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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
St. Peter and Paul Association for Syriac Catholic in Queensland Inc
To foster a strong inclusive community where all people are safe, valued and empowered. The overarching goal of supporting these communities is to create a healthy and friendly environment, enhance a sense of belonging, acceptance of others, and integration into the Australian community, as well as teaching the values of love and forgiveness. We believe that creating this positive environment will have a positive impact on Australia and its diverse communities.
The Mercy Program will assist Christian migrants from Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan to settle in Queensland. Activities are designed to reduce identified barriers to their participation. Everyone comes via Visas 200,202 and experienced and/or witnessed war horrors war, bombings, physical and psychological terror.
Various locations around Australia
W facebook.com/St-Peter-and-Paul-association-for-Syriac-Catholic-in-Queensland-626003327827909/
St. Vincent de Paul - Amelie House
Amelie House is a crisis accommodation and case management service for unaccompanied women or women with children who have experienced domestic/family violence and/or homelessness. We provide safe individual unit accommodation.
The service operates within a client centred service delivery framework based on the principles of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment and incorporates both trauma informed and culturally competent practices.
We also assist with a range of issues that lead single men and women and families to become homeless or at risk of homelessness. All our services provide case-management and advocacy for each person that we assist.
Various locations around Australia
Stairway Church
Stairway Church runs a free community food pantry called @ThePantry. We support our communities struggling with food insecurity. Visitors to the pantry can access fresh fruit & vegetables, bread, dairy, meat, frozen meals, long life food, pet food, personal hygiene products, household cleaning products, and some other household items. We also run a little cafe space where our visitors can stay for a cuppa and a chat after getting food.
StandBy NT - Support After Suicide
Standby is a suicide postvention service in the Northern Territory - supporting suicide affected people and groups.
Provides face to face and telephone support to all people living in the NT. Understands and responds to peoples’ needs. Provides locally tailored community awareness and training workshops. Provides information and referrals, support services and resources in your region
StandBy Support After Suicide - NSW
Postvention Support Service
StandbyU - Magnolia Place
StandbyU Foundation exists to foster the Connections that link people in need to those who care. Together, with some very special community partners, we create Connected Communities that fight isolation with Connection. Our world-first StandbyU Shield is an evidence-based, immediate, tangible and measurable solution that combines the strength of human relationships and the power of technology that connects those at risk to those who care. Together, we can provide 24/7 support to those at risk, with no intake. Magnolia Place is a safe space in the heart of Westfield Helensvale, where anyone experiencing abuse or isolation can get the support they, or their loved ones, need to see a brighter future, without fear or judgement. With no intake form, no eligibility criteria and no waiting list - pick up the phone or pop into Magnolia Place for a tea, coffee and confidential conversation with experienced practitioners - who can work with you and link you in with meaningful support.
STAR Community Services
STAR supports the elderly and people with disability to live independently, engage with the wider community and achieve their goals.
With the generous support of local community volunteers, we offer a wide range aged care and disability support services to ensure that the vulnerable members of our community can access affordable and reliable services such as Home Care Packages, transport, in-home help, social activities, companionship and more.
Various locations around Australia
Starick Services Inc. - Rivervale
Starick is a not-for-profit domestic and family violence service that assists women and children. Starick has been working in the south east metropolitan corridor of Perth since 1985, providing a diverse range of services for women and children escaping domestic and family violence.
Starick provides crisis and medium-term housing, court and legal support, counselling, support groups, programs for children and a community op shop.
Our services include two refuges, outreach services for women and children living in the community and transitional housing for women who have recently left the refuge. We also offer our Safe at Home programs to assist women to stay in their homes after domestic violence.
We rely on community funding to provide non-core programs to the women and children in our service such as children’s counselling, baby massage, yoga for trauma and therapeutic writing programs.
STARTTS - Auburn
NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) - Auburn branch
Auburn NSW 2144
STARTTS - Carramar
STARTTS is a nonprofit organisation established to assist refugee survivors of torture and trauma rebuild their lives in Australia. STARTTS services form a part of the NSW public health system through our recognition as an Affiliated Health Organisation (AHO).
STARTTS clients are survivors of torture and trauma in the context of organised violence and state terrorism the majority of who have arrived to Australia under the Refugee and Humanitarian Program. STARTTS utilises a holistic approach to address the impact of torture and trauma on the individual, family and community through health assessment and referral, information provision, counselling, psychotherapy and other clinical interventions, community development, advocacy and training of other service providers. STARTTS has a proud 25 year history of successful projects and is funded through a variety of funding sources including the NSW Health, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and Department of Immigration and Citiz
Carramar NSW 2163
STARTTS - Fairfield
Trauma counselling for people of refugee and asylum seekers backgrounds
Fairfield NSW 2165
STARTTS - Liverpool
NSW Service for the Treatment And Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) - Liverpool branch
Liverpool NSW 2170
Stationery Aid Ltd
Stationery Aid donates education resources in the form of yearly stationery and booklist packs to disadvantaged school students, giving them a helping hand to kickstart the school year. The education resources for our packs are predominantly sourced from used and unused excess school stationery, diverting perfectly usable waste from landfill. Items are sorted, cleaned and renewed to the highest quality standard. We also accept new items.
