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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
Bayside Community Emergency Relief Inc
BCER is a community driven 100% volunteer run not for profit registered charity mobilising the community in times of local & state emergencies where co ordinated community teamwork can help.
Due to the overwhelming success of the Bayside Community Emergency Relief Group during the 2020 bushfire emergency and at the request of numerous relief & official organisations BCER became a NFP charity in March 2020. This gives us more resources, support and possibilities moving forward. This is a call to action, future community events & information group.
Brighton East VIC 3187
Bayside Women's Shelter
Crisis shelter providing up to 3 months accommodation for women and children leaving domestic violence.
Botany NSW 2019
Bayulu Remote Community School
Remote Community School
Be
We are a provider working in Health and Wellbeing, including Aged Care, Suicide prevention, Loneliness, Social Isolation and NDIS.
Be Hers
Be Hers is a Tasmanian based, non-profit organisation that aims to bring awareness and solution to the issue’s and vulnerabilities surrounding Human Trafficking and the ‘slave-labour trade.’ Through awareness events, digital engagement, and social enterprise, we engage and empower everyday people and the corporate sector to use their freedom to assist the movement. These connections and partnerships allow us to provide support directly to those at risk locally by way of education, employment, mentorship, and resources to enable women to regain their ‘freedom,’ dignity and independence. Nationally and Globally, we are able to generate change as a movement as we support organisations on the ground fighting to end slavery.
Be Hers Foundation has DGR status with 100% of proceeds going to the cause.
Be My Koorda Support Group
We are an Aboriginal NFP located in Busselton.
Our mission is Community Culture and Inclusion
We support children in the school holidays and other events eg Naidoc
We operate monthly youth groups
Beacon Laundry
Beacon Laundry is a social enterprise commercial laundry that gives a sheet! Our mission is simple. We create local jobs, career pathways and a workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive.
Beananging Kwuurt Institute
BKI is the former Sister Kate's home for children of the stolen generation in Queens Park and covers 44,000sqm of land. Beananging Kwuurt Institute (BKI) is a not-for-profit Aboriginal organisation located in Queens Park Western Australia. We offer emergency relief for families in the community who are experiencing hardship, and work to benefit the Aboriginal community and inspire our people to know they are valued and where they are now is not their future
Beaucare Inc
Beaucare exists to strengthen our communities and provide opportunities for people to maximise their quality of life.
Beaucare aims to achieve this by:
Providing direct assistance to people who require relief from disadvantage
Researching needs and working with the community to find ways to address those needs.
Fostering strong cooperative relationships and networks with the aim of strengthening our communities.
Beaucare provides a broad range of community services. These include child care, family support, youth development, services for the frail aged and people with a disability and community centre coordination.
Our administration is based at Beaucare Community Centre at 44 Tina Street Beaudesert. We provide services to people in surrounding communities including Tamborine, Logan Village, Jimboomba, Flagstone, Cedar Vale, Bromelton, Rathdowney, Kerry, Beechmont and Canungra.
Beaudesert QLD 4285
Because We Care Boutique Central Coast
Because We Care Boutique is a service run by dedicated stylist volunteers assisting women from the Hunter, Lake Macquarie and Central Coast regions with suitable attire and accessories for the following requirements:
Re-entering the Workforce - Homelessness - Work Experience
Court Appearances - Important Appointments
We are a project of Iris Foundation
Beenleigh Community Health Centre - QLD Health
Metro South Community Mental Health Service
Beenleigh Community Health Centre is a multidisciplinary facility that provides community health programs and clinics for adults and children. We have medical, nursing, allied health, and administrative staff who work together to provide you with the highest quality care.
Mount Warren Park QLD 4207
Beenleigh District Community Development Association Incorporated
1. Operation of Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre
2. Operation of Beenleigh Supported Accommodation Service
Beenleigh Housing & Development Company Ltd
BHDC is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that strives to support, enhance and transform the
lives of its members in culturally supportive and regenerative ways. BHDC was established in 1994 as a not-for-profit,
registered charity holding Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) registration with the Australian Taxation
Office.
BHDC is centred upon a strong community-based movement aligned with governance and transparent operational
activity with Indigenous culture. This has its roots firmly with local leaders and Elders who paved the way for our
organisation to house and develop our community – local Yugambeh people and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander families who call this country home. Our community ways have established a vision for our community
based on our urgent need for sustainable housing and community development that will provide homes and a
community for our people.
Eagleby QLD 4207
Bega Garnbirringu Health Services Inc
Bega Garnbirringu Health Services’ vision for the future is for a society in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not disadvantaged and share a quality of life with health and life expectancy equal to the non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Kalgoorlie WA 6430
Bega Valley Shire Council
Case management and person to person support for everyone impacted by the 2020 Bega Valley Bushfire.
Confidential and free, linking you to a wide range of services:
Personal
Business
Agricultural
financial
Housing
Government Agencies
Council
Bellangry Community Sports Club
Support Community members through Drought, Fire & floods in partnership with Resilience NSW
Only Meeting pointy for community
Only Sports facility/area/park for community
Bellangry NSW 2446
Bellarine Living and Learning Centre
Whittington’s Bellarine Living & Learning Centre (BLLC) is a not for profit neighbourhood house that has been open since 1984.
BLLC brings people together to connect, learn and contribute to their local community. We welcome people of all ages, abilities and walks of life, creating opportunities for people to enrich their lives through connections they might not otherwise make.
These initiatives include the following:
Food Bank
Food Security Programs
Youth Programs
Adult Community Further Education - Learn Local programs
Activities and Social Groups
Community Events
Community Services
Bella's Footprints Foundation
We educate and raise awareness for the dangers of button batteries ingestions in children amongst parents, care givers and he wider community.
We offer financial support for children injured by a button battery (currently 20 children a week present to ED's in Australia, 1 in 3 are left with permeant injuries)
We campaign for government changes to legislation surrounding packaging, warning labels, secure batteries compartments in all products, and the positioning of button batteries retail instore.
We also report unsafe products containing button batteries to the ACCC for a product recall.
We recently contributed to a world first helping the ACCC introduce a new button battery safety and information standard here in Australia effective from 22nd July 2022.
Various locations around Australia
Bellata Public School
Educational provider to remote students.
Bellbird Park State Secondary College
State secondary education
Bellbird Park QLD 4300
Belong Blue Mountains - Lower Mountains Neighbourhood Centre
We offer a suite of community services for the most vulnerable people in our community.
Blaxland NSW 2774
Belyuen Community Government Council
Provides a range of services to an Indigenous community - aged care centre, sport and recreation, community store (very small one), workshop, women's art centre, plus a range of local government services for the small council (approx 190 people)
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.
