Charity Support
It takes a village to raise a child, and sometimes we all need a little charity support from our community. So whether you're struggling to make ends meet, need assistance with housing, or are looking for resources to help you provide for your child's basic needs, this page has something for you. We want you to know that you're not alone and that many people and organizations care about you and want to help. Accepting charity support does not mean you are weak or have failed. You don't have to do this alone.
- Single Mother Families Australia ~ SMFA provides a range of platforms that give voice and respect to the lived reality for single mother families. Our key focus is for single mother families affected by hardship, poverty, and gender-based violence.
- The Salvation Army ~ assistance in relation to such things as accommodation and housing, domestic violence situations (including emergency accommodation), employment, counselling, emergency financial relief, and legal services.
- Foodbank ~ Providing food relief to more than a million people each month. We are the pantry to Australia’s charity sector, providing food and groceries to 2,950 frontline charities.
- Mission Australia ~ A national Christian charity that provides social and affordable rental housing to low and moderate income households.
- WIRE ~ offer a range of training programs, information seminars and clinics, and also research and advocate for issues affecting women, non-binary and gender diverse people in our Victorian community, such as family violence, financial abuse and financial capability.
- Friends with Dignity ~ A collaborative national Not For Profit focused on improving the quality of life of any Adult and Child impacted by Domestic Violence through the provision of financial and tangible resources, programs and scholarships and enhancing the personal safety of individuals.
- Queen’s Fund ~ provide emergency financial relief to single women and single mothers living in crisis across Victoria.
- Sole Parent Family Network ~ provide quality support to you as a sole parent, one in four families with children in Australia
- Mums Supporting Families In Need (MSFIN) ~ Started with a big heart and a simple idea. The idea that as a community, we can ensure no family is living without their basic daily needs being met.
- Parents Beyond Breakup ~ A charity that supports parents experiencing trauma related to family breakdown and separation. Separation from their former partner and from their children; a factor closely linked to suicide in Australia.
- Wesley Mission ~ Assisting children, families and the elderly. Those struggling with homelessness, addiction, mental health, financial or domestic challenges.
- Beyond Blue online forums ~ A safe and supportive environment to ask questions, share experiences and give and receive support from others who may be experiencing similar things.
- Good Shepherd ~ Australia’s oldest charity working to support women and girls experiencing abuse and disadvantage. Good Shepherd provides services and support in the areas of family and domestic violence, financial insecurity and youth experiencing disadvantage.