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One Arm Point Remote Community School

K - 12 School in remote indigenous community

One Meal - It Makes a Difference

One Meal – It Makes a Difference is a 100% volunteer, Sydney based not for profit community organisation that helps to feed, clothe and support the homeless and underprivileged.
Our mission is to provide nutritious meals and a range of human services to the homeless, destitute, impoverished and underprivileged people in our community and to assist in advancing their well-being, outlook on life and prospects for future independence – and to do so with strong ethics and integrity.
We run weekly meal services in Blacktown, Cronulla, Darlinghurst, Engadine, Kingsgrove, Manly, Miranda, Narraweena, Riverwood, Surry Hills and Sutherland.
In addition to our meal services, our Community Co-op hamper programs operating in Sutherland Shire, at Blacktown and on the Northern Beaches provide thousands of meals (fresh produce, prepared meals and non-perishables) each week to families and individuals in need.

Gymea NSW 2227

E info@onemeal.org.au

W onemeal.org.au

One Tree Community Services Kalkarindji

Providing an early childhood service in a remote NT community called Kalkarindji

One Tree Wadeye Children and Family Centre

We are a not for profit children and family centre. We cater to local indigenous children. We provide child care for children and support families trying to re-enter the workforce. We also support community needs such as food and clothing.

Wadeye NT 0822

W onetree.org.au/

One Voice

Established in 2012, One Voice was established with a vision to restore dignity and hope – one life at a time.

West Footscray VIC 3012

T 1300 426 386

E hello@onevoice.org.au

W onevoice.org.au/

ONE80TC Limited

ONE80TC exits to rescue lives of young men and women from the devastating effects of drug & alcohol addiction, to restore hope and to rebuild families (our Mission).

ONE80TC is a holistic program that teaches much more than addiction recovery. We offer support and training in families, community service and employment pathways, and we provide access to GP, Psychologist and Psychiatrist (as required).

Run over 12 months the residential rehabilitation program is run as a therapeutic community and includes the following stages: Assessment and Intake, Transition (Group therapy), 5 Stages which include 12 steps plus individual tailored content, CBT & DBT therapies, Family Support worker, Caseworker (1-8 ratio), Medical GP, Clinical Psychologist, Graduation, Aftercare and Internship.

ONE80TC have been delivering drug and alcohol rehabilitation services since 1977, bringing life transformation to many thousands of young men and women.

Various locations around Australia

T 1800679657

E info@one80tc.org

W one80tc.org

OneLife NQ

OneLife NQ is proud to have enriched the lives of people since 1978 in the Mackay region.

Onelink

OneLink can connect their clients to a wide range of services including:
Child, youth and family services
Tenancy support
Support for people who are homeless
Legal services
Financial counselling
Mental health services
And many other support services

Ontrack College Emerald

Ontrack College Emerald is a Special Assistance School located in the rural community of Emerald, QLD. We offer placement for students in grades 7 - 10 who are unable to attend mainstreaming schooling due to mental and physical health reasons.

Oonah Health and Community Services Aboriginal Corporation

Oonah Aboriginal Health and Community Services is committed to providing a welcoming and culturally affirming service to the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people of Melbourne’s Inner and Outer East. We are a central point of contact for information, services, and programs that are focused on building a healthy and strong Community. Our team is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of our Community by providing access to culturally appropriate services and support. We believe in empowering our Community and promoting self-determination.

Healesville VIC 3777

E oonah@oonah.org.au

W oonah.org.au

Open Doors Youth Service Inc.

Open Doors Youth Service provides support to young people with diverse genders, sex and sexualities.
They support young people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Asexual, Pansexual, Sistergirl or Brotherboy (LGBTIQAP+ Sistergirl & Brotherboy) aged 12-24 across South East Queensland.
They are based in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane but provide outreach in varying capacities.
They are Queensland’s leading LGBTIQAP+ youth homelessness service, working with young people who are at risk of/are disengaging with community and are at risk of/are experiencing homelessness. They aim to support and stabilise living situations and provide early intervention to support finding a safe living arrangement. This may include finding accommodation short/long term, supporting in providing mediation with parents, schools and other family members as well as advocacy and providing referrals and links to safe and supportive services.

Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

T 07 3257 7660

E opendoors@opendoors.net.au

W opendoors.net.au

Open Hands Community Care

Open Hands Community Care is a NFP Charity which exists to transform the lives of our community, one life at a time.

- OUR SERVICES -

1. Community Support Services:
Our Neighbourhood Marketplace offers low-cost to no-cost foods, groceries and essential household items, to assist members of the Brisbane Community and surrounding areas.

Opening Hours:
Tues, Thurs & Sat - 10AM to 1PM
Wed & Fri - 10AM to 3PM

Location:
318 Ritchie Rd, Pallara QLD 4110

2. Disability Support Services:
As a Registered NDIS Provider, we offer support services ranging from Support Coordination, Community Nursing, Assistance with Daily Living, Community Access and Participation, Yard Maintenance and Cleaning and Accommodation Services (SILs, STA and MTA) to NDIS Participants.

Needing assistance? Contact our office for more information.

Office Hours
Monday to Friday - 9AM to 5PM

Open Haven

Open Haven is a registered charity that provides a safe and confidential place for women who are survivors of domestic violence abuse.

We provide emotional and practical support, as well as help women to understand, navigate, and access all available professional services by tailoring a plan to suit their specific need.

This is a free and ongoing service.

Open Kitchen Junee - OzHarvest

Community accessible kitchen operating from the Presbyterian Church hall in Dennison Street.

Junee NSW 2663

W ozharvest.org

Open Minds - Capalaba

Assist those with mental illness

Capalaba QLD 4157

W openminds.org.au/

Open Minds - Eight Mile Plains

We support people living with mental illness, disability or acquired brain injury.
With over 100 years of experience, Open Minds works to enhance mental health and wellbeing by delivering a range of tailored options and core supports focused on the individual needs of each person. We believe that every individual deserves personalised support in the areas of mental health and disability.

Various locations around Australia

T 1300 673 664

W openminds.org.au/

Open Minds - Ipswich

Assists with mental illness

Ipswich QLD 4305

W openminds.org.au/

Open Minds - Logan Central

PRIMARY RECIPIENTS: MENTAL HEALTH

Slacks Creek QLD 4127

W openminds.org.au/

Open Minds - Redcliffe

Open Minds is a leading provider of mental health and disability support services in Queensland and Northern New South Wales. With more than 100 years of history, Open Minds is committed to its purpose of enabling an independent and positive future for people living with mental illness and disabilities.

Redcliffe QLD 4020

W openminds.org.au/

Open Minds - Stones Corner

Assists with disability and chronic illness

Stones Corner QLD 4120

W openminds.org.au/

Open Minds - Sunshine Coast

The Open Minds hub in Maroochydore is home to 3 different mental health programs:
Coastal Supports - The Open Minds Coastal Supports program is a CPS (Commonwealth Psychosocial Support) initiative and provides group and one-on-one community-based supports to people living with severe mental illness to achieve their recovery goals.

The Way Back Program - The Way Back provides practical support for
people after a suicide attempt for up to three months after they leave hospital. It addresses a significant gap in the current service system and eases this distress by guiding them towards the right support and informing them about how to stay safe.

Clinical Care Coordination team - offering clinical support for people experiencing severe and complex mental health issues.

Open Minds - Townsville

We support people living with mental illness, disability or acquired brain injury.

With over 100 years of experience, Open Minds works to enhance mental health and wellbeing by delivering a range of tailored options and core supports focused on the individual needs of each person. We believe that every individual deserves personalised support in the areas of mental health and disability.

Aitkenvale QLD 4814

W openminds.org.au/

Open Minds - Woolloongabba

Assists with disabilities and chronic illness

Woolloongabba QLD 4102

W openminds.org.au/

Open Support - St Vincent's Private Hospital

Provides crisis accommodation and outreach support to women and children fleeing domestic violence.

Operation Sunshine WA Incorporated

Supporting children in out-of-home care, escaping domestic violence, and experiencing disadvantage across Western Australia.

