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ReSet

ReSet is an organisation built up from 4 agencies but Wungening Aboriginal Corporation is the lead agencies from the consortium.

ReSet provides support to men and women while in prison and after leaving prison, so that they can have a new beginning that is meaningful and breaks the cycle of offending.

Cannington WA 6107

T 08 9221 1411

W wungening.com.au/reset

Reset Bandyup Family Centre

ReSet service is delivered by a Consortium of four agencies, comprising Centrecare, Wirrpanda Foundation, St. Bartholomew’s House, and led by Wungening Aboriginal Corporation. The consortium has 150 years combined experience delivering a range of community services to WA’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. We have over 40 years combined experience delivering justice programs.

Resilient Lismore

Coordinate clean up and rebuild supplies and PPE for community use by volunteers assisting with the Clean Up.

Coordinate skilled volunteers to help with rebuild.

Various locations around Australia

E resilientlismore@gmail.com

W facebook.com/resilientlismore/

Resilient Uki Incorporated

We are a diverse group of community volunteers living on the land of the Bundjalung People, in the shadow of Wollumbin mountain, along the Tweed River and the many creeks and springs that feed it. We work collaboratively and compassionately to strengthen Uki and its surrounding communities to become more connected and resilient in this changing world. We are here to support and inspire the community to help themselves and each other.

We formed Resilient Uki Inc. (RUKI) as a not-for-profit incorporated association in May 2022, to focus on supporting the Greater Uki area to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies, disasters and crises.

RUKI has a multi-hazard focus but is built on the foundations of the Uki Flood Group which was established by volunteers in 2014, and has done extensive groundwork in keeping our community informed of flooding risks and response.

We envisage a connected, robust, resilient, regenerative and healthy community where these strengths sustain us in the face of adversity.

We see the Greater Uki community as a strong grassroots base of neighbourhood groups, working together to prepare for the future, while supporting each other to have a sense of safety, well-being and sustainability in our daily lives.

Respect Inc

Respect Inc is Queensland's only sex worker rights organisation. We are a peer-led organisation that provides education, referrals, and support to all members of the sex industry. We operate from an empowerment and harm minimisation perspective, and highly value the autonomy of sex workers. We aim to encourage the self-determination of both the Sex Worker community, and individual people

Spring Hill QLD 4000

W respectqld.org.au/

RhED

Resourcing Health & Education (RhED) is a service for the sex industry in Victoria. We provide holistic and inclusive services, programmes and resources to Victorian-based sex workers, disseminate relevant and current information to the greater sex industry, and to provide sex-work-centred education to the wider community. RhED is a program of Better Health Network (BHN) https://www.bhn.org.au

Richmond Community Services Inc

Richmond Community Services is a non-profit community organisation providing services to the Hawkesbury. We have a number of services that allow us to provide a range of services to the community. These include our Neighbour Aid service which provides home visiting

Richmond Fellowship Inc - ACT

ichmond Fellowship was founded in 1957 in Richmond, England and has since grown into a worldwide network of support services for the disadvantaged in our community.
As part of this international network since 1976, Richmond Fellowship in the Australian Capital Territory, provides:

NDIS Supported Independent Living – Residential Recovery Program
NDIS Support Coordination and Recovery Coaching
NDIS Peer Mentoring and group activities

Richmond Fellowship Queensland - Annerley

Community Mental Health Recovery Support

Annerley QLD 4103

T 07 3363 2656

E annerley@rfq.com.au

W rfq.com.au

Richmond Fellowship Queensland - Aspley

Richmond Fellowship Queensland works with public, private and community sector leaders and services to support people and families facing mental health challenges and social disadvantage. • Our supportive community inspires, empowers and connects people in recovery to achieve a better quality of life, vision their goals and renew hope for the future. • For 45 years, we’ve worked alongside public and private mental health services to deliver better outcomes for people in recovery, their friends, families and carers.

Aspley QLD 4034

W rfq.com.au/

Richmond Fellowship Queensland - Bundaberg

We are a community-owned organisation that supports people facing mental health challenges and social disadvantage. Across Queensland, our people and programs encourage self belief and discovery, personal growth and the achievement of life goals

Bundaberg QLD 4670

W rfq.com.au/

Richmond Fellowship Queensland - Caboolture

At the heart of our approach, people are empowered to develop their personal recovery plan that reflects their hopes for a meaningful life. These plans integrate our recovery-oriented and evidence-based model of practice. 

Richmond Fellowship Queensland (RFQ) works with public, private and community sector leaders and services to support people and families facing mental health challenges and social disadvantage. Our supportive community inspires, empowers and connects people in recovery to achieve a better quality of life, vision their goals and renew hope for the future.

