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Centacare - South West NSW

Centacare South West NSW (CCSWNSW) is a proud social service agency of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Wagga Wagga covering the South West Region of New South Wales. We are a member of the wider network of Catholic social service organisations across Australia known as Catholic Social Services Australia.

We are a not for profit, non-government organisation that has been providing professional services to individuals and families since 1991. We act on behalf of the Diocese to alleviate disadvantage through the provision of services to children, young people, individuals, families and communities in the Diocese. Our works with people is making a positive difference in their lives.

We are a leading agency empowering individuals and building resilient communities. We are innovative, robust and responsive to the needs of our communities and have extensive experience in crisis intervention. Our

Centacare Amelia House Services

PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE FRAIL AGED AND YOUNGER PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY

Stones Corner QLD 4120

W centacareswnsw.org.au/

Centacare Anam Cara

Anam Cara is a leading non-government, not-for-profit organisation committed to supporting people with their lifestyle choices. Anam Cara provides a range of support services to individuals over the age of 18 with a diagnosed psychiatric disability. Services are delivered across the Brisbane metropolitan area and out to Ipswich, Logan, bayside and Redcliffe regions. Services include individual support as well as a Transitional Housing Program.

Coorparoo QLD 4151

W centacarebrisbane.net.au/

Centacare Catholic Family Services - Whyalla

Whyalla Homelessness Service
Whyalla Regional Domestic Violence Service

Centacare Disability Services

Centacare has been a significant part of the social services landscape in South East Queensland for more than 60 years. During this time, we have continued to grow and evolve, along with the needs of the community to which we belong.
Centacare reaches out to those in our local communities in South East Queensland through a range of practical services for all people including the most disadvantaged and marginalised in society.
When you support Centacare, you provide care for persons suffering with mental and physical disabilities, those who are homeless, families experiencing violence in the home, seafarers, and the lonely in prisons and hospitals.
We have now reached another important milestone, with a new look for our communication and new ways to share the Centacare story.
With our history steeped in the Catholic tradition, we believe in offering loving care to all members of our community. For our people this means offering a listening ear, refraining from judgement and treating and caring for others as we would like to be treated and cared for ourselves. It is also why for many years our people have shown a shared commitment to doing whatever they can to ensure that everyone in their communities is not just cared for, but cared about, in ways that help them live their fullest lives.
We’ve captured this shared belief and commitment in our new Centacare promise. We’re proud to say that for our people, It’s more than care, it’s a calling.
We are pleased to share this new way of telling the Centacare story with you and are excited to see the incredible work our teams continue to do in aged care, community and pastoral care, disability care, Early EdCare and family and relationship care.

Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109

W centacarebrisbane.net.au/

Centacare Employment and Training

We are a not-for-profit organization in Perth, Western Australia, delivering a diverse range of flexible and fully-accredited adult education, industry training and employment programs from our six training sites across Perth.
We believe that education and training can help to break the cycle of adversity and create opportunities for a brighter future.
This is why we pride ourselves on providing our students with a safe and supportive learning environment in which they can develop the skills, confidence and independence necessary to broaden opportunities for work and a sustainable economic future.

Centacare Family and Relationship Services - Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast Regional Domestic and Family Violence Service, Family and Relationship Counselling, Children's Counselling

Maroochydore QLD 4558

W centacarebrisbane.net.au/

Centacare Family Services - Emergency Relief - Geraldton

Helping people in financial crisis by providing financial or material aid and connecting them to services to build financial resilience and capability.

Centacare FNQ

Centacare FNQ, as the social services agency of the Diocese of Cairns has been
supporting the community of Far North Queensland since 1981. Initially offering
relationship education and counselling services, today Centacare FNQ provides a
range of community and social services within the areas of Mental Health and
Wellbeing, Multicultural Services, and Aged Care and Disability Support. Mental Health
and Wellbeing services provides counselling for individuals, families, and children, and
Coaching for people with psychosocial disabilities. NDIS services are offered to NDIS
participants with psychosocial disabilities including Support Coordination where
linkages to appropriate supports assist participants to reach their goals as identified in
their NDIS plans. Multicultural Services assist newly arrived migrants and humanitarian
entrants with a broad range of settlement services in addition to community
development, education and training, and activities for people from culturally and
linguistically diverse communities. Aged Care and Disability Support is offered through
the Social Wellbeing Hub, which offers centre based respite to eligible younger people
with a disability and eligible frail, older people to support them to continue to live
independently in their community. Centacare FNQ continues to seek ways to meet
emerging need as well as opportunities to work in partnership, to ensure we continue
to support our community to thrive.

