - Indigenous Girls Program

Girls Program run at schools across the Darling Downs South West Region to:
- Increase the retention and attainment of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students in school
- Improve the health & wellbeing of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander girls
- Empowering young Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander girls to increase options for further study & workforce
- Improving safe choices

Department of Health - ABIOS

ABIOS is a specialist community-based rehabilitation service to enhance the service system for people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and their families. Our mission is to assist people with ABI in Queensland, their families and carers to achieve an improved quality of life and community integration through increased independence, choice, opportunity and access to appropriate and responsive services.

Department of Health - Community Mental Health - Mackay

Continuing care team

Department of Health - Peel Community Mental Health

Peel community Mental health is a government funded agency that works with people experiencing a mental illness. There is other social issues that face our clients and we worked with them in recovering on managing a mental illness

Department of Health QLD - Capricorn Coast Hospital & Health Service

We offer a range of inpatient care including palliative, rehabilitation and acute care. We also have outpatient care and a 24-hour emergency department.

Department of Health QLD - Post Disaster Mental Health Recovery Team - Mackay

Supporting people in Mackay region affected by Tropical Cyclone Debbie

Department of Housing and Public Works - Capalaba

Help for Queenslanders who need access to housing.

Department of Housing and Public Works - Maroochydore

Housing and Homelessness offers housing assistance to eligible Queenslanders through government-owned and managed social housing and funding to registered providers of community and local government-managed social housing.
Housing and Homelessness also provides funding to organisations that assist people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

Department of Justice - Mirrabooka

We support vulnerable youth (and their families) that have been involved with the justice department and assist them with any barriers/issues that have stopped them attending school etc, helping them access support within the community so they are not involved with our department again.

Department of Primary Industries - Moree

Provides Recovery Support to Primary Producers and Landholders who have sustained damaged as a direct result of floods, severe weather and natural disasters.

Department of Youth Justice - Buranda

Support First Nations young people

Depot Hill State School

Primary School in Rockhampton

Dept Communities Child Protection & Family Support (Statewide Referral & Response Service)

We work proactively with families to build safety around children and prevent the need for children to enter the out-of-home-care system.

Dept of the Premier & Cabinet

We are the lead agency supporting the Premier and Cabinet by developing policy and delivering programs to realise the government’s vision for South Australia.

Derby Aboriginal Short Stay Accommodation

Derby Aboriginal Short Stay Accommodation. We offer a great place to stay in Derby, when you or your family are visiting whether it be for health or training reasons, or perhaps big family gatherings or cultural events.

Derby Home and Community Care Inc.

We work with older people to maintain independence and to remain in their own home for as long as possible, and help them to stay well, providing services such as group and individual social support, home maintenance, domestic assistance, transport, meals, food services, personal care.

Derby Hospital

Provide medical care.

Desert Blue Connect

Desert Blue Connect Incorporated provides holistic services for women and families which include women’s health, unplanned pregnancy support, sexual assault services, family violence response, crisis accommodation for women and children and primary prevention.

Desert Blue Connect - Rural Support Services

Counselling services are available to men and women across the shires of Morawa, Mingenew, Three Springs, Yalgoo, Mullewa, Carnamah, Coorow, Perenjori. We also provide specialised services, programs and events in response to community need.

Detour House Inc

Detour House is a supported accommodation service providing support to homeless women who have been affected by substance dependency

Devonport Community House

A drop in centre for all of the community, providing emergency food relief, onsite family support worker, assistance with finding the right service providers for the clients needs, NILS Loans, assistance with copying/printing, Devonport Community Garden, community foodshed (cheap/free fresh food), The Devonport Playhouse (0-5 year olds drop in play centre), free and cheap clothing, free events for local low socioeconomic neighbourhood. Provides a safe space for all.

DFES Recovery & Resilience

Kimberley Flood Recovery

DFVSAS Shoalhaven

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault counselling

Diabetes Australia - Tasmania

Diabetes Australia is the national body for people affected by all types of diabetes and those at risk. Through leadership, prevention, management and research, Diabetes Australia is committed to reducing the impact of diabetes. We work in partnership with diabetes health professionals and educators, researchers and healthcare providers to minimise the impact of diabetes on the Australian community.

