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Follow Bless Collective

Follow Bless Collective ("FBC") provides food, toiletries and material aid to disadvantaged people within the Cardinia Shire and beyond. FBC operates a food van with hot meals and also provides Care Packs. FBC is also on the Cardinia Shire's Emergency Relief Taskforce and joins with the council and other agencies to respond to crisis within the shire.

Foodbank NSW & ACT

Australia's largest food relief charity and been in business for 26 years

Foodbank SA

Food relief to 590 charities across SA, supporting over 135000 people per month. Also supporting school breakfast programs in over 500 schools

Foodbank Western Australia

At Foodbank WA, we believe everyone should have access to healthy food. There are Western Australians going without every day, and we are working hard to change that. Our purpose is to Feed, Educate and Advocate. We do this by providing food and groceries to those who struggle to afford them and in case of disaster relief efforts. We deliver nutrition education to promote healthy eating and advocate on behalf of people that experience hunger and food insecurity.

Foodbank WA is Western Australia’s largest food relief organisation, operating on a scale that makes it crucial to the work of over 900 front line charities and schools that feed the most vulnerable in the state. We have five regional branches in Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and Peel. The centre for hunger relief is at Perth Airport. We rely on volunteers to deliver our services and financial contributions to purchase essential food and nutrition education to the WA community.

Foothills Information & Referral Service Inc

At FIRS our aim is to provide easily accessible, non-judgmental and non-discriminatory support services to individuals and families living within the Shire of Kalamunda. FIRS is a non-profit organisation. FIRS receives funding to provide emergency relief assistance to people living in the Shire of Kalamunda. People experiencing an unforeseen financial crisis and who meet our eligibility requirements, may be able to be assisted with payment towards essentials such as power, gas and food. Other services include helping to increase parenting skills, knowledge and confidence to optimise their child’s development. Parents are empowered by open communication, empathy and non-judgmental attitudes to share a wide range of parenting and child development issues. Families are successfully linked to and/or informed of community resources and networks directly through the FIRS Early Years (CARE) Program. FIRS has been operating for over 20 years and now rely on donations to keep FIRS operational.

Footprints Community - Housing Older Women Support Service

Older women are the fastest growing group of people at risk of housing distress and homelessness in Australia.

Footprints Housing Older Women Support Service (HOWSS) offers a Brisbane-based Hub, a state-wide online navigation and support service, inclusive of all older women experiencing housing distress or homelessness.

HOWSS provides a place where older women can receive:

• assistance to find housing and support assistance
• face-to-face contact with skilled staff
• volunteer peer support from people with lived experience
• telephone and online advice and advocacy
• outreach services
• information and linkages to other human service support agencies
• engagement and education sessions for older women, and the sector
• state-wide collaborative regional responses.

Forbes Preschool

We are a community based Preschool supporting 3yr to 6yr old children.

Forster Tuncurry Church Of Christ

We provide food, clothing, basic supplies and pantry items to 70+ people every Monday in school Term. We also run a brunch before pantry opens which includes barista coffee

Fostering Hope Australia

Fostering Hope supports children in foster care. We collect donations from the community and then give them out to children in foster care for free. We also send items of clothing and baby good to remote communities which is a huge success due to transport companies donating space on loads for us to allow us to send good to remote communities. We also support homeless families and families at risk of losing children into foster care.

Foundation 1 Inc.

Not-for-Profit Charity Organisation with Op Shops and Community Pantry items for people in need.

Foundations Care Ltd - Underwood

Foster and Kinship Care Agency National - recruit, assess, train, support foster and kinship carers. Therapeutic Group Homes for complex need children.

Frank Konecny Community Centre

The Frank Konecny Community Centre is a not for profit incorporation operating in the City of Kwinana. Our main objective is to help relieve poverty by providing basic grocery, fresh produce and other items to people who are suffering from financial hardship that cannot afford a modest standard of living. The Frank Konecny Community Centre recognizes that hardship does not discriminate, therefore neither do we. We are also committed to providing a range of services, which support and educate people in need within our community with the aim of relieving their financial, physical and mental stress and improving their quality of life using a range of formal and informal methods. All our services, programs, workshops and courses focus on prevention and relief with the purpose of relieving poverty and distress.

Friendly Faces Helping Hands Foundation

Friendly Faces Helping Hands Foundation is a service set up to support and advocate for rural people and communities. Helping them through their Health Journey. It has a centralized resource for rural patients and their carers / families, information on the Friendly Faces Helping Hands Website includes a hospital directory for services and resources close to hospitals, with links and phone numbers for affordable accommodation, parking and transport, food and retail, and contacts for support workers (Aboriginal liaison officers, social workers, chaplaincy services).

