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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
Key Assets Victoria
Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care and young people with a disability.
Key College - Redfern
Key College is a small school run by Youth off the Streets a not for profit charity. We support the students that have the highest needs, many are at risk of homelessness and in need of education and intensive support.
Redfern NSW 2016
Kiara College
Kiara College is an Independent public co-educational high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Kiara, Western Australia
Kiara WA 6054
KICS Kinship and Foster Care Program
KICS Kinship Care Service works with children (0 to 18 years) who require a statutory out of home care placement and primary/respite Kinship Carers. KICS Kinship Support works collaboratively with the whole family including the parents and extended family to secure a stable and enduring kinship care placement while it is required.
Eagle Farm QLD 4009
Kids in Care ACT Inc
Our purpose is to advance social and public welfare by providing support to any at-risk children and those living in poverty without discrimination within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
We wish to further enhance the emotional, mental and physical well being of all children involved in the Child Protection system of the ACT.
The goal is to preserve the children’s social and environmental development.
Hume ACT 2620
Killara Foundation - Geelong Indigenous Women's Hub
Killara's Indigenous Women's Hub links Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women into existing and emerging job opportunities and support these women in reconnecting with each other and Community. We provide outreach services, and assist with any needs/requests the ladies might have and get the help they need.
Kimberley Community Legal Services
KCLS is an independent, not-for-profit community legal service. We provide free legal, financial counselling and tenancy services to financially disadvantaged people in the Kimberley.
Alongside our legal services, we provide social work support for people living in public tenancy facing eviction, victims of family and domestic violence, and older people experiencing abuse or at risk of abuse.
KCLS is the largest remotely located civil law service in Australia, and 84 per cent of our clients are Aboriginal.
We operate across Western Australia's Kimberley region from our offices in Kununurra and Broome, servicing urban and remote towns and communities.
Kimberley Personnel Inc.
We provide Specialized Employment Services to people with Disabilities.
Kinchela Boys Home
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC) is a Stolen Generations Survivor Led organisation established by the survivors of Kinchela Boys Home (KBH) registered NDIS programs, Ability Links, Family Programs and community participation (men's and woman's groups) and more.
Waterloo NSW 1440
Kind Sisters
Providing emergency relief and support services to humanitarian refugees and disadvantaged individuals and families suffering hardship. Services are designed to provide social services in the City of Stirling and surrounding areas in Perth, WA. Services include:
* Essentials Relief Box - non-perishable food items including personal hygiene products (soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, women’s hygiene, nappies) and everyday necessities (dishwashing liquid, clothes washing powder, tissues, toilet paper).
* Wrap around support - referrals for counselling, housing and fresh food emergency relief; assistance to access furniture, clothing and education; assistance accessing MyGov/Centrelink/Medicare and community legal services
* Partnering with English for Life Without Limits program supporting refugees to learn functional language skills and access services and material needs.
* Other support programs
King Edward Memorial Hospital - WA
King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women is a hospital located in Subiaco, Western Australia. It is Western Australia's largest maternity hospital and only referral centre for complex pregnancies. It provides pregnancy and neonatal care within the greater Perth Metropolitan area.
Subiaco WA 6008
Kingsford Smith School
Kingsford Smith School is a P-10 school cohort in West Belconnen. The school is a low socio-economic area and there is a high rate of vulnerability. Th school provides education to students from preschool to year 10.
Kingston East Neighbourhood Group Inc.
A not for profit community centre which runs a range of services for community members and the disadvantaged.
Programs include Transitional Supported Housing, Family Support Program, Emergency Relief, Occasional Childcare, Communities for Children Family Support Program, Family HUB, Older Person's Action Program, Community Development, Children's Contact Service, Personal Counselling, HIPPY Program and a range of supported playgroups.
Slacks Creek QLD 4127
Kingston State School
Kingston State School is situated in the heart of Logan City in the South East Region of Queensland with a student population of approximately 530 students from very diverse backgrounds. We are privileged to welcome a large number (approx.19%) of Indigenous students to our school. This is one of the largest percentages for state schools in the South East Region. We also welcome a significantly high number of students from the Pacific Islands. At Kingston State School we provide a culture that values and promotes learning and has high expectations for the success of all students. Our school uses collaboration and innovation to effectively provide high quality teaching and learning on a daily basis. We regularly celebrate the successes of our students and staff.