Diabetes Australia is a respected and valued source of information, advice and views utilised by government and the community.

We are a trusted diabetes services provider. We develop and deliver support, coordinated care and prevention services – locally and nationally – and partner with other diabetes organisations across Australia to change people’s lives.

Our local services include self management, education and support programs to meet the needs of people throughout their life with diabetes.

Diamond Valley Community Support

We are an emergency relief, informational and referral organization supporting people in financial and personal crisis in the Banyule and Nillumbik regions of Melbourne.

Diamond Women Ltd

Diamond is the leading support service for women and their families facing an unplanned pregnancy. We provide best practice client centered wrap around support in the way of counselling, case work, mentoring programs, maternity and baby items.

We are dedicated to providing excellence in care, compassion and genuine support free of charge.

Dig In

Dig In feeds Brisbane’s homeless and disadvantaged. During COVID-19 while many services shut we transitioned to a delivery model and cooked between 550-600 meals per Saturday evening. We have now returned to our usual service and are opening up two more spots in a few weeks, as there is more demand for meals and less supply than usual.


Different groups bring different skills, ideas, and values and by working together we can find the best possible solutions for helping others. United behind this common purpose, we aim to develop a platform to do some good and make a difference in our community.

Our objective: improve access to wholesome meals.
Our primary goal at Dig In is to ensure every disadvantaged person in Brisbane has access to a filling, nutritious and wholesome meal.
We engage our community to provide their invaluable experience and expertise to fund, cook and serve our meals.

Dignity Ltd

Supporting people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness

Dimboola Primary School

Dimboola Primary School serves the township of Dimboola and the surrounding district. It is the only government primary school in the town of 1,700 people situated 35 kilometres west of Horsham on the Melbourne to Adelaide road.

Directions Disability Support Services Inc

Directions was established in 1994 as an organisation that recognised the need for the whole family of a person with disability to be valued and supported. We provide services to over 150 people and their families across Perth and down to Pinjarra.

We provide opportunities for people with disability to participate in family and community activities of their choice that: encourage lifelong learning; lead to increased independence; promote friendships; and enable people to actively contribute to their community. Our services operate 24 hours a day and include people being supported by host families, and overnight respite either in home or on a break away.

Directions Health Services

Directions provides a range of services and programs for people affected by Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug issues (ATOD), their families and the wider community.

These services and programs include:

Althea Wellness Centre
The Althea Wellness Centre is a small clinic which is based on holistic health principles.

Arcadia House Detox, Transition and Day Programs:
Arcadia House offers a selective, non- medicated detox and an 8 week residential program, which is based on Therapeutic Community Principles.

Counselling:
Counselling and support for individuals, families and friends affected by ATOD issues.

Healthy Food Healthy Me:
The Healthy Food Healthy Me program aims to assist the health and wellbeing of people who use Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs by distributing nutritious food to people who use our Needle and Syringe Programs.

Needle and Syringe Program:
Provides clean injecting equipment, information on safe injecting practices, and general health information

Disability Advocacy Service

Disability Advocacy Service Inc. (DAS) is a key provider of community-based advocacy services within the municipalities of Alice Springs, Amoonguna and Tennant Creek, Northern Territory.

As a not-for-profit incorporated community organisation, Disability Advocacy Service offers a free, confidential advocacy service to persons and families with a disability, supporting and empowering clients to exercise their own rights in accordance with the NT Disability Advocacy Standards.

Disaster Relief Australia

Disaster Relief Australia unites the skills and experiences of Australian Defence Force veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams around the globe.

Disaster Relief Australia - Sydney

Disaster Relief Australia unites the skills and experiences of Australian Defence Force veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams around the globe.

We provide disaster relief services to communities affected by bushfire, drought and flood by using our volunteer data base comprising of veterans, emergency services personnel and others to provide labour and tool to the communities in need.