Friends of Refugees

Friends of Refugees is an independent not-for-profit organisation which has responded to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and helps to create a positive future for people seeking asylum and refugees in Australia.

Founded in early 2013, Friends of Refugees Inc. (FOR) has developed as a practical response to address the complexities and changing needs of people seeking asylum and refugees in Victoria by filling the service gaps that other funded organisations do not meet. Friends of Refugees has become a central source of first-line relief for people seeking asylum in Melbourne’s south-east. The ranges of services we provide include material aid, food aid, education support, job training and resettlement programs. Our office in Dandenong operates as a drop-in centre which provides a welcoming and safe environment for people in desperate need.

People seeking asylum are one of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in Australia.

Friends with Dignity

We are a not for profit organisation founded by Manuela (former co-founder of Assist A Sista) providing real and practical support to people impacted by domestic violence.

Gailes Community House

Gailes Community House provides a social setting where people are able to meet with friends and neighbours for a cuppa and a chat and to participate in one of the many social inclusive or family support programs on offer. It has become an integral part of the community and is something that is shared by all who access it.

Gailes Community House runs a number of programs for both adults, children and families. We run parenting programs throughout the year and we also run a low cost food program. Gailes Community House also provides individual support, information and referral to people in the local community.
We are eligible for DGR donations via the Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Association.

Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service - Hervey Bay

Primary Health Care

Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service - Maryborough

Deliver primary health care services including social and emotional wellbeing to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community

Galilee School - Communities@Work

Galilee School provides a therapeutic learning environment for young people who are unable to function in a mainstream school setting. Many of our young people come from disadvantaged backgrounds with significant trauma, and require additional support with behavioural issues, learning difficulties and social and emotional wellbeing.
A number of our young people and their families are often requiring additional supports with day to day and household items that they require support with.

Gallawah Foundation

Gallawah Supports community with a Disability, at risk of entering the justice system. Participants with Mental Health, complexed disability, addiction, behaviours, in out of home care, foster care, aged care, Homelessness and in Prison living with a disability.

Ganggalah Church

Ganggalah is a local church in the Tweed Shire, who's mandate is to reach out and support the Indigenous community in our districts.

GAPDL Communities for Children

Gladstone Region Communities for Children is a family-friendly program funded by the Federal Government's Department of Social Services.

Communities for Children are committed to their vision 'Living, learning and growing together for stronger families and stronger futures.' Working with the community, we want to empower families to function more effectively, advocating that parents and carers have the most critical role to play in their child's health, well being and education.

We want to ensure families have access to the necessary support resources and networks that will help develop a stronger family friendly culture.

The Communities for Children program supports children and their families from diverse cultural backgrounds. We aim to assist parents, carers and early childhood professionals to gain access to information, resources and training. Together... we can move forward into a culture of stronger families and stronger futures.

George Town Neighbourhood House

Neighbourhood Houses are special because they are run to help the local community.

Neighbourhood Houses have special atmosphere. They are places of welcome, where anyone can come to make new friends, participate in community life and share learnings.

Neighbourhood Houses differ from one another; however they all encourage personal growth, self help and knowledge sharing. They work together in informal and formal partnerships with other community organisations, enriching the quality of life for community members.

George Town Neighbourhood House actively works to redress the structural disadvantage in the George Town Municipality through our philosophy, principles and practices. In order to achieve our purpose, we work to the following objectives:

Support Disadvantaged people and their families

Relieve Suffering and Distress

Respond to Community Imploration

Build Supportive and Resilient Community

Georges River Life Care

Georges River Life Care is a grass roots local community, not for profit, charity organisation that has been in operation in Peakhurst since 2007. Governed by a highly professional, skills-based board, Life care specialises in three main areas:
Family Violence Support

Includes a free legal support clinic and case management for families impacted by Domestic Violence

Emergency Relief

Provides both fresh food and pantryhampers as well as financial assistance and guidance for household bills.

ArtsLife

A positive creative arts program aimed at vulnerable/disadvantaged children, families and adults with disabilities.

Alongside these services, Life Care provides support for families via Parenting programs, Autism Support and Grandparent Support.

All of the services Life Care provides have a unique connection. Life Care has carefully and considerably structured an organisation that goes beyond service provision to meet the needs of the vulnerable people in our community.

Geraldton PCYC

Community and Youth Centre, Specializes in supporting 98% Aboriginal and Torres strait youth in our community through engagment and diversion programs and support.