Maddington WA 6109

W operationsunshinewa.org.au

Optimise Health and Wellness

Human welfare.
Health and Wellness
NDIS and Aged care services
Medicare and DVA clients

We have a not for profit wing

Orana Support Service Incorporated

Orana Support Service Incorporated is a homeless service, operating a women's refugee, Sturt House and boarding house. We assist people with tenancy support.

Dubbo NSW 2830

W oranasupport.com.au

Orana Youth Shelter - Queensland Baptist Care

Providing supported accommodation to homeless young people aged 15 to 18

Bald Hills QLD 4036

W carinity.org.au/

Orange Local Aboriginal Lands Council

OLALC run a variety of community based projects including education, domestic violence support, transition to work activities and play groups.

Orange Sky Laundry Inc

Orange Sky Laundry is the world's first free mobile laundry service for the homeless. A crazy idea in 2014 to put two washing machines and two dryers in a van and wash and dry clothes for free. Starting in the streets of Brisbane, Orange Sky has now grown to 9 services across Australia in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, SE Melbourne and now does over 5.8 tonnes of laundry every week. However most importantly, having over 1,200 hours of positive and genuine conversations every week.

Albion QLD 4010

W orangesky.org.au/

Orelia Primary School

Education of 4-12 year old children

Ormeau State School

School

Orygen - headspace Melton

Provides Youth Mental Health and access for young people aged 12-25

Orygen - Parkville

Working with young people, our partners and one another, we're redefining what's possible in global youth mental health research, policy, education and clinical care.

Orygen Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Unit - Footscray

Orygen Inpatient Psychiatric Unit (Orygen IPU) is a 22 bed facility, comprised of 16 Low Dependency Unit beds and 6 Intensive Care Area beds. The unit provides tertiary mental health services for young people (15-25) who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties. During their admission, the young people are engaged in collaborative care with a range of health professionals, such as: Occupational Therapists, Psychiatrists, Nursing staff, Social Workers, Exercise Physiologists and Peer Support Workers.

Footscray VIC 3011

T 0383457550

W oyh.org.au/

Our House Our Haven

Our House Our Haven is a mental health nurse lead outpatient not-for-profit service for people with severe and complex mental health in the Ipswich and Lockyer Valley areas. Our professionals provide therapy and social support to meet the mental health needs and goals of our community within a unique hobby farm type environment.

Karalee QLD 4306

T 0413206884

E karalee@ohoh.org.au

W ohoh.org.au

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School - Thursday Island

Small Catholic school striving to overcome the challenges of providing equitable education to students in the remote Torres Strait (off tip of Queensland). We are in a very remote, poorly serviced area. We teach Prep to Year 6 with two campuses on Hammond Island and Thursday Island. School of special character - predominantly First Nation students, high percentage English as Second Language Learners, low socio economic background.

Our Place LGBTIQA+ Drop-in - City Of Swan

Our Place is a LGBTIQA+ drop-in for young people aged 12-25yrs,
delivered in partnership with; The City Of Swan, headspace Midland, Swan City Youth Service and Youth Focus.
The service provides a safe space for LGBTIQA+ young people to build friendships, connect with support services and be themselves.

Various locations around Australia

T 0419 928 335

E shona.mackay@swan.wa.gov.au

W swan.wa.gov.au/Home

Our Plan C Inc.

Building community resilience and regeneration is what we do.
We educate, train, inform, support, mentor, implement, respond, research, influence, partner with and facilitate connections.

Various locations around Australia

E hello@resilientbyron.org

W resilientbyron.org/

Outback Mobile Resource Unit Inc

The Outback Mobile Resource Unit Inc (or Mobile Toy Library) is a children's service providing both child care and play group sessions to children and families in the remote and isolated regions of Far Western New South Wales. We cover an area approximately 220,000 square km and travel to various towns, communities and properties, offering activities aimed at enhancing children's learning and social skills and providing support and resources to parents.
The program endeavours to cover all aspects of a child's development, including social development, gross and fine motor skills, cognitive ability, language and self-help and caters to children of all ages (0-12). The service provides activities that can teach these skills in a fun and interesting way.
The OMRU generally tries to attend each venue once every 3 or 4 weeks and are often required to spend up to three or four nights a week out of town.
We are funded by the Department of Social Services


Broken Hill NSW 2880

W omru.org.au/

Outcare - Tidda

Tidda supports women with undiagnosed or unsupported disability to transition and successfully reintegrate back into the community after leaving prison.

