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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
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Parkinson's Association Inc.
Our organisation provides support to people with Parkinson's disease. We conduct monthly meetings and weekly choir and exercise programmes.
We also have a craft group that meets fortnightly and a weekly walking group.
We produce a monthly newsletter and keep members aware of developments in the treatment and research into the disease.
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women's Shelter
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter provides safe, temporary accommodation for vulnerable women fleeing domestic violence or homelessness. Our support services assist women in crisis to create a better future.
Various locations around Australia
Horse Whispering Youth Program Inc (HWYP)
Horse Whispering Youth Program (HWYP) was incorporated in 2011 and registered as a Charity in 2012. Our purpose is to help at risk youth learn to connect, trust, respect and cooperate with their significant others through developing healthier emotional control and behaviours that will better support them in living a safer, happier and more productive life.
We deliver an equine assisted early intervention program using the gentle art of horse whispering to build trust, rapport and stronger emotional connections between vulnerable young people and their support systems. The program is centered around animal behavioural therapy and aims to promote self-confidence and leadership skills for the young person.
We provide our youth program to not-for-profit organisations working with at risk youth in Logan, the Scenic Rim and the Gold Coast. These organisations include services for Youth & Family, Child Protection, Indigenous & Domestic Violence.
Murwillumbah NSW 2484
Horsham Rural City Council
Local Government Victoria
Hospital Auxiliary Molong
We are the hospital auxiliary and in the process of raising funds to build a sensory garden on our hospital site to be enjoyed by patients, residents, staff, visitors to our hospital and community members of Molong.
Molong NSW 2866
Housing ACT
Housing & Community Services ACT is a division of the Community Services Directorate of the ACT Government. The area is responsible for the provision of social housing and community services in the Territory.
Belconnen ACT 2617
Housing Choices Western Australia
We are a community housing organisation providing emotional and practical support to families of women and children who have experienced homelessness and are now housed under the Way Home Program, which is funded by Sisters Of St John Of God.
Rivervale WA 6103
Housing Plus
Housing Plus is a progressive social enterprise that re-invests ALL profits into improving social outcomes for individuals and communities in regional NSW.
As a leading regional Tier 1 community housing provider we have a 30-year history of providing client-centred tenancy and property management services to the Central West and Western regions of NSW.
We are also unique within the NSW community housing sector in that, as a specialist homelessness and domestic and family violence service provider, we directly support individuals in regional areas into crisis, transitional and long-term stable housing, whether it be social, affordable, private rental or home-ownership markets.
Housing Plus - Central West Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
Our domestic violence services provide support for women and children experiencing violence and abuse from a partner or ex-partner, another family member or someone close to them.
Our comprehensive range of services are provided at no charge and include: safety risk assessment, crisis and transitional accommodation, transport, safety planning, court support, information and referral, case management, community education and support to access victim’s compensation.
Orange NSW 2800
Housing SA
Specifically the Regional Response Team that works with high risk and high needs public housing tenants.
Port Adelaide SA 5015
HPA Incorporated
Providing supported employment and accommodation to Territorians with disabilities
In addition HPA provides disability accommodation, outreach support and 24 hour care facilities through HPA’s DAS Support Services.
Winnellie NT 0821
HUB Community Projects Inc
We provide community legal advice on a range of issues such as family law, domestic violence, youth legal service, and community legal education. We manage the Hub Neighbourhood Centre in Inala which provides community information, advice and referral services as well as a range of activities that support social connectedness in our community.
Inala QLD 4077
Hudson Park Primary School
We are a public Primary School based in Girrawheen.
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Human Nature
Human Nature is a youth mental health service with a mission to empower young people to navigate life’s challenges – transforming trauma and disadvantage into healing and growth.
We do it by listening to young people, meeting them where they are and walking alongside them on their mental health journey for as long as they need us.
We offer free individual and group mental health support programs that take place outside in nature or environments where the young person feels safe to open up. We tailor our sessions to each individual’s needs and we remove barriers such as cost, travel and the stigma associated with accessing support.
Hunter New England Local Health District - Mental Health Services
Hunter New England Mental Health Services is part of the Hunter New England Local Health District. We deliver a range of mental health inpatient services and community mental health care, from prevention and early intervention to treatment, rehabilitation and continuing care.
Various locations around Australia
Hunter Primary Care
Hunter Primary Care delivers health services to the community including mental health services, after hours general practice services, care coordination and Aboriginal health Services. We provide counselling and other support services through our headspace
Newcastle
Warabrook NSW 2304
Huntingdon Public School
Public School providing education to a small rural community
Wauchope NSW 2446
HYPA
HYPA works with young people ages 15-25 across the areas of Home, Wellbeing, Learning and Working.
HYPA operates the South Australian Youth Homelessness Gateway, Trace-A-Place (TAP) supporting young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
HYPA works to reconnect young people with family, school, employment and the community.
Adelaide SA 5000
IFYS LTD
Non for profit organisation
Assessment and Service Connect (ASC) is a QLD Government funded initiative aimed at engaging, connecting and empowering vulnerable families and children.
IFYS in partner with the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services currently deliver the ASC initiative in Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast regions.
Rockhampton QLD 4700
Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation - Myimbarr
The Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation (IAC) is an Aboriginal community-controlled, not-for-profit organisation. Based in Wollongong and working across the region, we are driven to achieve excellence in providing advocacy and culturally appropriate services to meet the needs of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Our shared vision is to live in a just, unified, and caring society, where Aboriginal people have strong cultural opportunities and are recognised and respected as the first peoples of this land.
Myimbarr is IAC’s child, youth, and family service. Through the Permanency Support Program, we aim to give every Aboriginal child and young person a loving home for life, whether that be with parents, extended family or kin, or through other carer arrangements.
Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation Housing and Homeless Support
Offering support to Aboriginal people and their families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Windang NSW 2528
Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Services Corporation
Aboriginal Health and Communty service supporting communities from Helensburgh down to Gerroa
Wollongong NSW 2500
Illawarra Women's Health Centre
The Centre provides safe, accessible, appropriate and specialised health and wellbeing services to all women in the Illawarra at little or no cost.
Warilla NSW 2528
Immigrant Women's Support Service
The Immigrant Women's Support Service provided domestic and/or sexual violence support services to a total of 767 women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds for the 2018-2019 financial year. In addition, a total of 207 individuals were assisted with emergency relief to alleviate financial distress.
Highgate Hill QLD 4101
Impact Care Food Services Co-op
The Food Co-op was formed by Impact Church and is run by volunteers of the local community wanting to make a difference and help those in need by providing free and affordable groceries. We also provide meals to those that are sick or unable to cook due to sickness, new baby etc.
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.
