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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.

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The Bikers Hand Inc

Supports local charities by sourcing products such as food, clothing, hygiene items and we hand out free of charge to those charities so they can help those people at grass roots level.
We also supply breakfast supplies to many schools for breakfast programmes.
We support over 32 local charities from Campbelltown to Singleton

The Canberra Hospital

Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families.

The Centre For Women & Co. Ltd.

At The Centre For Women & Co. our vision is to achieve social justice for all women by promoting equity, respect, safety and diversity in our communities; all whilst staying true to our core values of: Integrity, Compassion & Respect.

The Champion Project

We are a registered NFP helping people facing lifestyle barriers and the vulnerable in our community to connect and find purpose. Counselling, budgeting, food assistance, mentoring, computer skills training, working with children and families whose parents are incarcerated and those experiencing family and domestic violence and who are facing or at risk of homelessness. We run a Friday night meals program to families and individuals referred to us by the Police, Community Services / child protection and local assistance associations. This allows us to visit those who are in a season of hardship and do not know where to get help. Our meals program provide opportunity to build relationship and identify needs in order to connect people with the assistance and support that they need. We are proactively linking the people we engage with to local businesses with the prospect of part-time or fulltime employment.

The Children's Hospital Westmead - Social Work Department

The Social Workers at The Children's Hospital at Westmead work with children and their families to help them cope with, and adjust to, the diagnosis and the impact of their health condition.

We provide:
- Crisis Intervention Counselling for children, siblings and families in periods of acute trauma and high stress situations.
-Counselling for children, siblings, parents/carers and families to help with adjustment to illness, making decisions or coping with grief and trauma.
- Assistance in putting together a plan to address a family's psychological and social needs.
- Provide information and assistance in accessing practical resources particularly for socially/financially disadvantaged families
- Family violence assessment and support with safety planning.

The Courage Project

The Courage Project is a collaboration between Bravehearts and Mackay Women’s Service (MWS) to deliver a mental health service to disadvantaged and disengaged children and young people (under the age of 14) that have experienced trauma related issues. The Courage Project will provide therapeutic and advocacy supports to children and young people who have experienced, or are at risk of experiencing, physical and/or sexual assault and are at risk of self-harm. The service is available to clients residing in the Mackay, Whitsunday and Isaac Council Regions. The service will use evidence based, trauma informed approaches to support children and young people in their healing journey. The multidisciplinary team will work with children and young people individually as well as and their non-offending family members and support services.

The Courage Project is supported by funding from Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) through the Australian Government’s PHN Program.

The Dish of St John's

We are The Dish, a local Christian organisation providing food, friendship and inclusive community to disadvantaged people in the Hornsby area.

We...

Provide meals to up to 40 people two nights per week year-round.
Offer friendship from an accepting community.
Community Food Program, rescue fresh food that would otherwise be wasted from local supermarkets and bakeries so that disadvantaged people can benefit from it.
We don’t ask questions about why people use us, we are simply glad they do. Connecting Community together.

The DV Collective Ltd

Supporting existing organisations who support women and children escaping and recovering from domestic violence.

Ballarat Central VIC 3350

W dvcollective.org

The Equanimity Project

We work with reducing domestic violence and alleviating homelessness for women. Commencing in NSW and then rolling out nationally.

The Family Centre

The Family Centre is a progressive, community-owned, social purpose organisation, providing support to children, young people and families.

The Family Inclusion Network WA

Fin WA provides advocacy, support and information for families involved with child protection.

North Perth WA 6006

T 0893286434

W finwa.org.au

The Family Place Inc.

Parenting education and support programs
Playgroup support at Koori Boori’s (Aboriginal specific early childhood and antenatal clinics)
General Family Support
Intensive Family Preservation Program
Financial Counselling
Community Projects

The Family Planning Association Of Western Australia (Inc)

We provided counselling, sexual health clinics, sexual health and relationship health promotion and education to all Western Australians, in particular youth, CALD, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Sex Workers, other Community Services, Schools, Detention Centres and any others who came to us for their sexual health and relationship wellbeing.

Northbridge WA 6003

T (08) 9227 6177

W shq.org.au/

The Freedom Hub Ltd

We help people who have experienced modern slavery in Australia recover and rebuild their life.

Waterloo NSW 2017

T +61478923024

W thefreedomhub.org

The Generosity Collective Inc

The Generosity Collective is a newly established registered charity based in Mitcham Victoria and supports those facing hardship in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
With the support of our registered community, we curate Generosity Crisis Care Packs with people’s quality second hand and new items. We are building a mindful and generous community which allows us to bridge the gap between services currently provided for those in difficult circumstances. We partner with support agencies who assist individuals who may be fleeing domestic violence, in crisis accommodation, those who may be accessing residential and psychiatric support services, young mothers and baby programs and children in out of home care. We create individualised Generosity Crisis Packs which contain clothing and essential items for those individuals, then deliver them directly to our partner agencies, for them to distribute to their clients.