Funded by the Sisters of St John of God, the program works alongside women to ensure they have access to the skills, knowledge and means they need to live independently.

The Tidda team take a multidisciplinary approach to ensure clients receive a diagnosis and access long-term support via NDIS services and plan management. We work alongside people with unmet needs who face a range of barriers caused by physical, psychosocial or neurological disability.

Tidda case managers coordinate specialists to ensure long-term support is in place before release, and continue to provide ongoing support by
assisting clients with accommodation, employment and developing positive relationships with their families including children.

Outcare Ltd

Outcare specialises in working with people prior to and after their release from prison as well as those at risk of becoming embedded in the criminal justice system. We have a presence in every major correctional facility in the metropolitan area (except Wandoo) and deliver a range of services within the community. We run culturally specific programs for Aboriginal people, as well as specialist programs for people with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues. As families of prisoners need support, we offer a range of services to assist them and keep families connected.

Our practical support assists people to rehabilitate and reintegrate into the community. We can help with such aspects as:

finding steady accommodation
referral to health and addiction support agencies
helping to find a job
training and personal skill development
community engagement activities
emergency relief and financial assistance
general advocacy

Outloud

Operating since 1987, Outloud is a CALD-focused social impact arts organisation that creates meaningful opportunities for young people in Western Sydney. Our award-winning projects address nationally relevant issues on a local level. We specialise in early-intervention harm-reduction that celebrates the strengths of socially-marginalised young people and provides personalised individual support. Our projects bring together service providers and professional artists to create supportive platforms to help young people express and move through problems they are facing, while building a genuine community around themselves. We aim to build self-efficacy alongside social cohesion. We help young people create the future they want to see for themselves.

Overflow Foundation Limited

Overflow Foundation provides drug and alcohol support and mental health support to youth in the Logan area and surrounds. Overflow Foundation's Founder has worked in Logan for over 12 years and has a passion for helping children, young people, families, and the community change their lives for the better.

Various locations around Australia

W overflowfoundation.org.au

Oz Assist Inc

Oz Assist is a volunteer organization that provides support for residents of the local community, by assisting the disadvantaged, individuals, and families. In doing so we distribute food parcels/ food cards, petrol vouchers for medical and other transportation, utilities, back to school and new student’s needs, direct advocacy when required.

Oz Assist in its Advocacy works with Individuals or Families in "paving out pathways", this assists them to live their lives as normal as possible. The clientele we deal with, most have long-term problems dealing with all aspects of life which stops them from becoming productive members of society. We walk the journey with them and assist them when they have problems dealing with Government, State, and Local departments, Businesses, Banks, Family issues, and any other problem which cause them not to be able to function as well as they should.One of the main differences that Oz Assist has, is that it is different from other local charities.

Various locations around Australia

T 411714885

W ozassist.org

Ozcare Booval

Assistent Coordinator for Ozcare's HACC Homeless Outreach Program in Booval QLD; offering assistance for the homeless,or those at risk of homelessness.

Booval QLD 4304

W ozcare.org.au/

Ozharvest - Refettorio

Ozharvest rescues and redistributes food. We also educate on minimising food waste. The refettorio restaurant offers a free lunch to anyone in need in the community.

Ozharvest - Sapphire Coast North Chapter

We provide food relief hampers to the homeless and vulnerable in the Eurobodalla and Bega Shires. Also assist with camping equipment and social support network advocacy.
This is as well as collecting rescued food and distributing to local schools, support services and a local indigenous community,

Various locations around Australia

T 0477953175

E info@ozharvest.org

W ozharvest.org/

OzHarvest Canberra

Perishable and non-perishable food rescue service providing charities with free food.

OzHarvest Newcastle

OzHarvest is Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, collecting quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivering it directly to more than 1300 charities supporting people in need across the country.

Hamilton North NSW 2292

W ozharvest.org

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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