Caboolture QLD 4510

T 07 3363 2615

E caboolture@rfq.com.au

W rfq.com.au/

Richmond Fellowship Queensland - Ipswich

Psychosocial Support

Ipswich QLD 4305

W rfq.com.au

Richmond Fellowship Queensland - Redcliffe

Mental Health Recovery and support program. We run various activities during the weeks for groups, including lunch as activity venue. As well as individualised support as needed.

Redcliffe QLD 4020

W rfq.com.au/contact-us/

Richmond Fellowship Queensland - Townsville

Assisting Mental Health clients at risk of homelessness.

Aitkenvale QLD 4814

W rfq.com.au/

Richmond Shire Council

Local Government of Richmond Shire

Richmond QLD 4822

W richmond.qld.gov.au/

Richmond State School

We are a small prep to grade 10 school, in a drought affected area in northwest Queensland.

Richmond QLD 4822

W richmondss.eq.edu.au/

Richmond Valley Business & Rural Financial Counselling Services Inc

Supporting eligible farmers, fishers, forest growers, harvesters & small businesses who are suffering financial hardship, and who have no alternative source of impartial support to manage & adjust to the challenge of industry & climate change.

Moree NSW 2400

W rfcsnr.org.au/

Richmond Wellbeing Inc

Mental Health Organisation

Cannington WA 6107

W rw.org.au/

Riding for Disabled Seymour

We provide riding lessons to our disabled children and adults in an hour radius of Seymour, Vic. Horses are amazing therapy for disabled participants and some speak for the first time while on the back of a horse.
We raise money to fund our Centre through fundraising events and donations from the community.
We use adaptive equipment for riders who need specialized reins, stirrups, and mounting ramp for wheelchair riders.



Various locations around Australia

T 0412 075 774

E rdaseymour@gmail.com

W rdav.asn.au

Rights In Action Incorporated

Rights in Action is a non-profit, charitable organisation that provides free independent advocacy support for people with disabilities who meet eligibility criteria and are experiencing neglect, abuse, exploitation, harm OR have been discriminated against OR their human rights or freedoms have been contravened.

Cairns QLD 4870

W rightsinaction.org/

RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network)

This Rotary multi club community service project collects donated furniture, appliances & household goods & makes them available to clients of member welfare agencies to set up their secure homes. These clients have experienced homelessness, domestic violence, incarceration, refugee displacement, loss through unemployment, illness or natural disaster. We have a warehouse in East Brunswick & work with 26 of Melbourne's major welfare agencies to supply orders to clients all over inner Melbourne.

Brunswick East VIC 3057

T 0414907263

E donatedgoods@rimern.org.au

W rimern.org.au

Ringwood Church of Christ

Community support through community meals, local primary and secondary schools
Faith based activities

Ripley Valley State Secondary College

Education provider

South Ripley QLD 4306

W ripleyvalleyssc.eq.edu.au

Rise & Thrive Co. Ltd

Founded by Janelle Parsons, who is passionate about safe, respectful, thriving connected communities, our mission is
"Transforming Trauma into Triumph."
Our programs have been developed and fine-tuned over the past six years by Janelle Parsons, a seasoned counsellor with a profound personal and professional trauma recovery and psychology background. We assist individuals affected by trauma, providing in-depth self-awareness programs that encompass understanding the impacts of trauma, breaking negative cycles, and employing strategic coping mechanisms. Our success is measured by tangible improvements in participants' emotional resilience and practical coping strategies as they move forward. Join us to embark on a transformative journey towards empowerment and healing.

Our Mission Statement "Transforming Trauma into Triumph" - Rise & Thrive Co is committed to facilitating self-healing and the empowerment of individuals affected by trauma.

Various locations around Australia

W riseandthriveco.org.au

Rise Above - Capital Region Cancer Relief

Rise Above - Capital Region Cancer Relief Provides financial assistance to cancer patients of all ages and types of cancer in the Canberra/Queanbeyan region. Our aim is to ease the financial pressures that are placed on individuals and their families when a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer, allowing the patient to concentrate on dealing with their cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Rise Network - Creative Arts Center (CATA)

Day centre for people with disabilities. some clients are in shared homes some live with parents.

