Every Little Bit Helps

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UPDATE MAY 2020 - ANNOUNCEMENT: COVID-19 Policy / Statement
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve globally, we find ourselves in unprecedented times. We want to take this opportunity to update you on some essential measures we are implementing to minimise the risk of exposure to the virus for both our volunteers and our clients.
As a national charity, our commitment is to ensure our services remain available and reliable over the coming weeks and months to ensure that our clients continue to receive our vital support. To do this, we have conducted a review of our practice, and as a result we have introduced the following with immediate effect;

• The Australian Government has recently imposed a 14 day isolation period for all Australians and visitors entering Australia. In line with this, we will not be accepting donations from anyone who has travelled in the last 14 days or has been in close personal contact with someone know to have contracted the COVID-19 virus or who may have travelled either domestically or internationally in the past 14 days.

• We have ceased all corporate and public packing days for the foreseeable future to ensure social distancing is maintained.

• We are isolating all donated products for a period of 14 days before packing and distributing.

• We have introduced individual volunteering opportunities, whereby individuals are provided with a packing kit that will allow them to sort products and create care packs at their location.

• We now require all drop off locations and volunteers handle donations with gloved hands and ensure that their hands are washed thoroughly with soap and water afterwards.

During this global crisis, we know that our clients will suffer greatly. Now more than ever, we want to ensure that we can maintain our services to support them wherever practically possible. To this end, we ask you to continue to support us.

We are closely monitoring the health and safety advice issued by the Australian Government and will continue to keep you updated to any changes to this policy.

Never before had it been so important for us to pull together as a community to support each other, our family, friends, neighbours and the vulnerable within our communities. Our hope for you all is that you stay well, stay kind and continue to support us so that we can continue to support those who are doing it very tough in our community right now.

Yours sincerely

Katryna Robinson

Founder & CEO

(Updated March 2020) Please take the time to read these important FAQ’s to make us as effective as possible. Every Little Bit Helps supports people in need by creating care packages and we ONLY collect SAMPLE SIZED toiletry products. If the item you are looking to donate is not pictured, please check with us first.

There is a very good reason why we only collect sample sized products and that is because we put them into care packages that are approximate 20cm x 30cm. Our recipients take great comfort in receiving something they can call their own. For homeless, and in particular rough sleeper homeless, these items can be carried in their pocket.

We provide 2 kinds of Care Packs – a standard care pack made up of donated hotel toiletries as well as items that are found in airline amenity kits such as sleeping masks, socks and ear buds.

The ‘lady care packs’ we supply to women’s refuges and homeless shelters contain sanitary items, a hair comb, cosmetics, deodorant and perfume in addition to the basic toiletry items. We assume that these are the items that would not be the priority to pack if someone was fleeing a violent situation.

Drop off location: We have a strong preference that all donations are sent to us at PO Box 340, Forestville NSW 2087. We find that most parcels cost less than $10 to post.

For your convenience, we offer the following drop off locations;

