Please support our Christmas Appeal!
Over 20,000 people rely on Communities at Work each year to support them with food, clothing, emergency relief, and transport. Over the last 12 months, we’ve seen a 30% increase in people needing our help, especially with food. Please help us to help them.
Whether you’re an individual, business, or community, you can help vulnerable people and Canberrans in need make their Christmas special, by donating to the Communities at Work Christmas Appeal.
Your support with food and money donations means some people won’t have to make difficult decisions between paying for rent, food, bills or medical care. As we receive no government funding to purchase food for our pantries, and it costs thousands each month to stock them, community donations of food and money are very important. Thanks for your support!
How you can help
- Donate money.
- Donate food.
- Donate gifts and Christmas food – Visit our Christmas Donation Appeal Page.
- Host a Giving Tree.
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Supporting Canberra All Year Round
Communities at Work is dedicated to supporting the Canberra community and the most vulnerable through continuous support services that operate all year round. With the generous help of our donors and supporters, we’re able to provide essential services and assistance to those who need it most, making a real difference in people’s lives.
Make a monetary donation
We’ll use your monetary donations to stock our community pantries with food and essential items, to help people in need in our local community. We may also use your donations to provide emergency relief or clothing to an individual or family in need.
Click on the button below to visit our donate money page and find out more. (Remember, it’s tax deductible).
Donate food and other essentials
We are always happy to accept donations of food (everyday meals, baby needs, tinned food, gluten-free food, etc) and other essential items (personal hygiene items, cleaning products etc) for our community pantries. We don’t get any government assistance to run our pantries, so rely on generous community donations. For more information on what you can donate, where to drop off your donations, and how your donations can help, visit our Donate Essentials page.
DONATE FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIALS
Run a food or CANstruction drive
Donate clothing
Your clothing donations support our clothing program, helping vulnerable people in the Canberra region get dressed for interviews, work, special occasions and other important events. During winter, we especially need warm coats. For more information on what clothes you can donate and where to drop off your clothing donations, visit our Donate Clothes page.
For more information on the ways we help those in need, please visit our support services page here.