Middle Swan WA 6056

W rise.org.au/

Rise Network - Home Local Help

4 Talus Drive
Mount Richon
WA 6112

Armadale WA 6112

W rise.org.au/

Rise Network - Kira House

Kira House-
Kira House offers 24/7 crisis accommodation for young women aged 14-18years with or without their babies who are escaping FDV or are in crisis.
Kira house supports Young women with case planning to find medium to long term accommodation, return to education or study, develop independent living skills. On leaving Kira House the young women are offered continued support within our outreach program to assist in developing living skills to live safely and independently within the community

Middle Swan WA 6056

T 0408 895 613

W risenetwork.com.au/

Riverstone Neighbourhood Centre and Community Aid Service Inc

Riverstone Neighbourhood Centre is a long established, not for profit charity providing services and programs that are engaging, meaningful and culturally respectful for individuals and families. We offer a diverse range of opportunities for vulnerable people across the life span. We build community capacity, aim to improve life opportunities, promote social cohesion through belonging and inclusion, and support vulnerable individuals and families. We facilitate improved access to essential services and provide enhanced opportunities for connection with our available halls, meeting space, youth centre, community shed and community garden. We build community connections by facilitating local interagencies, community consultation and enabling community engagement on issues of concern, particularly during times of crisis, such as the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now with the recent floods in the Hawkesbury.

RiverTracks Inc

RiverTracks offers a lifeline to struggling young people by reconnecting them back to the community and practical learning to help them find employment and life-changing opportunities that create pathways for a better future.

RiverTracks was first inspired by the successful BackTrack program based in Armidale has been established by a group of Tweed Valley youth workers and community members. We run an ongoing program for young people who are disengaging or are already completely disengaged in schooling. We are motivated by a desire to meet the needs of the many young people falling through the net of existing services, and a concern for the alarming rate of suicide, incarceration and mental health issues experienced by our young people. RiverTracks currently operates 2-3 days per week doing community service work, bike mechanics, wood work and running a yard work social enterpris in Murwillumbah, NSW. DGR Auspiced by Horse Whispering Youth Project.

Murwillumbah NSW 2484

T 0493 206 791

E ahri@rivertracks.org

W rivertracks.org

Riverview Community Services

Riverview Community Services is the community care arm of Riverview Church. We exist to provide practical assistance and personal support to those in the local community who are experiencing challenging life circumstances and financial need. We run an Emergency Relief program, providing food aid and food assistance.

Riverview Neighbourhood House Association Inc.

We provide services to vulnerable and disadvantaged people within the Riverview and surrounding community. We also provide the community with free sanitary items for women, and free computer and phone services. Whilst organising and planning new programs, projects, and events, we are always busy facilitating the day-to-day operations of the community centre.

Our most accessed services would be Feeding the View (food relief), Skilling Queenslanders for Work (training and upskilling), and referring to other support services. We are constantly assisting the community in the best ways we can, and we are always here for whatever the community needs.

Riverview State School Community Hub

We are a not for profit organisation that sit with in the grounds of Riverview State School. We work to support families access services and support children and families engage in school. We run

Riverview QLD 4303

T 0738166111

W riverviewss.eq.edu.au

Riverwood Community Centre

Established 45+ years ago.
NGO.
Provides community with Emergency Relief, Early Childhood Support (LDC, OOSH, Vacation Care), Youth Services, Children & Family Services, Aged Care Services, NDIS Support Coordination, and Individual Support.

ROBWC Inc

ROBWC Inc formally Reaching Out Because We Can … are an organisation that has been helping the families in crisis, homeless and less fortunate communities of Melbourne for over 7 years. We make up ‘You are Special’ food bags each week to be handed out, filled with non-perishable food items. We source and take clothing, toiletries and blankets with our food bags to various suburbs, with the majority in the City of Greater Dandenong.
We also fill houses with white goods, furniture, linen, household items, toiletries and clothing … everything that is needed to make it a home. There has been a huge increase in the number of families coming out of the pandemic, the less fortunate and people with various disabilities: physical, emotional and mental. We take time to chat with those we help and refer them to other agencies and individuals who can further assist them.

Bayswater North VIC 3153

E reachingoutbecausewecan@hotmail.com

W robwc.org.au

Rochester Community House

The purposes of the association are—
Rochester Community House Incorporated is a public institution which has the charitable purpose of advancing social and public welfare by;
1. Advancing mental health and preventing social isolation;
2. Providing a physical location where it supports individuals to undertake activities, or work on projects, in the company of others.

Rockhampton Flexible Learning Centre - Youth+

Youth+ seeks to respond to the needs of young people disenfranchised and disengaged from education. They provide a place and an opportunity to re-engage in a suitable, flexible learning environment.

Youth+ seeks to build honest and authentic relationships with young people, their families and communities, supporting and celebrating the uniqueness and dignity of each person.

Youth+ is guided by the vision of Edmund Rice about the empowering service of education, to achieve personal and community liberation through educational experiences that enable transformation.

The Range QLD 4700

W ereafsn.edu.au/rockhampton-flc/

Rockhampton Women's Shelter Inc

The Rockhampton Women's Shelter provides secure accommodation for women and families that have been adversely affected by domestic violence. The Women's shelter also provide additional support for our clients, during the crucial stage of entering their new house while learning to live independently.

