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Community Friends

Communitty Friends is a community based organization located in West End. We support homeless people, people at risk of being homeless and disadvantaged groups. We supply over a 1000 meals per fortnight: this includes frozen dinners, fresh fruit and vegetables and other staples such as bread. We also provide HUGE quantities of free clothing, blankets, shoes and crockery and cutlery.

Communify - Asylum Circle

Asylum Circle is a collaborative project in Queensland that contributes to the support of people seeking asylum, and is auspiced by Communify Qld.

Communify QLD Brisbane - Jubilee Hall

Communify continues to assist people across all of life's stages. Our neighbourhood centres bring people together for mutual support and offer information and services. Our aged and community care services support people to manage activities of daily life. We provide specialist nursing services, allied health support, community transport and respite care. We also provide specialist services to support people experiencing homelessness, family relationship and parenting issues, challenges associated with mental and physical disabilities, and addiction.

QLD Homicide Victim Support Group

Responsible for the emotional support of Victims of homocide across QLD.
Provide education to Universities and the QPS in relation to the impact of Homicide on those close to the deceased.
Advocacy around legislative changes.
Research around violence to assist in its prevention.

Drug ARM - Brisbane South

Drug ARM is a specialist not-for-profit, non-government organisation that supports people, families and communities to achieve positive transformation through awareness, rehabilitation and management.

The Community Place Inc.

The Community Place Inc. operates two community centres in the Brisbane North area - Stafford and Kalinga. Our Community Centre is a non-profit community organisation that provides activities, places, opportunities and services for people to connect, share and learn together. The Community Place facilitates the development of wellbeing for all members of the community. We provide a connected and inclusive service to support social, cultural and community growth. We offer a wide variety of weekly free programs and activities for the whole community. We have a focus on providing educational support, social support, community support and community development programs for the whole community.

Community Plus+ - Yeronga Community Centre

The Yeronga Community Centre has been providing a helping hand to the local community since we opened our doors in September 2012.

Grown from the efforts of the Yeronga Flood Recovery Centre – a local community initiative that responded locally to the Brisbane Floods of 2011.

Now we continue that tradition by providing a friendly space for people to meet, use our facilities, create connections, learn new things and access support.

We offer a range of programs to create strong and active communities including:

Information and referral services
Art and craft activities
Seniors program
Computer and printing assistance
Community breakfasts
Social events

Jacaranda Housing

We provide housing to people in housing stress and to those in the greatest of need in our community.

As one of Brisbane's most trusted housing providers, Jacaranda Housing works closely with tenants, members, local communities, human services support providers, charities and government to continue to provide safe, secure and affordable housing options for all Queenslander's.

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand

Our purpose

To enable fullness of life for women, girls and families experiencing disadvantage.

Care Kits for Kids Qld

Care Kits for Kids Qld are all volunteers who together with community create Care Kits for Qld children in need.
We provide free Care Kits (new backpacks containing 2 days' new clothing, toiletries, education supplies, toys, books and hand crafted quilt or wrap to Qld children in need through Qld child protection, Qld children's services, foster & kinship care, domestic violence, indigenous and services in schools.
We create and transport our Care Kits through community generosity: in-kind and financial donations, grants and fundraising.

Zig Zag Young Women's Resource Centre Inc

Zig Zag Young Women’s Resource Centre Inc. is a community based not-for-profit organisation in Brisbane that provides a number of services to young women and the wider community.

Rural Aid Ltd

Rural Aid was founded in 2015 to provide a holistic support program to rural Australia. The starting point for the charity was the success of the Buy a Bale campaign, which to date has received over $4.5 million in donations and distributed this through fodder, hampers and more. We understand the needs of our primary producers and aim to lend a helping hand when times are tough.

UCA - Indooroopilly

Indooroopilly Uniting Church - Supporting asylum seeker and refugees and other needy members of the community

St Vincent de Paul Society - Our Lady Queen of Apostles Conference

Provide support to community members in need. Financial, clothing, assistance with bills and other matters. Social support also. "A hand up not a hand out"

The Salvation Army Stafford Corps

Providers of emergency relief assistance

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.

Brisbane Youth Service - Housing and Tenancy Support

BYS provides housing, homelessness, physical and mental health services and specialist programs for young women and young families, to create new futures for young people.

Brisbane Youth Service - Phoenix House

Providing emotional and case management support in transitional accommodation for young people between the ages of 15 and 18

Gallang Place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation

Counselling Organisation, Prison Transition program, Partner in Recovery. Indigenous.

YMCA Cannon Hill Community Centre

We are a Community and Neighbourhood Centre and provide services and supports for all ages and abilities. Our Centre is a safe place where everyone is welcome. Our community services and supports include:
Emergency relief and crisis support - food parcels, clothing, toiletries, blanket, financial assistance with payment of bills, petrol vouchers, prescription medication.
Information and Referral - we link people into other services within the community such as housing, domestic violence and counselling.
Community events and social groups - we hold community events and run social groups to help reduce social isolation and promote connections within the community.
Programs - we run free programs such as a JP service, computer lessons and cooking classes.
We help to create thriving communities and advocate for social justice and human rights for vulnerable members of the community.

Career Employment Australia - Chelmer

Career Employment Australia is a NFP organisation which runs a number of Government funded programs. We provide support and training for long term unemployed and disadvantaged jobseekers.
The Reconnect NAYS (Newly Arrived Youth Specialist) is a prevention of homelessness program supporting newly arrived young people and their families.

Milpera State High School

English language preparation centre for migrant and refugee students.

Sandlewood Projects Ltd

We provide start up homewares packages free to individuals and families exiting crisis care.

We provide assistance to DV survivors and DV shelters.

We support other agencies with free clothing and household items for their disadvantaged clients.We assist disadvantaged family with funeral expenses (funds ermitting).

We provide food vouchers and home cooked meals (funds permitting) to disadvantaged community members.

We assist Indigenous Australians Australia wide.

We provide school booklists (and uniforms funds permitting) for disadvantaged children.

We assist refugees, homeless, stranded international students, bushfire survivors and housefire survivors.

We provide suppost to our local aged, refugee and displaced community members.

Nobody in genuine need will be turned away empty handed.

Nexus Care Inc

Nexus Care is passionate about helping to alleviate poverty in the community by strengthening individuals and families through effective services, the mobilisation of volunteers and cooperation with other organisations.

The Nest Community Inc

The Nest Community is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation created to develop and maintain a community for the purposes of reducing social isolation, to provide advocacy, education and harm prevention strategies for women and children. We believe opportunities to learn, connect and create should be accessible to women and children of all backgrounds. With no government funding, each week over 50 volunteers generously donate their time and energy to keep our doors open. There are no paid staff and yet, since we opened our doors in 2014, we have have developed partnerships through out Brisbane, and over 3500 women have visited and connected in our urban retreat based in Everton Park, Brisbane. We believe fostering connections in the community will result in greater harmony and resilience. Our programs reduce social isolation through forming inter generational connections between women and children regardless of age, cultural or economic background.