Discovery Christian College

Only High School in the small regional / rural town of Agnes Water

Dismantle - BikeRescue

Dismantle is a small charity focussed on connecting young people 'at-risk' to services that can support them transition into adulthood. Presently this mission is achieved through a program called BikeRescue. It's a hands on earn-a-bike process where groups of up to 12 teenagers take apart, paint, clean and rebuild 2 bikes each - 1 for charity as a way to earn a second for themselves. While the process feels like a bike program, the staff facilitators are OTs, youth workers and social workers who use the engagement as outreach for non-clinical therapy and transitioning to additional service or education providers.

Diverge Consulting

Diverge offers a community based state wide service, we have regionally based clinicians and we offer face-to-face and telehealth services. The Diverge team of practitioners have developed a unique service model after many years of experience in conducting behaviour management interventions in community settings.

Diversicare

Previously known as the Home and Community Care Resource Centre, Diversicare has over 21 years experience in the provision of quality, compassionate, in home care, to people from all backgrounds. With over a hundred staff (many of whom are multi-lingual), Diversicare is able to service its clients' needs in a culturally appropriate and inclusive manner.

Diversicare provides quality community based and coordinated in home care for the frail aged and carers as well as education and training, resources and projects to support aged care service providers and cultural communities.

Diversity ACT Community Services

Diversity ACT Community Services is a volunteer based organization that provides support services to the LGBTIQ community in the Canberra Region.

Divine Mercy Church

Divine Mercy Church is non profit organisation. We are catering the needs of our community with different activities in the church by connecting women and children that experiences domestic violence through counselling, feeding the homeless, children are neglecting have the Kidz Zone with programs such as music, dramas, sharing, arts and crafts, instruments, story telling, reading etc. Solo parents meeting up every fortnight, also link every group into the right services with other agencies. We are running the feeding ministry, Kidz Zone, Community Dove Sports, Youth, Young Adults, Young Couples, Men's Group as well as Women's Group, Leaderships meeting, R.U.N Festival every year etc.

Djabugay Aboriginal Corporations

Djabugay Aboriginal Corporations is made up of three entities which operate on behalf, and for the betterment of the Djabugay speaking people of the Kuranda region. The Corporations provide a range of programs, products and services which are geared to revitalising, maintaining and strengthening the Djabugay peoples’ culture, language and connection to their land, as well as equipping and providing them employment and sustainable economic opportunities. The Corporation currently run a range of programs including:

(1) Djabugay Bulmba Rangers Program

(2) Horticulture & Asset Maintenance Program

(3) Language (Ngirrma) & Culture Program

(4) Djabugay Art Activities & Centre

(5) Didjirr Didjirr Family Network

Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation

Provide community services for the Djarindjin and Dampier Peninsula communities.
We own and run our own store, roadhouse and caravan park and our own airport.

Djirra

Djirra is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation with 20 years’ experience accompanying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and their children, on their individual journeys.

We find solutions through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their stories, journeys, and experiences.

Djirra celebrates women’s strength and resilience. We are committed to a future without family violence.

Our Koori Women's place relies on the generosity of organisations and community members like yourself, for practical and essential items such as clothing, toiletries and food relief.

These types of donations play a significant role in assisting our team with providing the basics for our women who are escaping family violence.

Doing It For Our Farmers

Feeding farming families for free who cant buy food supplying non perishable food

Domestic Violence Action Centre

Domestic Violence Action Centre (DVAC) is a community-based organisation, committed to preventing and ending violence against women and children. We provide services in greater Ipswich including all Ipswich Metro, into Goodna, out to Laidley and just past Gatton, down to Boonah and up to Toogoolawah; and; Toowoomba including all suburbs, the Darling Downs, part of the Maranoa (excluding Roma), and the townships of Warwick, Stanthorpe, Dalby, Chinchilla, Goondiwindi, Oakey, and Pittsworth.

The primary focus of DVAC is on supporting women and children to increase their safety and wellbeing, advocacy, court support, counselling services, group work and children's work.

In addition to this, DVAC works with communities to prevent domestic violence through community education, community development, projects and events.