Stay Play Learn - Robinson River School
A preschool in a remote community in the NT
We are seeking resources for our newly started program, Stay Play Learn, whereby young children and their families attend to play and learn.
Robinson River NT 0852
W nt.gov.au/learning/primary-and-secondary-students/list-of-urban-and-remote-schools
Staying Home Leaving Violence
SHLV is a free service that helps women and their children to separate from a violent relationship and stay safely at home. SHLV provides a range of support such as safety planning, improving home security, assistance in managing finances, support for children, helping women throughout the complicated legal process, information and referrals to other services and support to continue to live free from violence.
Broken Hill NSW 2880
Step by Step Recovery Support Service
Step by Step provides post-disaster psychosocial support to bushfire and flood affected residents living in the Lithgow, Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury regions. We provide personalised case-management support to people affected by the recent disaster events. We are a free, mobile outreach service providing tailored assistance with insurance, rebuilding, links to recovery resources and services as well as immediate emotional and social support. We focus on strengthening people's well-being and resilience as they start on the road to recovery.
Stepping Stone Clubhouse
Stepping Stone is a community intentionally organised to support individuals living with the effects of mental illness. Through participation in a clubhouse people are given the opportunities to rejoin the worlds of friendships, family, important work, employment, education, and to access the services and supports they may individually need. A clubhouse is a restorative environment for people who have had their lives drastically disrupted, and need the support of others who believe that recovery from mental illness is possible for all.
Coorparoo QLD 4151
Stepping Stone House
The Stepping Stone House Vision is to end Youth Homelessness in Australia. Stepping Stone House provides homeless and at-risk youth with accommodation and personal development to help them become independent and the very best they can be.
We have 3 key aims:
Keep our young people alive
Keep our young people out of jail
Equip our young people with knowledge and skills that will support them in achieving their dreams
Stepping Stone House has helped over 500 young people to become self-sufficient and independent young adults. We place significant focus on creating a FUN environment and wonderful childhood memories.
Through a combination of adventure education, team sport, community volunteering, mentoring and counselling, we equip young people with the confidence, self-care and life skills they need to become the very best they can be. We stand out from many homeless refuges as a dedicated community providing a home-away-from-home environment.
Various locations around Australia
Stewart House
Stewart House supports disadvantaged and at-risk public school children in NSW & ACT by providing a 12-day break by the sea at no cost to carers where they are given teeth, sight, hearing and wellbeing checks, excursions around Sydney, wellbeing activities that build self-esteem and resilience, and a loving and caring environment.
Still Aware
In Australia, Stillbirth is the leading cause of infant death. Many of these deaths are preventable. Still Aware’s mission is to end preventable stillbirth through awareness and education.
Still Aware is the first and only not-for-profit charity, based in Adelaide, but are national. Dedicated to raising awareness of Stillbirth, saving lives through the education of health care providers, expectant mothers, and their families. I myself was shocked and dismayed to learn that stillbirth is the leading cause of infant death in Australia:
- more than 2000 babies are ‘born still’ every year in Australia
- six babies a day, one baby, one family grieving every five hours
- for every baby that dies of SIDS, 35 are stillborn
These figures are as astounding as they are devastating, but more tragic is the knowledge that up to sixty percent of these vulnerable babies’ lives could be saved.
Stirling Adult Mental Health Service
NMHS Mental Health adult community clinical services provide a wide range of community services, including:
- Emergency and non-urgent psychiatric services to adults aged 18 to 65 years who have a mental illness.
- Mental health consultation, urgent and non-urgent assessments.
- Multidisciplinary community rehabilitation services for the individual’s mental illness.
The goal of treatment is to work collaboratively with clients, families, carers and other organisations to improve health outcomes for these individuals.
Mirrabooka WA 6061
W nmahs.health.wa.gov.au/Hospitals-and-Services/Mental-Health
Strathbogie Shire Council
Local Government of flood impacted areas of Euroa, Nagambie, Avenel, Violet Town
Street Friends WA Homeless Foundation Limited
Street Friends WA provides sleeping bags, blankets, warm clothing, shoes, hygiene products and warm provisions to the homeless. They also provide clothing to people going to court, people coming out of prison, men and women with children transitioning to permanent accommodation.
Various locations around Australia
Street Mission Inc
A charity based in the northern beaches of Sydney that operates 2 cafes providing meals for the homeless and disadvantaged
Cromer NSW 2099
Street Side Medics
Street Side Medics is a GP-led mobile medical service for vulnerable patients and those experiencing homelessness.
Various locations around Australia
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.