Rolleston Health Clinic

Provide health and wellbeing activities, events and workshops to the community. Fundraise to help provide free services to our clinic for clients to see and fundraise to help buy equipment and consumables to help bring the cost of attending services down.

Rolling Hills Primary School

Primary School

Mooroolbark VIC 3138

W rollinghillsps.vic.edu.au/

Roma Community Hub - Maranoa Regional Council

Roma Community Hub

Roma QLD 4455

W maranoa.qld.gov.au/

Romero Centre

Romero Centre is committed to providing comprehensive support services to people seeking asylum, addressing their diverse needs with a focus on employment, housing, food security, vouchers, migration consultation, and group sessions as well as white goods, beds, mattress and other items.

Ronald McDonald House (SE Queensland)

We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing vital programs for families with seriously ill children.

Ronald McDonald House Charities North Australia

Ronald McDonald House Charities North Australia opened our, state-of-the-art Ronald McDonald House adjacent to Townsville Hospital in 2004, offering a safe place to stay for over 100 people a night. Through our accommodation and support services, we strive to keep families together when life gets turned upside down due to a child’s illness.

Our Programs are run by a tirelessly hard working team of staff and volunteers, aided by the generous support of our donors, sponsors, corporate partners and local community.

Ronald McDonald House Charities Victoria and Tasmania

We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing vital programs for families with seriously ill children. Through our accommodation and support services, we strive to keep families together when life gets turned upside down due to a child’s illness. Our Ronald McDonald Houses and Programs are run by a tirelessly hard-working team of staff and volunteers, aided by the generous support of our donors, sponsors and corporate partners.

Roper Gulf Regional Council

Serves the communities

Mataranka NT 0852

W ropergulf.nt.gov.au

Rosemeadow Community Health Centre

Sustaining NSW Families (SNF) is a sustained home visiting program for mothers who have young children 0-2 years. SNF works with families that are considered vulnerable, and have current mental health concerns or other psychosocial issues such as domestic violence, housing, financial and parenting concerns.

Rosemeadow NSW 2560

W swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/

Rosewood and District Support Centre Inc

We provide Community Centre services and programs that are responsive to community needs, accessible to all, dynamic and flexible in our approaches, and provide individualised support to all in living in Rosewood and the surrounding rural areas of Ipswich.

Rosies - Friends on the Street

Rosies reaches out to those most in need, those people who are abandoned, marginalised, socially isolated within our communities.

Whilst many organisations are increasingly providing awareness, support, and referral, the greater human need is the need for friendship and unconditional acceptance during difficult times. Our wonderful Rosies volunteers aim to do just that, providing a community of belonging that is always there.

Over 95% of our work is funded through kind donations from our local community.

Wynnum West QLD 4178

W rosies.org.au/

Rotary Club of Bairnsdale Sunrise

A dynamic, social & active club which meet at 7am on a Wednesday morning and are at their desks or the coffee house by 8.30am.
Approx 43 active members - 2/3 are females and we are always placing 'Service Above Self'.

Bairnsdale VIC 3875

W rotarysunrise.com.au/

Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond

High profile Community Service Club in Ballina which has been serving the Ballina community through COVID and through the latest disastrous flooding. Since the 28th of February BOR has been working non stop in all forms of Flood Crisis assistance. Most recently the club fundraised almost $800,000 to be distributed around Ballina Shire and most recently in Broadwater township and the local rural community. Vouchers were distributed in $500 lots to flood affected residents. We are now holding Community get-togethers so that neighbours and rural communities have the opportunity to meet up for a night of fellowship with a positive speaker helping flood affected residents cope with their current difficult situation.

Rotary Club of Dee Why Warringah

Our club, on combination with other Rotary Clubs creates change to improve the lives of people locally, across Australia and around the world in the areas of peace building and conflict prevention; basic education and literacy; disease prevention and treatment; water sanitation and hygiene; community economic development; maternal and child health and supporting the environment.

Various locations around Australia

T 0419 267 960

E rotarynb@gmail.com

W rotarydistrict9685.org.au

Rotary Club of Hawthorn Inc

We have charity/service projects assisting the local community including providing care packs & basic clothing to mental health units of the Alfred Hospital and Box Hill hospital and have plans to expand to St Vincents and Royal melbourne public hospitals

Rotary Club of Ipswich City Inc

Rotary Club of Ipswich City is a not-for-profit organisation located in Ipswich, Queensland, providing service to the Ipswich Community and is part of the Rotary International organisation.

