Community

• Carers

  Information for carers.

• Community Recovery

  Provides human and social recovery assistance to disaster affected individuals and communities, through Personal Hardship Assistance Grants and long term recovery programs.

• Queensland Government concessions

  Queensland Government concessions are available to eligible holders of a concession card such as seniors, people with a disability, carers, veterans, sole parents, widows and students.

• Queensland Financial Inclusion Plan

  The Financial Inclusion Plan is an important component of the Queensland Government's broad and multifaceted response to financial exclusion and financial hardship to secure a stronger economic future for Queensland and Queenslanders.

• Thriving Queensland Communities grants - Round one 2018

  The Thriving Queensland Communities Grants program is awarding 73 neighbourhood centres across Queensland more than $600,000 to help them continue to be vital places where people come together, and where people go when they need support.

• Thriving Queensland Communities grants - Round two 2019

  Neighbourhood and community centres across Queensland are encouraged to apply for a share of $800,000 under the latest round of the Thriving Queensland Communities Grants program.

• Social Cohesion

  Read about the Queensland Government's commitment to strengthening social cohesion in our communities.

• Neighbourhood and community centres

  Read about Community Connect's trial placing workers in high need communities to facilitate support and referrals for individuals and families to specialist services.

• Volunteering

  Information about volunteering in Queensland, including volunteering opportunities, what to do if you need volunteers, legal information for volunteers in Queensland, and research resources.

• Financial literacy and resilience

  The financial literacy program provides support to Queenslanders to improve financial knowledge, build financial capacity and manage factors that contribute to financial difficulties.

• Queensland Community Support Scheme

  This scheme provides supports to people who, with a small amount of assistance, can maintain or regain their independence, continue living safely in their homes, and actively participate in their communities.

• Goods and Food Relief Programs

  Find out about goods and food relief programs supporting families and individuals on low incomes, and those impacted by disasters.

• Safe Night Precincts Support Services

  Find out how Safe Night Precincts are improving the safety and wellbeing of individuals and communities across Queensland.

• Gambling help services

  Find out how gambling help services are supporting individual and community wellbeing.

• Place-based approaches

  Place-based approaches. Find out about place-based approaches and how they can be used to bring together community stakeholders in a defined location to address complex community needs.

• Logan Together

  The Queensland Government continues to partner with the Logan Together place-based collective impact initiative to help improve outcomes for children 0 to 8 years of age in Logan.

• Community transport

  Information about the organisations funded to deliver the Community Transport program.

• Meals on wheels

  The Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors provides funding to 102 Queensland Meals on Wheels providers as a contribution to the operation of Meals on Wheels services.