Cairns QLD 4870

W centacarefnq.org/

Centacare FNQ - DSC

Centacare FNQ are providing case management support for flood impacted residents following TC Jasper across the Cairns region.

Cairns City QLD 4870

W centacarefnq.org/

Centacare Fraser Coast - Hervey Bay

Centacare has been a significant part of the social services landscape in South East Queensland for more than 60 years. During this time, we have continued to grow and evolve, along with the needs of the community to which we belong.
Centacare reaches out to those in our local communities in South East Queensland through a range of practical services for all people including the most disadvantaged and marginalised in society.
When you support Centacare, you provide care for persons suffering with mental and physical disabilities, those who are homeless, families experiencing violence in the home, seafarers, and the lonely in prisons and hospitals.
We have now reached another important milestone, with a new look for our communication and new ways to share the Centacare story.
With our history steeped in the Catholic tradition, we believe in offering loving care to all members of our community. For our people this means offering a listening ear, refraining from judgement and treating and caring for others as we would like to be treated and cared for ourselves. It is also why for many years our people have shown a shared commitment to doing whatever they can to ensure that everyone in their communities is not just cared for, but cared about, in ways that help them live their fullest lives.
We’ve captured this shared belief and commitment in our new Centacare promise. We’re proud to say that for our people, It’s more than care, it’s a calling.
We are pleased to share this new way of telling the Centacare story with you and are excited to see the incredible work our teams continue to do in aged care, community and pastoral care, disability care, Early EdCare and family and relationship care.

Pialba QLD 4655

W centacarebrisbane.net.au/

Centacare HomeStay

We are able to provide quality services to those in need of a range of services including childcare, support services for the aged and people with a disability as well as relationship education, counselling and support.

Centacare Homestay - Bundaberg

Centacare has been a significant part of the social services landscape in South East Queensland for more than 60 years. During this time, we have continued to grow and evolve, along with the needs of the community to which we belong.
Centacare reaches out to those in our local communities in South East Queensland through a range of practical services for all people including the most disadvantaged and marginalised in society.
When you support Centacare, you provide care for persons suffering with mental and physical disabilities, those who are homeless, families experiencing violence in the home, seafarers, and the lonely in prisons and hospitals.
We have now reached another important milestone, with a new look for our communication and new ways to share the Centacare story.
With our history steeped in the Catholic tradition, we believe in offering loving care to all members of our community. For our people this means offering a listening ear, refraining from judgement and treating and caring for others as we would like to be treated and cared for ourselves. It is also why for many years our people have shown a shared commitment to doing whatever they can to ensure that everyone in their communities is not just cared for, but cared about, in ways that help them live their fullest lives.
We’ve captured this shared belief and commitment in our new Centacare promise. We’re proud to say that for our people, It’s more than care, it’s a calling.
We are pleased to share this new way of telling the Centacare story with you and are excited to see the incredible work our teams continue to do in aged care, community and pastoral care, disability care, Early EdCare and family and relationship care.

Bundaberg QLD 4670

W centacarebrisbane.net.au/

Centacare Kimberley - Broome

Emergency Relief, we offer people facing financial hardship access to food, home goods and clothing vouchers.
Breakfast Program offers a free nutritional meal on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from to individuals, couples and families who are facing financial hardship and/or are homeless.
Homeless Outreach Service works with people sleeping rough in the Broome region to support them to secure and maintain long term accommodation.
Intensive Housing Support Program offers families, who have been referred by the Housing Authority, assistance to move from Aboriginal Communities into Derby or Broome.
Mental Health Support Service works with people living with a mental illness with a primary focus on helping them to secure stable accommodation.
In partnership with Broome Aboriginal Short Stay Accommodation crisis accommodation.