Rotary Club of Maroondah

We are a very active Club involved in both community and international projects. We have provided anything from socks to blankets, from mobility vehicles to breast cancer screening equipment. Some of our projects include Disaster Relief, Uniting Wesley Homeless Assistance, Ringwood Men's Shed, Supporting Mental Health Research, Reaching Out Because We Can (homeless), Maroondah Community Assist, Irabina Autism Services Sensory Garden, Drought Relief, Angel Boxes.

Rotary Club of Moss Vale

Our Rotary Club supports a variety of community initiatives.

Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise

We are a club with a diverse range of members. We aim to be a vibrant and relevant club that promotes a code of ethics to our members whether they are conducting their business, personal and community lives whilst actively support community projects both locally and internationally.

Rotary Club of Port Phillip

Over many years the Rotary Club of Melbourne South has worked diligently within the City of Port Philip to help address issues and create a more successful and caring community.

South Melbourne VIC 3205

W rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au/

Rotary Club of Prahran

Runs a weekly Homework Club for primary school aged children on the Horace Petty Estate, supports homeless people with weekend meals in conjunction with Uniting Prahran, provides clothing & furniture to people in crisis.

Various locations around Australia

T 0414907263

E president@rotaryprahran.org.au

W rotaryprahran.org.au

Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour

The Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour is a fun, dynamic and inclusive club that does some amazing work in the community at a local, national and international level and are focused on giving a ‘hand up’ rather than a ‘hand out.’

In terms of our demographic, we have quite a range of ages, some ‘less experienced’ young professional members, as well as several ‘more experienced’ Rotarians who have a wealth of knowledge and are really great mentors to those who are new to Rotary.

Typical annual projects include (but are not limited to): Boxing Day lunch for the homeless in Sydney, donating clothes/laundry detergent to The Station; a Sewing School for women in Nepal; scholarships for women at risk; building water wells and toilets in India; tree planting with Sydney City Rotaract; clothes collection and fundraiser for Dress for Success; four separate BBQ fundraisers; sponsoring young people to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards and much more.

Rotary Club of Warialda

Non for profit community organisation , helping people in need through drought , hardship mentally and financially

Rotary Club of Wauchope

Our aim is to contribute to our local and international community and through those efforts make the world a better place.

Wauchope NSW 2446

W wauchoperotary.org.au/

Rotary Club of Yarraville

The Rotary club of Yarraville is a community service organisation supporting local groups, businesses and people in our area and is a small, diverse and dynamic Club focusing on local community issues; we are a group of locals from within and around the Yarraville area with a mix of men and women - people of different ages and nationalities with one thing in common. We love to make a difference in the community and have fun doing it. This is a family friendly young club where you can have a say in projects and get involved in local as well as larger district projects.

Various locations around Australia

T 0424971775

W rotaryclubofyarraville.org.au

Rotary District 9705

Rotary District 9705 is a Central West NSW and ACT volunteer service organisation that brings together business and professional leaders in order to provide community service, promote integrity, and advance goodwill, peace, and understanding in the world. It is a non-political and non-religious organisation

Various locations around Australia

W rotary9705.org.au

Rotary Latrobe Valley Storm Recovery Committee

Rotary International is a 115+ year old Service Organisation whose motto is 'Service above Self' and which exists to assist those in need whether it is in a Third World Country, post disasters or for a host of other reasons.
District 9820 to which the Latrobe Valley - and indeed the whole of Gippsland - belongs, has a proven record in assisting this area after fires, drought and other disasters and we intend to continue with that assistance after the storm and flood damage of June 2021.

Various locations around Australia

T 0409356469

E jannespeirs@gmail.com

W traralgonrotary.com

Roundabout Canberra

We accept donations of excellent quality baby items and equipment and provide them to social services in Canberra and surrounding regions for clients in need.

Holt ACT 2615

W roundaboutcanberra.org

Rowville Secondary College

Secondary College

Rowville VIC 3178

W rowvillesc.vic.edu.au/

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital - Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Metro North Health enables people to deliver excellent patient-centred care and high quality health services.

Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

W metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation

RBWH Foundation is the charity arm of Royal Brisbane and Women´s Hospital – Queensland’s largest and busiest hospital. The Foundation´s primary purpose is to raise money to purchase vital pieces of equipment and to fund world-class clinical research conducted at the hospital.

Herston QLD 4006

W rbwhfoundation.com.au/

Royal Far West

We work closely with families, schools, allied health professionals and local communities to connect rural and remote Australian children with the healthcare they need.

Every child is different, and so are their needs. Most children begin their Royal Far West journey with a comprehensive screening and assessment, often conducted in our Healthy Kids Bus Stop. Their experiences from that point will differ depending on the best available solution to their health and wellbeing challenges; from connecting with local services to remote Telecare services, and the specialist intensive programs available at our center in Manly.