The Humble Mission of Melbourne

The Humble Mission provides support to individuals and families in crisis with the daily essentials of life.
Our vision is to give dignity and respect to the most
vulnerable in our community by creating an eco-
system of kindness across Melbourne.
Like bees travelling between flowers to distribute
pollen, The Humble Mission reaches out to generous
individuals and organisations for donations and
support that is shared as kindness to where it's
needed the most.

Various locations around Australia

T 0409981561

E thhumblemission@hotmail.com

W thehumblemission.com

The Junction Community Centre Inc

The Junction Community Centre aims to create a welcoming, responsive, inclusive and supportive environment, working with the community to help it meet the needs of individuals, families and community groups in the local area. We offer a range of educational, recreational and social activities (collaborating with other NFPs, council) to decrease social isolation and improve community participation by maximizing opportunities and minimizing barriers. We work to recognise the needs of the community and tailor activities accordingly - be it by improving literacy, teaching life skills or delivering cross-cultural programs to improve understanding. We conduct community events to create a safe comfortable environment for greater social cohesion.

We hire the centre to support others' community initiatives (sporting, religious/cultural or special interest groups). Our core operations: building community capacity, supporting community connections and vulnerable community.

The Kinder Society

Empowering Every Child & Nurturing a Kinder World. We are striving to create a world where every child thrives in a safe and supportive homes and communities by empowering people of all ages, genders, and abilities through education, collaboration, and culturally responsive products and services that strengthen family connections and address the risk factors that lead to abusive behaviours. Together we can use kindness to prevent violence, building a future where compassion, empathy, and opportunity flourish, nurturing a kinder world for all.

Various locations around Australia

T 0422055744

E hello@thekindersociety.org.au

W thekindersociety.org.au

The Lakes Anglican Church

As well as providing faith based activities, the Lakes Anglican Church operates a Food Pantry, Homeless Support, Community Markets, Music Box Play Group, Police Chaplaincy, Youth Activities and maintains connections with the YMCA.

The Mend & Make Do Crew Inc

Two artilces of association:

Social Inclusion through recycling based arts & crafts.

Supporting other not-for-profits using our members arts & crafts skills.

The primary output from our organisation is the production of a range of kits donated to any Homelessness, Emergency Relieft and Mental Healthy programs and organisations. This is includes reponding to disasters.

Our kit range includes Cleaning Kits, Toiletry Kits, Linen Kits and Kitchen Starter Kits and other ad hoc items as requested.

South Grafton NSW 2460

T 266434150

W mendandmakedocrew.org

The Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT Inc.

The Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT’s mission is to be a leader in provision of settlement and related services for migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants in the ACT and region, in a caring, supporting and enabling way.

MARSS was established in 1980 as the Migrant Resource Centre and incorporated in 1983. MARSS has grown to become a vibrant service-oriented organisation, incorporating programs for migrants of all ages to assist with language, welfare, employment, access and equity for people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

MARSS provides a variety of services including:
- Settlement services (accommodation, health appointments, education, information, orientation)
- English classes
- Home Tutor Program
- Sports programs
- Program for After School Studies
- Computer classes
- Registered Training Organisation
- Driving lessons and Road Ready classes
- Job Preparation
- Art, craft and dance classes
- Gardening and cooking class

Civic Square ACT 2608

T 02 6248 8577

E info@marss.org.au

W marss.org.au

The Nest Community Inc

The Nest Community is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation created to develop and maintain a community for the purposes of reducing social isolation, to provide advocacy, education and harm prevention strategies for women and children. We believe opportunities to learn, connect and create should be accessible to women and children of all backgrounds. With no government funding, each week over 50 volunteers generously donate their time and energy to keep our doors open. There are no paid staff and yet, since we opened our doors in 2014, we have have developed partnerships through out Brisbane, and over 3500 women have visited and connected in our urban retreat based in Everton Park, Brisbane. We believe fostering connections in the community will result in greater harmony and resilience. Our programs reduce social isolation through forming inter generational connections between women and children regardless of age, cultural or economic background.

Everton Park QLD 4053

W nestcommunity.org.au

The Orange Door - Western Melbourne Area

The Orange Door is a free service for adults, children and young people who are experiencing or have experienced family violence and families who need extra support with the care of children.

Various locations around Australia

T 1800271045

E wma@orangedoor.vic.gov.au

W orangedoor.vic.gov.au/

The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Family Safety Team

The RMH Family Safety Team provides education and secondary consultation services to staff whose patients disclose family violence. We promote/advocate for FV through workplace events and donation drives.

The Salvation Army - Albury Community of Hope

Community of Hope is part of the Salvation Army and is one of Australia’s largest Christian social service providers supporting the most disadvantaged and socially excluded individuals and families in our community. Our services are designed to support, empower and enable by providing practical, material and spiritual support to vulnerable individuals and communities who experience hardship and disadvantage.

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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