It has been a tough 3 months of the New Year and our border community has been hit hard with the 2022 floods. If you’re looking to help out in the Northern NSW region, but don’t know where to go or what to do, have a look at the services we have provided below. From tip runs, monetary donations, to accommodation, food drop offs and lending a hand, we have provided a list of places for you to go.
This information is subject to helping people in Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Chinderah, Mullumbimby, Pottsville, Murwillumbah, Uki, Tumbulgum, Tyalgum, Ocean Shores and the surrounding communities.
Monetary donations:
- To donate to families in need check out their personal GoFundMe pages here.
- Donate to the State Emergency Services (SES) helping out on the ground here.
- Donate to Givit here, who provide relief to families who request specific help.
- Donate to The Red Cross here, who are assisting flood-affected victims across the country.
- Donate to The Salvation Army here, who are managing majority of the evacuation centres.
- Donate to Vinnies here, who are providing food and clothes to flood affected victims.
Alternate Donations: (clothes, food, linen, equipment, accommodation offers etc.)
Deliver any donations you wish to the Evacuation Centres to help the flood affected victims.
- Banora Point Salvation Centre (Evacuation Centre)
Cnr Leisure & Woodlands Drive Banora Point NSW
- Kingscliff Tafe (Evacuation Centre)
806 Cudgen Road, Kingscliff NSW
- Murwillumbah Tafe (Evacuation Centre)
146 Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah NSW
- Ocean Shores Country Club (Evacuation Centre)
123 Orana Road, Ocean Shores NSW
- Lennox Head Camp Drewe (Evacuation Centre)
Camp Drewe Road, Lennox Head NSW
- Lennox Head Cultural Centre (Evacuation Centre)
1 Mackney Lane, Lennox Head NSW
Donate your clothes to Vinnies to help the flood-affected victims – https://donate.vinnies.org.au/appeals-nsw/vinnies-nsw-flood-appeal
Donate clothes and food to the Salvation Army – https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/locations/new-south-wales/ss8755/salvos-stores-tweed-heads/
Registering your help:
If you have a shovel, gumboots, gloves, gurney, hose, broom, fuel, wheelbarrow, disinfectant, cleaning products please bring with you when wishing to lend a hand.
You can register to volunteer your time and help clean up at the Chinderah Flood Recovery Centre:
- 85 Phillip Street, Chinderah.
- Open 8am to 5pm
- Volunteer Hub Murwillumbah: M-Arts in Murwillumbah (don’t register, turn up at 9 am to help) check it out here.
- Volunteer at the Salvation Army in Evacuation Centres – https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/locations/new-south-wales/ss8755/salvos-stores-tweed-heads/
- Volunteer register for hands on help – register here.
- Volunteer through Support Mate. Check them out here.
Independent help: (specific families in need)
Posted on community Facebook pages
- Check out Borderlife – Northern NSW & Gold Coast Facebook Page here to see peoples requests for help.
- Check out The Flood Clean Up 2484 Facebook page here to see people’s request for help.
- Check out Northern NSW 2022 Floods Community Clean Up & Help Facebook Page here.
- Check out Volunteer Team – Flood March 2022 here.