Our relationships with the families we support continue to grow from there. We offer ongoing intervention and support via Telecare, return visits to Manly, and in some cases, in-community services tailored to the needs of each child and their family.

Manly NSW 2095

W royalfarwest.org.au/

Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland Section

RFDS QLD operates 19 aircraft from nine operational bases located in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Charleville, Mount Isa, Longreach and Roma.

The RFDS's emergency retrieval service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, delivering the finest care to more than 290,000 Australians each year, that's one person every two minutes. This iconic service has expanded to provide regular transfers of patients for life-saving surgery such as organ transplants and heart surgery, delivering critical support to those who need it most.

The RFDS also delivers a broad range of essential health care services to rural and remote communities, including general practice, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, child and family health, social and emotional wellbeing, women's health and Drought Wellbeing Services.

Brisbane Airport QLD 4008

W flyingdoctor.org.au/

Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section


The mission of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section is to deliver improved heath outcomes to remote, rural and regional communities across South Eastern Australia. Started 90 years ago, the RFDS has grown to become the most comprehensive aeromedical service in the world, with flying doctors, nurses, specialists and allied health professionals taking essential health care services to country communities. Our multidisciplinary teams provide services from emergency retrievals to telehealth consultations, patient transfers and clinics (GP, mental health, dental health, and child and maternal health). They also deliver health education, illness prevention and treatment. The communities we serve are disadvantaged by distance and socioeconomic factors which impact upon their access to general, specialist and emergency healthcare, and often the RFDS is the sole provider of health services within a community.

Cobar NSW 2835

W flyingdoctor.org.au/

Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section - Broken Hill

The mission of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section is to deliver improved heath outcomes to remote, rural and regional communities across South Eastern Australia.

Started 90 years ago, the RFDS has grown to become the most comprehensive aeromedical service in the world, with flying doctors, nurses, specialists and allied health professionals taking essential health care services to country communities. Our multidisciplinary teams provide services from emergency retrievals to telehealth consultations, patient transfers and clinics (GP, mental health, dental health, and child and maternal health). They also deliver health education, illness prevention and treatment.

The communities we serve are disadvantaged by distance and socioeconomic factors which impact upon their access to general, specialist and emergency healthcare, and often the RFDS is the sole provider of health services within a community.

Broken Hill NSW 2880

W flyingdoctor.org.au/nswact/

Royal Flying Doctors Service - South Eastern Section - Dubbo

The RFDS works to overcome this, providing a comprehensive range of health services to these communities.

Dubbo NSW 2830

W flyingdoctor.org.au/contact/

Royal Flying Doctors South Eastern Section - Lightning Ridge

The RFDS is well known throughout rural and remote parts of Australia for offering medical services over vast distances. In addition to the well known retrieval and medical services the RFDS also has a team of Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug clinicians that service the Far Western and Western NSW as well as parts of remote Western QLD and across the boarder into South Australia. The clinicians and wellbeing team aim to improve the mental health of our remote communities that ordinarily do not have access to face to face counselling or wellbeing services.

Royal Life Saving WA

Royal Life Saving WA is Western Australia's leading aquatic safety educator. We're a non-profit, community service organisation based in Western Australia that conducts training programs in water safety, lifesaving, resuscitation, first aid, swimming instructing and pool lifeguarding.

Various locations around Australia

T +61 8) 9383 8200

W royallifesavingwa.com.au/

Royal Melbourne Hospital – Mental Health Services

The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Mental Health Services is part of Melbourne Health and provides holistic mental health support within an inpatient, community and rehabilitation residency environments.

Staffed with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure all aspects of care are attended to comprehensively.

Royals Juniors Rugby Union

Royals Juniors Rugby Union provides equity of opportunity to local kids aged 5-18 to play Rugby Union. We engage the local community through inclusive practices and build our kids resilience and confidence through sport. We have over 150 families of young children in our remit and we look to come together as a community to assist in any hardship our families face. We utilise a sports chaplancy and other programs to support the mental health of our kids and parents, many of whom have families that have split. We have people from all demographics and cultures and we do our best to encourage all the kids and families to be the best they can be and to reach out when they need a hand.

Various locations around Australia

T 0433860009

E president@royalsjuniors.com.au

W royalsjuniors.com.au/

RSL Queensland

Support veterans and families to access multidisciplinary supports from psychology and social connection to employment, homelessness and compensation advocacy.

RSLA (QLD) Toowong Sub-Branch

We provide services and support for those who are serving or who have served in the Australian Defence Forces and their dependents.

Ruah Community Services - Cockburn

Mental Health and Wellness team providing psychosocial support to individuals living in the community facing mental health challenges.

