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Encircle - Pine Rivers Neighbourhood Centre

Encircle has been in operation since 1987 and is committed to developing programs and services that support the wellbeing of community members, encourage and enable community participation, and respond to identified community issues and needs. Encircle operates across 4 sites - Lawnton, Strathpine, Kedron and Redcliffe, and has 40 staff and 300 volunteers. Our programs and activities demonstrate a wide variety of integrated options for the people in our region:
• Community information and referral service – as a central point of entry for the community we can either assist directly or make a referral
• Legal service – free legal advice and minor assistance
• Counselling services - generalist, domestic violence and family therapy
• Family support – outreach assistance to build and maintain nurturing family environments for kids to grow and develop.
• Adult literacy – customised support to enhance literacy and numeracy skills to enable active participation in community

Encircle - Redcliffe Neighbourhood Centre

Encircle supports the neighbouring community of Redcliffe by providing a range of support services and activities from our Lamington Drive site.
The services provided by the Redcliffe centre include.
- Community Information and Referral
- Community Development
- Adult Literacy
- Conversational English Group
- Community Meeting Spaces
- Homestay
- Homeless Access Outreach Program
- Service Integration Initiative – Regional Care Coordination
- Family Support
- Counselling
- Older Persons Action Program

Encircle Brisbane North Homestay - Zillmere

Homestay Early Intervention Service provides case support for sustaining existing tenancies.

Encircle Pine Rivers Family Support

The Family Support Program provides early intervention support to families to explore and implement changes in the areas of parenting, family relationships, and children’s needs and development.

Family Support assists families who may have been impacted by family relationship issues or relationship breakdown, mental health issues, social isolation, or experiences of emotional or physical trauma to improve child and family wellbeing.

Encircle Pine Rivers Homestay - Lawnton

Homestay Early Intervention Service provides case support for sustaining existing tenancies.

Encircle Redcliffe Homestay

Homestay Early Intervention Service provides case support for sustaining existing tenancies.

Encompass Community Services

For over 37 years, we have been actively engaging with people with physical, intellectual, sensory and psychological disabilities; as well as other individuals who are disadvantaged such as disengaged youth, long-term unemployed and those facing financial, social or learning barriers.

Encompass’ enterprises & community initiatives help to drive positive change in areas where our existing Divisions or Social Enterprises don’t quite fit the bill.

From long term to short term projects, we choose to be at the forefront of trends that drive opportunity, awareness, support and education for the community.

From aiding in the reduction of landfill by creating reusable bags from material that would have otherwise been discarded to supporting the community with material aid and food relief support.

Encompass Community Services prides themselves in providing universal opportunities for all and in shaping sustainable local communities.

Engender Equality Inc

We are a statewide NGO working with individuals, families and communities affected by family and domestic violence in Tasmania.

We provide:

Trauma-informed and evidence-based counselling

Locally-sourced information

Specialised, world-class, evidence-based resources

Education and support for individuals and groups affected by violence

Community training and education

Referral, where appropriate

Advocacy for systemic change to gender inequity and violence against women

EPIC Assist - Redcliffe

EPIC Assist provides a personalised service to help people with disability find and keep a job they love. We are disability employment services specialists.

Escabags

Escabags is an Australian registered charity who provide free 'Escape Bags' which are filled with the necessities that a victim of abuse and his/her children may need when initially escaping from a dangerous situation.

Escare Inc.

A NFP community organisation that develops and delivers practical assistance through services that are relevant to the people of Esperance, WA. Escare has been supporting the Esperance community since 1982, transforming lives, pursuing equality, empowering people and being responsible. We offer support to individuals and families that face daily life struggles through a family and community service, youth service, financial counseling service and develop programs that are offered to support parenting.

Esperance Care Services

Enriching Lives
Caring for our Community
Sharing Hope
We seek to relieve hardship, suffering and poverty in the south-east coastal region of Western Australia

EveryMan Australia

EveryMan is a Community Organisation that accommodates clients under two programs - Indigenous Family Program and Men's Accommodation Support Service (MASS).
In total, EveryMan accommodates 98 clients in 75 properties. Indigenous Families Program - this accommodation is temporary as families are supported while transitioning to the own accommodation, and as they usually present in crisis/homelessness, don't have any household items/furniture of their own. When they find permanent accommodation, often take the furniture EveryMan has provided them.
MASS - Accommodation for single men in crisis due to Mental Health issues, usually coming from homelessness and requiring support with housing and managing a tenancy. Most do not have furniture and other household or personal belongings when entering accommodation.
Sometimes, due to the nature of their inability to independently sustain a home/tenancy, furniture may become damaged and requires replacing.

