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GIVIT helps thousands of Australians in need every year by providing items, services and vouchers. GIVIT helps people impacted by natural disasters, domestic and family violence or homelessness, First Nations Australians, people living with disability or mental ill-health, and much more.
How to get help through GIVIT
To access donated items or services through GIVIT, please connect with a support organisation registered with GIVIT that can assess your needs and provide assistance. This organisation can then place a request on GIVIT on your behalf. Click here for more information on how to get support through GIVIT.
To find relevant organisations in your area, simply use the search fields below. Support organisations working with GIVIT that require anonymity will not be listed below.
In addition to the search function below, at the bottom of this page is a list of organisations and services that may be able to support you, depending on what you're experiencing. This includes disaster and emergency recovery support.
Name
Details
Mission Australia - Early Intervention and Tenancy Support Service - South Sydney
The South Western Sydney Early Intervention and Tenancy Support Service supports adults (over 18) and families at risk of, and who have recently become, homeless to prevent homelessness before it becomes entrenched. The service operates in Fairfield, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly, Wingecarribee, and Bankstown LGAs, providing outreach, referrals, tenancy support, advocacy, information and advice, and access to brokerage.
Mission Australia - Emergency Relief - City, Inner South, Inner West
Mission Australia collaborates with people experiencing homelessness or disadvantage to tackle the root causes of their challenges through providing access to safe, affordable homes and innovative, evidence-based support services.
Every day we deliver homelessness crisis and prevention services, provide social and affordable housing, assist struggling families and children, address mental health issues, fight substance dependencies, support people with disability and much more.
Mission Australia believes a person’s circumstances shouldn’t define their future and that given the right support, everyone can reach their full potential.
Various locations around Australia
Mission Australia - Geraldton
Emergency Relief.
Thrive program, working with tenant referrals from Housing Authority to prevent homelessness. Supporting tenants with early intervention or at risk or potentially at risk of eviction.
Grandparents Supporting Grandchildren.
Intensive Family Support Service, working with open case referrals from Child Protection and Family Services.
Family and Domestic Violence, Coordinated Response Service-Family Violence Response Team.
Mission Australia - Hambledon House Community Centre
Hambledon House Community Centre offers community information, community connection and support to people in the South Cairns area.
Hambledon House has been a valued support to the South Cairns area since it first opened its doors and it is still the place to go for community information, community connection and support. Here at Hambledon House Community Centre there is no wrong door. If we do not have the service or intervention here you are looking for, we will do all we can to find and link you to the most appropriate service or intervention for you.
Mission Australia - Integrated Family Support Service Rosny Park
Integrated Family Support (IFSS) is focused on building the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and families by providing support and resources to build family strengths, resilience and capacity.
The service provides early intervention for children and families at risk by supporting the family to identify, resolve and address issues in order to prevent/minimize any further or potential involvement with Child Safety Services.
Rosny Park TAS 7018
Mission Australia - Intensive Family Support Ipswich
IFS aims to improve the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children, and their families through the use of a range of flexible, tailored support services. IFS is funded to reduce notifications and re-notifications into the statutory Child Protection system and assist in reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in statutory child protection. It works to do this through the use of a voluntary and collaborative case-management approach enabling families to access counselling, health interventions, in-home supports and other identified services to meet the individual needs of all family members.
Ipswich QLD 4305
Mission Australia - Katherine
Mission Australia Katherine offices provides Emergency Relief, Psychosocial support, tenancy support and suicide prevention programs
Mission Australia - Launceston
Integrated Family Support (IFSS)- is a voluntary service focused on building the safety and wellbeing and safety of children, young people and families by providing support and resources to build family strengths, resilience and capacity. The service provides early intervention for children and families at risk by supporting the family to identify, resolve and address issues in order to prevent any further involvement with Child Safety.
Parenting Together- is a program based in Launceston and surrounding regions in Northern Tasmania for parents to attend parenting workshops and therapeutic activities to help foster positive parenting skills and relationships.
Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Services (DMS) helps people with a disability, injury or a health condition to find a job, and then we continue this support while they transition to ongoing employment. We also support their employers with training, and assistance to access a range of other services.
Various locations around Australia
Mission Australia - Navig8
Navig8 is the leaving care service provider for all young people aged between 14-25 who are currently in or have left Child Protection and Family Support (CPFS) Care. We cover the South West and Great Southern.
We provide advice and practical support for young people who are working towards transitioning to independent living.
Navig8 is available for ongoing support until the young person reaches 25.
Mission Australia - North West Tasmania
Integrated Family Support (IFSS) is a voluntary service focused on building the safety and wellbeing and safety of children, young people and families by providing support and resources to build family strengths, resilience and capacity. The service provides early intervention for children and families at risk by supporting the family to identify, resolve and address issues in order to prevent any further involvement with Child Safety.
Community Kinship Program- formally known as Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program supports informal kinship carers who have assumed the role of primary caregivers to their grandchildren (or other related children)
Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Services (DMS) helps people with a disability, injury or a health condition to find a job, and then we continue this support while they transition to ongoing employment. We also support their employers with training, and assistance to access a range of other services.
Devonport TAS 7310
Mission Australia - Open Doors
Family and Youth support service.
Mission Australia - Roma House
Supported accommodation & outreach service for long term homeless or people at risk of homelessness.
Mission Australia - Youth Beat
Drug and Alcohol Youth Service
East Perth WA 6004
Mission Australia Brighter Futures
Mission Australia is a NGO organization who works with vulnerable people in the community to assist them so they can stand for themselves. The Brighter Futures Program has a focus on child protection and supporting families that are affected by Domestic and family violence, mental health issues, drug and alcohol issues, homelessness and intellectual delays.
