Community support

• Your home and community
  • Groups in your community
    • Find a community group
    • Neighbourhood Centres
    • Queensland Multicultural Resource Directory
  • Supporting multicultural communities
  • Cyber security
    • Cyber security for Queenslanders
      • What is cyber security
      • How you can be cyber secure
      • Report a cybercrime
      • Case studies
        • Optus data breach
        • Medibank Private cyber incident
        • Helen's deep fake scam
        • Grandparents almost lose their house deposit
        • Colonial Pipeline cyber incident
        • Deepfake scams
        • Establishing a First Nations security operations centre
        • Queensland strengthens cyber security through accelerator program
        • Safeguarding critical infrastructure
      • Cyber fraud short stories
      • Success stories
        • Michelle’s new cyber career
        • Monique’s cyber career journey
    • Cyber security for business
    • Cyber security for government
  • Recreation and outdoor activities
  • Public transport
• Disaster support and recovery
  • Disaster recovery support
    • Money and finance
      • Eligibility for state grants and how to apply
        • Tropical Cyclone Narelle March 2026
        • Tropical Low 29U and related flooding March 2026
        • North Queensland monsoon trough, ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji and severe weather from December 2025
        • Queensland Southern Coast Severe Storms November 2025
        • Western Qld Rainfall and Flooding March 2025
        • Tropical Cyclone Alfred March 2025
        • North and Far North Tropical Low from January 2025
        • Proof of identity
      • Types of grants
        • Emergency hardship assistance
        • Essential services hardship assistance grant
        • Essential household contents grant
        • Structural assistance grant
        • Essential services safety and reconnection scheme
        • Resilient Homes Fund
        • Transport and motoring assistance
      • Insurance
      • Support for non-profit organisations
      • Sport and Recreation Disaster Recovery Program (SRDRP)
      • Help with Queensland Revenue Office obligations
    • Housing and accommodation
    • Physical health
      • Mould
      • Bacterial infections
      • Mosquitoes and black flies
      • Floodwater contamination
      • Medicines and poison disposal
      • Food and drinking water
      • Asbestos
    • Mental health and wellbeing
      • Community support services
      • Mental health support and services
      • Managing stress after a disaster
      • Family relationships after a disaster
      • Resources for families after a disaster
    • Support for not-for-profit organisations
    • Support for people with vulnerabilities in disasters
    • Rebuilding and cleaning up
      • Reconnecting electricity and water
      • Replacing lost or destroyed documents
      • Returning home after a storm, flood or cyclone
        • Pools and water tanks
        • Returning to affected buildings
        • Home and property repairs
      • Returning home after a bushfire
    • Resources and information in other languages
      • Find a Community Recovery Hub location
      • Community support contacts in your area
      • Disaster recovery information in your language
      • Local government disaster dashboards
      • Resources for families after a disaster
    • How you can help
      • Volunteering
      • Donating goods, services and money
  • Support for not-for-profit organisations
  • Support for businesses and industries
• Cost of living support
  • Concession cards
    • Seniors Card
      • Card types and benefits
      • Applying for a Seniors Card
      • Update, replace or cancel a card
      • Using your Seniors Card
      • More...
    • Carer Business Discount Card
      • Applying for a card
      • Search for discounts
      • Renew, update, replace or cancel a card
      • Using your card
      • More...
    • Companion Card
      • About companion card
      • Apply for a card
      • Using your card
      • Renew, update, replace or cancel a card
      • More...
    • Australian Government concession and health care cards
  • Concessions
    • Find concessions and rebates
    • Energy concessions
      • Energy Bill Relief for Households
      • Electricity and gas rebates
      • Electricity and reticulated natural gas rebates for residential home parks and multi-unit residential premises
      • Home Energy Emergency Assistance Scheme
    • Property concessions
      • Rates subsidy
      • Water subsidy
      • Emergency Management Levy
    • Medical and disability concessions
      • Medical aids and equipment
        • Subsidy for aids and equipment at home
        • Types of aids and equipment
        • More...
