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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
Melrose High School
Melrose High School is a government school located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce. It serves years 7 through to 10.
Melville Senior High School
We are a SHS in Melville and looking to provide students and families with welfare support
Menindee Central School
Menindee is a remote community in far-western NSW, 110km south-east of Broken Hill. The population is 980. Menindee Central School is a community school providing Kindergarten to Year 12 learning, catering for Years 11-12 through the Access Program which links Menindee with central schools in Ivanhoe and Wilcannia.
Menora Charity Fund
The Menora Charity Fund provides assistance to the underprivileged members of the community, including children, families in desperate need of financial and medical assistance, the unemployed and our elderly members too. We do this mainly through donations and the sales of second hand goods. The children are assisted through tutors, books, school uniforms, etc. Those in need of medical assistance we coordinate support from doctors, dentists and other medical staff to try to ensure needs are met. Those who are unfortunate enough to be out of work where possible we try to help them back into the workforce though training or improving existing skills.
Mens Outreach Service Aboriginal Corporation
Mens Outreach Service Aboriginal Corporation (MOSAC) provides a range of support services to men, their families and communities in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. We are a small team of 23 staff based in Broome who are passionate about and committed to our work and who represent many of the families and communities in the West Kimberley.
We have four key programs in the areas of youth suicide prevention (life promotion), family domestic violence, men’s health & wellbeing and a child & youth bike engagement program. Services include a therapeutic and psychosocial/ educational program to reduce the incidence of family violence and abuse, Indigenous wellbeing and youth suicide prevention services, prisoner support services, men’s counselling, outreach services to West Kimberley communities, as well as various support groups.
Mental Health Foundation - ACT
MHF ACT is a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) registered provider for people living in ACT and NSW, who are in receipt of NDIS support funding. We can offer services in the following categories: accommodation, employment support, personal assistance and development, group and personal wellbeing activities and life skills.
Mental Illness Education ACT
Mental Illness Education ACT (MIEACT) is the primary local mental health and well-being education provider for workplaces, community groups and secondary schools across the Canberra region and surrounding area.
For more than 20 years, MIEACT has delivered evidence-informed programs, partnered with lived experience stories that increase mental health literacy, promote early intervention, reduce stigma and emphasise recovery.
Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia
Providing support to people with a mental illness, their carers and families also early intervention for children and youth who are at risk of developing a mental illness.
Merana Aboriginal Community Association for the Hawkesbury
Merana supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples of the Hawkesbury LGA, Riverstone, Londonderry and Cranebrook areas. Merana provides a range of services including Supported Playgroup, After School Program, Family Fun Days, Outreach, Aboriginal Men's and Women's Groups, Dance Group, Drug and Alcohol Mentoring Program, Support Senior's to keep them connected in community, organises Hawkesbury NAIDOC Concert and Ball annually, Confirmation of Aboriginality to eligible people, information, advice and referral.
Merciful Servants
We feed on the streets with hot meals, we serve up to 600 plus meals weekly to wider Brisbane to GC areas.
Various locations around Australia
Mercy Community - Family and Child Connect - Caboolture
Our role is to engage families at risk into support services. We assess what the parents and children's needs and help them to engage in support services to address the worries or needs they might have. For example DV, Parenting Support, Counselling
Mercy Community - Foster and Kinship Care - Caboolture
Mercy Community provides foster care and kinship care services for children and young people who are unable to live at home because of child protection concerns.
Our role is to recruit, train, assess, support and monitor foster and kinship carers who provide a home for children and young people. We offer our carers dedicated foster care workers, information and training, after-hours on-call support, carer support groups and invites to special carer events.
Mercy Community - Foster and Kinship Care - Nudgee
Mercy Community provides foster care and kinship care services for children and young people who are unable to live at home because of child protection concerns.
Our role is to recruit, train, assess, support and monitor foster and kinship carers who provide a home for children and young people. We offer our carers dedicated foster care workers, information and training, after-hours on-call support, carer support groups and invites to special carer events.
Various locations around Australia
Mercy Community - IFS, ASC and PELD - Ipswich
Our Connected Families Program supports families with children and/or young people up to 18 years of age who might be experiencing a range of challenges.
Our Assessment and Service Connect is a short-term support service for families involved in a Child Safety investigation and assessment process.
Our Pathways for Early Learning & Development (PELD) program, run in partnership with Playgroup Queensland, aims to support children to learn and develop in all aspects in the critical first five years of life. The program recognises that children learn in both formal and broader family and community settings. Children and their parents/caregivers are engaged in structured playgroups as well as in-home support.
Ipswich QLD 4305
Mercy Community - Toowoomba QLD
Our Identity:
Mercy Community is a Catholic ministry finding inspiration in the life of Catherine McAuley and the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy.
Our Culture:
Mercy Community values the human dignity of every person and is committed to enhancing the quality of life and wellbeing of those who access our services, believing that through actions of merciful love, Mercy is given and received.
Our culture reflects the ethos of the Sisters of Mercy and promotes service, mercy, humility, diversity, transparency, open accountability, collaboration and cooperation, flexibility and adaptability, fearlessness and growth.
Our Mission:
To support and inspire people in need to live healthy, connected lives within inclusive communities.
Our Vision:
A world where people, families and communities are strong in spirit, healthy and connected.
Mercy Community North QLD
Mercy Community services is an not for profit organisation and has the Family and Child Connect service in the North Qld region
Mercy Community Services - Family and Child Connect - Zillmere
Our role is to engage families at risk into support services. We assess what the parents and children's needs and help them to engage in support services to address the worries or needs they might have. For example DV, Parenting Support, Counselling
Mercy Community Services - Family Matters - Ipswich
The Mercy Community Ipswich Family Matters Team provides counselling to children who are at risk of developing a mental illness and their families.
Ipswich QLD 4305
Mercy Community Services Limited - Mirrabooka
MercyCare is a leading Catholic provider of aged care, family, health, disability and community services.
Mercy Community Services Limited - West Perth
MercyCare is a leading Catholic provider of aged care, family, health, disability and community services.
Mercy Community Services SEQ - Hillcrest
Family Unit provides empowering programs and personalised support to families, with children and young people (0 to 18 years), who are not currently working with the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (DCSYW), and currently reside within the Logan West catchment area.
The Family Unit focuses on supporting families to reach their goals, with an emphasis on building strong, connected relationships, through education on parenting skills, healthy relationships, self-control, behaviour management strategies and empowerment.
Participation by families in the Family Unit program is voluntary.
Mercy Community Services SEQ - Lowood
The Mercy Community team at Lowood is a part of the families and young people programs delivered by Mercy Community in the Somerset Region. The Lowood team deliver several services and initiatives to support families living in Lowood and surrounding areas including an Integrated Early Years’ Service, Targeted Family Support Service and a Service Australia Agent. The Lowood Hub at 24 Railway Street is also home to the local Lowood Community Pantry which is a free to access pantry providing essential items for children, families and community members in the Somerset region.
Mercy Works - Mercy Connect
Mercy Connect supports children from refugee backgrounds at their schools. We also run, at the schools, English classes for their parents.
MercyCare - Youth Wellbeing and Accommodation, Family and Community Services - Mirrabooka
Support vulnerable young people and their families with Case management
Mirrabooka WA 6061
MercyCare Multicultural Support Services - Mirrabooka
Our Mulitcultural Services are focused on providing settlement support for new arrivals, helping people with no or limited income to pay essential living costs, and in assisting people to develop their skills and find employment so that they can earn a living. These services are largely targeted at asylum seekers, refugees, humanitarian entrants and new arrivals, who face the greatest challenges settling in Australia.
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.