Services include:

Telephone information, referral, advocacy and support services to women, children, and young people.

Court support for Ipswich, Gatton, Toogoolawah, Toowoomba, Warwick, Stanthorpe, Goondiwindi, Chinchilla, Pittsworth, Dalby, and Oakey Courts.

Counselling and support services for women, children, and young people in service as well as some satellite locations.

Group work for women, children, and young people.

Safety upgrades for women wanting to stay in their homes.

Support for young people who have been impacted by domestic and family violence or sexual violence and have started to use violence against their mother or female caregiver. Read more »

Service Against Sexual Violence (working with individuals 14 years and up - therapeutic support for recent and historical abuse trauma). »

Youth Sexual Violence Service (working with individuals aged 12 – 18 years, Toowoomba only).

Men’s Behaviour Change Program (Toowoomba only).

School community education sessions (Ipswich only).

Community development, education and awareness raising events.

Specialised training and resources to other service providers and stakeholders.

Domestic Violence Crisis Service

DVCS is a feminist-informed community organisation that seeks to address violence and abuse in family and intimate partner relationships and to promote respect in these relationships.
We encourage people who use violence and abuse in family and intimate partner relationships to take responsibility for, and cease, this behaviour.

Domestic Violence Prevention Centre

DVPC is the specialist domestic and family violence service that operates from Coolangatta to Beenleigh. We support women, young people and children who have experienced domestic violence and facilitate behaviour change programs for people who use violence in their relationships. We provide counselling, safety planning, court support, advocacy, information and resources as well as engage the community in awareness-raising and activism activities.

Domestic Violence Service Management - Wilcannia Safe House

Domestic Violence NSW Service Management (DVSM) is a registered charity which aims to prevent and to provide support for people escaping/experiencing domestic and family violence and homelessness.

DVSM provides support services in an urban context (Inner Sydney), in a suburban context (Western Sydney) and in remote rural NSW (Wilcannia). DVSM also provides professional services (Insight Exchange) to build capacity and share learning about domestic and family violence within the Community Services sector and more broadly with the wider ecosystem of corporations, organisations, institutions, online and local communities.

Dominion Grace Ministries - Motivated4Christ Women's Group

We provide support for communities in need eg. drought affected areas and also spiritual guidance to those who are in interested.

Don Valley Primary School

State School

Donations in Kind Inc

To enable Rotarians, Rotary Clubs and Districts to assist disadvantaged communities and individuals through humanitarian aid projects

Donnybrook Balingup Shire

Local Government

Doonside High School

We are a high school in western Sydney with a ICSEA of 907. Our school has a high proportion of First Nations, students with a disability and students from non English speaking background. We run a wide range of wellbeing programs to support the holistic wellbeing of students facing social disadvantage.

Doors Wide Open

Doors Wide Open offers compassionate caring peer-led support, walking alongside individuals and families impacted by methamphetamine and other drugs and related chronic life challenges.

Doors Wide Open aims to foster recovery by providing personal, social, and pragmatic support through a peer-led service model, connecting with other agencies and networking for the benefit of service users and the broader community.

Doorways Case Work Salvation Army Townsville

Doorways is a program that is run by the Salvation Army, Australia wide, that primarily journeys with community members to overcome hardship in their lives and build resources and capacity towards independence.

Dorset Primary School

State School

Downs & West Community Support

DWCS is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity. If offers encouragement and practical support to people in rural and remote areas of QLD who are affected by destructive climatic conditions and matters beyond their control.

Dr Steve Burroughs Foundation

Dr Steve Burroughs Foundation Aims and Objectives
An awareness
a. To promote understanding of struggling indigenous people within remote Australian communities
b. To advance the care of indigenous people within remote Australia communities
c. To organise events and activities to generate income for the cause.
d. To facilitate the purchase, development and management of products for the use in training and facilitating Human Sustainability within remote indigenous communities.

A multicultural training service
a. To create employment opportunities by giving training to indigenous communities and provide efficiencies in basic skills leading to
b. To promote work in remote indigenous communities to assist the education of poor people.
c. In the interests of public health, to educate people about Well-Being fostering Human Sustainability e.g. women and Children safety in the remote regions of Australia.
d. To carry out these activities in remote indigenous communities.