Mission Australia IFS - Ipswich
Intensive Family Support (IFS) aims to improve the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children (aged 0-18) , and their family through the use of a range of flexible, tailored support services including case-management and access to a range of services that may include counselling, health interventions, and in-home supports. The service supports parents and carers through tailored interventions to build their skills and capacity to safely nurture and protect their children. Services engage with all family members who are willing to receive support.
Various locations around Australia
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Mission Australia Northern Sydney
The Northern Sydney team provides case management for homelessness and homelessness early intervention (SHS), Youth services, alcohol and drug, and complex mental health. We also provide family and children services and parenting programs.
Mission Australia RAI - Deception Bay
Referral for Active Intervention Service is an intensive family support service for families with children age between 0-18 years of age. We provide an outreach service to vulnerable and disadvantaged families to prevent them from entering the child protection system within the Moreton Bay and Somerset Region
Molonglo Support Services - Louisa Domestic Violence Service
Louisa Domestic Violence Service is part of Molonglo Support Services.
Legal Aid funds our South Eastern Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (SEWDVCAS) to provide court support to women taking out an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order in Queanbeyan, Goulburn and Cooma.
Louisa Domestic Violence Service employs four part-time Specialist Domestic Violence Support Workers, a Specialist Child Support Worker, Coordinator and an administration team that we share with the two other services.
Queanbeyan NSW 2620
Molonglo Support Services - Staying Home Leaving Violence
The Staying Home Leaving Violence (SHLV) program is a service funded through the Department of Communities and Justice and aims to reduce risk to women and children in the Queanbeyan and Palerang region.
Queanbeyan NSW 2620
Molonglo Support Services - Your Place Housing Support Service
Our aim is to assist people to have a place they can call home and to improve their health and wellbeing. Providing appropriate and effective services to adults and families (aged 25 years and over) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Queanbeyan NSW 2620
Momentum Collective - Casino
Staying Home Leaving Violence and Domestic Violence Specialist homelessness service
Monaro Community Access Service
We provide advocacy and referrals to access services, facilitate programs and education sessions in the community such as budgeting, meal planning, home maintenance, tenancy survival and personal hygiene. We assist the SHS in this area for people who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. We assist people who are in State Debt with WDO's and can also provide assistance for utility bills, rough sleepers, food relief, mental health issues, as well as support victims of Domestic Violence. Our company values are empowerment, self-determination, social justice, social inclusion, collaboration and community.
Money Mentors
Money Mentors Financial Counselling, provide free financial counselling support to families across Bindjareb Boodja (Peel Region) and Whadjuk Boodja (Metro Region).
We have operated in Bindjareb Country (the Peel Region) since 2005 and Whadjuk Boodja (Byford/ Perth Metro) since 2018, offering Financial Services to the community.
Our core services include:
Financial Counselling,
Outreach Appointments & Support,
Community Education Programs,
Financial Crisis Advocacy and Negotiation Services
&
Small Business Financial Counselling.
We are a not-for-profit organisation.
Mooroopna Education and Activity Centre
Neighbourhood House and Activity Centre offering support to all community members.
Mooroopna Park Primary School
Mooroopna Park Primary School is a school of 120 students serving the greater Mooroopna area, a large provincial town within the City of Greater Shepparton. The school, established in 1980, is set in a park like environment with spacious grounds for students to play in.
We employ a full time chef and our school provides breakfast, morning tea and afternoon tea as well as a cooked lunch daily for all students at no cost to families. We deliver food and grocery hampers to families each week to help ease the pressures of the rising cost of living and a lot of our families don't have transport. We have a full time speech therapist.
We have a Paediatrician attend our school every fortnight to help support students and families and improve outcomes for our students. We have a washing machine and dryer to wash kids clothes for various reasons.
Frequently asked questions
To receive donated items, services or vouchers through GIVIT, you must first connect with a relevant support organisation who can assess your needs and provide assistance. This organisation can then place a request(s) on GIVIT on your behalf.
To find relevant organisations in your area, use the search fields and filters above. Once you’ve input your filters, make sure you click ‘FIND AN ORGANISATION’ to find relevant organisations.
Thousands of organisations across Australia are registered with GIVIT, working across a variety of causes, hardships and demographics. Our priority is to respect and maintain the privacy, safety, dignity and independence of people reaching out for help. By connecting with a relevant support organisastion, your needs can be assessed and verified, and you can receive tailored support, which may include the organisation requesting items or services on your behalf through GIVIT.
The support organisation that is assisting you can request a range of donated items and services through GIVIT on your behalf. This may include furniture, household items, whitegoods and appliances. You can also request baby items, toiletries, toys and educational supplies, kid’s or adult’s clothing, digital devices like mobile phones or laptops.
GIVIT may also be able to help you buy groceries, fuel or medication in the form of vouchers. You can check our ‘What’s needed’ list for an idea of what can be requested through GIVIT.
Your requests may be filled through a donor donating the money needed to purchase the item new, or through a donor donating the actual item or service.
Your support organisation can also request time and skills such as tradespeople, cleaners, health and social support, tutoring and transport assistance.
See GIVIT’s Prohibited List for details of what can’t be requested through GIVIT.
We recommend you speak with the support organisation that you’re working with. They may not be registered with GIVIT, or they may not have placed your request yet.
Please note that there is no guarantee that your request for donated items or services will be met. We’d love to meet every request placed on GIVIT, but your request being filled is dependent on donation(s) being made by donor(s).
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.
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.
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.