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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
Ted Noffs Foundation - Penrith
Free support to young people ages 12-25
Including counselling, Aboriginal case management, arts and cultural programs
Across LGAs of Penrith, Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Lithgow
Ted Noffs Foundation - The Street University - Logan
AOD and youth social services
Teen Challenge QLD
Teen Challenge QLD assists young men 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness through our Crisis Accommodation. We also operate two residential rehabilitation centres for males and females (16-39) who struggle with life controlling issues such as drug/alcohol addiction, self-harm, depression, abuse, prostitution and other issues. With all our services we aim to bring hope and healing to these young people and to help them re-enter the community with a hope for their future.
Teen Family Centre
The Teen Family Centre supports young teenage parents and expectant young parents to re-engage into education through Balga Senior High School.
Temcare (Christian Brethren Community Care Ltd)
Temcare is a Christian welfare agency that provides a range of welfare services for vulnerable people living in the Melbourne and some outer metropolitan areas. The services include; respite care for children, mentoring for adolescents, and family services support for vulnerable families. Temcare recruits volunteers to provide respite care for children and mentoring for adolescents, and also employs professionally qualified staff to provide casework support services for adolescents and families.
Temple Beth Israel - Project Dignity
Temple Beth Israel is the largest Progressive Jewish Community in Melbourne. Project Dignity is a Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) group focussed on supporting people of refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds. We do so through partnerships with other religious and community organisations that have a commitment to refugee support. We further this through a range of practical, educational and cultural activities that contribute to breaking down cultural and religious barriers, relieving poverty and disadvantage, and developing shared understandings and a sense of community.
Temple Society Australia - CHAMPION
CHAMPION (Community Hub and Meeting Place in Our Neighbourhood) is a community service established by the Temple Society Australia (TSA). It offers emergency food relief and a host of practical assistance and advisory services to help people get back on their feet.
There are experienced Community Workers onsite offering a range of practical assistance including budgeting advice and referral to local services. There is a computer with internet access available to search for job opportunities and to access information that may assist people.
Templeton Primary School
Primary School
Tender Funerals Far North Queensland
Tender Funerals is a not-for-profit funeral service that ensures that those experiencing financial hardship/distress are able to access personalised, meaningful and affordable funerals. We also provide community education and empowerment around after death care.
We provide a full range of services across after death care, funeral/celebration arrangements and body disposal options – many based on sustainable principles – which enable you to have a much greater say in how your loved one is treated after death. We encourage practices that promote healing.
A community venture, we operate in ways that do not leave community members with large debt. We don’t take shortcuts and always put people and relationships first.
Bayview Heights QLD 4868
Tenterfield Shire Council
Coordinate with various community organisation in the Tenterfield Shire in recovery after a disaster.
We a key chair in the organisation in Local emergency management committee.
Tenterfield Social Development Committee Inc.
Tenterfield Social Development Committee Incorporated (TSDC) exists to assist families, youth and children to achieve greater independence, self-reliance and dignified wellbeing, for the benefit of the individuals involved and for their communities, in a safe environment, within the Tenterfield Local Government area.
Tenterfield Social Development Committee Inc. manages four (4) Government funded Family and Youth Support Programs to assist families and young people during times of social, financial and emotional hardship in the Local Government area.
Terry Campese Foundation
The TCF supports disadvantaged people living in the Queanbeyan/Southern NSW and Australian Capital territory regions through multiple community-based programs.
Thamarrurr Development Corporation Ltd
Women's activities are a work for the dole program, our women are very underprivileged as there aren't enough jobs available with in the community.
Thamarrurr Youth Indigenous Corporation
Youth Centre in a remote Aboriginal community. Works with youth for recreational and employment and training purposes.
Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation
Major corporation supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in South West Sydney.
Thargomindah State School P&C
The Thargomindah State School P&C is an active community group that raises funds to support the betterment of childrens' education while at the school.
The Anglican Church of Gloucester
An active and generous community Church in the heart of Gloucester NSW
The Australian Children's Music Foundation Ltd
The Australian Children’s Music Foundation provides free, long term music programs and instruments to disadvantaged and Indigenous children across Australia, inspiring creativity and imagination while nurturing self-esteem and confidence.
The Barcaldine Regional Council
The Barcaldine Region is located in central west Queensland approximately 440km west of Rockhampton, covering an area of 53,677 sq km with an estimated population of 2,900 people.
The Regional Council is made up of the former Shires of Aramac, Barcaldine and Jericho including the towns of Alpha, Jericho, Barcaldine, Aramac and Muttaburra.
The region is one of the largest cattle producing regions in Central Western Queensland and also has a productive sheep, wool and macropod harvesting industry with the prospect of mining.
The Base Support Services Inc.
Youth support service providing counselling support and case management to young people and their families
The Basin Primary School
Primary School
The Benevolent Society - Brighter Futures SWS and NS
Support families to help children stay safely at home. We want all children to be happy, healthy and safe. We support parents to build resilience and increase safety. Brighter Futures is a voluntary program, home visiting service that can support families for up to 18 months.
The Benevolent Society - Browns Plains
We are a one-stop-shop for families with children under 8 years old, and provide supported playgroups, family support services and referral services to build capacity for families who visit our Browns Plains, Acacia Ridge and Beaudesert Early Years Centres.
The Benevolent Society - Child Youth and Family - Hurstville
Child Youth and Family program work alongside vulnerable children and families to support change and build safety within the family home so that the family can minimize the involvement of statutory child protection. We offer an intensive case work support within the family home.
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.
