A comprehensive list of Melbourne-based charities, not-for-profits, and community organisations offering help in various areas.

All listings include contact details -

To browse the websites, please click the name of each service and you will be directed to their official website.

Emergency Relief & Material Aid

The Salvation Army (Melbourne 614 / Salvos Phone Assistance Line) — Phone: 03 8873 5288 - Emergency relief, food, clothing

St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies) –  Phone: 1800 305 330 - Welfare Assistance Line — Bills, food/material aid

Uniting Vic/Tas – Emergency Relief — Phone: (03) 9192 8100 - Food & grocery vouchers, bill/rent help

Anglicare Victoria – Financial Counselling/Help Hub — 1800 809 722 Free counselling for debt, fines, etc.

Brotherhood of St Laurence  — 03 9483 1183 - Supports to reduce poverty; service hubs

Homelessness & Housing

Launch Housing - 1800 825 955 — Crisis accommodation & access points

VincentCare – Ozanam House (North Melbourne) — 03 9611 9200 - Crisis/extended-stay accommodation & homelessness resource centre

Sacred Heart Mission (St Kilda) - 03 9537 1166  — Meals, housing & support

Melbourne City Mission - 03 9977 0077 – Integrated CBD youth crisis support

City of Melbourne – Homelessness Support Services — Local contacts including The Living Room, cohealth, Launch Housing, Safe Steps & more

Community Health & Street Support

Youth Projects – The Living Room (Hosier Ln) - 03 9304 9100 — Free primary healthcare & supports for people experiencing homelessness

Community Health (cohealth) — Essential health & support services across inner-Melbourne

Orange Sky -  — Free mobile laundry, showers & connection - St Kilda & Port Melbourne

Food Relief

Foodbank (VIC & National)  - 03 9362 8300— Food relief network

OzHarvest (Melbourne) 03 9999 5070— Food rescue to charities; SE Melbourne hub

SecondBite - 1800 263 283 — Rescues surplus food for community programs

Women & Families / Family Violence

WIRE – Women’s Information & Referral Exchange - 03 9206 0870— Free support & referrals for women and gender diverse people

Our Village (formerly St Kilda Mums - 1300 789 509 — Essential baby/children’s items via worker referral

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Services

Victorian Aboriginal Health Service  - 03 9419 3000 — Comprehensive health & family support

Djirra Support - 1800 105 303 — Legal & non-legal support for Aboriginal women/people experiencing family violence

LGBTIQA+ Health & Peer Support

Thorne Harbour Health - 1800 134 840 — Community health incl. HIV, trans & gender diverse health, family violence services

Switchboard QLife in VIC - 1800 184 527— Peer support & referral

Refugees & People Seeking Asylum

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre - 03 9326 6066 — Foodbank, casework, healthcare, legal

Uniting – Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre — Community space, classes, meals & referrals

Financial Counselling & No-Interest Loans

Financial Counselling Victoria - 03 9663 2000 — Info & find a financial counsellor

Good Shepherd – No Interest Loans (NILs) - 02 6241 0518 — 0% interest loans for essentials who meet the criteria -

Good Shepherd NILS Providers - Comprehensive financial partners who provide NILS

Salvation Army NILS - 02 6241 0518 — National intake line & eligibility info

Community Legal Help (Free)

Fitzroy Legal Service - 03 9419 3744 — Free legal assistance

Inner Melbourne Community Legal - 03 9749 7720 — Free legal help in City of Melbourne area

Westjustice (Western suburbs) — Free legal help