Drake Village Resource Centre Inc

A community hub offering a range of services and support to locals.
Drake is a small rural village & the DVRC has supported the local community with assisting in programes to help with the ongoing mental stress from fires and drought. Having a coffee outlet helps with the social needs in our small community. The DVRC is run by volunteers, we continue to work and support the local Hall.

Dream Centre Perth

Dream Centre Perth is a local Charity that empowers community engagement to give love, dignity and care for people doing it tough on the streets of Perth.

Our Mission is to Find a Need and Fill it, and Find a Hurt and Heal it.

Our main program at the moment is called Walk the Beat.

This is our regular community engagement walk that occurs on the first Saturday +the third Saturday of every month, to help those experiencing homelessness.

During Walk-the-Beat, we give food, coffee vouchers, bottled water and swags provided by our generous sponsors. We also provide basic first aid care if required by those who have first aid training.

We meet at a set point, get into teams, receive some training and then head off in different planned routes in Northbridge and through the City CBD areas to assist those that are experiencing homelessness.

DreambuildersCare

Low-Cost Supermarket & Op-Shop
Emergency Relief Food
Community meals Cafe - Free Meals 4-nights a week

Dress for Success Hobart

The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Dress for Success Perth

We are a charity with a mission to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing them with professional work attire, a personalised styling service, mentoring and a suite of career skills. We are in the business of building confidence so women can move forward in their career/life journey.

Dress for Success South East Melbourne

DFSSSEM provide personalised styling of appropriate clothing for interviews, coaching in interview presentation and development workshops to increase personal preparedness and confidence after a long period of absence from the workplace or no work experience. We now cater for Men, and the Transgender community, plus a specialised digital literacy program for over 45's.

Dress for Success Sydney

Dress for Success Sydney is a registered charity that improves the employability of women in need in NSW by providing, free of charge, professional clothing, a network of support and the career development tools to help women achieve self-sufficiency.

Drug and Alcohol Services Australia Ltd

Our services include, Sobering Up Shelter, Methamphetamine Outreach, Case management, harm minimisation sessions and ongoing support for COMMIT Court bail and parole clients who are heavy alcohol or drug users; a Therapeutic Community offering non-medical detox leading into a longer-term 20 bed residential program, Transitional After Care and Independent Living Program.

Drug ARM - Brisbane South

Drug ARM is a specialist not-for-profit, non-government organisation that supports people, families and communities to achieve positive transformation through awareness, rehabilitation and management.

Drummond Memorial Public School

Drummond Memorial Public School has a student enrollment of 186 students. Our demographic is approximately 33% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 33% English as an additional language or dialect. Of this 33% most of our these students are Ezidi refugees who ave fled from ISIS in Iraq and suffer from severe trauma related to their time under occupation. Our school is predominantly low socio-economic and as a result our school runs breakfast club and lunch club each day. We provide uniforms to many students and find as many ways as we can to subsidise things like camps, school equipment, uniforms and excurions. We are home to a special needs unit for students with autism, a tutorial centre for students repeatedly suspended from other schools and a unit called the Karayuna Centre which runs a program to get students back on track and ready to rejoin their own school in a positive and effective way.

Drummond Street Services – Ready Steady Family

We provide counselling to individuals, couples, children and families presenting with relationship, mental health and well-being risks. We delivered 9,886 sessions to 3,179 clients and we also delivered 126 community / group / seminar events to 1,399 attendees as part of our community engagement and education.

Drummond Street Services Inc.

Established 131 years ago, we provide counselling services to individuals, couples, children and families presenting with issues with relationships, mental health and well-being risks.

Dubbo Neighbourhood Centre

Local neighbourhood centre involved in drought relief work and more.

Dundas Area Neighbourhood Centre Inc

Community centre providing services and activities to surrounding communities. Provision of food hampers and support to local residents.

We run our programs at no cost to the community and our food packages are donated.