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.

• Emergency Relief program

  Find out about emergency relief available to vulnerable Queenslanders.

• 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.

• National Redress Scheme

  The National Redress Scheme was developed following recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse2. The Scheme provides redress through acknowledgment and support to people who experienced institutional child sexual abuse.