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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
Nourishing Neighbours
Provides culturally appropriate emergency food relief to those experiencing food insecurity. All clients are via support service referral ensuring their need is genuine & they have a team supporting them.
NOVA for Women and Children
NOVA for Women and Children is a specialist homelessness and domestic violence service for women and children, in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas. A service they have been providing for over 35 years.
Nova has 4 refuges spread throughout the region, providing crisis accommodation for up to 80 women and children each night who may be homeless or escaping domestic violence. Along with this they provide clients with a specialist case manager, an outreach a referral service and assistance in numerous ways to help women and families get back on their feet and start over.
Novo Education Space
A non-government Special Assistance secondary school in regional NSW. Our school strives to lift up young people, developing in them renewed hope, self-worth, autonomy and optimism. Our job is to help young people believe in themselves and to realise that they can shape their future and choose what it will be, regardless of what has come before. We acknowledge that staff, students and caregivers are all on a learning journey together and we work hard to make sure nobody gets left behind. We are committed to shaping the lives of young people so that they flourish and are positive contributors to their communities. We use trauma-sensitive positive education strategies to create safe spaces for young people to recover from previous educational experiences, grow and confidently take their next steps in their learning and life journey.
Nowra Community Food Store
NCFS is a not for profit charity, supporting residents of the Shoalhaven through providing low cost and free groceries to those that may be experiencing economic hardship. We also provide free grocery and personal care hampers to those in need. We have supported the community through the recent natural disasters in our area, now through the Covid19 pandemic.
South Nowra NSW 2541
E nowracommunityfoodstore@gmail.com
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Nowra Uniting Church
Church supporting families throughout the Nowra, South Coast NSW region.
Nowra NSW 2541
NSW Department of Health - Liverpool Community Health Centre
Services provided include:
- Child Youth & Family Services
- Community Paediatrics
- Psychology
- Community Nutrition
- Sexual Assault Services
Within these services, our client groups are those that are marginalized and vulnerable. Many experience financial hardship and lack of resources.
Liverpool NSW 2170
NSW Department of Primary Industries - Broken Hill
Rural Resilience Officer, NSW Government, Dept Primary Industries covering Broken Hill, Cobar and Bourke
Broken Hill NSW 2880
NSW Department of Primary Industries - Dubbo
DPI heavily involved in drought relief
Dubbo NSW 2830
NSW Department of Primary Industries - Gwydir
NSW DPI works hand in hand with producers – through droughts, floods, fires and other challenges – to drive stronger primary industries.
Various locations around Australia
NSW Department of Primary Industries - Wollongbar
Provides various supports for NSW primary producers.
May be listed under Regional NSW or NSW Department of Planning and Environment
NSW Health - Aboriginal Child and Family Health
Within Aboriginal Child and Family health there are teams of Child and Family Health Nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers, and Social Workers in Community providing telehealth and sustained home visiting programs. We work along side families who may be experiencing child protection, financial, homelessness, mental health or social concerns. We have a culturally safe, trauma informed and holistic approach to enhance family functioning, child development and community wellbeing.
NSW Health - Aboriginal Healthy Lifestyles
Two arms of the team
Bulbuwil - chronic diease prevention programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the St George and Sutherland Shire areas of Sydney. Offering numerous healthy lifestyle programs, exercise groups, cooking groups, art therapy groups, eye and hearing clinics. Health checks and referrals for follow ups.
SEAHC - care coordination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District with chroinc dieases. Cooridnating specialist, doctors, applications to NDIS and my aged care, advocating for patients.
Miranda NSW 2228
NSW Health - Child and Family Bowral
We provide Child and Family Health services to children up to 5 years of age and their families.
Bowral NSW 2576
NSW Health - Liverpool/Fairfield Community Mental Health
Provides case management and support for people living with a mental illness
NSW Health Service - Professor Marie Bashir Centre
The centre is integrated with community mental health services to ensure people can get back to school, work, family and friends as soon as possible. The centre is a warm, calm environment with beautiful murals, peaceful garden spaces and colourful common areas for patients and visitors.
The Professor Marie Bashir Centre hosts a range of services including:
Assessment Unit to determine the best treatment options
Acute Mental Health Unit
Short Stay Unit for people needing care for 24 to 48 hours
gender separated High Dependency Units
Eating Disorder In-patient Program
Eating Disorder Day Program
Care for women with their babies
Research Unit (The University of Sydney)
Lawson NSW 2783
NT Friendship & Support
NT Friendship & Support work with people across the lifespan including people with disability, foster children and foster carers and older adults.
Alice Springs NT 0870
NT Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation
To assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people separated from their families, to undertake family tracing and family reunions with counselling support.
Malak NT 0812
Number 8 Prison Project Incorporated
Support for incarcerated, formerly incarcerated individuals and their families
Various locations around Australia
Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative
Nundah Community Enterprise Co-operative (N.C.E.C.) was formed in 1999 to create sustainable employment and training opportunities for people with Mental Illness, Learning Difficulty or Intellectual Disability.
Supporting people with meaningful work
We are a Not-For-Profit Organisation that currently trains and employs 23 people with meaningful work opportunities through our two business arms: Espresso Train Café & Catering and NCEC Parks & Maintenance.
Nundah QLD 4012
Nundah Mental Health Service
Mental health service for those affected. Part of Metro North Community Health
Nungurner Primary School
Nungurner Primary School is a small school in East Gippsland with 33 students. Although our school was not physically impacted by the 2019/2020 bushfire season our local community has been deeply impacted and financial losses to our community have been significant. Our students experienced multiple evacuations from their homes over the summer and this has impacted on our students' and families' wellbeing. The flow on effect to local businesses and the impact of COVID-19 has meant that our school has been unable to reach out to local community members and businesses to raise much needed fundraising for small projects within our school. We are seeking external support through GIVIT to assist us to undertake some small projects within our school, including the rejuvenation of our vegetable gardens and playground.
Nu-Road Welfare
As Nu-road Welfare Inc. and The Shack Community Centre, we provide assistance with food, counselling, rehab support and much more.
We help were needed if possible and contact other organisation if we cannot assist with certain requests.
Nurse Navigator Services - Mackay Base Hospital
Nurse Navigation Services - Mackay Base Hospital
Nurse Navigator Service:
Nurse NavigatorsIn 2016 the Nurse Navigator program was introduced in Queensland. Led by the Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Clinical Excellence Division, the Nurse Navigator Service provides dedicated roles to facilitate the journey of patients with complex healthcare needs through an increasingly complex health-care system.
With the GP as the primary care provider and case manager, the nurse-led model of care provided by Nurse Navigator Service assists patients to navigate the complex healthcare system, from the community or primary health care setting, through hospital, and back home again. By working across multiple specialties, the Nurse Navigator Service aims to reduce service fragmentation and improve access for patients through care coordination, advocacy and education.
As highly experienced clinicians with an in-depth knowledge of the health system, Nurse Navigators support patients to improve their health literacy and capacity to self-manage their conditions. Nurse Navigators assist patients to access services in the right place, at the right time and by the right health-care professional or care provider.
Nurse Navigators link with all primary and acute care health professionals who identify and refer their most complex patients (adult or children), who require a coordinated approach to improve their health outcomes. Based upon similar criteria, other referrals to the service will come from specialists, hospitals and hospital data bases.
East Mackay QLD 4740
Nymboida Public School
We are a small school of 18 students who live in a drought and bushfire effected community. Nymboida Public School is a supportive, diverse and engaging learning environment that develops confidence and creativity in students.
Nymboida NSW 2460
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.