Help is Here

We are TAKING a break and will RETURN on Monday 13 January 2025

To access food during this time please call Northern Community CareWorks on 9937 2144 to make an appointment. For a full list of service closures during this time please click here.

For The Council to the Homeless Persons free Festival meal guide click here

For Jika Jika’s Holiday program click here

For the Church of Thornbury holiday program please click here

Emergency relief: Monday to THURSday 10 am – 3.30 pm

PHONE DIVRS: 9480 8200

Everyone experiences life’s ups and downs. DIVRS can help from sharing food to working with you to fix a problem.

Maybe the power bills are piling up. Or you need help dealing with those big agencies.

Our Community Support team is helping dozens of Darebin residents every week - mums and dads, families and singles, cash strapped students and our beloved seniors. People who live in your street. People just like you.

Here are some of the ways you can benefit from DIVRS’s Emergency Relief:

  • Food parcels with long-life products like tinned tuna, lentils, rice, pasta and pasta sauces

  • Fresh fruit and veg, either grown in local gardens or donated to us

  • Frozen meals from FareShare

  • Grants and payment plans for power and phone bills

 

Community Support

Monday to Thursday 10am - 3.30pm

There are all sorts of other ways we can work with you. From practical support to information and connecting you with other services:

  • Filling in confusing forms and dealing with online headaches

  • Finding a local low-cost doctor, dentist or free community health service

  • Health and housing

  • Dealing with Centrelink, the Australian Tax Office

  • Domestic and Family Violence

  • Working with you to build stronger financial skills

  • Providing information about events, training and opportunities throughout Darebin.

Of course there are limits to what we can do. If we can’t help, we usually know someone who can. There are many fantastic services ready to lend a hand.

We would love to hear from you. So please give us a call. We will organise for one of our team to have a chat and discuss ways we can work together.

PHONE DIVRS: 9480 8200



 

DIVRS is a member agency