Our school caters for the whole child through academics, sporting opportunities and a whole school
social/emotional wellbeing program.
Kingston QLD 4114
Kingsway Community Care Inc.
In a community where privilege often covers the reality of vast pain, Kingsway Care exists to serve the social, emotional, physical and spiritual needs of the Sutherland Shire and surrounding regions.
We offer crisis housing for homeless families, mentor young girls at risk of homelessness, mentor and support young kids who have faced trauma in their lives through camp and monthly club as well as serving the local community through a food pantry and monthly community dinners.
Kinship Connections Aboriginal Corporation
Kinship Connections walks alongside Aboriginal children, young people and their families to address issues that negatively impact their social and emotional wellbeing. Kinship Connections supports them to identify and engage with culture, family, community and Country to facilitate healing and achieve a strong sense of identity and belonging. Kinship Connections facilitates healing and growth for Aboriginal people (children, families and communities), particularly those who are or have been involved in, or connected with, the fostering and care systems. We do this by delivering a suite of interconnected programs. Our programs include the Family Carer Support Service for CPFS kinship carers, camps for First Nations children, Finding Families program (which) assists the Department of Communities to locate safe and secure family who have capacity and capability of caring for an Aboriginal child long term), and Who's My Mob (provides kids with an individualised family history book).
Kewdale WA 6105
Kirinari Community Services Inc.
Disability organisation providing:
Accommodation
Short term respite
Support Coordination
Katoomba NSW 2780
Kirinari Sylvania - AHL
Since 1973, we have been contributing to Indigenous Australians’ quality of life through the delivery of accommodation and support services across our national network of hostels.
Our national network of 47 accommodation facilities provide accommodation for Indigenous Australians who need to be away from home to access life-changing education, employment, health and other services.
Sylvania NSW 2224
Kirketon Road Centre - Darlinghurst
The Kirketon Road Centre (KRC) in Kings Cross, Sydney is an integrated primary health service that provides comprehensive care to at risk youth, people experiencing homelessness, people who inject drugs, people who sex work, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from LGBTQIA+ communities. KRC provides a wide range of health and social welfare needs to these clients across multiple services and outreach clinics.
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
E seslhd-krc@health.nsw.gov.au
W seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/directory/kirketon-road-centre
Kirketon Road Centre - Potts Point
Kirketon Road Centre (KRC) is a health service located in Kings Cross specialising is working with people who inject drugs, sex workers, people experiencing homelessness, at risk young people, and people in urgent need of HIV/Hepatitis care.
Knox City Council
Local government
Koala Kids Foundation Limited
Koala Kids is a volunteer driven organisation that provides small things for children and young people during cancer treatment, their families and healthcare team. We support them in hospitals, as in and out patients and in their homes.
We source therapeutic and other items that distract children from the pain associated with cancer treatment and provide them with activities that entertain and engage them to alleviate the boredom from being in hospital for long admissions or days of treatment. We source fun themed activities around local and international, cultural and religious celebrations and develop our own themes to provide happiness in between major and other holidays and festivals. We support the whole family including primary carers outside the family.
Kombi Clinic
Kombi Clinic is a mobile outreach medical team focusing on the eradication of Hepatitis C. We have been operating since 2017 and take Hepatitis C testing, diagnosis, treatment and cure to marginalised and disenfranchised members of our community.
Our clinics are run at City Missions, rough sleeping locations, drug rehab services, probation and parole and correctional centres. We work out of a yellow Kombi Van known as Ruby and wear bright hawaiian shirts.
Koomarri
Koomarri is a respected not-for-profit organisation with more than 63 years of operation in the ACT and NSW.
At Koomarri, we support people who experience disability to lead meaningful and productive lives. Koomarri's business, community and residential services support more than 300 people and their families across Canberra and southern NSW.
Koomarri advocates for and empowers people to achieve their dreams, goals and aspirations with a whole of life approach in collaboration to continuous learning and review of our services to ensure we provide the best possible supports to people with disability in our community.
Phillip ACT 2606
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.