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When we GIVIT Together, we have incredible impact
Listed below are large requests and big projects which trusted organisations registered with GIVIT need your help to fill. These aren't your everyday requests... they're supersized! These projects help people in all kinds of situations: people experiencing domestic and family violence, poverty or homelessness; Australians recovering from the Black Summer Bushfires, drought and other natural disasters; Indigenous Australians in vulnerable situations, and plenty more.
Join forces with your club, sports team, work colleagues, school, group of mates, family, club or community group to raise funds, offer a service, and collect donations. When we GIVIT Together, we help get life-changing items to the people who need them most.
QUEENSLAND
Medical equipment for veterans and emergency services personnel
Trek2Health supports veterans and emergency services personnel through resilience treks in remote areas to build "resilience via Earth." They're fitting out a new medical room for training and medical emergencies in the bush, and you can help.
Items to help students at a special school
Goodna Special School is located near Ipswich in Southeast Queensland, and supports more than 150 students with a range of intellectual impairments and other significant disabilities. They're requesting some really easy-to-donate items to support the school community this year.
Help brave women and kids escaping violence in Mackay
This Mackay organisation assists upwards of 200 women and children every week, providing counselling to women and children after sexual assault and domestic violence. Many of the organisation's clients are homeless, and your donation will help these women and children just when they need it most.
Help this foster children organisation get their storage sorted
Hope For Our Children is a Toowoomba organisation that supports foster children and their families, and raises awareness regarding the plight of foster kids in Queensland. They provide backpacks filled with goodies and essential items to children removed from their families and entering care, and they need your help to upgrade their storage.
Digital devices for children's therapists
This community organisation helps children and young people across Australia who have been sexually abused or exploited. They require a number of new digital devices for providing specialist sexual assault counselling to children and teenagers.
Gift vouchers for Queenslanders affected by domestic & family violence
The needs of people impacted by and escaping from domestic and family violence are varied and complex. They need many different items, especially if they're starting from scratch without their personal possessions. In these cases, gift vouchers are preferable to items. You can help frontline domestic violence charities provide the people they're helping with the things they need.
Volunteer with GIVIT
We need outgoing, passionate people to join our engagement team as volunteers for 8-15 hours per week. You'll build GIVIT's profile and raise awareness with donors and charities in your region, encourage registration of new eligible organisations to the GIVIT service, re-engage inactive organisations and more!
Seafarers care packages
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, international seafarers are currently stranded on board vessels with no way to return home. Support organisations in Mackay, Gladstone and Brisbane are putting together care packages to help maintain the physical and mental health of these seafarers.
NEW SOUTH WALES
Help a mum and kids escaping domestic violence
A mum and her children have escaped a severe domestic violence situation in Western Sydney. After a period of time in a crowded refuge, the family now have an opportunity to start fresh in a safe new home. Now they need generous donations of furniture, beds, bedding and linen to turn their house into a home.
Items for a residential secondary school for vulnerable young people
Dunlea Centre in Southern Sydney is a co-educational residential secondary program that caters for vulnerable young people at risk of disengagement from education. Dunlea Centre is requesting a number of items used in lessons including music equipment.
Tools for Grandparents Treasure Chest in Bega Valley
Two organisations in the bushfire-ravaged Bega Valley are creating a Grandparents Treasure Chest full of tools for locals to use. These tools are crucial for residents as they rebuild and recover from the Black Summer bushfires. But perhaps just as crucial as the access to supplies, is the social hub this space will be for locals. Can you help?
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Kids in remote WA need school lunches
A community centre in Perth's southern suburbs is seeking donations of school supplies to give to vulnerable children in the community. They need a range of items including a range of stationery, exercise books, school bags, lunch boxes, drink bottles, school shoes, socks and hats. Can you help?
Personal and hygiene packs
A large number of packs, filled with personal and hygiene items, are needed to give to young people going through a tough time. Being able to give them a small pack to assist with their care and recovery is incredibly valuable.
Volunteer with GIVIT
We need outgoing, passionate people to join our engagement team as volunteers for 8-15 hours per week. You'll build GIVIT's profile and raise awareness with donors and charities in your region, encourage registration of new eligible organisations to the GIVIT service, re-engage inactive organisations and more!
Men's underwear and toiletries
An organisation providing vital support to people who’ve been incarcerated, as they start a new chapter in life, is requesting our help to get the items they need. Simple items, such as toiletries, will go a long way to helping them get back on their feet.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Go bags for kids in care
Kids in Care supports babies, children and teenagers who have been placed into emergency or foster care in the ACT. Kids in Care provides 'go bags' containing clothes, toiletries, books and toys, giving children some comfort during times of upheaval and uncertainty. Your donations will help fill these go bags.
Homeless shelter refurbishment
This short-term crisis accommodation provider in Canberra helps men experiencing homelessness and other hardship. Operating since 1995 with minimal funding, the facility is in urgent need of updating. Requested items include gardening supplies and tools, paint, furniture and linen.
Food and toiletries
During COVID-19, many students have lost their jobs. Now, they’re struggling to meet their basic needs. Donations of non-perishable food, toiletries and grocery vouchers will help students in their studies and alleviate stress.
VICTORIA
Give Water Initiative
Rural residents in fire-affected areas of Victoria are STILL living on burnt-out blocks without access to clean water for drinking, showering and washing. They spent all winter without access to hot water, but now your generous donation can get them connected.
Fund a Voucher
‘Fund a Voucher’ supports communities across Victoria with vouchers to purchase essential items like food and petrol. Giving someone a voucher makes them feel valued, and empowers them to purchase exactly what they require, when they are ready.
Volunteer with GIVIT
We need outgoing, passionate people to join our engagement team as volunteers for 8-15 hours per week. You'll build GIVIT's profile and raise awareness with donors and charities in your region, encourage registration of new eligible organisations to the GIVIT service, re-engage inactive organisations and more!
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Winter clothes for elderly First Nations Australians in Alice Springs
This organisation in Alice Springs supports a variety of clients including First Nations Australians, some of whom are sleeping rough in makeshift shelters in the bush. With a cold Central Australian winter fast approaching, the organisation are seeking donations of winter clothes (including jumpers, jeans and jackets), blankets and tents to help vulnerable people through winter.
Volunteer with GIVIT
We need outgoing, passionate people to join our engagement team as volunteers for 8-15 hours per week. You'll build GIVIT's profile and raise awareness with donors and charities in your region, encourage registration of new eligible organisations to the GIVIT service, re-engage inactive organisations and more!
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