      • Dental, optical and hearing services
        • Dental and oral health locations and eligibility
        • Eye checks and glasses
        • Spectacle Supply Scheme
        • Hearing checks and hearing aids
      • Electricity life support
      • Medical Cooling and Heating Electricity Concession Scheme
      • Deaf Services Queensland Smoke Alarm Subsidy Scheme
      • Travel subsidies, concessions and passes
        • Translink access pass
        • Person with a Vision Impairment Travel Pass
        • Companion Card
        • Taxi Subsidy Scheme
        • More…
    • Transport concessions
      • Bus concessions
      • Rail concessions
        • Local rail concessions
        • Long distance rail concessions
      • Ferry concessions
      • Taxi concessions
      • Vehicle registration
      • Boat registration fees
      • School transport
    • Education concessions
      • Child care fees and benefits
      • Schools
      • Further education
      • Apprenticeships and traineeships
      • Training awards and scholarships
      • International students and migrants
  • Support from charities
  • Emergency Relief Program
• Caring for a child
  • Adoption
    • Considering adoption for your child
    • Adoption support services
    • Adopting a child from Queensland
      • How to adopt a child from Queensland
      • Adopting a child with a disability or high medical needs
        • Why you should adopt a child with a disability or high medical needs
        • Support for adoptive parents of children with a disability or high medical needs
    • Adopting a child from overseas
    • Post adoption support and services
      • Apology for past forced adoption practices
      • Who can request information about past adoptions
      • What type of information will be provided
      • How to request adoption information
      • Mailbox Service
      • Contact statements and privacy
      • Non-identifying medical information
      • Restricting access to information
    • Adoption fees
    • Adopting a step-child
    • Alternatives to step-parent adoption
    • Adoption information sessions
      • 2026 adoption information sessions
    • Discharging an adoption order
  • Foster and kinship care
    • About foster care
    • Become a foster or kinship carer
      • Who can foster a child
      • Why become a foster or kinship carer
      • How to become a foster carer
      • How to become a kinship carer
      • Returning to foster care
      • Blue cards and exemption cards for foster or kinship carers
      • Top questions about foster care
      • Foster carer information sessions
    • Information for existing foster and kinship carers
      • Rights and responsibilities
        • Our commitment to you
          • The statement of commitment
          • Caring for carers
          • Foster carer agreement
          • Looking after yourself
        • Carer's responsibilities
          • Blue cards and exemption cards for foster or kinship carers – No Card No Start
          • Change in carer circumstances
          • Continuing on as a foster or kinship carer - the renewal process
          • Adult household members
          • Privacy and confidentiality
          • Social media guidelines
          • Critical and major incidents
          • When a child in care is missing
        • Legal matters
          • Queensland's child protection system
          • Child Safe Standards and the Reportable Conduct Scheme
          • Types of Childrens Court orders
          • If a child offends
        • Relationships
          • Child Safety Officer
          • Community visitor
          • Child legal advocates
          • Safety and support networks
        • Our commitment to children and young people
        • Standards of care
        • Charter of rights for a child in care
      • When a child comes into your care
        • Before a child enters your care
        • Helping a child to settle in
        • Case plan and placement agreement
        • Life story
      • Kinship care
        • Kinship care connections
        • Additional challenges
        • Kinship carer learning opportunities
        • Kinship care contacts and support
      • Everyday caring
        • Decision making
          • Decisions you can make
          • Decisions requiring the child's guardian
          • Things to think about when making a decision
        • Caring for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child
        • Education
          • Why education matters
          • Education support plans
          • Encourage learning
          • School disciplinary absences
          • Pyjama Foundation
        • Health and wellbeing
          • Child Health Passport
          • Medicare card
          • My Health Record
          • Navigate Your Health
          • Health Care Card
          • Immunisation
          • Dental health
          • Child health services
          • Emotional health and wellbeing
          • Bullying
          • Disability
            • Access to the NDIS for children in care
            • NDIS planning for children in care
            • Caring for a child with an NDIS plan
          • Sexuality and sexual health
        • Safety
          • Online safety
          • Water safety
          • Sun safety
          • Smoking
          • Safe driving
          • Smoke alarms
          • Household surveillance devices
        • When a child leaves your care
          • Ending a placement
          • Helping the young person transition from care to independence
        • Maintaining family connections
      • Money matters
        • Carer allowances
        • Child related costs
        • Carer Business Discount Card for foster and kinship carers
        • Australian Government financial support
        • Home and contents insurance
        • Smoke alarm installation project
      • Where to get help
        • Who to contact
        • Issues and complaints
      • Training
      • Carer Connect
      • Providing long-term care
        • Things to consider
        • How to become a child's guardian
        • What you need to know
    • Young people in care
      • Family group meetings
      • Case plans
      • Education support plans
      • Child Health Passports
      • More...
