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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.
To complement 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 John of God Health Care
Horizon House provides supported accommodation to Young people aged 16-22 whom are at risk or experiencing homelessness.
St John's Care
Emergency Relief provider in the ACT, working in partnership with Anglicare
St John's Catholic Primary School
We are a small primary school in a small village in NW NSW.
St John's Community Care - Redlynch
Aged & Disability supports in-home and via day/overnight respite.
Various locations around Australia
St Johns Youth Service
Homeless service supporting youth in crisis accommodation and support to transition into housing
St Josephs Catholic School - Hillston P&F
This association serves as a community building and fundraising body for the school and contributes substantial funds annually towards the purchase of equipment and resources.
St Joseph's College - Banora Point
St Joseph's College Banora Point is Catholic Secondary School in Northern NSW. We support many social justice initiatives and have strong ties to our local Parish, St Joseph's Parish, Tweed Heads.
St Joseph's Parents and Friends Association
We are a school of 54 students in Molong NSW. Our P&F raises funds to buy educational resources and provide the school community with opportunities to interact in a fun and social setting.
St Joseph's Primary School - Gloucester
Catholic primary school in a drought affected rural community.
St Joseph's School Tara
Supports primary aged children attending school at St Josephs and their families where needed. We are located in a rural area with many families having low socio-economic status.
St Kilda Mums
Our mission is to rehome pre-loved nursery goods to support Victorian families in need while saving the earth’s precious resources. We collect, sort and redistribute essential nursery equipment, clothing, books and toys for babies and school age children.
St Lucy's School
St Lucy's is an independent Catholic K-8 School in the Dominican tradition for students with disabilities. We provide excellence in education that empowers students with the values, knowledge, attitudes and skills to ?ourish and participate fully in society.
St Lucy's caters to children from all religious backgrounds. We have an enrolment of approximately 170 students with our main campus in Wahroonga, Sydney and satellite classes on the Northern beaches. At St Lucy's we view each child individually in order to unlock their unique potential and to encourage them to become independent. We provide a holistic education, o?ering outstanding academic programs taught by special educators. Access to the programs is supported through the involvement of the Therapy team. It is part of our mission to raise awareness of issues pertaining to disability in the wider community.
St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School is an independent day and boarding school for girls from Pre-Prep to Year 12.
There are approximately 990 students in the school, with around 290 primary students and 700 girls in the secondary school. St Margaret's has a long and proud boarding history and around 170 boarders from Years 5 to 12 are accommodated in the boarding house, which is in the very heart of the Ascot campus.
St Mary's House of Welcome
St Mary's is a drop in day center for disadvantaged and marginalized people. We offer meal services, showers, computer services and on site and off site activities for our service users.
St Mary's School
We are a small regional Catholic school located in the farming town of Northampton. We currently have 95 students, across 4 classes. We cater for students from 4 year old Kindargarten to Year 6.
St Patrick's College Townsville
We are a day and boarding school for girls located in Townsville. We have many families that have been adversely affected by the recent extreme weather and flood event in January/February 2019. Families have lost their homes and belongings and require donations both monetary and for goods.
St Patrick's Community Support Centre - Fremantle
St. Patrick’s Community Support Centre helps people who are homeless, needy and disadvantaged.
Services include
•meals,
•crisis support,
•accommodation,
•health and personal care,
•educational activities and
•a day centre
The staff and volunteers of St. Patrick’s Community Support Centre work to provide a high quality service, ensuring that the need for food, shelter, care and support is met in a non-judgmental, understanding and caring environment. In turn, we aim to encourage clients to develop independence, and self-esteem.
St Pat's - Mandurah
Mandurah Rockingham Housing First and Assertive Outreach Services.
St Patrick’s Community Support (St Pat’s) is a specialist homelessness service which has been working side-by-side with vulnerable people in the community for 50 years. We deliver a range of specialist, evidence-based services designed to break the cycle of homelessness and disadvantage, including housing, health, welfare and emergency relief and social inclusion.
We understand every person is unique and comes with their own story and personal journey that has led them to experience some degree of homelessness.
Recognising this, St Pat’s provides support at multiple levels including early intervention programs, addressing a person’s immediate needs and working alongside them to meet the challenges that have led them to where they are today. Our professional staff work with people to build on their strengths and resilience to help them rebuild their lives, thrive and return to independent living.
St Paul's Community Partnerships Program
St Paul's Community Partnerships works with families and community to increase educational outcomes for our young people. 72% of our young people are from ESL backgrounds and the school is situated in one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in Qld. Our families include migrant, refugee and asylum seeker families who we assist in many and varied ways
Woodridge QLD 4114
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St Peters Lutheran College Springfield
St Peters Springfield is a K to 12 College in Springfield Central with a diverse student population.
St Philip's Christian College DALE & DALE Young Parents
We are 2 schools across 5 campuses in the Newcastle, Hunter Valley & Central Coast regions.
SPCC DALE Young Parents is a school for teenage & young parents to complete their education including a HSC. Many students experience Domestic Violence & Homelessness.
DALE is a Special School for students with anxiety, depression, PTSD & autism in year 3 to year 12.
The mental health & wellbeing of our students is our number 1 priority. We are currently operating a dual delivery system for learning which includes onsite learning & online remote learning.
St Stephens Anglican Church Gardenvale
An opportunity shop servicing those in need in the local and wider community of Brighton, Victoria. The shop is managed by St Stephens Anglican Church Gardenvale.
St Vincent de Paul - Birkdale
The St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has more than 60,000 members and volunteers, who work hard to assist people in need and combat social injustice across Australia.
St Vincent de Paul - Blacktown Community Hub
Blacktown Community Hub
St Vincent De Paul - Bushfire Recovery & Community Development - Shoalhaven
To take a community development approach to disaster recovery and enable long term and sustainable development for communities in the Shoalhaven
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 arrange 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, lease 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 daanger, 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.
For 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.
For 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.
For 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.
For 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.
