5 September the International Day of Charity. The day was declared by the United Nations to increase awareness and support of non-government organisations and stakeholders “around the world to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities.”
As a registered charity, Anglicare Southern Queensland relies on financial and in-kind donations to support our essential services that aren’t fully government funded.
International Day of Charity is important for reminding our local communities that their support is vital for our efforts in caring for vulnerable or disadvantaged community members.
Donations to Anglicare Southern Queensland allow us to deliver services that assist domestic violence survivors, and women and young people experiencing homelessness. Contributions also assist in providing support for:
- foster children and their carers
- families experiencing challenging times
- individuals experiencing challenging times
- and more.
Donations for domestic and family violence services
By donating to our domestic and family violence services, you help survivors and their children to rebuild their self-worth and independence to get back on their feet.
Donations from the community support us in providing them with specialist accommodation, skills training, parenting support, and mental health and counselling support.
Donations for women and youth homelessness services
People can become homeless for any number of reasons. Due to the impeding housing crisis, there are more people in need of our services.
Our homelessness services are designed to support young people, single adult women and single young women who are pregnant or parenting a child under four years of age.
Across our homelessness services, donations finance vital temporary and transitional accommodation, skills training, parenting support, and other counselling services. Furthermore, they provide people with tools to better manage times of crisis and opportunities to support their interests and talents for a thriving future.
Donations for foster carers and young people
Anglicare Southern Queensland has supported foster carers and children in care for more than 30 years. The need for carers is growing. However, it’s equally important to support those who are currently giving their time and care to children in need.
The generosity of donors allows us to fund additional training and resources for carers. They also allow us to provide children and young people in out of home care with opportunities to create a better future.
Donations for other services
Our commitment to care ensures that we can continue supporting Queenslanders at different life stages. We respond to the different needs and situations of people in our community.
Funding is essential to many of our other services. They include services designed to support those experiencing financial hardship, poverty, mental ill-health, counselling and family and wellbeing support.
How can you donate?
We’re grateful for all donations that we receive. Unfortunately, not all of our services are fully-funded. Therefore, we rely on the generosity of our communities to help us achieve our vision. Which is, to create a more loving, just and inclusive society.
Should you wish to donate to Anglicare Southern Queensland, please click here. Alternatively, you may wish to speak to our fundraising team directly via 1300 244 683 or [email protected].