    • Foster and Kinship Carer Week
      • About the week
      • Promotional resources
      • A day in the life of Karyn
      • A day in the life of Brooke and Brodie
      • A day in the life of Sandra
      • A day in the life of Justin
      • A day in the life of Kate and Jess
      • A day in the life of Cheryl
      • A day in the life of Helen
  • Child care services and support
  • Family and Child Connect
  • Triple P – Positive Parenting Program
  • Schools and education
• Getting support for a health or social issue
  • Support for victims of abuse
    • Domestic and family violence
      • Domestic and family violence
      • Coercive control
      • Help and support options
      • How can I stay safe?
      • I want to help someone
      • Healthy vs harmful relationships
    • Sexual abuse and assault
      • About sexual abuse and assault
      • Sexual violence laws in Queensland
      • Understanding sexual consent
        • Sexual consent explained
        • Talking about consent
        • Consent laws in Queensland
      • Child sexual abuse
        • What is child sexual abuse?
        • Signs of child sexual abuse
        • How to protect a child from sexual abuse
        • Failing to report child sexual abuse
        • Get help and advice for child sexual abuse
        • Developmentally appropriate sexual behaviour in children
        • Children exhibiting harmful sexual behaviours
      • Support a victim of sexual abuse
      • Sexual abuse and assault: getting help
      • Recovery from sexual violence
      • Reporting abuse
      • Sexual Violence Awareness Month
        • Sexual Violence Awareness Month - Stakeholder Resources
    • Child abuse
      • What is child abuse
        • Types of child abuse
        • Effects of child abuse
      • What causes child abuse
      • How to recognise child abuse
      • If you suspect child abuse
      • Why you should report child abuse
      • Reporting child abuse
      • Child sexual abuse
        • What is child sexual abuse?
        • Signs of child sexual abuse
        • How to protect a child from sexual abuse
        • Failing to report child sexual abuse
        • Get help and advice for child sexual abuse
        • Developmentally appropriate sexual behaviour in children
        • Children exhibiting harmful sexual behaviours
    • National Redress Scheme
      • About the National Redress Scheme
      • Counselling and psychological care
        • For Redress recipients
          • Services provided
          • Access counselling and psychological care
          • Your approved counselling and psychological care
          • Approved counselling and psychological care for family members
        • For Redress practitioners
          • Provide counselling and psychological care
          • Become a registered Redress Practitioner
          • Fees, invoicing and payment
      • Direct personal response
        • For Redress recipients
        • For Redress Support Services
    • Support for Forgotten Australians
    • Elder abuse
    • Torture and trauma
    • Reporting abuse
  • Mental health and wellbeing
    • Understanding mental health and reducing stigma
    • Help lines, counselling and support groups
    • Signs of mental illness
    • Rural and remote support
    • More...
  • Community and home care services
    • Queensland Community Support Scheme
    • Home modifications
    • Community Transport Program
  • Emergency and temporary accommodation
    • Housing help after a disaster
    • Homeless hotline
    • Emergency accommodation
    • More...