Broome WA 6725

W centacarekimberley.org.au/

Centacare Kimberley - Derby

We are a community organisation that services the peoples of Derby, Mowanjum, Pandanas Park. Looma and Fitzroy communities.
We offer services in the following areas..
Homelessness, Tenancy and Mental Health support , Advocacy
Emergency Relief ( Food, accommodation,)
Transitional Housing
Reintegration
Family Support

Centacare North Queensland - Bowen

Providing the financial resilience service to members of the Bowen and Collinsville community. This is a free service.

Bowen QLD 4805

W centacarenq.org.au

Centacare North Queensland - Normanton

Outreach in Normanton

Normanton QLD 4890

W centacarenq.org.au/

Centacare Outer North Youth Homelessness Service

Centacare’s Outer North Youth Homelessness Service (Youth Services Elizabeth) provides case management, early intervention, outreach, post-crisis and wait-list support to young people aged 15-25 years who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Services are delivered across the Playford, Gawler and Barossa regions. Emergency and intensive accommodation support for young people aged 15-18 years who are living homeless is provided at Carlow Place, a 24-hour supported core-and-cluster residential facility at Elizabeth.

Centerpoint Church

Making Gods love known through a Christ-centred church by bringing the message of hope found in Jesus to our Community, City, and World.

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation

For over 40 years, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (Congress) has provided support and advocacy for Aboriginal people in the struggle for justice and equity.

We are one of the most experienced Aboriginal primary health care services in the country, a strong political advocate of closing the gap on Aboriginal health disadvantage and a national leader in improving health outcomes for all Aboriginal people.

Alice Springs NT 0871

W caac.org.au/

Central Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Unit (CAAFLU) Aboriginal Corporation

Established in 2000, CAAFLU is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO). We provide culturally appropriate, holistic, trauma-informed legal services and casework support services to Aboriginal people experiencing domestic, family, and/or sexual violence (DFSV), predominantly women. We are the only organisation in Central Australia/the Barkly dedicated exclusively to assisting Aboriginal victim-survivors of DFSV and the only DFSV-specific legal service in the region. Our primary function is to provide culturally appropriate, high quality, confidential legal advice and casework, court representation, information, assistance, advocacy, case management support and referrals. We also deliver community-led early intervention and prevention programs (EIP), community legal education (CLE) and undertake policy and law reform work.

Alice Springs NT 0870

T 0889536355

E caaflu@caaflu.com.au

W caaflu.com.au/

Central Australian Affordable Housing Company

Located on Arrernte country, CAAH is an Aboriginal controlled, not-for-profit, Registered community housing provider in Alice Springs / Mparntwe. We provide social and community housing to people who are in low income group .

Our strategies to meet this purpose are:

Creating new affordable developments and community housing options
Promoting and advocating for the ‘community housing sector’ in Alice Springs
Applying best practice tenancy and asset management

Central Australian Womens Legal Service

Provides free legal support to women in Central Australia

Alice Springs NT 0870

T 0889524055

E enquiries@cawls.org.au

W cawls.org.au

Central Coast Kids in Need Incorporated

We are a small volunteer group of approximately 18 members, we have no paid employees, we get no government assistance and are a not for profit organisation established 28 years ago. Central Coast Kids in Need assist local families with accommodation costs to stay with their sick children while undergoing specialised treatment in Sydney/Newcastle hospitals we also assist with high cost prescription items, specialised formula’s, quality of life equipment and travel expenses.
A large proportion of these children are cancer patients, premi babies with life threatening health issues, bone marrow transplants, organ transplants, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, Autism and ADHD and children with disabilities.

Bateau Bay NSW 2261

T 0428326284

E Lorraine@cckin.com.au

W cckin.com.au

Central Coast Primary Care

Health on the Streets program - assertive homeless outreach with a registered nurse to do health and welfare checks

Erina NSW 2250

W ccpc.com.au/

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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