Cockburn Central WA 6164

W ruah.org.au/

Ruah Community Services - Geraldton

We offer psycho social recovery for individuals who are living with a severe and persistent mental health diagnosis and require community support.
We also provide short term respite accommodation for those who are struggling with their mental health or are at risk of/or are homeless. We support people to access longer term accommodation, it is these people who often need access to furniture and white goods to successfully live independent and fulfilling lives.

Geraldton WA 6530

W ruah.org.au/

Ruah Community Services - Perth

Today, Ruah is a independent, not-for-profit community service. In the spirit of our founders, we are still taking bold strides to end poverty and social disadvantage.

Ruah operates more than 20 different programs that combine to provide wraparound support for our clients. Service delivery is integrated across our core focus areas helping people deal with the trauma of homelessness, family violence and chronic mental illness. We also provide legal advice, support, and advocacy in the areas of mental health law, care and protection, family and domestic law and homelessness.

Our hard-working and committed team of 260 staff is based across 12 locations in Perth, Geraldton and Albany They have a deep understanding and empathy, often based on their own lived experience, of the challenges life can throw at us, the hard road to recovery, and what it takes to build a new future.

West Perth WA 6005

T 13 7824

E connecting@ruah.org.au

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Ruah Stronger Ground North

Provides psychosocial supports to people in the Perth metro area , experiencing severe and persistent mental illness.
Ruah assists some of our most vulnerable people in the community around their mental health , tenancy support , family support and often budgeting and connection for people experiencing poverty.

Stirling WA 6021

T 137824

E connecting@ruah.org.au

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Rural Adversity Mental Health Program

The Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) is a major project of the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH). RAMHP has 19 Coordinators based across regional, rural and remote NSW who inform, educate and connect individuals, communities and workplaces with appropriate services and programs.

Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

T 0263638444

E ramph@newcastle.edu.au

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Rural Aid Ltd

Rural Aid was founded in 2015 to provide a holistic support program to rural Australia. The starting point for the charity was the success of the Buy a Bale campaign, which to date has received over $4.5 million in donations and distributed this through fodder, hampers and more. We understand the needs of our primary producers and aim to lend a helping hand when times are tough.

Indooroopilly QLD 4068

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Rural City of Wangaratta

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Rural Financial Counselling Service - Narrabri

Rural Financial Counselling in Narrabri & Coonabarabran as well as providing items for those who need them.

Casino NSW 2470

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Rural Financial Counselling Service North Queensland

The Rural Financial Counselling North Queensland is an organisation funded by the Australian Government and Queensland Government to deliver the Rural Financial Counselling Service program. Counsellor if you are in need of assistance to:

help clients identify financial and business options
help clients negotiate with their lenders
help clients develop an action plan
support clients who are accessing the Farm Household Allowance (FHA)
give clients information about government and other assistance schemes
refer clients to accountants, agricultural advisers and educational services
refer clients to Centrelink and to professionals for succession planning, family mediation and personal, emotional and social counselling.

Longreach QLD 4730

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Rural Financial Counselling Service Southern Queensland - Biggenden

Rural Financial Counselling Service works with farmers and graziers experiencing financial hardship. Often we are negotiating with banks and work with people who are suffering extreme financial hardship. Often hardship is from extreme weather conditions like drought flood etc.

Coalstoun Lakes QLD 4621

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Rural Financial Counselling Service Southern Queensland - Bundaberg

Rural Solutions Queensland Inc (RSQ) is a charitable, non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the sustainability of rural and regional communities. Best known for the delivery of the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) across Southern Queensland, RSQ also delivers the Small Business Financial Counselling Service (SBFCS) and other support programs across the region. The RFCS program has been consecutively delivered by RSQ since 2006

Bundaberg QLD 4670

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Rural Financial Counselling Service Southern Queensland - Chinchilla/Miles

Provide free, confidential, impartial, independent assistance to help eligible rural, small and medium business clients manage and adjust to volatilities and changes within their business environment.

Roma QLD 4455

T 0746225500

W rfcssq.org.au

Rural Financial Counselling Service Southern Queensland - Goondiwindi

Free financial counselling for primary producers and small business owners in Southern Queensland.
FREE - IMPARTIAL - CONFIDENTIAL - MOBILE

Goondiwindi QLD 4390

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Rural Financial Counselling Service Southern Queensland - Toowoomba

Through the Rural Financial Counselling Service we provide free services to assist in relieving poverty and hardship in both farming and rural small business families facing financial difficulties

Toowoomba QLD 4350

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Rural Financial Counselling Service Southern Queensland - Warwick

The RFCS provides free financial counselling to farmers, fishing enterprises, forestry growers and harvesters, and small related businesses experiencing, or at risk of, financial hardship.