  • Veterans
    • Accommodation and housing
      • Housing assistance for Queensland veterans
    • Employment and training
      • Public sector employment
        • Queensland Government employment
        • Connecting the Sector Veterans’ Mentoring Program
        • Queensland Government's Veterans' Network
        • Join the Queensland Government Veteran's Network
      • Private sector or not-for-profit employment
        • Assistance for veteran job seekers
        • Attracting veterans to your organisation
        • Veteran friendly employers
      • Education and training
      • Volunteering
      • Employing veterans in Queensland
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    • Ex-service organisations
    • Family support
    • Financial and legal support
      • Financial and legal
      • Concessions
    • Grants and commemoration
      • Honouring our Veterans Grants Program
        • Honouring our Veterans Grants Program Recipients
      • Queensland Remembers Grants Program
        • Frequently asked questions – Round four
        • Grant recipient resource toolkit
          • Funding acknowledgement requirements
          • Grant funding checklist
          • Ministerial invitation
          • Queensland Government Coat of Arms
          • Events and marketing tips
          • Media release template
          • Photo tips and consent
          • Building or memorial plaques
          • Poster
          • Social media
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            • round-4-queensland-remembers-grants-program-qld-remembers-poster-a3.pdf
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        • Round four recipients
        • Queensland Remembers Grants Program – Round three recipients
      • Veterans' Health and Wellbeing Research Grants Program
        • Grant recipient resource toolkit
          • Funding acknowledgement requirements
          • Ministerial invitation
          • Queensland Government Coat of Arms
          • Media release template
          • Photo tips and consent
          • Social media
          • assets
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        • Program guidelines
        • Frequently asked questions
      • Anzac Day Trust Fund Grants Program
      • Other grants
      • Anzac Day
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        • Ways to commemorate
          • Plan your Anzac Day
          • Nurses Memorial Candlelight Vigil
          • Anzac Day Dawn Service Brisbane
          • Anzac Day Parade Brisbane
          • Students' Anzac Commemoration Ceremony
          • Anzac Square Memorial & Galleries
        • Stories of Service
        • Reasons to remember
        • Place a virtual poppy
      • Remembrance Day
        • Stories of Service
          • Trevor Shelley
          • Derek Smith OAM
          • Patrick Smythe
          • Rodney Slater
          • Robert O’Connor
        • A moment to reflect and pay respect
        • Place a virtual poppy at Anzac Square
        • Reasons to remember
      • Vietnam Veterans' Day
      • War Widows Commemoration
      • Anzac Square
      • Sites of Significance: Now and Then
    • Health and wellbeing
    • Veterans Queensland
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    • Queensland Veterans' Council and Veterans' Reference Group
    • Queensland Veterans and Veterans’ Families Strategy
  • Avoiding social isolation
  • Support for gambling harm
    • Signs of gambling harm
    • Counselling, support and advice for gambling harm
    • Self-exclusion from gambling venues or activities
    • The real odds of winning when gambling
    • Forget the bet. Enjoy the game.
      • Understand the issue with sports betting
      • Know the risks and red flags of sports betting
      • Make a 'Forget the bet' game plan
      • Talk with others about sports betting
      • Spread the word to help others forget the bet
    • Let's start yarning about gambling
    • Gambling harm consultations
  • Safe Night Precinct support services
• Losing your job or income
  • Financial assistance
  • Financial literacy and resilience services
  • Support if you've lost your job
• Community organisations and volunteering
  • Volunteering
    • Volunteering opportunities in Queensland
  • Funding and grants
    • Queensland Government grants
    • Australian Government grants
    • Local Government grants
    • Other grants
  • Setting up a charity or non-government organisation
  • Quality standards
• Support for carers
  • Who is a carer?
  • Support for carers
  • What can I do to support carers?
  • Support for young carers
  • Supporting carers in the workplace
  • Carer Business Discount Card
    • Applying for a Carer Business Discount Card
    • Search for discounts
    • Renew, update, replace or cancel a card
    • Using your Carer Business Discount Card
    • For businesses
  • Companion Card
    • About companion card
    • Apply for a card
    • Using your card
    • Renew, update, replace or cancel a card
    • More...
  • National Carers Week
• Women
  • Your career and independence
    • Employment and jobs
    • Join a board
    • Connecting women in the workforce
      • Why networking is important
      • Find a professional network
      • Networking case studies
        • National Association of Women in Construction
        • Women in Technology
        • Women in STEMM Australia
    • Returning to the workforce
    • Work-life balance
    • Managing your money
    • Starting a business
  • Support for women
    • Women's Infolink
    • Support for victims of abuse
    • Counselling and support groups
    • Housing support
    • Find a women's support service
  • Health
    • Women's health
    • Mental health and wellbeing
      • Understanding mental health and reducing stigma
      • Help lines, counselling and support groups
      • Signs of mental illness
      • Rural and remote support
      • More...
    • Sexual health
    • Pregnancy
    • Getting active for life
  • Safety
    • Domestic and family violence support and information
    • Sexual violence
    • Elder abuse
    • Reporting abuse
  • Parents and families
    • Babies and young families
    • Parenting advice
    • Grandparenting
    • Legal advice
  • Seniors
    • Retirement
    • Financial advice and support
    • Home support and housing
    • Recreation and staying connected
  • Events
    • Queensland Women's Week
      • About Queensland Women's Week
      • Events calendar
      • Promotional resources
    • Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month
    • Sexual Violence Awareness Month
  • History of Queensland women
    • Women's right to vote in Queensland
    • Achievements and milestones for Queensland women
    • Great Queensland women from our past
• Digital learning and support
  • Learning resources for digital skills
  • Digital support programs and services