Do you believe in emergency support for people in crisis?
Sometimes it takes just one life challenge - like a relationship breakdown, job loss or eviction - to find yourself in crisis.
We need your support
Crisis services.
Soaring rental and fuel prices alongside rocketing grocery receipts are trapping low-income families in a state of financial distress and pushing many deeper into poverty.
Research conducted by Uniting Vic.Tas and Swinburne University’s Centre for Social Impact, lays bare the devastating effects of the rising cost of living on vulnerable low-income earners across both Victoria and Tasmania.
A parent summed up their despair at the rising cost of living, “[The most significant impact is on] my mental health, I feel like a failure as a parent because I can’t afford to care for my children.”
Another parent shared, “We no longer can really afford extras. My children are having to continue missing out on things, simply because I have to buy food.”
Our emergency relief services provide practical assistance to people going through difficult times.
We provide:
- Homelessness support
- Crisis accommodation services
- Food
- Personal care items
- Material aid
- Financial support
- Links to other services.
Learn more about our Homelessness and Housing services or Emergency Relief.
Last year donations from people like you assisted...
80,000
Community meals and food vouchers provided for those in need.
4,000
Families to access Escaping Violence payment
55,000
Lifeline Calls answered in Melbourne and Ballarat
5,900
People experiencing homelessness supported to find accommodation.
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Funding cut means more homeless will face winter on the streets.
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Twenty years of welcoming asylum seekers.
The centre provides a dual service in responding to people's basic needs and empowering people to learn how to navigate the Australian context
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Can’t afford to live.
People can only live a safe and dignified life if they can afford life’s essentials and can live free from constant worry about how they will keep a roof over their heads and food on their table,
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Submission to the inquiry into extent and nature of poverty in Australia.