Rural financial counsellors are qualified professionals. They will listen to your problems, look at your situation as a whole and provide support unique to you.

They will help you to develop an action plan and take the necessary steps to get you out of financial difficulty. They will also help you to build your financial knowledge, skills and resilience so you can confidently manage potential challenges in the future.

Rural Financial Counselling Services Southern Queensland Charleville

Provide free financial counselling services to primary producers and small business in Southern QLD

Charleville QLD 4470

T 0746625500

E admin@rfcssq.org.au

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Rural Outreach & Support Service

Rural Outreach & Support Service strives to provide a safe, secure supportive environment for men, women, families and youth to undertake free life skills workshops, as well as receive support advocacy, referral and advice.
Individual consultations or life skills workshops to provide the most appropriate assistance.
During these unprecedented times of Drought and Fire we have been supporting many people that we would not normally see and have been providing drought and fire relief, information and referral. Now COVID-19 has added yet another dynamic.
We run support groups for Men, Women and LGBTIQ participants.
Also offering Domestic Violence, Apprehended Violence Order Education, Housing Information, Relationship, Budget, Anger Management and Well-Being supports.
Rural Outreach non-discriminatory all men, youth, women and children are eligible to use the service regardless of cultural background, fluency of English, religious or cultural beliefs, or disability.

Rural Solution Queensland Inc. (RFCS Qld - Biloela)

Providing financial counselling for those affected in disasters

Biloela QLD 4715

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Ryde Hospital - Health Staff Appreciation Project

We are a community group that provides support to Ryde Health Care Workers during Covid19.

Eastwood NSW 2122

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Frequently asked questions

Dedicated support services

In addition to the search function above that allows you to identify relevant organisations near you, listed below are a range of organisations, services and government resources that may be able to help you.

Some of these organisations may not be registered with GIVIT. We’ve compiled the list below to ensure you get relevant and tailored support for your situation, regardless of whether that includes donated items and services through GIVIT.

You can use the search function above to check if an organisation listed below is registered with GIVIT.

If your life is in danger, call Triple Zero 000 for emergency assistance.

 

Disaster and emergency recovery

If a natural disaster or emergency event has impacted you, please visit your state or territory government’s disaster support page to see what assistance is available, including disaster payments, grants and financial aid.

Queensland Government

Victoria Government

New South Wales Government

Western Australia Government

South Australia Government

Northern Territory Government

Tasmania Government

Australian Capital Territory Government

You can also access information via national resources - National Emergency Management Authority and Services Australia.

 

Domestic and family violence

If your life is in danger, call Triple Zero 000 for emergency assistance.

If you have experienced or are at risk of family and domestic violence and/or sexual assault, contact the National Sexual Assault, Family & Domestic Violence Counselling Line on 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). 1800 RESPECT is also contactable via text, online chat or video call and is available 24 hours.

 

Financial hardship

The National Debt Helpine provides free, independent and confidential financial counselling via phone or live chat, Monday to Friday. You can call them on 1800 007 007.

Mob Strong Debt Helpline is a free advice service about money matters for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They can be contacted on 1800 808 488, Monday to Friday.

 

Homelessness

If you’re experiencing or at risk of homelessness, you can find homeless shelters near you by searching on the Ask Izzy website.

Your state or territory government can also help. Listed below are the options by state or territory.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

 

Mental health, depression or anxiety

If you or someone else’s life is in danger, call Triple Zero 000.

You can access 24/7 crisis support by calling Lifeline on 13 11 14. You can also contact Lifeline via text or online chat.

You can talk to a counsellor 24/7 through Beyond Blue. You can also access brief counselling with Beyond Blue via online chat.

If you’re a young person aged 12-25, you can talk to a trained clinician, you can contact Headspace 7 days a week between 9am and 1pm by calling 1800 650 890 or via online chat.

 

First Nations Australians

If you’re a First Nations Australian and you are going through a tough time, you can call 13YARN (13 92 76) to talk with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander crisis supporter.

 

Children or young people experiencing hardship

Children and young people aged 5 – 25 can access support through Kids Helpline by calling 1800 55 1800 or through online chat 24/7.

 

People living with disability

The Disability Gateway is an Australian Government service to help people with disability, their family, friends and carers find the support they need. They can be contacted on 1800 643 787, Monday to Friday.

 

Refugees and asylum seekers

If you’re a refugee or asylum seeker and you need help, you can contact the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre on 03 9326 6066 Monday to Friday for support.

 

People struggling with addiction

The National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline is a 24/7 service that provides free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drugs. You can call them on 1800 250 015.

Alternatively, Alcohol & Drug Counselling Online offers 24/7 online chat counselling.

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