New South Wales;
• Bateau Bay – Flight Centre Bateau Bay
• Bowral - Flight Centre Bowral
• Belmont - Pat Conroy MP
• Belrose - The Honest Chicken
• Blacktown – Flight Centre Blacktown
• Bourke - Bourke Public Library
• Castlecraig – Westfield – Flight Centre Australia
• Chatswood – Westfield – Flight Centre Australia
• Darlinghurst - Flight Centre Darlinghurst
• Dee Why - Flight Centre
• Deniston East - We're The Glue
• Erina – Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• Figtree - Flight Centre
• Forestville - Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• Frenchs Forest - French’s Forest Physiotherapy & Sports Injury
• Freshwater - Flight Centre
• Glendenning Neighbourhood Centre, Glendenning Glendenning Neighbourhood Centre
• Gordon – Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• Gosford – Flight Centre Flight Centre Gosford
• Hornsby – Flight Centre Flight Centre Hornsby
• Kings Cross – Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• Lindfield - Flight Centre Australia
• Lismore - Flight Centre Australia
• Maitland - Bespoke Hair Skin & Body – 40 St Andrews St, Maitland
• Mirnada - Flight Centre Westfield Miranda
• Moana - Flight Centre Echuca
• Mona Vale - John Bull Removals & Storage John Bull Removals & Storage
• Mona Vale - Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• Mosman (Bridgepoint) - Flight Centre Australia
• Mosman - Flight Centre Australia
• Newcastle (PM for details)
• Newcastle - Flight Centre Charlestown Shopping Centre Flight Centre
Australia
• Newcastle - PFK - 755 Hunter Street
• Newcastle - Jirsch Sutherland - Level 1, 14 Watt Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
• Newcastle - Osborn Law - 37 Bolton Street Newcastle NSW 2300 Osborn Law
• Studio Mac for Hair – 7 Tulkaba St Fletcher (Newcastle) Studio Mac for Hair
• Northbridge - Flight Centre, Northbridge Plaza
• North Ryde - see Denistone East
• Newport - Red Cross Shop Newport Red Cross Shop
• Penrith – Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• Pyrmont – Flight Centre Flight Centre Pyrmont
• Seven Hills – Flight Centre Flight Centre Pyrmont
• Shellharbour – Flight Centre Cruise Shellharbour
• St Ives – Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• Southern Highlands - (PM for details)
• Sydney CBD - Flight Centre, 11 York Street
• Sydney CBD – Flight Centre George Street
• Sylvania - Flight Centre Southgate Shopping Centre
• Terrigal – Flight Centre Flight Centre Terrigal
• Tuggerah – Flight Centre Flight Centre Tuggerah
• Wagga Wagga - Flight Centre, Wagga Wagga
• Wahroonga – Flight Centre Flight Centre Wahroonga
• Warriewood – Flight Centre
• Westleigh – Cherrybrook Travel Cherrybrook Travel
• Willoughby – Chatswood Vet Chatswood Vet Clinic
• Wollongong – Flight Centre Flight Centre Wollongong
• Woy Woy – Flight Centre Flight Centre Woy Woy

Queensland;
• Brassall (PM for details)
• Bray Park (PM for details)
• Capalaba (PM for details)
• Chermside, Flight Centre Australia, Westfield Chermside
• Coolum Beach (PM for details)
• Maroochydore, Sunshine Plaza, Flight Centre Flight Centre Australia
• North Lakes, Flight Centre, Westfield North Lakes
• Teneriffe (PM for details)

Victoria;
• Blackburn - CPAP Masks and Tubing, 10 Whitehorse Road Blackburn
• Echuca - Flight Centre Echuca
• Prahran - (PM for details) James Vivian Dermal Therapies

South Australia;
• Adelaide (PM for details)
• Crafers West (PM for details)
• Nurture One, Blair Athol Nurture One

Australian Capital Territory
• Baddon - Active Travel Active Travel
• Kambah, (PM for details)

Western Australia
• The Cushion Factory, 15 James Street, Bellevue WA 6056 Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
• The Cushion Factory,5/172 Scarborough Beach Road, Mount Hawthorn

Tasmania;
• Eastlands - Flight Centre - Shop G042 Eastlands Shopping Centre, 26 Bligh Street, Rosny Park
• Hobart - Flight Centre, Shop 2, 136 Collins Street
• Launceston - Flight Centre - 151 Charles Street

Northern Territory;
• Darwin City - Flight Centre Darwin City
• Casuarina - Flight Centre Casuarina
• Palmerston - Flight Centre Palmerston

Please follow this link to our website for further details regarding drop off locations - www.elbh.org.au/drop-off-locator/

Funding: Every Little Bit Helps is 100% pro bono. It does not receive any government funding or any other form of regular funding. If you would prefer to donate money instead of products, we will gratefully receive your donation. Our operating expenses include a monthly insurance bill, as well as postage and courier costs so that we can send our donations to people in need in metropolitan and remote and rural areas throughout Australia. Should you wish to support us with a cash donation, no matter how big or small, please feel welcome to get in contact – [email protected] or follow this link to our website - www.elbh.org.au/financialsupport/

We are DGR endorsed by the ATO and all financial donations over $2 are fully tax-deductible.

Important – Please be reminded we specifically and only collect SAMPLE SIZED products such as Hotel Toiletries and Airline Amenity Kits. We also collect makeup & cosmetic samples (unused & unopened) as well as deodorant and sanitary items. We DO NOT ACCEPT – clothing, furniture, toys, books, household items, full-sized toiletries, opened products or products that are out of date. ... See MoreSee Less

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