Everything Suarve Inc

Everything Suarve Inc. (Association) is Association is dedicated to breaking the perception and stigma that society sometimes places on Australia’s Indigenous, reformed prisoners and troubled youth and is an advocate for change in the lives of marginalised individuals.
The Association seeks to achieve this by providing educational and employment opportunities to:
(a) Australian Indigenous – being individuals who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander decent including those that may be homeless or at risk of homelessness;
(b) reformed prisoners – being individuals who have previously been incarcerated and have recently been released from jail;
(c) troubled youth – being individuals between the ages of 15 and 25 from troubled and/or disadvantaged backgrounds including those that may be homeless or at risk of homlessness,
Within these communities, the Association aims to specifically target and assist those individuals who suffer.

Fair Fight Foundation Limited

Our vision is simple. We want to offer a Supertee medical garment to Australia’s sickest and bravest children as they embark on the toughest fight of their lives.
We want kids to be recognised as the true superheroes they are. We aim to alleviate their suffering and distress through distraction, comfort, and the wonders of imaginative play. Our loyal and highly motivated team will focus on our core vision while continuing to create more innovative products.
There are around 500,000 children a year needing the services of Australia’s hospitals. A significant number of these kids are diagnosed with a critical illness that requires long-term care. Our goal is to help a minimum of 28,000 of our sickest children by providing them with products and services for free. We can only do this thanks to amazing supporters like you!
The Supertee project is one of many innovative products and services operated under the Fair Fight Foundation.

Fairfield Women's Health Service

We are currently jointly auspiced by Bankstown and Liverpool Women's Health Centres (WHC). We are the only WHC out of 23 centres in NSW that was funded to prioritise and specialise in women from CALD and refugee backgrounds. We are a women-centred, trauma-informed and holistic service. We focus on early prevention. We have an all-female, multidisciplinary team of qualified, experienced and bilingual speaking practitioners that provide culturally sensitive and culturally appropriate service.

We offer client intake/information and referral, counselling, generalist and DV casework. We facilitate capacity-building information sessions and workshops, as well as health and wellbeing focused women's groups.

During the COVID pandemic, we offered flexible, adaptive and responsive mixed modes of service delivery including telehealth, online and face-to-face or any combination. We also offered food and emergency relief services to our most vulnerable clients.

Fairstart Early Intervention

We provide early intervention (speech therapy, occupational therapy, behaviour support) for children aged 0-12 with a disability in the Fairfield local government area.

Faithful Servants Incorporated

We provide food and clothing to the homeless and needy, and help women who are suffering with domestic violence, and single women who have it tough.
We provide a range of services, including food & drinks, clothing and winter necessities for rough sleepers, hygiene products, counseling & guidance to those who are oppressed and addicted, and help to those who are victims of DV.

Families as First Teachers (FaFT) - Alekarenge

The Alekarenge families as first teachers program engages indigenous families to bring their 0-4 year old children into school and engage with early learning. We also offer cooking, a sleep area and many adult activities as well as parent capacity building sessions to continue to help parents and families be the best they can be for themselves and their children.

Families as First Teachers (FaFT) - Alpurrurulam

Alpurrurulam FaFT is a service which links parents and children living in remote communities with other services in community and around the state.
We also provide activities to help aid the growth and nurturing of young children.
We are a school-based organisation and currently operate on Alpurrurulam Community School grounds.

Family Access Network

Family Access Network has been providing services to young people since 1981 and is committed to responding to the diverse needs of homeless and at-risk young people and young families. Our service philosophy is underpinned by a client focused, rights-based approach. We operate in the belief that timely intervention maximises positive outcomes.

FAN’s vision is for a community which acknowledges and values the dignity and worth of all citizens, and enables individuals to deal positively with adverse situations in their lives.

Family Access Network will provide support to young people who are homeless and those at risk of homelessness.

Family and Childrens Emerging Support Services

Proving holistic prevention and early intervention programs across child protection, youth justice, and family violence.

Family and Connect

Provides initial intake and assessment and referral for families who have children in their care that have been identified as requiring support through Department of Communities and Justice.
It is a voluntary service and remains engaged with families until appropriate and relevant services within the community begin working with them.

Family Emergency Accommodation Townsville

We are a non government welfare organisation that is community based and managed. We provide a range of services including housing and support to low income families who are homeless and risk of homelessness in the Townsville area We work towards helping families into independent living. We offer information, advice and referral services as well as financial assistance to avoid eviction. We have a combination 29 crisis properties;23 Long tern Community Housing properties and 5 other community housing properties.
We have 4 community workers who offer in home support and practical support as well as an intake service.We have a mobile support worker to assist tenants not in our properties to maintain their housing. We also have run a NILS program and are involved in Energy Savvy.
During 2017/2018 we housed 105 families as well as direct financial support to 341 families. Our mobile support worker assisted 99 families to maintain housing.

Family Life

Family Life's services offer a whole-of-family approach: To promote effective and sustainable change the whole family is considered and where appropriate, included in the process.
Family Life offers counselling, mediation, mental health services, support and community educational services, outreach to homes, case coordination and advocacy.