'Record number' of families seek Lifeline's financial help
Welfare group Lifeline says record numbers of families are coming to them for financial assistance.
View ArticleMore government money for Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels in Queensland has received a $1.2 million boost in state and federal funding.
View ArticleDig deep for Christmas appeal: charity
A charity is appealing for Queenslanders to dig deep to help families in crisis this Christmas.
View ArticleSmith Family appeals for donations for needy families
The Smith Family is hoping to raise $4 million for this year's Christmas Appeal.
View ArticleFlexi School and TOMNET take home $500, 000 in funding
What started out as an informal morning tea gathering between teenagers and older men has become an inspirational learning program that helped Centenary Heights State High School Toowoomba Flexi-School...
View ArticleBlood stocks low heading into holiday season
The Australian Red Cross says blood stocks are low across Queensland.
View ArticleEmergency aid helps families cover food, medical bills
The Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) says extra State Government funding will help up to 1,000 struggling families this Christmas.
View ArticleNew Year on Mount Everest for Toowoomba man
A man from Toowoomba in southern Queensland is set to welcome the New Year at the highest place on Earth.
View ArticleChristmas light display vandalised
Thieves have targeted a popular Christmas event at Toowoomba in southern Queensland.
View ArticleRed Cross welcomes flood evacuees
The Australian Red Cross (ARC) is preparing to accommodate thousands of people forced to leave their homes because of flooding.
View ArticleFlood appeal fund nets $12m
Donations to the Queensland Premier's flood appeal have now reached $12 million.
View ArticleCharity devastated by floods, still helping poor
Meals on Wheels says it has lost more than $500,000 worth of stock and equipment in Queensland's floods.
View ArticleAppeal for donations to flood-affected farmers
Rural lobby group AgForce is appealing for donations to help farmers get back on their feet after Queensland's floods.
View ArticleFinancial assistance offered to flood-affected farmers
A milk supplier is offering support packages to flood-affected Queensland farmers.
View ArticleFlood relief donations ready to distribute
Flood-affected families in Queensland could get several thousand dollars in the next few weeks from the Premier's Relief Appeal.
View ArticleRACQ donates $20m to flood relief
The RACQ has announced it will give $20 million in flood assistance to Queensland. RACQ chief executive officer Ian Gillespie says the 105-year-old Queensland company has a responsibility to support...
View ArticleFinish line gives kids with Autism new start
Raising a child with autism is a real challenge for many Queensland families. Early intervention services can make a real difference to the quality of life of children with autism and their families. A...
View ArticleSIDS the serious side to Red Nose Day
The immediate reaction to the death of a baby or child can be shock, denial, disbelief, a sense of numbness or reality. Rebecca Keleher went through all of these and more. She tells her story and how...
View ArticleQueensland floods 2012 - How to help
There's plenty of ways you can help people in flood affected areas of Queensland. We've started compiling a list of appeals and organisations helping those in need and giving you a way to help out.
View ArticleCharity says resource boom hits the pocket of Chinchilla's aged pensioners
Local charity, Aussie Helpers says that over the past few months, there has been a sharp rise in calls from aged pensioners requesting assistance.
View ArticleFreemasons join the Bash
What do you get when you team three Freemasons up with a really old car and a race across half the country? You get one heck of an adventure.
View ArticleSoldiers march on: Brisbane to Birdsville
Defence personnel are no strangers to working under harsh, gruelling conditions so a 1600 kilometre trek across Queensland should be a walk in the park, right?
View ArticleGive a little. Or a lot.
"It's nice to receive sometimes. But giving, and providing you give and get satisfaction from it, is the biggest thing."
View ArticleA very early, very outback Christmas
A four-wheel-drive charity trek is making its way through outback Queensland this week, with a Christmas bush bash along the way.
View ArticleOutback safari chooses electric vehicles over horses
Locals are using a novel way to attract tourists and raise money for charity in the southern outback.
View ArticleCharity ready to throw a lifeline to southern Queenslanders this Christmas
As Lifeline Darling Downs launches its annual Christmas appeal, CEO Derek Tuffield reflects on the fact that 2014 has been a 'hectic year' for the charity.
View ArticleA hat trick for Toowoomba social enterprise
The Director of the Toowoomba Clubhouse says three awards in the space of a week is recognition of a community "stepping up and saying 'how can we help?'"
View ArticleWalking Australia's highways for cancer awareness
Rattling their way along the side of some of Australia's most remote highways, a group of four walkers and their donation tins are six weeks into an epic 16,000 kilometre journey around the country.
View ArticleVariety Bash charity road trip takes off from Cairns
For the first time in 10 years, the annual Queensland Variety Bash has departed from Cairns.
View ArticleNational Op Shop Week: 'It's become a way of life'
The message from volunteers at Toowoomba's largest op shop is that buying second-hand clothes is 'for everybody'.
View ArticlePhilanthropist businessman Clive Berghofer, Toowoomba's richest man, 'gives...
You won't find Toowoomba's richest man sitting at a boardroom table in a three-piece suit. Clive Berghofer is more at home in dirty work clothes, surrounded by machinery, shovel in hand.
View ArticleIndian Scout motorcycle and Roma couple prepare for annual toy run
John Finnigan has loved motorcycles for as long as he can remember. And for many of his rides, he has taken his wife along.
View ArticleCattle auction raises $50,000 for LifeFlight emergency helicopter
Queensland graziers raise tens of thousands of dollars at a charity auction for LifeFlight, which spends about $13,000 per rescue to the southern border region.
View ArticleRural Aid and Aussie Helpers working with national charity regulator
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission seeks assurances from Rural Aid and Aussie Helpers that money and goods being donated is reaching those in need.
View ArticleFoodbank funding cuts risk more than $8m worth of food for needy families
The Social Services Minister has indicated a short-term lifeline may be thrown to a charity that provides 67 million meals for hungry Australians each year after Government moves to split food charity...
View ArticleScott Morrison backflips on Foodbank funding cuts amid community backlash
The Prime Minister says the Government will maintain Foodbank's funding following community anger over plans to slash its budget in half.
View ArticleRoyal Flying Doctor Service celebrates 90 years with vintage aircraft pilgrimage
The Royal Flying Doctor Service celebrates 90 years of helping regional and rural communities, with a re-enactment of its first flight on a journey from Dubbo to Mount Isa.
View ArticleSafety standards for community service flights to increase affecting more...
A suite of safety reforms to community service flights is being announced by CASA today in response to two fatal Angel Flight crashes in 2011 and 2017.
View ArticleIconic Weengallon Pink Ladies Day bush charity event ends on high with record...
Every year for the past two decades, the tiny Queensland town of Weengallon has played host to huge crowds of women dressed in pink who gather for a good cause.
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